Individual (Normal Hill / 10 km), Men

The defending Olympic champion was Germany’s Vinzenz Geiger, but individually in the normal hill, his best recent success was bronze at the 2025 World Championships. Besting him at that tournament were two Norwegians, but neither were at Milano-Cortina. This left Johannes Lamparter of Austria as a slight favorite, as he was leading the 2025-26 World Cup, but the field was relatively open overall.

Although Lamparter had the longest jump in the ski jumping portion, style points meant that he was ranked only sixth overall, with Geiger further back in eighth. The top scorer was Estonia’s Kristjan Ilves, who was a four-time Olympian, but had never had a podium finish at a major senior tournament. Unfortunately, he would continue that trend at Milano-Cortina, as his cross-country time left him in sixth overall.

Lamparter, on the other hand, completed an excellent cross-country ski over the 10 kilometers, but he could not catch up to Jens Lurås Oftebro of Norway and thus had to settle for silver. Oftebro, who was an Olympic champion in the team event and runner-up in the large hill in 2022, would go on to win the large hill in Milano-Cortina, as well as the team event. Lamparter, meanwhile, would also be the runner-up in the large hill, as well as a bronze medalist in the team event.

Bronze in the normal hill went to Eero Hirvonen of Finland, who won his first medal in three editions of the Games, which was also his first major international podium finish. He made it to third place by having the fastest run over the 10 kilometers, and would also end up taking silver in the team event. Geiger wound up in 10th place overall.