Nordic combined at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Individual

The men's individual nordic combined competition for the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary at Canada Olympic Park and Canmore Nordic Centre on 27 and 28 February.[1]

Individual at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for Nordic combined
Venue	Canada Olympic Park (ski jumping) Canmore Nordic Centre (cross-country skiing)
Dates	27–28 February
Competitors	43 from 13 nations
Winning time	39:27.5
Medalists
Hippolyt Kempf  Switzerland Klaus Sulzenbacher  Austria Allar Levandi  Soviet Union

This was the first individual event that used the Gundersen system, using a pursuit cross-country race, with the time gaps for the pursuit determined by the point differences in the ski jumping.[2]

Results

Ski Jumping

Athletes did three normal hill ski jumps, with the lowest score dropped. The combined points earned on the jumps determined the starting order and times for the cross-country race; each three points was equal to a 20-second deficit.[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Jump 1	Jump 2	Jump 3	Points	Time Difference
1	Klaus Sulzenbacher	Austria	114.5	114.0	112.7	228.5	+0:00.0
2	Hubert Schwarz	West Germany	110.1	107.8	109.1	219.2	+1:02.0
3	Hippolyt Kempf	Switzerland	107.5	98.5	110.4	217.9	+1:10.7
4	Allar Levandi	Soviet Union	99.6	108.6	108.0	216.6	+1:19.4
5	Thomas Prenzel	East Germany	99.7	105.6	109.9	215.5	+1:26.7
6	Trond Arne Bredesen	Norway	102.3	104.2	111.0	215.2	+1:28.7
7	Hansjörg Aschenwald	Austria	99.6	106.3	107.8	214.1	+1:36.0
8	Tadeusz Bafia	Poland	103.9	103.4	107.4	211.3	+1:54.7
9	Joe Holland	United States	101.8	96.4	108.6	210.4	+2:00.7
10	Marko Frank	East Germany	83.2	109.9	99.5	209.4	+2:07.4
11	Klaus Ofner	Austria	95.0	106.3	102.6	208.9	+2:10.7
12	Miroslav Kopal	Czechoslovakia	102.4	103.2	105.5	208.7	+2:12.0
13	Uwe Prenzel	East Germany	93.7	102.6	105.0	207.6	+2:19.4
14	Andreas Schaad	Switzerland	99.7	104.3	102.9	207.2	+2:22.0
15	Hans-Peter Pohl	West Germany	98.4	99.0	105.3	204.3	+2:41.4
16	Knut Leo Abrahamsen	Norway	96.5	89.4	107.6	204.1	+2:42.7
17	Vasily Savin	Soviet Union	80.0	103.7	100.0	203.7	+2:45.4
18	Sami Leinonen	Finland	93.4	103.7	98.7	202.4	+2:54.0
19	Torbjørn Løkken	Norway	101.6	97.8	93.5	199.4	+3:14.0
20	Jouko Parviainen	Finland	100.2	74.7	98.7	198.9	+3:17.4
21	Ján Klimko	Czechoslovakia	94.2	102.7	95.4	198.1	+3:22.7
22	Hallstein Bøgseth	Norway	92.9	100.8	96.9	197.7	+3:25.4
23	Ladislav Patráš	Czechoslovakia	88.0	100.6	96.2	196.8	+3:31.4
24	Jukka Ylipulli	Finland	96.2	100.5	93.2	196.7	+3:32.0
25	Günther Csar	Austria	98.0	98.2	95.0	196.2	+3:35.4
26	Andrey Dundukov	Soviet Union	95.0	99.0	93.4	194.0	+3:50.0
27	Xavier Girard	France	82.2	96.2	97.7	193.9	+3:50.7
28	Pasi Saapunki	Finland	97.1	96.2	95.1	193.3	+3:54.7
29	Fabrice Guy	France	80.7	101.7	90.4	192.1	+4:02.7
30	Sergey Nikiforov	Soviet Union	95.4	96.4	86.3	191.8	+4:04.7
31	Thomas Müller	West Germany	95.4	89.6	95.0	190.4	+4:14.0
32	Kazuoki Kodama	Japan	76.8	88.4	99.3	187.7	+4:32.0
33	Jon Servold	Canada	84.6	96.7	90.4	187.1	+4:36.0
34	František Repka	Czechoslovakia	77.2	90.1	94.0	184.1	+4:56.0
35	Jean-Pierre Bohard	France	77.7	85.5	97.7	183.2	+5:02.0
36	Masashi Abe	Japan	92.9	89.6	86.7	182.5	+5:06.7
37	Fredy Glanzmann	Switzerland	87.1	93.0	80.7	180.1	+5:22.7
37	Todd Wilson	United States	88.2	91.9	78.1	180.1	+5:22.7
39	Hermann Weinbuch	West Germany	90.8	78.8	88.8	179.6	+5:26.0
40	Stefan Späni	Switzerland	91.6	87.0	57.3	178.6	+5:32.7
41	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	75.5	87.5	88.3	175.8	+5:51.4
42	Francis Repellin	France	74.7	64.6	85.2	159.9	+7:37.4
43	Gary Crawford	United States	55.4	65.2	70.6	135.8	+10:18.0

