Olympic Winter Games 2018 / Nordic Combined - team competition

sport	Nordic combination
discipline	Team competition
gender	Men
Attendees	40 from 10 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Center
Competition phase	February 22, 2018
Medalist  Germany  Norway  Austria

Competitions
Gundersen normal hill	Men
Gundersen large hill	Men
Team competition	Men

The Nordic Combined team competition at the 2018 Olympic Games in Pyeongchang was held on February 22, 2018 at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Center . Ten countries took part in the competition.

The German season with Eric Frenzel , Vinzenz Geiger , Fabian Rießle and Johannes Rydzek won overwhelmingly with almost a minute ahead of the season from Norway, consisting of Espen Andersen , Jørgen Graabak , Jarl Magnus Riiber and Jan Schmid . Austria secured third place with the quartet Wilhelm Denifl , Bernhard Gruber , Lukas Klapfer and Mario Seidl . No relay from Switzerland or Liechtenstein took part.

Event format

The team competition, like all competitions in Nordic Combined, consists of ski jumping and cross-country skiing . The team competition has always been held from the large hill since the 2002 Winter Olympics and is similar to the team competition of ski jumpers. The only difference is that each athlete only has one jump instead of two.

After the jump, the points achieved by the athletes of a team from one jump are converted into time delays using the Gundersen method . In the relay race that follows, the participants of a team go one after the other on the 5 km cross-country ski run, with the first starter starting with the corresponding time lag on the leading team. In the end, the team whose final runner reaches the finish line first wins.

Starting field

A total of ten countries qualified for the competition, each of which had registered four Nordic combined athletes for the competition:

•  Germany : Eric Frenzel , Vinzenz Geiger , Fabian Rießle and Johannes Rydzek
•  Finland : Ilkka Herola , Eero Hirvonen , Hannu Manninen and Leevi Mutru
•  France : François Braud , Antoine Gérard , Maxime Laheurte and Jason Lamy Chappuis
•  Italy : Raffaele Buzzi , Aaron Kostner , Alessandro Pittin and Lukas Runggaldier
•  Japan : Hideaki Nagai , Akito Watabe , Yoshito Watabe and Gō Yamamoto
•  Norway : Espen Andersen , Jørgen Graabak , Jarl Magnus Riiber and Jan Schmid
•  Austria : Wilhelm Denifl , Bernhard Gruber , Lukas Klapfer and Mario Seidl
•  Poland : Adam Cieślar , Wojciech Marusarz , Szczepan Kupczak and Paweł Słowiok
•  Czech Republic : Lukáš Daněk , Miroslav Dvořák , Ondřej Pažout , Tomáš Portyk
•  United States : Ben Berend , Bryan Fletcher , Taylor Fletcher and Ben Loomis

Results ski jumping

Stand after the groups

Stand after the first group space country athlete Total points Width (m) Points Rank 01  GER Eric Frenzel 137.0 123.6 01 123.6 02  FIN Ilkka Herola 133.0 116.6 02 116.6 03  NOR Jørgen Graabak 133.5 114.4 03 114.4 04th  AUT Mario Seidl 131.0 112.6 04th 112.6 05  FRA François Braud 129.5 111.7 05 111.7 06th  JPN Hideaki Nagai 127.0 106.8 06th 106.8 07th  CZE Ondřej Pažout 123.0 100.1 07th 100.1 08th  United States Ben Loomis 111.5 078.2 08th 078.2 09  POLE Wojciech Marusarz 114.0 072.8 09 072.8 10  ITA Aaron Kostner 106.5 069.4 10 069.4

Stand after the second group space country athlete Total points Width (m) Points Rank 01  NOR Jarl Magnus Riiber 133.5 117.9 01 232.3 02  AUT Bernhard Gruber 136.0 117.9 01 230.5 03  JPN Vincent Geiger 129.5 102.6 04th 226.2 04th  JPN Go Yamamoto 132.5 111.3 03 218.1 05  FRA Jason Lamy Chappuis 127.5 092.2 05 203.9 06th  CZE Miroslav Dvořák 120.5 088.0 06th 188.1 07th  FIN Leevi Mutru 108.0 061.3 09 177.9 08th  United States Ben Berend 120.0 087.5 07th 165.7 09  POLE Paweł Słowiok 107.0 067.9 08th 140.7 10  ITA Lukas Runggaldier 105.5 056.9 10 126.3

