List of FIS Nordic World Ski Championships medalists in nordic combined

This is a list of medalists in the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in nordic combined.

Introduction

This event first debuted in 1925. Then, the athletes competing in Nordic combined competed together with the 18 km athletes and the ski jumpers, so an athlete could conceivably win gold in ski jumping and combined on the same day. This format existed until 1939. From 1950, there were separate races for athletes competing in the combined competition, and there was one individual competition, with three jumps where the best two counted, and a 15 km cross country race. Later, the third jump was abolished. From 1985 onwards, the Gundersen method - named after the former combined athlete Gunder Gundersen, who devised the system - was used, where the points from ski jumping were recalculated into cross country skiing times and the athletes then started with a staggered start, the winning ski jumper starting first. The team event debuted in 1982, the sprint in 1999, and the mass start will debut in 2009. Also in 2009, the 15 km individual Gundersen will be changed to a 10 km individual normal hill event while the 7.5 sprint event will be changed to a 10 km individual large hill event with the former involving a single jump from the normal hill while the latter involves a single jump from the large hill.FIS Newsflash 200. October 8, 2008.]

Events

10 km individual normal hill

Formerly known as the 18 km/ 15 km Individual Gundersen, this event involved two jumps from the ski jumping normal hill. For the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, the event will involve a single jump from the ski jumping normal hill followed by 10 km of cross country skiing. [http://www.liberec2009.com/_data/files/File/Timetable_2008_24_09.pdf September 24, 2008 schedule for the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009.] - accessed October 10, 2008.] Any one point difference between competitors in the ski jump represents 4 seconds between them at the start of the cross country part of the competition.

10 km mass start

This event will make its debut at the 2009 chapionships in Liberec, Czech Republic.

ee also

*Nordic combined at the Winter Olympics
*List of Olympic medalists in nordic combined
*Nordic combined World Cup

References

*http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/majorevents/fisworldskichampionships/nordicwsc.html
*http://sports123.com/nco/index.html