| Nordic Combined at the XIV Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Igman Olympic Jumps (ski jumping) Igman (cross-country skiing) | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 11–12 February 1984 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 28 from 11 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning Score | 422.595 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Nordic combined at the 1984 Winter Olympics, consisted of one event, held from 11 February to 12 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Igman Olympic Jumps, while the cross-country portion took place at Igman. [1] [2]
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Norway | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 |  Finland | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Totals (2 entries) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | |
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Individual | Tom Sandberg  Norway | 422.595 | Jouko Karjalainen  Finland | 416.900 | Jukka Ylipulli Finland | 410.825 |
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 | ||||
 | Tom Sandberg | Norway | 108.9 | 105.8 | 214.7 | 1 | 47:52.7 | 207.895 | 2 | 422.595 | |
 | Jouko Karjalainen | Finland | 100.6 | 96.3 | 196.9 | 15 | 46:32.0 | 220.000 | 1 | 416.900 | |
 | Jukka Ylipulli | Finland | 103.7 | 104.6 | 208.3 | 5 | 48:28.5 | 202.525 | 5 | 410.825 | |
| 4 | Rauno Miettinen | Finland | 97.6 | 107.9 | 205.5 | 6 | 49:02.2 | 197.470 | 9 | 402.970 | |
| 5 | Thomas Müller |  West Germany | 106.9 | 102.2 | 209.1 | 3 | 49:32.7 | 192.895 | 12 | 401.995 | |
| 6 | Alexander Prosvirnin |  Soviet Union | 101.8 | 97.6 | 199.4 | 13 | 48:40.1 | 200.785 | 6 | 400.185 | |
| 7 | Uwe Dotzauer |  East Germany | 99.5 | 100.0 | 199.5 | 12 | 48:56.8 | 198.280 | 7 | 397.780 | |
| 8 | Hermann Weinbuch | West Germany | 102.1 | 99.5 | 201.6 | 10 | 49:13.4 | 195.790 | 10 | 397.390 | |
| 9 | Klaus Sulzenbacher |  Austria | 94.0 | 110.0 | 204.0 | 7 | 49:48.2 | 190.570 | 14 | 394.570 | |
| 10 | Geir Andersen | Norway | 103.2 | 100.6 | 203.8 | 8 | 49:56.3 | 189.355 | 18 | 393.155 | |
| 11 | Hallstein Bøgseth | Norway | 95.1 | 97.9 | 193.0 | 18 | 48:58.0 | 198.100 | 8 | 391.100 | |
| 12 | Sergey Chervyakov | Soviet Union | 105.5 | 104.8 | 210.3 | 2 | 51:11.7 | 178.045 | 23 | 388.345 | |
| 13 | Kerry Lynch |  United States | 95.9 | 85.9 | 181.8 | 22 | 48:02.9 | 206.365 | 3 | 388.165 | |
| 14 | Aleksandr Mayorov | Soviet Union | 100.6 | 102.1 | 202.7 | 9 | 50:27.8 | 184.630 | 20 | 387.330 | |
| 15 | Gunter Schmieder | East Germany | 106.7 | 101.7 | 208.4 | 4 | 51:16.3 | 177.355 | 24 | 385.755 | |
| 16 | Andreas Langer | East Germany | 97.9 | 97.2 | 195.1 | 16 | 49:52.8 | 189.880 | 15 | 384.980 | |
| 17 | Pat Ahern | United States | 103.5 | 91.6 | 195.1 | 17 | 49:55.2 | 189.520 | 17 | 384.620 | |
| 18 | Dirk Kramer | West Germany | 94.5 | 94.5 | 189.0 | 19 | 49:43.7 | 191.245 | 13 | 380.245 | |
| 19 | Espen Andersen | Norway | 88.2 | 100.6 | 188.8 | 20 | 49:53.9 | 189.715 | 16 | 378.515 | |
| 20 | Takahiro Tanaka |  Japan | 92.1 | 106.5 | 198.6 | 14 | 51:05.5 | 178.975 | 22 | 377.575 | |
| 21 | Toshiaki Maruyama | Japan | 88.0 | 91.4 | 179.4 | 25 | 49:24.9 | 194.065 | 11 | 373.465 | |
| 22 | Ján Klimko |  Czechoslovakia | 81.1 | 105.8 | 186.9 | 21 | 51:03.1 | 179.335 | 21 | 366.235 | |
| 23 | Ildar Garifullin | Soviet Union | 84.3 | 82.2 | 166.5 | 26 | 49:56.5 | 189.325 | 19 | 355.825 | |
| 24 | Hubert Schwarz | West Germany | 75.3 | 106.3 | 181.6 | 23 | 51:42.0 | 173.500 | 26 | 355.100 | |
| 25 | Vladimír Frák | Czechoslovakia | 93.8 | 85.9 | 179.7 | 24 | 52:10.0 | 169.300 | 27 | 349.000 | |
| 26 | Walter Hurschler |  Switzerland | 64.9 | 78.9 | 143.8 | 28 | 48:12.4 | 204.940 | 4 | 348.740 | |
| 27 | Robert Kaštrun |  Yugoslavia | 100.1 | 100.6 | 200.7 | 11 | 56:09.4 | 133.390 | 28 | 334.090 | |
| 28 | Mike Randall | United States | 70.2 | 75.6 | 145.8 | 27 | 51:31.0 | 175.150 | 25 | 320.950 | |
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Austria (1) Finland (3) West Germany (4) East Germany (3) Japan (2) Norway (4) Switzerland (1) Czechoslovakia (2) Soviet Union (4) United States (3) Yugoslavia (1)
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