Stand after the third group space country athlete Total points Width (m) Points Rank 01  AUT Lukas Klapfer 131.0 114.6 01 345.1 02  NOR Espen Andersen 128.5 105.0 04th 337.3 03  DEU Fabian Riessle 127.5 109.2 03 335.4 04th  JPN Yoshito Watabe 128.0 110.9 02 329.0 05  FRA Antoine Gerard 127.0 097.6 05 301.5 06th  CZE Lukáš Daněk 119.5 081.5 08th 269.6 07th  FIN Hannu Manninen 116.0 082.4 07th 260.3 09  POLE Adam Cieślar 121.5 085.6 06th 226.3 08th  United States Taylor Fletcher 100.0 052.9 10 218.6 10  ITA Alessandro Pittin 112.5 077.0 09 203.3

Stand after the fourth group space country athlete Total points Width (m) Points Rank 01  AUT Wilhelm Denifl 138.5 124.4 3 469.5 03  GER Johannes Rydzek 138.0 129.3 1 464.7 04th  JPN Akito Watabe 137.5 126.3 2 455.3 02  NOR Jan Schmid 132.0 111.9 7th 449.2 05  FRA Maxime Laheurte 133.0 116.4 5 417.9 06th  CZE Tomáš Portyk 131.0 112.6 6th 269.6 07th  FIN Eero Hirvonen 133.5 121.0 4th 381.3 09  POLE Szczepan Kupczak 130.0 110.9 8th 337.2 08th  United States Bryan Fletcher 129.5 106.2 9 324.8 10  ITA Raffaele Buzzi 123.0 088.5 10 291.8

Final score

space	nation	Points	Residue
01	Austria Mario Seidl Bernhard Gruber Lukas Klapfer Wilhelm Denifl	469.5
02	Germany Eric Frenzel Vinzenz Geiger Fabian Rießle Johannes Rydzek	464.7	+0: ​​06
03	Japan Hideaki Nagai Gō Yamamoto Yoshito Watabe Akito Watabe	455.3	+0: ​​19
04th	Norway Jørgen Graabak Jarl Magnus Riiber Espen Andersen Jan Schmid	449.2	+0: ​​27
05	France François Braud Jason Lamy Chappuis Antoine Gérard Maxime Laheurte	417.9	+1: 09
06th	Czech Republic Ondřej Pažout Miroslav Dvořák Lukáš Daněk Tomáš Portyk	382.2	+1: 56
07th	Finland Ilkka Herola Leevi Mutru Hannu Manninen Eero Hirvonen	381.3	+1: 58
08th	Poland Wojciech Marusarz Paweł Słowiok Adam Cieślar Szczepan Kupczak	337.2	+2: 56
09	United States Ben Loomis Ben Berend Taylor Fletcher Bryan Fletcher	324.8	+3: 13
10	Italy Aaron Kostner Lukas Runggaldier Alessandro Pittin Raffaele Buzzi	291.8	+3: 57

Date: February 22, 2018, 4:30 p.m.
Hill size : 142 m; K point : 125 m

After Eric Frenzel made the longest jump to date with 137.0 meters in the first group, a total of three jumpers jumped further than him in the fourth and last group. With 138.5 meters, Wilhelm Denifl from Austria completed the longest jump in the competition. The final result after the jump predicted a four-way battle for the medals, as Austria, Germany, Japan and Norway started cross-country skiing in less than half a minute.

