| Date | 14 February 2006 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Sestriere Colle / Sestriere Borgata | |
| Participants | 59 from 27 countries | |
| Format | One downhill run and two slalom runs, total time determined placement. | |
| Details | Gates: 33 Length: 2965 m Start Altitude: 2686 m Vertical Drop: 800 m | |
Already the winner of the giant slalom and slalom, Benjamin Raich, the 2005 combined World Champion and World Cup leader, was a heavy favorite. Far better as a technical skier, he placed only 13th in the downhill portion of the combined, but won the first run of the slalom to move into the lead. But then on the second slalom run, he straddled a gate and did not finish. The downhill had been led by American Bode Miller, who was having a terrible Olympics, and he continued that trend, not finishing the first slalom run. Behind Raich after the first slalom run were Croatian Ivica Kostelić, and surprising American Ted Ligety, who was a slalom specialist, with three podium finishes in World Cup slaloms in 2005-06, but who had only been named to the US National Team in 2005, and had never placed in a combined event on the World Cup circuit. The final slalom run was won by France’s Jean-Baptiste Grange, who was not a medal contender, having placed only 45th in the downhill and standing 24th going into the second slalom effort. But right behind him was Ligety, which brought him a shocking gold medal. Kostelić was only 12th in the second slalom run but held on for the silver medal, with bronze going to Austrian Rainer Schönfelder. Ligety would win the 2008 World Cup title in giant slalom, but thru 2011, has never again won a combined event.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | Downhill | Slalom | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted Ligety |  USA | 3:09.35 | 1:41.42 (32) | 1:27.93 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ivica Kostelić |  CRO | 3:09.88 | 1:40.44 (14) | 1:29.44 (4) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Rainer Schönfelder |  AUT | 3:10.67 | 1:40.02 (9) | 1:30.65 (11) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Daniel Albrecht |  SUI | 3:10.73 | 1:40.47 (15) | 1:30.26 (8) | |||
| 5 | Giorgio Rocca |  ITA | 3:10.74 | 1:41.39 (31) | 1:29.35 (3) | |||
| 6 | Ondřej Bank |  CZE | 3:11.00 | 1:40.50 (=16) | 1:30.50 (9) | |||
| 7 | Marc Berthod | SUI | 3:11.22 | 1:41.24 (28) | 1:29.98 (7) | |||
| 8 | Pierrick Bourgeat |  FRA | 3:11.29 | 1:41.35 (30) | 1:29.94 (6) | |||
| 9 | Peter Fill | ITA | 3:12.21 | 1:39.22 (3) | 1:32.99 (=19) | |||
| 10 | Kjetil Jansrud |  NOR | 3:12.32 | 1:41.55 (34) | 1:30.77 (12) | |||
| 11 | Markus Larsson |  SWE | 3:12.34 | 1:41.22 (26) | 1:31.12 (13) | |||
| 12 | Martin Vráblík | CZE | 3:12.41 | 1:40.50 (=16) | 1:31.91 (15) | |||
| 13 | Jean-Baptiste Grange | FRA | 3:12.51 | 1:44.05 (45) | 1:28.46 (2) | |||
| 14 | Noel Baxter |  GBR | 3:12.79 | 1:42.26 (36) | 1:30.53 (10) | |||
