Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics

Nordic Combined at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium (ski jumping) Snow Harp (cross-country skiing)
Dates	13–20 February 1998
No. of events	2
Competitors	53 from 14 nations
←  1994 2002  →

Nordic combined at the 1998 Winter Olympics, consisted of two events, held from 13 February to 20 February. The ski jumping portion took place at Hakuba Ski Jumping Stadium, while the cross-country portion took place at Snow Harp. ^{[1] [2]}

Medal summary

Medal table

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Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	2	0	0	2
2	Finland	0	2	0	2
3	France	0	0	1	1
	Russia	0	0	1	1
Totals (4 entries)		2	2	2	6

The Norwegians led the medal table, sweeping the two gold medals. Russia's medal, from Valery Stolyarov was the first, and as of 2010, only medal for Russia in Nordic combined (three Soviet athletes have won Nordic combined medals, two of them from Russia).

Events

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Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Individual details	Bjarte Engen Vik   Norway	41:21.1	Samppa Lajunen   Finland	41:48.6	Valery Stolyarov   Russia	41:49.3
Team details	Norway Fred Børre Lundberg Kenneth Braaten Halldor Skard Bjarte Engen Vik	54:11.5	Finland Jari Mantila Hannu Manninen Tapio Nurmela Samppa Lajunen	55:30.4	France Fabrice Guy Nicolas Bal Ludovic Roux Sylvain Guillaume	55:53.4

Participating NOCs

Fourteen nations participated in Nordic combined at the Nagano Games. ^[1] Slovenia made their Olympic Nordic combined debut.

•   Austria  (4)
•   Belarus  (2)
•   Czech Republic  (5)
•   Estonia  (4)
•   Finland  (4)
•   France  (4)
•   Germany  (5)
•   Italy  (1)
•   Japan  (5)
•   Norway  (5)
•   Russia  (5)
•   Slovenia  (1)
•   Switzerland  (4)
•   United States  (4)

References

1. "Nagano 1998 Official Report - Volume 3" (PDF). Nagano Olympics Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1998. Retrieved 20 January 2014.
2. "Nordic Combined at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 September 2019.