| Date | 14 February 2006 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Stadio del Trampolino, Pragelato Plan | |
| Participants | 48 from 24 countries | |
| Format | Two-man teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,325 m Height Differential: 26 m Maximum Climb: 26 m Total Climbing: 47 m | |
This event had débuted at the World Championships only in 2005, and was making its first Olympic appearance in Torino. The Olympic format consisted of teams of two skiers, skiing six legs of about 1,500 metres. In theory a skier could ski between three to six legs, but in reality, all teams alternated legs, with each sprinter skiing three legs. The event consists of a semi-final round advancing teams to a final of 10 teams. At Torino the event was skied classically, while in Oberstdorf, at the 2005 Worlds, it had been a freestyle event. The medalists in 2005 had been Norway, Germany, and the Czech Republic, in that order. The 2006 Olympic semi-final heats were won by Sweden and Norway. The final was close between those two teams and Russia, with Sweden winning narrowly over Norway when Björn Lind sprinted ahead in the final 100 metres, with Russia taking the bronze medal.
| Date | 14 February 2006 — 10:40 |
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| Format | First 5 teams in each heat qualify for final. |
| Time | 10:40 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden |  SWE | 17:34.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Thobias Fredriksson | – | 2:23.9 | 3:03.7 | 3:02.1 | ||||
| Björn Lind | – | 2:47.8 | 3:03.7 | 3:12.8 | ||||
| 2 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 17:34.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Dušan Kožíšek | – | 2:24.7 | 2:59.2 | 3:02.8 | ||||
| Martin Koukal | – | 2:52.2 | 3:02.9 | 3:13.1 | ||||
| 3 | Slovakia |  SVK | 17:36.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Martin Bajčičák | – | 2:28.2 | 3:02.4 | 3:00.7 | ||||
| Ivan Bátory | – | 2:54.3 | 2:56.0 | 3:14.5 | ||||
| 4 | Finland |  FIN | 17:39.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Keijo Kurttila | – | 2:24.6 | 3:02.8 | 3:02.6 | ||||
| Lauri Pyykönen | – | 2:48.3 | 3:03.1 | 3:17.8 | ||||
| 5 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 17:42.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Chebotko | – | 2:23.4 | 3:01.0 | 3:01.8 | ||||
| Yevgeny Koshevoy | – | 2:51.4 | 3:03.8 | 3:21.2 | ||||
| 6 | Japan |  JPN | 17:46.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Katsuhito Ebisawa | – | 2:25.4 | 3:00.5 | 3:01.0 | ||||
| Yuichi Onda | – | 2:50.8 | 3:03.9 | 3:25.0 | ||||
| 7 | Estonia |  EST | 18:07.4 | – | – | – | ||
| Priit Narusk | – | 2:24.4 | 3:00.6 | 3:02.3 | ||||
| Anti Saarepuu | – | 2:51.2 | 3:03.2 | 3:45.7 | ||||
| 8 | Slovenia |  SLO | 18:34.4 | – | – | – | ||
| Nejc Brodar | – | 2:27.9 | 3:07.7 | 3:11.3 | ||||
| Jože Mehle | – | 3:07.1 | 3:10.5 | 3:29.9 | ||||
| 9 | Ukraine |  UKR | 18:50.4 | – | – | – | ||
| Ivan Bilosiuk | – | 2:26.5 | 3:18.4 | 3:31.7 | ||||
| Vitaliy Martsiv | – | 2:53.6 | 3:12.9 | 3:27.3 | ||||
| 10 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 18:57.4 | – | – | – | ||
| Li Geliang | – | 2:25.6 | 3:06.6 | 3:14.1 | ||||
| Tian Ye | – | 3:09.0 | 3:19.8 | 3:42.3 | ||||
| 11 | Romania |  ROU | 19:04.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Zsolt Antal | – | 2:37.2 | 3:14.0 | 3:18.2 | ||||
| Mihai Galiceanu | – | 3:01.8 | 3:16.0 | 3:37.1 | ||||
| 12 | Turkey |  TUR | 19:46.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Sabahattin Oğlago | – | 2:36.1 | 3:22.5 | 3:26.2 | ||||
| Muhammet Kızılarslan | – | 3:06.8 | 3:26.6 | 3:48.3 | ||||
| Belarus |  BLR | – | – | – | – | |||
| Siarhei Dalidovich DNS | – | – | – | – | ||||
| Aliaksandr Lazutkin DNS | – | – | – | – |
| Time | 11:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Norway |  NOR | 17:22.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Jens Arne Svartedal | – | 2:23.5 | 2:53.5 | 2:57.7 | ||||
| Tor-Arne Hetland | – | 2:54.4 | 3:01.3 | 3:11.7 | ||||
