| Nordic Combined at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Autrans | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 10–12 February 1976 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 41 from 13 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 449.04 | ||||||||||||
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Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of one event, held from 10 February to 12 February at Autrans. [1] [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  West Germany | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | East Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (3 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Franz Keller  West Germany | 449.04 | Alois Kälin  Switzerland | 447.99 | Andreas Kunz East Germany | 444.10 |
Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. They then raced a 15 kilometre cross-country course, with the time converted to points. The athlete with the highest combined points score was awarded the gold medal. [1]
| Rank | Name | Country | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 3 | Total | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | ||||
 | Franz Keller | West Germany | 118.1 | 122.0 | 240.1 | 1 | 50:45.2 | 208.94 | 13 | 449.04 | |
 | Alois Kälin | Switzerland | 97.8 | 95.4 | 193.2 | 24 | 47:21.5 | 254.79 | 1 | 447.99 | |
 | Andreas Kunz | East Germany | 109.3 | 107.6 | 216.9 | 10 | 49:19.8 | 227.20 | 3 | 444.10 | |
| 4 | Tomáš Kučera |  Czechoslovakia | 109.2 | 108.2 | 217.4 | 9 | 50:07.7 | 216.74 | 6 | 434.14 | |
| 5 | Ezio Damolin |  Italy | 103.4 | 102.6 | 206.0 | 13 | 49:36.2 | 223.54 | 4 | 429.54 | |
| 6 | Józef Gąsienica |  Poland | 112.7 | 105.0 | 217.7 | 8 | 50:34.5 | 211.08 | 11 | 428.78 | |
| 7 | Robert Makara |  Soviet Union | 109.3 | 113.5 | 222.8 | 6 | 51:09.3 | 204.12 | 17 | 426.92 | |
| 8 | Vyacheslav Dryagin | Soviet Union | 107.5 | 115.3 | 222.8 | 5 | 51:22.0 | 201.58 | 19 | 424.38 | |
| 9 | Roland Weißpflog | East Germany | 94.6 | 91.7 | 186.3 | 29 | 48:33.5 | 238.00 | 2 | 424.30 | |
| 10 | Hiroshi Itagaki |  Japan | 115.4 | 122.0 | 237.4 | 2 | 53:26.2 | 177.25 | 29 | 414.65 | |
| 11 | Karl-Heinz Luck | East Germany | 100.2 | 98.6 | 198.8 | 20 | 50:14.7 | 215.22 | 8 | 414.02 | |
| 12 | Tõnu Haljand | Soviet Union | 101.0 | 101.8 | 202.8 | 17 | 50:40.5 | 209.88 | 12 | 412.68 | |
| 13 | John Bower |  United States | 104.2 | 101.0 | 205.2 | 14 | 51:00.1 | 205.96 | 16 | 411.16 | |
| 14 | Günther Naumann | West Germany | 95.4 | 94.6 | 190.0 | 28 | 49:48.5 | 220.89 | 5 | 410.89 | |
| 15 | Józef Gąsienica Daniel | Poland | 107.6 | 96.2 | 203.8 | 16 | 51:10.1 | 203.96 | 18 | 407.76 | |
| 16 | Ladislav Rygl | Czechoslovakia | 100.2 | 100.2 | 200.4 | 19 | 50:55.5 | 206.88 | 14 | 407.28 | |
| 17 | Fabio Morandini | Italy | 90.9 | 90.8 | 181.7 | 33 | 50:08.5 | 216.56 | 7 | 398.26 | |
| 18 | Erwin Fiedor | Poland | 119.0 | 115.3 | 234.3 | 3 | 54:48.7 | 161.63 | 36 | 395.93 | |
| 19 | Mikhail Artyukhov | Soviet Union | 94.6 | 97.8 | 192.4 | 26 | 51:32.4 | 199.50 | 20 | 391.90 | |
| 20 | Jan Kawulok | Poland | 103.4 | 97.0 | 200.4 | 18 | 52:32.7 | 187.51 | 25 | 387.91 | |
| 21 | Mikkel Dobloug |  Norway | 97.8 | 192.4 | 27 | 51:55.8 | 194.82 | 21 | 387.22 | ||
| 22 | Georg Krog | United States | 105.4 | 106.8 | 212.2 | 11 | 53:55.9 | 171.56 | 33 | 383.76 | |
| 23 | Akemi Taniguchi | Japan | 114.4 | 110.0 | 224.4 | 4 | 55:04.5 | 158.74 | 39 | 383.14 | |
| 24 | Katsutoshi Okubo | Japan | 96.2 | 98.6 | 194.8 | 23 | 52:33.1 | 187.43 | 26 | 382.23 | |
| 25 | Alfred Winkler | West Germany | 98.6 | 94.2 | 192.8 | 25 | 52:26.0 | 188.79 | 24 | 381.59 | |
| 26 | Jim Miller | United States | 85.1 | 86.5 | 171.6 | 35 | 50:56.0 | 206.78 | 15 | 378.38 | |
| 27 | Markus Svendsen | Norway | 105.0 | 105.8 | 210.8 | 12 | 54:19.4 | 167.05 | 35 | 377.85 | |
| 28 | Kåre Olav Berg | Norway | 104.2 | 100.2 | 204.4 | 15 | 53:57.8 | 171.20 | 34 | 375.60 | |
| 29 | Hans Rudhardt | West Germany | 96.7 | 98.7 | 195.4 | 22 | 53:15.3 | 179.34 | 28 | 374.74 | |
| 30 | Ilpo Nuolikivi |  Finland | 90.9 | 178.1 | 34 | 52:39.6 | 186.18 | 27 | 364.28 | ||
| 31 | Masatoshi Suto | Japan | 87.3 | 95.7 | 183.0 | 30 | 53:32.6 | 176.03 | 31 | 359.03 | |
| 32 | Ulli Öhlböck |  Austria | 83.7 | 85.1 | 168.8 | 36 | 52:23.9 | 189.20 | 23 | 358.00 | |
| 33 | Esa Klinga | Finland | 86.5 | 166.7 | 37 | 52:19.7 | 190.04 | 22 | 356.74 | ||
| 34 | Waldemar Heigenhauser | Austria | 101.8 | 95.4 | 197.2 | 21 | 55:00.4 | 159.49 | 38 | 356.69 | |
| 35 | Helmut Voggenberger | Austria | 95.4 | 86.5 | 181.9 | 32 | 54:57.2 | 160.07 | 37 | 341.97 | |
| 36 | Raimo Majuri | Finland | 82.3 | 79.5 | 161.8 | 38 | 53:30.2 | 176.48 | 30 | 338.28 | |
| 37 | Émile Salvi |  France | 77.7 | 80.9 | 158.6 | 39 | 53:44.3 | 173.78 | 32 | 332.38 | |
| 38 | Jean-Marie Bourgeois | France | 56.0 | 55.4 | 111.4 | 40 | 50:18.0 | 214.50 | 9 | 325.90 | |
| 39 | Tom Upham | United States | 92.2 | 90.0 | 182.2 | 31 | 56:30.5 | 142.97 | 40 | 325.17 | |
| 40 | Gjert Andersen | Norway | 116.2 | 105.0 | 221.2 | 7 | 0:28.0 | 102.49 | 41 | 323.69 | |
| 41 | Gervais Poirot | France | 51.2 | 51.2 | 102.4 | 41 | 50:22.2 | 213.58 | 10 | 315.98 | |
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Austria (3) Finland (3) France (3) West Germany (4) East Germany (3) Italy (2) Japan (4) Norway (4) Poland (4) Switzerland (1) Czechoslovakia (2) Soviet Union (4) United States (4)
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