Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics - Men's Combined

The men's combined

Alpine skiing combined

Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-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

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

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

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

's Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

was defending Olympic champion from Salt Lake City in 2002

Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics consisted of ten events held near Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S.A. The downhill, Super G, and combined events were held at Snowbasin, the giant slalom at Park City, and the slalom at Deer Valley...

, while Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich

Benjamin Raich is a champion alpine ski racer who won gold medals in the giant slalom and slalom at the 2006 Winter Olympics of Turin, Italy...

of Austria

Austria

Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...

was the reigning world champion. Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics, followed by Michael Walchhofer

Michael Walchhofer

Michael Walchhofer is a former Austrian alpine ski racer. He started his career in slalom, but then moved over to the speed events. During his career he won the downhill world cup three times, one silver medal at Olympics Games, and one gold, two silver and one bronze medal at World Ski...

(Austria) and Bode Miller

Bode Miller

Samuel Bode Miller is an American alpine ski racer. He is an Olympic and World Championship gold medalist, a two-time overall World Cup champion in 2005 and 2008, and is generally considered the greatest American alpine skier of all time...

(USA) in a tie for second.

Miller, the leader after the downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

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

Ivica Kostelic

Ivica Kostelić is an alpine ski racer from Zagreb, Croatia. He won the world championship in slalom in 2003 and three Olympic silver medals in slalom and combined , along with the overall World Cup title in 2011 and 18 World Cup races during his career...

and young American Ted Ligety

Ted Ligety

Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety is a champion alpine ski racer from the United States. He was the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in combined and the three-time World Cup champion in giant slalom . Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships...

. Ligety scorched the final run for the gold medal, while Raich skied out. Aamodt did not start the event after a knee

Knee

The knee joint joins the thigh with the leg and consists of two articulations: one between the fibula and tibia, and one between the femur and patella. It is the largest joint in the human body and is very complicated. The knee is a mobile trocho-ginglymus , which permits flexion and extension as...

injury, and Filip Trejbal had to withdraw after a spectacular crash which delayed the event for a prolonged period.

These were the last Olympics

Alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing has been contested at every Winter Olympics since 1936, when a combined event was held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany. From 1948–80, the Winter Olympics also served as the World Championships in Olympic years...

to use the traditional combined

Alpine skiing combined

format (one downhill

Downhill

Downhill is an alpine skiing discipline. The rules for the Downhill were originally developed by Sir Arnold Lunn for the 1921 British National Ski Championships....

run and two slalom

Slalom skiing

Slalom is an alpine skiing discipline, involving skiing between poles spaced much closer together than in Giant Slalom, Super-G or Downhill, thereby causing quicker and shorter turns.- Origins :...

runs). Starting in 2010

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics was held at Whistler Creekside in Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The ten events were scheduled for February 13–27, 2010; weather delayed the first event, the men's downhill, two days until Monday, February 15....

, 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

2005 Alpine Skiing World Cup

The 39th World Cup season began in October 2004 in Sölden, Austria, and concluded in March 2005 at the World Cup finals in Lenzerheide, Switzerland. The overall winners were Bode Miller of the U.S. and Anja Pärson of Sweden....

at Wengen

Lauberhorn

The Lauberhorn is a mountain in the Bernese Alps of Switzerland, located between Wengen and Grindelwald. Its summit is at an elevation of 8110 feet above sea level....

, the "super-combi" format was first used at the world championships in 2007.

Results

The results of the men's combined
Alpine skiing combined
Combined is an alpine skiing event. Although not technically a discipline of its own, it is sometimes referred to as a fifth alpine discipline, along with downhill, super G, giant slalom, and slalom.-Traditional & Super-Combined:...

event in Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing
Alpine skiing is the sport of sliding down snow-covered hills on skis with fixed-heel bindings. Alpine skiing can be contrasted with skiing using free-heel bindings: Ski mountaineering and nordic skiing – such as cross-country; ski jumping; and Telemark. In competitive alpine skiing races four...

at the 2006 Winter Olympics
2006 Winter Olympics
The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