Cross-Country

The cross-country race was over a distance of 15 kilometres.[1]

Rank	Name	Country	Start time	Cross-country		Finish time
				Time	Place
	Hippolyt Kempf	Switzerland	+1:10.7	38:16.8	2	39:27.5
	Klaus Sulzenbacher	Austria	+0:00.0	39:46.5	17	39:46.5
	Allar Levandi	Soviet Union	+1:19.4	39:12.4	12	40:31.8
4	Uwe Prenzel	East Germany	+2:19.4	38:18.8	4	40:38.2
5	Andreas Schaad	Switzerland	+2:22.0	38:18.0	3	40:40.0
6	Torbjørn Løkken	Norway	+3:14.0	37:39.0	1	40:53.0
7	Miroslav Kopal	Czechoslovakia	+2:12.0	38:48.0	8	41:00.0
8	Marko Frank	East Germany	+2:07.4	39:08.2	11	41:15.6
9	Thomas Prenzel	East Germany	+1:26.7	39:51.4	20	41:18.1
10	Vasily Savin	Soviet Union	+2:45.4	38:37.5	6	41:22.9
11	Trond Arne Bredesen	Norway	+1:28.7	40:13.9	23	41:42.6
12	Andrey Dundukov	Soviet Union	+3:50.0	38:31.1	5	42:21.1
13	Hubert Schwarz	West Germany	+1:02.0	41:33.8	33	42:35.8
14	Sergey Nikiforov	Soviet Union	+4:04.7	38:38.3	7	42:43.0
15	Pasi Saapunki	Finland	+3:54.7	38:49.4	9	42:44.1
16	Jukka Ylipulli	Finland	+3:32.0	39:23.6	14	42:55.6
17	Sami Leinonen	Finland	+2:54.0	40:04.4	22	42:58.4
18	Tadeusz Bafia	Poland	+1:54.7	41:05.3	29	43:00.0
19	Joe Holland	United States	+2:00.7	41:01.8	28	43:02.5
20	Fabrice Guy	France	+4:02.7	39:19.7	13	43:22.4
21	Ladislav Patráš	Czechoslovakia	+3:31.4	39:53.5	21	43:24.9
22	Klaus Ofner	Austria	+2:10.7	41:15.6	31	43:26.3
23	Hallstein Bøgseth	Norway	+3:25.4	40:14.0	24	43:39.4
24	Hansjörg Aschenwald	Austria	+1:36.0	42:19.5	40	43:55.5
25	Thomas Müller	West Germany	+4:14.0	39:48.7	18	44:02.7
26	Knut Leo Abrahamsen	Norway	+2:42.7	41:23.5	32	44:06.2
27	Ján Klimko	Czechoslovakia	+3:22.7	40:43.6	26	44:06.3
28	Hans-Peter Pohl	West Germany	+2:41.4	41:42.5	36	44:23.9
29	Hermann Weinbuch	West Germany	+5:26.0	39:00.4	10	44:26.4
30	František Repka	Czechoslovakia	+4:56.0	39:34.1	16	44:30.1
31	Masashi Abe	Japan	+5:06.7	39:24.4	15	44:31.1
32	Xavier Girard	France	+3:50.7	41:00.2	27	44:50.9
33	Jouko Parviainen	Finland	+3:17.4	41:42.2	35	44:59.6
34	Günther Csar	Austria	+3:35.4	41:50.8	37	45:26.2
35	Fredy Glanzmann	Switzerland	+5:22.7	40:16.1	25	45:38.8
36	Kazuoki Kodama	Japan	+4:32.0	41:08.2	30	45:40.2
37	Hideki Miyazaki	Japan	+5:51.4	39:49.4	19	45:40.8
38	Jon Servold	Canada	+4:36.0	41:56.1	38	46:32.1
39	Jean-Pierre Bohard	France	+5:02.0	41:33.9	34	46:35.9
40	Todd Wilson	United States	+5:22.7	42:07.9	39	47:30.6
41	Gary Crawford	United States	+10:18.0	43:54.7	41	54:12.7
-	Stefan Späni	Switzerland	+5:32.7	DNS	-	-
-	Francis Repellin	France	+7:37.4	DNF	-	-

References

1. "Calgary 1988 Official Report" (PDF). XV Olympic Winter Games Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. 1988. Retrieved January 21, 2014.
2. "Nordic Combined at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's Individual". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 September 2019.