Nordic combined at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Individual normal hill/10 km

The men's individual normal hill/10 km Nordic combined competition for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, on 14 February.[1]

Men's individual normal hill/10 km
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Nordic combined
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates14 February
Competitors45 from 14 nations
Winning time25:47.1
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Jason Lamy Chappuis France
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Johnny Spillane United States
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Alessandro Pittin Italy
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Germany's Georg Hettich was the defending Olympic champion when the event was known as the 15 km Individual Gundersen, but did not compete in this event.[2] Todd Lodwick of the United States was the defending world champion in this event and would finish fourth in the Olympic event.[3] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 31 January 2010 in Seefeld, Austria, and was won by Austria's Mario Stecher who would finish seventh.[4] Seefeld was where the Nordic Combined events took place for both the 1964 and the 1976 Winter Olympics, held in neighboring Innsbruck, took place.[5]

Results

Ski jumping

The ski jumping took place with a trial round at 09:00 PST and the competition round at 10:00 PST.[1] One jump in competition was scored similar to that of ski jumping. Finland's Ryynänen had the longest jump to grab the lead after the jump.[6]

RankBibNameCountryDistance (m)PointsTime difference
125Janne Ryynänen  Finland105.0135.50:00
233Todd Lodwick  United States101.5127.0+0:34
327Christoph Bieler  Austria100.5125.0+0:42
438Johnny Spillane  United States100.5124.5+0:44
545Jason Lamy-Chappuis  France100.0124.0+0:46
635Alessandro Pittin  Italy100.0123.5+0.48
740Mario Stecher  Austria99.5122.5+0:52
816François Braud  France99.5122.0+0:54
834Anssi Koivuranta  Finland99.5122.0+0:54
107Brett Camerota  United States100.0121.5+0:56
1039Pavel Churavý  Czech Republic99.0121.5+0:56
1226Norihito Kobayashi  Japan99.0121.0+0:58
135Gašper Berlot  Slovenia99.0119.5+1:04
1311Daito Takahashi  Japan98.0119.5+1:04
1318Jaakko Tallus  Finland98.5119.5+1:04
168Lukas Runggaldier  Italy98.5119.0+1:06
1641Tino Edelmann  Germany98.5119.0+1:06
1643Eric Frenzel  Germany98.0119.0+1:06
1937Björn Kircheisen  Germany98.0118.5+1:08
2029David Kreiner  Austria97.5117.5+1:12
2124Ronny Heer  Switzerland97.0116.5+1:16
2231Hannu Manninen  Finland97.0116.0+1:18
2232Petter L. Tande  Norway97.0116.0+1:18
2415Tomáš Slavík  Czech Republic96.5115.5+1:20
2436Bill Demong  United States96.5115.5+1:20
2610Tommy Schmid  Switzerland96.5115.0+1:22
2728Akito Watabe  Japan96.5114.5+1:24
2819Taihei Kato  Japan96.5114.0+1:26
2917Sébastien Lacroix  France96.0113.0+1:30
3012Jonathan Felisaz  France95.5112.0+1:34
3023Johannes Rydzek  Germany95.5112.0+1:34
326Sergej Maslennikov  Russia95.5111.5+1:36
3330Jan Schmid  Norway94.5110.0+1:42
3420Seppi Hurschler  Switzerland94.0109.0+1:46
352Aleš Vodseďálek  Czech Republic93.5108.5+1:48
369Mitja Oranič  Slovenia93.5108.0+1:50
3613Tim Hug  Switzerland93.5108.0+1:50
3814Giuseppe Michielli  Italy93.0107.0+1:54
3921Miroslav Dvořák  Czech Republic92.5105.5+2:00
4042Magnus Moan  Norway91.5104.0+2:06
4144Felix Gottwald  Austria91.0102.5+2:12
4222Mikko Kokslien  Norway91.0101.5+2:16
434Jason Myslicki  Canada87.093.0+2:50
441Armin Bauer  Italy86.591.5+2:56
453Volodymyr Trachuk  Ukraine85.589.0+3:06

Cross-country

The start for the 10 kilometre race was staggered, with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a four-second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first athlete across the finish line would be the overall winner of the event. Cross-country skiing's part of the competition took place at 13:45 PST that same day.[1]