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Rank	Name	Downhill	Slalom 1	Slalom 2	Time	Difference
	Ted Ligety Ted Ligety Theodore Sharp "Ted" Ligety is a champion alpine ski racer from the United States. He was the 2006 Olympic gold medalist in combined and the three-time World Cup champion in giant slalom . Ligety won the gold medal in the giant slalom at the 2011 World Championships...	1:41.42	44.09	43.84	3:09.35	+0.00
	Ivica Kostelić Ivica Kostelic Ivica Kostelić is an alpine ski racer from Zagreb, Croatia. He won the world championship in slalom in 2003 and three Olympic silver medals in slalom and combined , along with the overall World Cup title in 2011 and 18 World Cup races during his career...	1:40.44	44.61	44.83	3:09.88	+0.53
	Rainer Schönfelder Rainer Schönfelder Rainer Schönfelder is an Austrian skier who won the 2003-2004 men's World Cup slalom title.-Career:Born in Bleiburg, Carinthia, Austria, Schönfelder made his debut in the 1995-1996 season, finishing 115th in the overall rankings...	1:40.02	45.67	44.98	3:10.67	+1.32
	Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht Daniel Albrecht is a champion alpine ski racer. He has four World Cup race victories and a world championship.Albrecht made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2003 in a slalom at Schladming, Austria....	1:40.47	45.31	44.95	3:10.73	+1.38
	Giorgio Rocca Giorgio Rocca Giorgio Rocca is an Italian Alpine skier, a specialist in Slalom skiing. Together with Marc Girardelli and Ingemar Stenmark, he is one of three skiers to have won 5 Alpine Skiing World Cup slaloms in a row, which he achieved in the 2005/2006 season: only Alberto Tomba has won more World Cup...	1:41.39	44.88	44.47	3:10.74	+1.39
	Ondřej Bank Ondrej Bank Ondřej Bank is a Czech alpine skier.Bank began his international career in 1995 when he first competed at the Junior World Championship. His first World Cup race was in 2001...	1:40.50	45.34	45.16	3:11.00	+1.65
	Marc Berthod Marc Berthod Marc Berthod is a Swiss alpine skier.In 2005, he was Swiss champion in Giant Slalom. He finished 7th in the combined event at the 2006 Winter Olympics...	1:41.24	45.21	44.77	3:11.22	+1.87
	Pierrick Bourgeat Pierrick Bourgeat Pierrick Bourgeat is a French alpine skier.He was born in Grenoble.Bourgeat represented France at the 2006 Winter Olympics. He also won a bronze medal in team competition at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2005....	1:41.35	45.56	44.38	3:11.29	+1.94
	Peter Fill Peter Fill Peter Fill is an Italian alpine skier.-World Cup victories:- Career :Peter Fill is an all-round skier. In the 2006/2007 season he was the first Italian athlete since Alberto Tomba in the leaders of the Ski World Cup.At the age of 3 years old, he learned to ski with his first teacher Frieda Senoner...	1:39.22	47.46	45.53	3:12.21	+2.86
10	Kjetil Jansrud Kjetil Jansrud Kjetil Jansrud is a Norwegian alpine skier and Olympic silver medalist. He hails from Vinstra in Gudbrandsdalen, but was born in Stavanger....	1:41.55	46.02	44.75	3:12.32	+2.97
11	Markus Larsson Markus Larsson Markus Larsson is a Swedish alpine skier who took part in the Winter Olympics in 2010 in Vancouver.-World Cup victories:- External links :*...	1:41.22	46.38	44.74	3:12.34	+2.99
12	Martin Vráblík Martin Vráblík Martin Vráblík is a Czech alpine skier. Vráblík has appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2003, 2005 and 2007 World Championships...	1:40.50	46.73	45.18	3:12.41	+3.06
13	Jean-Baptiste Grange Jean-Baptiste Grange Jean-Baptiste Grange is a French alpine ski racer.Born in Saint-Jean-de-Maurienne, Savoie, Grange grew up in Valloire, Galibier, and made his World Cup debut at age 19 in January 2004. On February 17, 2007, he won the bronze medal in the slalom at the 2007 World Championships in Åre, Sweden...	1:44.05	44.63	43.83	3:12.51	+3.16
14	Noel Baxter Noel Baxter Noel Baxter is a Scottish alpine skier from Aviemore. He is the brother of fellow Alpine skier, Alain Baxter.He represented Britain at the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Despite good form in the 2009-2010 season, he was not picked for the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.-References:...	1:42.26	45.64	44.89	3:12.79	+3.44
15	Aleš Gorza Aleš Gorza Aleš Gorza is a Slovenian alpine skier.Gorza represented Slovenia at the 2006 Winter Olympics. His World Cup debut was on December 21, 2001 in Kranjska Gora. His best results so far are two 3rd places in Super-G, won in Whistler, British Columbia and in Bormio, Italy, in 2008.- References :...	1:41.31	46.44	45.16	3:12.91	+3.56
16	Scott Macartney Scott Macartney Scott Macartney is an alpine ski racer with the U.S. Ski Team.-Biography:Macartney grew up in the Seattle area, in Redmond, where his parents were public school teachers. He skied at the Crystal Mountain ski area, located southeast of Seattle, where his parents were members of the volunteer ski...	1:40.06	46.82	46.17	3:13.05	+3.70
17	John Kucera John Kucera John Kucera is a World Cup alpine ski racer, a member of the Canadian Alpine Ski Team. He races in all five alpine disciplines, focusing on the speed events of downhill and Super-G. He is the current world champion in the downhill, but has been sidelined due to injury since November 2009...	1:41.04	46.67	45.55	3:13.26	+3.91
18	Johan Brolenius	1:43.56	45.20	44.51	3:13.27	+3.92
19	Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman Andrej Jerman, , is a Slovenian skier.His best result in the Alpine skiing World Cup came at Garmisch-Partenkirchen in the 2006-07 season, when he won the downhill race. A day later he finished 2nd, again in the downhill. His best result until then was 4th place in Bormio, downhill as well, in the...	1:40.62	46.91	46.27	3:13.80	+4.45
20	Kryštof Krýzl Kryštof Krýzl Kryštof Krýzl is a Czech alpine skier. Krýzl has appeared in the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver and at the 2005 and 2007 World Championships.-2006:...	1:41.47	46.62	46.09	3:14.18	+4.83
21	François Bourque François Bourque François Bourque is a Canadian alpine skier.François Bourque Began his national debut in 2002. Bourque won the super-G event at the 2003 Junior World Championships and the combined event at the 2004 Junior World Championships. In the 2005 season, he picked up a third place finish in the super-G in...	1:40.50	47.52	46.23	3:14.25	+4.90
22	Aleksandr Khoroshilov Aleksandr Viktorovich Khoroshilov Aleksandr Viktorovich Khoroshilov is a Russian olympic alpine skier.- External links :*...	1:42.35	46.92	46.19	3:15.46	+6.11
23	Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Cristian Javier Simari Birkner Cristian Simari Birkner is an Alpine skier from Argentina. He competed in the 2002, 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics. He served as Argentina's flag bearer at the 2010 Winter Olympics opening ceremony....	1:43.93	45.89	46.72	3:16.54	+7.19
24	Pavel Chestakov	1:40.41	49.11	47.32	3:16.84	+7.49
25	Ivan Heimshild	1:43.12	48.13	47.16	3:18.41	+9.06
26	Tin Široki	1:44.75	47.40	48.01	3:20.16	+10.81
27	Jaroslav Babušiak Jaroslav Babušiak Jaroslav Babušiak is an alpine skier from Slovakia. He competed for Slovakia at the 2010 Winter Olympics. Jaroslav also competed for Slovakia at the 2006 Winter Olympics, where he achieved his best result, a 24th place finish in the slalom.-External links:...	1:43.32	48.86	48.60	3:20.78	+11.43
28	Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa Roger Vidosa is an Andorran alpine skier. He represented Andorra at the 2006 Winter Olympics and at the 2010 Winter Olympics.- Fis Race results :Slalom1st place - 5 times2nd place - 9 times3rd place - 3 times...	1:46.09	48.23	47.05	3:21.37	+12.02
29	Steve Nyman	1:40.19	47.14	55.35	3:22.68	+13.33
30	Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn Andrej Šporn is a Slovenian alpine skier.Šporn began his career as a competitor in slalom, though he had always shown great talent in both fast disciplines - the downhill and Super-G and is also good in giant slalom. He has been a successful competitor since early age, having won competitions in...	1:39.67	46.20	57.66	3:23.53	+14.18
31	Mihail Sediankov	1:46.10	49.11	48.69	3:23.90	+14.55
32	Claudio Sprecher	1:41.01	51.77	51.30	3:24.08	+14.73
33	Natko Zrnčić-Dim Natko Zrncic-Dim Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a Croatian alpine skier. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, France. He is a member of SK Medveščak....	1:41.23	56.55	46.37	3:24.15	+14.80
34	Mario Matt Mario Matt Mario Matt is an Austrian alpine skier. He is the brother of skicross competitor, Andreas Matt.Matt was born in Flirsch. He is a slalom specialist, as of February 2011 he won 13 slalom races and one super-combination in World Cup...	1:41.08	45.60		3:28.78	+19.43
35	Florentin-Daniel Nicolae	1:45.81	53.39	52.69	3:31.89	+22.54

