Olympic Winter Games 1998 / Nordic Combined

Nordic skiing 1998, further disciplines: cross-country skiing, ski jumping  

Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Hakuba
Competition venue	Hakuba ski jumping stadium / Snow Harp
Nations	14th
Athletes	53 (53 )
date	13-20 February 1998
decisions	2
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At the XVIII. At the 1998 Olympic Games in Nagano , two competitions were held in Nordic Combined . The venues were the Hakuba ski jumping stadium and the Snow Harp , both in Hakuba .

The Norwegian Bjarte Engen Vik shone with victories in the individual competition and also in the team competition.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	2	-	-	2
2	Finland	-	2	-	2
3	France	-	-	1	1
	Russia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men

competitor	gold	silver	bronze
singles	Bjarte Engen Vik	Samppa Lajunen	Valery Stolyarov
team	Kenneth Braaten Fred Børre Lundberg Halldor Skard Bjarte Engen Vik	Samppa Lajunen Hannu Manninen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela	Nicolas Bal Sylvain Guillaume Fabrice Guy Ludovic Roux

Results

singles

space	country	athlete	Points in jumping	Time (min)
1	NOR	Bjarte Engen Vik	241.0 0(1.)	41: 21.1
2	FIN	Samppa Lajunen	230.5 0(6.)	41: 48.6
3	RUS	Valery Stolyarov	235.0 0(2.)	41: 49.3
4th	JPN	Kenji Ogiwara	226.0 0(9.)	42: 42.2
5	CZE	Milan Kučera	228.0 0(8.)	42: 45.8
6th	JPN	Tsugiharu Ogiwara	232.5 0(3.)	42: 46.4
7th	FRA	Nicolas Bal	218.5 (11.)	42: 46.8
8th	AUT	Mario Stecher	228.5 0(7.)	43: 09.9
9	FRA	Sylvain Guillaume	212.5 (16.)	43: 42.5
10	RUS	Dmitri Sinitsyn	213.5 (15.)	43: 48.0
12	GER	Ronny Ackermann	209.5 (18.)	43: 52.9
13	GER	Jens Deimel	221.0 (10.)	43: 56.3
17th	SUI	Jean-Yves Cuendet	206.0 (21.)	44: 44.5
18th	SUI	Urs Kunz	196.0 (32.)	44: 53.2
19th	AUT	Christoph Bieler	231.0 0(5.)	44: 55.5
21st	AUT	Felix Gottwald	190.0 (40.)	45: 16.2
24	AUT	Christoph Eugen	199.5 (29.)	45: 37.7
25th	SUI	Mario Zarucchi	185.5 (43.)	45: 37.9
28	SUI	Andreas Hartmann	193.0 (38.)	46: 18.5
32	GER	Matthias Loess	187.0 (41.)	46: 54.2

Jumping: February 13, 1998
Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium; K point: 90 m

Cross-country skiing 15 km: February 14, 1998
Difference in altitude: 57 m; Maximum ascent: 40 m; Total ascent: 540 m
48 participants from 14 countries, 44 of them in the rating.

team

space	country	athlete	Points in jumping	Time (min)
1	NOR	Halldor Skard Kenneth Braaten Bjarte Engen Vik Fred Børre Lundberg	901.0 0(3.)	54: 11.5
2	FIN	Samppa Lajunen Jari Mantila Tapio Nurmela Hannu Manninen	906.0 0(1.)	55: 30.4
3	FRA	Sylvain Guillaume Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Fabrice Guy	863.0 0(6.)	55: 53.4
4th	AUT	Felix Gottwald Christoph Eugen Mario Stecher Christoph Bieler	903.5 0(2.)	56: 04.6
5	JPN	Tsugiharu Ogiwara Satoshi Mori Gen Tomii Kenji Ogiwara	893.0 0(5.)	56: 18.8
6th	GER	Jens Deimel Thorsten Schmitt Ronny Ackermann Matthias Looß	861.0 0(7.)	56: 22.0
7th	SUI	Mario Zarucchi Andreas Hartmann Jean-Yves Cuendet Urs Kunz	797.0 (10.)	56: 41.6
8th	CZE	Marek Furasek Milan Kučera Jan Matura Ladislav Rygl	900.5 0(4.)	57: 04.7

Jumping normal hill: February 19, 1998
Cross-country 4 × 5 km: February 20, 1998

Web links

• Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official report of the 1998 Winter Olympics (PDF; 24.4 MB)