Ryynänen would lead until close to the end of the last part of the first lap before taking a spill where he never recovered. The Finn would finish 26th. A group of eight skiers developed during the middle part of the race which had Bill Demong move from 24th to the final lead group by the 7.5 km mark. Japan's Norihito Kobayashi grabbed the lead with 800 m left only to be passed by Johnny Spillane of the US, France's Jason Lamy-Chappuis, Italy's Alessandro Pittin, and Spillane's teammate Lodwick. Lamy-Chappuis passed Spillane right before the final sprint though Spillane mounted a final charge that fell 0.4 seconds short. Norway's Magnus Moan had the fastest time in the cross-country skiing portion of the event to move from 40th to ninth. It was the first individual medal for all three competitors, along with being the first medals for both the US and Italy in Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics.[7] Italy's best finish prior to this event in Nordic combined was fifth by Ezio Damolin at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble.[8]

RankBibNameCountryStart timeCross country
time
Cross country
rank
Finish time
5Jason Lamy-Chappuis  France+0:4625:01.1525:47.1
4Johnny Spillane  United States+0:4425:03.56+0.4
6Alessandro Pittin  Italy+0:4824:59.94+0.8
42Todd Lodwick  United States+0:3425:14.611+1.5
57Mario Stecher  Austria+0:5225:08.77+13.6
624Bill Demong  United States+1:2024:45.03+17.9
712Norihito Kobayashi  Japan+0:5825:11.09+21.9
88Anssi Koivuranta  Finland+0:5425:22.913+29.8
940Magnus Moan  Norway+2:0624:16.71+35.6
1016Eric Frenzel  Germany+1:0625:17.212+36.1
1121Ronny Heer  Switzerland+1:1625:09.28+38.1
1210Pavel Churavý  Czech Republic+0:5625:32.720+41.6
1323Hannu Manninen  Finland+1:1825:12.410+43.3
1441Felix Gottwald  Austria+2:1224:20.22+45.1
1520David Kreiner  Austria+1:1225:24.515+49.4
1618Lukas Runggaldier  Italy+1:0625:30.719+49.6
1722Petter L. Tande  Norway+1:1825:29.218+1:00.1
1817Tino Edelmann  Germany+1:0625:41.624+1:00.5
1929Sébastien Lacroix  France+1:3025:26.316+1:09.2
2025Tomáš Slavík  Czech Republic+1:2025:36.821+1:09.7
2127Akito Watabe  Japan+1:2425:41.023+1:17.9
2219Björn Kircheisen  Germany+1:0826:01.329+1:22.2
2333Jan Schmid  Norway+1:4225:27.617+1:22.5
2428Taihei Kato  Japan+1:2625:43.925+1:22.8
253Christoph Bieler  Austria+0:4226:32.034+1:26.9
261Janne Ryynänen  Finland0:0027:21.642+1:34.5
2714Daito Takahashi  Japan+1:0426:21.033+1:37.9
2830Johannes Rydzek  Germany+1:3425:51.328+1:38.2
2934Seppi Hurschler  Switzerland+1:4625:40.622+1.39.5
3031Jonathan Felisaz  France+1:3426:03.730+1:50.6
3137Mitja Oranič  Slovenia+1:5025:48.327+1:51.2
3242Mikko Kokslien  Norway+2:1625:23.214+1:52.1
3338Giuseppe Michielli  Italy+1:5425:46.126+1:53.0
349François Braud  France+0:5426:58.337+2:05.2
3536Tim Hug  Switzerland+1:5026:04.131+2:07.0
3611Brett Camerota  United States+0:5627:00.638+2:09.5
3715Gašper Berlot  Slovenia+1:0427:15.539+2:32.4
3813Jaakko Tallus  Finland+1:0427:21.141+2.38.0
3939Miroslav Dvořák  Czech Republic+2:0026:33.535+2:46.4
4026Tommy Schmid  Switzerland+1:2227:38.543+3:13.4
4145Volodymyr Trachuk  Ukraine+3:0626:18.432+3:37.3
4232Sergej Maslennikov  Russia+1:3627:53.345+3:42.2
4344Armin Bauer  Italy+2:5626:36.336+3:45.2
4435Aleš Vodseďálek  Czech Republic+1:4827:45.844+3:46.7
4543Jason Myslicki  Canada+2:5027:20.740+4:23.6

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