The Nordic combined events have been contested at the Winter Olympic Games since 1924. The first competition involved 18 km cross-country skiing, followed by ski jumping. Whoever earned the most points from both competitions won the event. At the 1952 Winter Olympics, the ski jumping was held first, followed by 18 km cross-country skiing. The cross-country skiing portion was reduced to 15 km at the 1956 Winter Olympics. The ski jumping styles would change over the years as well, from the Kongsberger technique after World War I to the Daescher technique in the 1950s to the current V-style from 1985 onwards. The cross-country skiing technique would switch from classical to freestyle for all competitions beginning in 1985, but the biggest change would occur at the 1988 Winter Olympics in the scoring with the Gundersen method, meaning the 15 km cross country portion would go from an interval start race to a pursuit race, so that whoever crossed the finish line first won the event. The team event with a 3 x 10 km cross country relay started at the 1988 Winter Olympics, changing to the current 4 x 5 km cross-country relay at the 1998 Winter Olympics. The 7.5 km sprint event was added at the 2002 Winter Olympics. Nordic combined remains a men's only event as of the 2010 Winter Olympics. For the 2010 Winter Games, the 15 km Individual Gundersen which consisted of 2 jumps from the normal hill followed by 15 km cross country will be replaced by a 10 km individual normal hill event which will consist of one jump from the individual normal hill following by 10 km of cross country using the Gundersen system while the 7.5 km sprint will be replaced by the 10 km individual large hill event.
Olympic medalists in individual competitions (2002-2014)[]
Name | Country | Name | Country | ||
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Sochi 2014 | |||||
Normal hill + 10 km | Large hill + 10 km | ||||
1 | Eric Frenzel | Germany | 1 | Jørgen Graabak | Norway |
2 | Akito Watabe | Japan | 2 | Magnus Moan | Norway |
3 | Magnus Krog | Norway | 3 | Fabian Rießle | Germany |
Vancouver 2010 | |||||
Normal hill + 10 km | Large hill + 10 km | ||||
1 | Jason Lamy Chappuis | France | 1 | Bill Demong | USA |
2 | Johnny Spillane | USA | 2 | Johnny Spillane | USA |
3 | Alessandro Pittin | Italy | 3 | Bernhard Gruber | Austria |
Torino 2006 | |||||
2x Normal hill + 15 km | Large hill + 7,5 km | ||||
1 | Georg Hettich | Germany | 1 | Felix Gottwald | Austria |
2 | Felix Gottwald | Austria | 2 | Magnus Moan | Norway |
3 | Magnus Moan | Norway | 3 | Georg Hettich | Germany |
Salt Lake City 2002 | |||||
2x Normal hill + 15 km | Large hill + 7,5 km | ||||
1 | Samppa Lajunen | Finland | 1 | Samppa Lajunen | Finland |
2 | Jaako Tallus | Finland | 2 | Ronny Ackermann | Germany |
3 | Felix Gottwald | Austria | 3 | Felix Gottwald | Austria |
Olympic medalists in individual competitions (1924-1998)[]
Before 1998, only one competition in nordic combined was held at the Olympics.
Traditional Nordic Combination | ||||||||
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Name | Country | Name | Country | |||||
Nagano 1998 | Lillehammer 1994 | |||||||
1 | Bjarte Engen Vik | Norway | 1 | Fred Borre Lundberg | Norway | |||
2 | Samppa Lajunen | Finland | 2 | Takanort Kono | Japan | |||
3 | Valerij Stoljarov | Russia | 3 | Bjarte Engen Vik | Norway | |||
Albertville 1992 | Calgary 1988 | |||||||
1 | Fabrice Guy | France | 1 | Hippolyt Kempf | Switzerland | |||
2 | Sylvain Guillaume | France | 2 | Klaus Sulzenbacher | Austria | |||
3 | Klaus Sulzenbacher | Austria | 3 | Allar Levandi | USSR | |||
Sarajevo 1984 | Lake Placid 1980 | |||||||
1 | Tom Sandberg | Norway | 1 | Ulrich Wehling | East Germany | |||
2 | Jouko Karjalainen | Finland | 2 | Jouko Karjalainen | Finland | |||
3 | Jukka Ylipulli | Finland | 3 | Konrad Winkler | East Germany | |||
Innsbruck 1976 | Sapporo 1972 | |||||||
1 | Ulrich Wehling | East Germany | 1 | Ulrich Wehling | East Germany | |||
2 | Urban Hettich | West Germany | 2 | Rauno Miettinen | Finland | |||
3 | Konrad Winkler | East Germany | 3 | Karl-Heinz Luck | East Germany | |||
Grenoble 1968 | Innsbruck 1964 | |||||||
1 | Franz Keller | West Germany | 1 | Tormod Knutsen | Norway | |||
2 | Alois Kalin | Switzerland | 2 | Nikolai Kiselev | USSR | |||
3 | Andreas Kunz | East Germany | 3 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | |||
Squaw Valley 1960 | Cortina 1956 | |||||||
1 | Georg Thoma | West Germany | 1 | Sverre Stenersen | Norway | |||
2 | Tormod Knutsen | Norway | 2 | Bengt Eriksson | Sweden | |||
3 | Nikolai Gusakov | USSR | 3 | Franciszek Gasienica-Gron | Poland | |||
Oslo 1952 | St. Moritz 1948 | |||||||
1 | Simon Slattvik | Norway | 1 | Heikki Hasu | Finland | |||
2 | Heikki Hasu | Finland | 2 | Martti Huhtala | Finland | |||
3 | Sverre Stenersen | Norway | 3 | Sven Israelsson | Sweden | |||
Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936 | Lake Placid 1932 | |||||||
1 | Oddbjorn Hagen | Norway | 1 | Johan Grottumsbraten | Norway | |||
2 | Olaf Hoffsbakken | Norway | 2 | Ole Stenen | Norway | |||
3 | Sverre Brodahl | Norway | 3 | Hans Vinjarengen | Norway | |||
St. Moritz 1928 | Chamonix 1924 | |||||||
1 | Johan Grottumsbraten | Norway | 1 | Thorleif Haug | Norway | |||
2 | Hans Vinjarengen | Norway | 2 | Thoralf Stromstad | Norway | |||
3 | John Snersrud | Norway | 3 | Johan Grottumsbraten | Norway |
Olympic medalists in team competitions[]
Venue | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
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Sochi 2014 | Norway
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Germany
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Austria
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Vancouver 2010 | Austria
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USA
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Germany
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Torino 2006 | Austria
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Germany
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Finland
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Salt Lake City 2002 | Finland
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Germany
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Germany
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Nagano 1998 | Norway
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Finland
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France
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Lillehammer 1994 | Japan
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Norway
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Switzerland
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Albertville 1992 | Japan
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Norway
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Austria
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Calgary 1988 | West Germany
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Switzerland
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Austria
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