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Manuel Osborne-Paradis

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Silvan Zurbriggen

Silvan Zurbriggen is a Swiss alpine skier and a distant cousin of Pirmin Zurbriggen.He was born in Brig, Valais...

Michael Walchhofer

Ryan Semple (skier)

Ryan Semple is a Canadian alpine skier.Semple's best finish on the Alpine skiing World Cup circuit is 11th place in a combined at Kitzbühel in 2010...

Lasse Kjus

Lasse Kjus is a retired Norwegian alpine skier who has won the overall World Cup twice, an Olympic gold medal, and several World Championships...

Stefan Georgiev

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Didier Défago

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Alex Antor

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Alexander Heath

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Patrick Staudacher

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Kjetil André Aamodt

Kjetil André Aamodt is a Norwegian former alpine ski racer, and is the most decorated in history....

Filip Trejbal

Filip Trejbal is an alpine skier from the Czech Republic. He competed for the Czech Republic at the 2006 Winter Olympics and the 2010 Winter Olympics. His best result was a 28th place in the combined in 2010....

Jono Brauer

Jono Brauer is an Australian alpine skier who specialises in slalom and giant slalom.Brauer grew up in the Southern Highlands of New South Wales, and as an 8-year-old had already shown an interest in skiing, winning several competitions...

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