Results cross-country skiing

Placement after the changes

after the first change space nation Change time from to 01  DEU Vincent Geiger Fabian Riessle 11: 39.8 02  NOR Jan Schmid Espen Andersen 11: 51.9 03  AUT Wilhelm Denifl Lukas Klapfer 11: 52.2 04th  JPN Yoshito Watabe Hideaki Nagai 12: 02.5 05  FRA Antoine Gerard François Braud 12: 48.8 06th  CZE Tomáš Portyk Ondřej Pažout 13: 37.5 07th  FIN Leevi Mutru Ilkka Herola 13: 39.0 08th  POLE Paweł Słowiok Wojciech Marusarz 14: 40.3 09  United States Taylor Fletcher Ben Berend 14: 51.7 10  ITA Lukas Runggaldier Aaron Kostner 15: 42.2

after the second change space nation Change time from to 01  DEU Fabian Riessle Eric Frenzel 23: 03.9 02  AUT Lukas Klapfer Bernhard Gruber 23: 46.0 03  NOR Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber 23: 47.4 04th  JPN Hideaki Nagai Go Yamamoto 23: 52.2 05  FRA François Braud Maxime Laheurte 24: 36.0 06th  FIN Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen 25: 05.5 07th  CZE Ondřej Pažout Lukáš Daněk 25: 46.8 08th  POLE Wojciech Marusarz Szczepan Kupczak 27: 01.1 09  United States Ben Berend Ben Loomis 27: 34.0 10  ITA Aaron Kostner Raffaele Buzzi 27: 48.5

after the third change space nation Change time from to 01  DEU Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek 34: 09.3 02  AUT Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl 35: 09.6 03  NOR Jarl Magnus Riiber Jørgen Graabak 35: 15.6 04th  JPN Go Yamamoto Akito Watabe 36: 14.3 05  FIN Eero Hirvonen Hannu Manninen 36: 32.2 06th  FRA Maxime Laheurte Jason Lamy Chappuis 36: 36.8 07th  CZE Lukáš Daněk Miroslav Dvořák 37: 54.9 08th  POLE Szczepan Kupczak Adam Cieślar 39: 24.0 09  United States Ben Loomis Bryan Fletcher 39: 25.3 10  ITA Raffaele Buzzi Alexandre Pittin 39: 26.0

Final score

space	nation	Points	time
01	Germany Vinzenz Geiger Fabian Rießle Eric Frenzel Johannes Rydzek	469.5	46: 09.8
02	Norway Jan Schmid Espen Andersen Jarl Magnus Riiber Jørgen Graabak	464.7	47: 02.5
03	Austria Wilhelm Denifl Lukas Klapfer Bernhard Gruber Mario Seidl	455.3	47: 17.6
04th	Japan Yoshito Watabe Hideaki Nagai Gō Yamamoto Akito Watabe	449.2	48: 18.6
05	France Antoine Gérard François Braud Maxime Laheurte Jason Lamy Chappuis	417.9	48: 37.0
06th	| Finland  Leevi Mutru Ilkka Herola Eero Hirvonen Hannu Manninen	382.2	48: 40.5
07th	Czech Republic Tomáš Portyk Ondřej Pažout Lukáš Daněk Miroslav Dvořák	381.3	50: 07.1
08th	ITA Lukas Runggaldier Aaron Kostner Raffaele Buzzi Alessandro Pittin	337.2	51: 14.1
09	Poland Paweł Słowiok Wojciech Marusarz Szczepan Kupczak Adam Cieślar	324.8	51: 24.8
10	United States Taylor Fletcher Ben Berend Ben Loomis Bryan Fletcher	291.8	51: 26.5

Date: February 22, 2018, 7:30 p.m.
Elevation difference: 27 m; Maximum ascent: 25 m; Total ascent: 99 m

Before the first change, it was initially a four-way battle at the top. After that, however, the German relay team was able to break away and by the third change they had a lead of more than a minute over the pursuers. Before the third change, the three-way battle for silver and bronze developed into a duel for these two medals, as the Japanese relay team had to let go of the relays from Austria and Norway due to the increased tempo of the relay teams. In the final round, the Norwegian relay was able to break away from the relay from Austria and secure the silver medal.

With the victory of the German relay, for the first time since the 2002 Winter Olympics , a country managed to win all gold medals in Nordic combined.

Web links

• Official website of the 2018 Winter Olympics
• Results of the FIS team jumping and relay race