| Men's sprint at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Pragelato | ||||||||||||
| Dates | February 21, 2006 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 49 from 15 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 18:38.6 | ||||||||||||
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| Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics | |
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| Sprint | men |
| Individual Gundersen | men |
| Team | men |
The Men's sprint Nordic combined competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato, Italy. It took place on 21 February. [1]
Forty-nine athletes entered the ski jumping portion of the sprint; each made one jump, which was judged in the same fashion as the Olympic ski jumping competition. The scores for these jumps were used to calculate the deficit with which each athlete began the cross-country portion of the event. Each one point behind the leading score of Georg Hettich was equivalent to four seconds of time deficit. [2]
The start for the 7.5 kilometre race was staggered, with a one-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a four second deficit in starting the cross-country course. This stagger meant that the first athlete across the finish line, Felix Gottwald was the overall winner of the event. [2]
| Rank | Name | Country | Deficit | Cross-Country Time | Total | Notes |
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 | Felix Gottwald |  Austria | +0:54 | 17:35.0 | 18.29.0 | |
 | Magnus Moan |  Norway | +0:56 | 17:38.4 | +0:05.4 | |
 | Georg Hettich |  Germany | 0:00 | 18:38.6 | +0:09.6 | |
| 4 | Jason Lamy Chappuis |  France | +0:05 | 18:46.5 | +0:22.5 | |
| 5 | Jaakko Tallus |  Finland | +0:19 | 18:39.1 | +0:29.1 | |
| 6 | Petter Tande | Norway | +0:30 | 18:29.1 | +0:30.1 | |
| 7 | Björn Kircheisen | Germany | +1:17 | 17:48.7 | +0:36.7 | |
| 8 | Ronny Ackermann | Germany | +0:47 | 18:20.7 | +0:38.7 | |
| 9 | Todd Lodwick |  United States | +1:14 | 17:57.4 | +0:42.4 | |
| 10 | Johnny Spillane | United States | +1:05 | 18:10.2 | +0:46.2 | |
| 11 | Anssi Koivuranta | Finland | +0:17 | 19:00.7 | +0:48.7 | |
| 12 | Hannu Manninen | Finland | +1:10 | 18:11.0 | +0:52.0 | |
| 13 | Michael Gruber | Austria | +0:35 | 18:48.3 | +0:54.3 | |
| 14 | Mario Stecher | Austria | +1:07 | 18:23.3 | +1:01.3 | |
| 15 | Daito Takahashi |  Japan | +1:12 | 18:19.4 | +1:02.4 | |
| 16 | Giuseppe Michielli |  Italy | +1:24 | 18:08.0 | +1:03.0 | |
| 17 | Ladislav Rygl |  Czech Republic | +1:24 | 18:11.2 | +1:06.2 | |
| 18 | Norihito Kobayashi | Japan | +1:27 | 18:09.0 | +1:07.0 | |
| 19 | Akito Watabe | Japan | +0:41 | 18:56.3 | +1:08.3 | |
| 20 | Ronny Heer |  Switzerland | +1:20 | 18:17.7 | +1:08.7 | |
| 21 | Andreas Hurschler | Switzerland | +1:50 | 17:51.6 | +1:12.6 | |
| 22 | Yosuke Hatakeyama | Japan | +0:38 | 19:05.0 | +1:14.0 | |
| 23 | Christoph Bieler | Austria | +0:40 | 19:04.0 | +1:15.0 | |
| 24 | Seppi Hurschler | Switzerland | +1:22 | 18:29.4 | +1:22.4 | |
| 25 | Bill Demong | United States | +1:34 | 18:29.7 | +1:34.7 | [1] |
| 26 | Tomas Slavik | Czech Republic | +1:23 | 18:40.8 | +1:34.8 | [1] |
| 27 | Nicolas Bal | France | +2:01 | 18:05.7 | +1:37.7 | |
| 28 | Kristian Hammer | Norway | +2:06 | 18:02.1 | +1:39.1 | |
| 29 | Sebastian Haseney | Germany | +2:20 | 17:49.1 | +1:40.1 | |
| 30 | Jochen Strobl | Italy | +1:59 | 18:10.8 | +1:40.8 | |
| 31 | Pavel Churavy | Czech Republic} | +1:58 | 18:11.9 | +1:40.9 | |
| 32 | Tambet Pikkor |  Estonia | +1:59 | 18:15.1 | +1:45.1 | |
| 33 | Ivan Fesenko |  Russia | +0:54 | 19:36.6 | +2:01.6 | |
| 34 | Damjan Vtic |  Slovenia | +1:12 | 19:23.9 | +2:06.9 | |
| 35 | Dmitry Matveyev | Russia | +1:16 | 19:21.1 | +2:08.1 | |
| 36 | Ivan Rieder | Switzerland | +1:21 | 19:21.0 | +2:13.0 | |
| 37 | Janne Ryynänen | Finland | +1:33 | 19:14.6 | +2:18.6 | |
| 38 | Daniele Munari | Italy | +2:26 | 19:21.0 | +2:34.1 | |
| 39 | Eric Camerota | United States | +2:05 | 18:59.8 | +2:35.8 | |
| 40 | Håvard Klemetsen | Norway | +1:51 | 19:15.6 | +2:37.6 | |
| 41 | Jason Myslicki |  Canada | +2:23 | 19:00.1 | +2:54.1 | |
| 42 | Alexsej Barannikov | Russia | +2:49 | 18:49.2 | +3:09.2 | |
| 43 | Sergej Maslennikov | Russia | +1:46 | 19:56.1 | +3:13.1 | |
| 44 | Davide Bresadola | Italy | +1:35 | 20:08.3 | +3:14.3 | |
| 45 | Sergei Diyachuk |  Ukraine | +3:23 | 18:21.1 | +3:15.1 | |
| 46 | Max Thompson | Canada | +2:45 | 19:24.3 | +3:40.3 | |
| 47 | Ales Vodsedalek | Czech Republic | +1:54 | 20:51.0 | +4:16.0 | |
| 48 | Volodymyr Trachuk | Ukraine | +4:17 | 19:40.8 | +5:28.8 |
^ 1: Determining the finish order of Demong and Slavik required a photo finish, with the American just edging Slavik for 25th place.
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