| 15 | Aleš Gorza |  SLO | 3:12.91 | 1:41.31 (29) | 1:31.60 (14) | |||
| 16 | Scott Macartney | USA | 3:13.05 | 1:40.06 (10) | 1:32.99 (=19) | |||
| 17 | John Kucera |  CAN | 3:13.26 | 1:41.04 (23) | 1:32.22 (16) | |||
| 18 | Johan Brolenius | SWE | 3:13.27 | 1:43.56 (41) | 1:29.71 (5) | |||
| 19 | Andrej Jerman | SLO | 3:13.80 | 1:40.62 (20) | 1:33.18 (22) | |||
| 20 | Kryštof Krýzl | CZE | 3:14.18 | 1:41.47 (33) | 1:32.71 (18) | |||
| 21 | François Bourque | CAN | 3:14.25 | 1:40.50 (=16) | 1:33.75 (23) | |||
| 22 | Aleksandr Khoroshilov |  RUS | 3:15.46 | 1:42.35 (37) | 1:33.11 (21) | |||
| 23 | Cristian Simari Birkner |  ARG | 3:16.54 | 1:43.93 (44) | 1:32.61 (17) | |||
| 24 | Pavel Shestakov | RUS | 3:16.84 | 1:40.41 (12) | 1:36.43 (27) | |||
| 25 | Ivan Heimschild |  SVK | 3:18.41 | 1:43.12 (39) | 1:35.29 (25) | |||
| 26 | Tin Široki | CRO | 3:20.16 | 1:44.75 (48) | 1:35.41 (26) | |||
| 27 | Jaroslav Babušiak | SVK | 3:20.78 | 1:43.32 (40) | 1:37.46 (28) | |||
| 28 | Roger Vidosa |  AND | 3:21.37 | 1:46.09 (54) | 1:35.28 (24) | |||
| 29 | Steve Nyman | USA | 3:22.68 | 1:40.19 (11) | 1:42.49 (30) | |||
| 30 | Andrej Šporn | SLO | 3:23.53 | 1:39.67 (7) | 1:43.86 (33) | |||
| 31 | Mihail Sedyankov |  BUL | 3:23.90 | 1:46.10 (55) | 1:37.80 (29) | |||
| 32 | Claudio Sprecher |  LIE | 3:24.08 | 1:41.01 (21) | 1:43.07 (32) | |||
| 33 | Natko Zrnčić-Dim | CRO | 3:24.15 | 1:41.23 (27) | 1:42.92 (31) | |||
| 34 | Mario Matt | AUT | 3:28.78 | 1:41.08 (=24) | 1:47.70 (35) | |||
| 35 | Florentin Nicolae |  ROU | 3:31.89 | 1:45.81 (=51) | 1:46.08 (34) | |||
| Benjamin Raich | AUT | – | 1:40.42 (13) | – ( | ||||
| Ivan Ratkić | CRO | – | 1:44.71 (47) | – ( | ||||
| Renārs Doršs |  LAT | – | 1:44.54 (46) | – ( | ||||
| Mykola Skriabin |  UKR | – | 1:46.63 (56) | – ( | ||||
| Anton Konovalov | RUS | – | 1:45.12 (49) | – ( | ||||
| Manuel Osborne-Paradis | CAN | – | 1:39.69 (8) | – ( | ||||
| Aksel Lund Svindal | NOR | – | 1:39.26 (4) | – ( | ||||
| Silvan Zurbriggen | SUI | – | 1:41.08 (=24) | – ( | ||||
| Michael Walchhofer | AUT | – | 1:39.52 (5) | – ( | ||||
| Ryan Semple | CAN | – | 1:41.65 (35) | – ( | ||||
| Lasse Kjus | NOR | – | 1:39.63 (6) | – ( | ||||
| Michał Kałwa |  POL | – | 1:42.72 (38) | – ( | ||||
| Stefan Georgiev | BUL | – | 1:43.86 (43) | – ( | ||||
| Didier Défago | SUI | – | 1:38.68 (2) | – ( | ||||
| Alex Antor | AND | – | 1:43.84 (42) | – ( | ||||
| Sindri Már Pálsson |  ISL | – | 1:46.04 (53) | – ( | ||||
| Alex Heath |  RSA | – | 1:47.62 (57) | – ( | ||||
| Patrick Staudacher | ITA | – | 1:40.52 (19) | – ( | ||||
| Jorge Mandrú |  CHI | – | 1:45.81 (=51) | – ( | ||||
| Bode Miller | USA | – | 1:38.36 (1) | [45.32] ( | ||||
| Nikolai Hentsch |  BRA | – | 1:45.42 (50) | [56.86] ( | ||||
| Konstantin Sats | RUS | – | 1:41.02 (22) | – ( | ||||
| Filip Trejbal | CZE | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Jono Brauer |  AUS | – | – ( | – | ||||
| Kjetil André Aamodt | NOR | – | – ( | – |
