Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's combined

Men's combined
at the XX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for alpine skiing
VenueSestriere
DateFebruary 14
Competitors60 from 27 nations
Winning time3:09.35
Medalists
   United States
   Croatia
   Austria
Alpine skiing at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Combined   men   women
Downhill men women
Giant slalom men women
Slalom men women
Super-G men women

The men's combined was held on Tuesday, 14 February, two days after the downhill. The combined competition, as the name suggests, is a combination where the times in the downhill racing and the slalom events are added. One run of downhill and two runs of slalom are used to determine overall ranking in the combined event. All three runs were held in a single day.

Norway's Kjetil André Aamodt was defending Olympic champion from Salt Lake City in 2002, while Benjamin Raich of Austria was the reigning world champion. Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics, followed by Michael Walchhofer (Austria) and Bode Miller (USA) in a tie for second.[1]

Miller, the leader after the downhill portion, was disqualified in the first slalom run for straddling a gate. This left Raich in the lead going into the final run of slalom, followed by Ivica Kostelić and young American Ted Ligety. Ligety scorched the final run for the gold medal, while Raich skied out. Aamodt did not start the event after a knee injury, and Filip Trejbal had to withdraw after a spectacular crash which delayed the event for a prolonged period.

These were the last Olympics to use the traditional combined format (one downhill run and two slalom runs). Starting in 2010, the Olympics are scheduled to switch to the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill & slalom) for the combined event. First run on the World Cup circuit in 2005 at Wengen, the "super-combi" format was first used at the world championships in 2007.

Results

The results of the men's combined event in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.

Rank Name Country Downhill Slalom 1 Slalom 2 Time Difference
1st Ted Ligety United States 1:41.42 44.09 43.84 3:09.35 +0.00
2nd Ivica Kostelić Croatia 1:40.44 44.61 44.83 3:09.88 +0.53
3rd Rainer Schönfelder Austria 1:40.02 45.67 44.98 3:10.67 +1.32
4 Daniel Albrecht Switzerland 1:40.47 45.31 44.95 3:10.73 +1.38
5 Giorgio Rocca Italy 1:41.39 44.88 44.47 3:10.74 +1.39
6 Ondřej Bank Czech Republic 1:40.50 45.34 45.16 3:11.00 +1.65
7 Marc Berthod Switzerland 1:41.24 45.21 44.77 3:11.22 +1.87
8 Pierrick Bourgeat France 1:41.35 45.56 44.38 3:11.29 +1.94
9 Peter Fill Italy 1:39.22 47.46 45.53 3:12.21 +2.86
10 Kjetil Jansrud Norway 1:41.55 46.02 44.75 3:12.32 +2.97
11 Markus Larsson Sweden 1:41.22 46.38 44.74 3:12.34 +2.99
12 Martin Vráblík Czech Republic 1:40.50 46.73 45.18 3:12.41 +3.06
13 Jean-Baptiste Grange France 1:44.05 44.63 43.83 3:12.51 +3.16
14 Noel Baxter Great Britain 1:42.26 45.64 44.89 3:12.79 +3.44
15 Aleš Gorza Slovenia 1:41.31 46.44 45.16 3:12.91 +3.56
16 Scott Macartney United States 1:40.06 46.82 46.17 3:13.05 +3.70
17 John Kucera Canada 1:41.04 46.67 45.55 3:13.26 +3.91
18 Johan Brolenius Sweden 1:43.56 45.20 44.51 3:13.27 +3.92
19 Andrej Jerman Slovenia 1:40.62 46.91 46.27 3:13.80 +4.45
20 Kryštof Krýzl Czech Republic 1:41.47 46.62 46.09 3:14.18 +4.83
21 François Bourque Canada 1:40.50 47.52 46.23 3:14.25 +4.90
22 Aleksandr Khoroshilov Russia 1:42.35 46.92 46.19 3:15.46 +6.11
23 Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Argentina 1:43.93 45.89 46.72 3:16.54 +7.19
24 Pavel Chestakov Russia 1:40.41 49.11 47.32 3:16.84 +7.49
25 Ivan Heimshild Slovakia 1:43.12 48.13 47.16 3:18.41 +9.06
26 Tin Široki Croatia 1:44.75 47.40 48.01 3:20.16 +10.81
27 Jaroslav Babušiak Slovakia 1:43.32 48.86 48.60 3:20.78 +11.43
28 Roger Vidosa Andorra 1:46.09 48.23 47.05 3:21.37 +12.02
29 Steve Nyman United States 1:40.19 47.14 55.35 3:22.68 +13.33
30 Andrej Šporn Slovenia 1:39.67 46.20 57.66 3:23.53 +14.18
31 Mihail Sediankov Bulgaria 1:46.10 49.11 48.69 3:23.90 +14.55
32 Claudio Sprecher Liechtenstein 1:41.01 51.77 51.30 3:24.08 +14.73
33 Natko Zrnčić-Dim Croatia 1:41.23 56.55 46.37 3:24.15 +14.80
34 Mario Matt Austria 1:41.08 45.60 1:02.10 3:28.78 +19.43
35 Florentin-Daniel Nicolae Romania 1:45.81 53.39 52.69 3:31.89 +22.54
Manuel Osborne-Paradis Canada 1:39.69 50.11 DNS
Benjamin Raich Austria 1:40.42 44.23 DNF
Anton Konovalov Russia 1:45.12 56.15 DNF
Ivan Ratkić Croatia 1:44.71 48.48 DNF
Nikolay Skriabin Ukraine 1:46.63 51.21 DNF
Renārs Doršs Latvia 1:44.54 52.55 DNF
Jorge Mandrú Chile 1:45.81 52.92 DSQ
Konstantin Sats Russia 1:41.02 DNS
Aksel Lund Svindal Norway 1:39.26 DNF
Silvan Zurbriggen Switzerland 1:41.08 DNF
Michael Walchhofer Austria 1:39.52 DNF
Ryan Semple Canada 1:41.65 DNF
Lasse Kjus Norway 1:39.63 DNF
Michał Kałwa Poland 1:42.72 DNF
Stefan Georgiev Bulgaria 1:43.86 DNF
Didier Défago Switzerland 1:38.68 DNF
Alex Antor Andorra 1:43.84 DNF
Sindri M. Pálsson Iceland 1:46.04 DNF
Alexander Heath South Africa 1:47.62 DNF
Patrick Staudacher Italy 1:40.52 DNF
Bode Miller United States 1:38.36 DSQ
Nikolai Hentsch Brazil 1:45.42 DSQ
Kjetil André Aamodt Norway DNS
Filip Trejbal Czech Republic DNF
Jono Brauer Australia DNF

References

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