Nordic Combined World Cup 2002/03

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rank Surname country Points
01. Ronny Ackermann GermanyGermany Germany 1135
02. Felix Gottwald AustriaAustria Austria 0790
03. Björn Kircheisen GermanyGermany Germany 0756
04th Hannu Manninen FinlandFinland Finland 0678
05. Samppa Lajunen FinlandFinland Finland 0629
06th Georg Hettich GermanyGermany Germany 0592
07th Johnny Spillane United StatesUnited States United States 0511
08th. Kenneth Braaten NorwayNorway Norway 0414
09. Todd Lodwick United StatesUnited States United States 0374
10. Kristian Hammer NorwayNorway Norway 0345
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The Nordic Combined World Cup 2002/03 season began on November 29, 2002 in Kuusamo, Finland and ended on March 15, 2003 in Lahti , also Finland . During the season from February 18 to March 1, 2003, the Nordic World Ski Championships were held in Val di Fiemme . A new FIS point system came into effect with the season , according to which the winner of a World Cup only receives 100 points.

With his four World Cup victories, Ronny Ackermann was able to repeat the overall World Cup victory from the previous year and relegated Felix Gottwald to second place again with four World Cup victories. Björn Kircheisen was third overall . In the Sprint World Cup, the sequence was ultimately the same as in the overall World Cup.

For Björn Kircheisen, the victory in Trondheim, Norway was the first World Cup success in his career. In addition, he was able to win the individual race and the sprint on the following two days, making him the first combined athlete to do so. Behind Kircheisen, the American Johnny Spillane achieved the first podium places of his career with a second and two third places.

Results and ratings

World Cup overview

date venue discipline winner Second Third
11/29/2002 FinlandFinland Kuusamo Sprint K120 / 7.5km FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen
12/01/2002 Sprint K120 / 7.5km Competition canceled
12/06/2002 NorwayNorway Trondheim Sprint K120 / 7.5km GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen United StatesUnited States Johnny Spillane GermanyGermany Georg Hettich
December 07, 2002 Single K120 / 15km GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen GermanyGermany Georg Hettich United StatesUnited States Johnny Spillane
12/08/2002 Sprint K120 / 7.5km GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann United StatesUnited States Johnny Spillane
12/14/2002 Czech RepublicCzech Republic Harrachov Single K90 / 15km FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen
12/15/2002 Sprint K90 / 7.5km FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann
01/01/2003 GermanyGermany Oberhof * Sprint K120 / 7.5km AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann AustriaAustria Mario Stecher
01/08/2003 AustriaAustria Ramsau Sprint K90 / 7.5km FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen
01/12/2003 FranceFrance Chaux-Neuve Single K90 / 15km AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann United StatesUnited States Todd Lodwick
01/22/2003 JapanJapan Hakuba Single K120 / 15km GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann FinlandFinland Hannu Manninen GermanyGermany Georg Hettich
01/25/2003 JapanJapan Sapporo Masses 10km / K120 GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann GermanyGermany Georg Hettich FinlandFinland Samppa Lajunen
February 18 to March 1, 2003 Nordic World Ski Championships in Val di FiemmeItalyItaly 
03/08/2003 NorwayNorway Oslo Sprint K115 / 7.5km AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann NorwayNorway Ola Morten Græsli

GermanyGermany Björn Kircheisen

03/09/2003 Sprint K115 / 7.5km GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald NorwayNorway Ola Morten Græsli
03/14/2003 FinlandFinland Lahti Single K116 / 15km GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald FinlandFinland Jouni Kaitainen
03/15/2003 Sprint K116 / 7.5km AustriaAustria Felix Gottwald NorwayNorway Kenneth Braaten GermanyGermany Ronny Ackermann

* = postponed from December 31, 2002

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