| 2 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 17:22.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Ivan Alypov | – | 2:23.5 | 2:53.5 | 2:56.5 | ||||
| Vasily Rochev | – | 2:54.5 | 3:02.4 | 3:11.8 | ||||
| 3 | Germany |  GER | 17:22.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Jens Filbrich | – | 2:25.4 | 2:53.3 | 2:56.4 | ||||
| Andreas Schlütter | – | 2:53.0 | 3:01.8 | 3:12.7 | ||||
| 4 | Italy |  ITA | 17:26.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Freddy Schwienbacher | – | 2:26.1 | 2:56.6 | 3:02.1 | ||||
| Giorgio Di Centa | – | 2:53.0 | 2:58.7 | 3:09.7 | ||||
| 5 | Poland |  POL | 17:27.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Maciej Kreczmer | – | 2:24.4 | 2:58.7 | 3:01.4 | ||||
| Janusz Krężelok | – | 2:54.4 | 2:57.3 | 3:10.9 | ||||
| 6 | Canada |  CAN | 17:31.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Devon Kershaw | – | 2:23.9 | 2:55.6 | 2:59.2 | ||||
| George Grey | – | 2:55.5 | 3:01.6 | 3:15.4 | ||||
| 7 | United States |  USA | 17:54.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Chris Cook | – | 2:24.2 | 3:02.1 | 3:16.6 | ||||
| Andy Newell | – | 2:54.1 | 2:55.6 | 3:22.3 | ||||
| 8 | Switzerland |  SUI | 18:00.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Reto Burgermeister | – | 2:28.8 | 3:01.6 | 3:10.1 | ||||
| Christoph Eigenmann | – | 2:51.5 | 3:02.0 | 3:26.6 | ||||
| 9 | Republic of Korea |  KOR | 19:40.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Choi Im-Heon | – | 2:38.2 | 3:25.9 | 3:31.3 | ||||
| Park Byeong-Ju | – | 3:05.0 | 3:17.3 | 3:42.3 | ||||
| 10 | Croatia |  CRO | 19:43.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Damir Jurčević | – | 2:33.5 | 3:31.3 | 3:37.1 | ||||
| Denis Klobučar | – | 3:05.2 | 3:17.0 | 3:39.0 | ||||
| Austria |  AUT | [18:12.2] | – | – | – | 2 | ||
| Johannes Eder | – | 2:25.5 | 3:00.6 | 3:12.4 | ||||
| Jürgen Pinter | – | 2:55.0 | 3:05.7 | 3:33.0 | ||||
| Armenia |  ARM | – | – | – | – | |||
| Hovhannes Sargsyan | – | 2:45.4 | 3:36.5 | – | ||||
| Edmond Khachatryan | – | 3:28.6 | 3:41.1 | – |
| Date | 14 February 2006 — 11:42 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sweden | SWE | 17:02.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Thobias Fredriksson | – | 2:21.6 | 2:50.5 | 2:56.8 | ||||
| Björn Lind | – | 2:58.7 | 2:51.8 | 3:03.5 | ||||
| 2 | Norway | NOR | 17:03.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Jens Arne Svartedal | – | 2:21.3 | 2:48.9 | 2:53.9 | ||||
| Tor-Arne Hetland | – | 2:58.7 | 2:53.3 | 3:07.4 | ||||
| 3 | Russian Federation | RUS | 17:05.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Ivan Alypov | – | 2:21.3 | 2:50.1 | 2:56.2 | ||||
| Vasily Rochev | – | 2:58.8 | 2:51.6 | 3:07.2 | ||||
| 4 | Germany | GER | 17:14.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Jens Filbrich | – | 2:21.9 | 2:52.1 | 2:57.4 | ||||
| Andreas Schlütter | – | 2:59.0 | 2:52.6 | 3:11.0 | ||||
| 5 | Finland | FIN | 17:21.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Keijo Kurttila | – | 2:22.3 | 2:53.3 | 3:03.6 | ||||
| Lauri Pyykönen | – | 2:58.3 | 2:52.4 | 3:11.6 | ||||
| 6 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 17:25.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Chebotko | – | 2:22.3 | 2:53.5 | 3:06.7 | ||||
| Yevgeny Koshevoy | – | 2:58.7 | 2:51.1 | 3:12.8 | ||||
| 7 | Poland | POL | 17:26.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Maciej Kreczmer | – | 2:23.6 | 2:57.5 | 3:06.5 | ||||
| Janusz Krężelok | – | 2:57.4 | 2:55.9 | 3:05.4 | ||||
| 8 | Slovakia | SVK | 17:30.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Martin Bajčičák | – | 2:24.8 | 2:58.6 | 3:04.3 | ||||
| Ivan Bátory | – | 2:57.5 | 2:55.3 | 3:10.4 | ||||
| 9 | Italy | ITA | 17:31.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Freddy Schwienbacher | – | 2:24.0 | 2:58.5 | 3:04.4 | ||||
| Giorgio Di Centa | – | 2:56.3 | 2:56.4 | 3:11.7 | ||||
| 10 | Czech Republic | CZE | 17:49.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Dušan Kožíšek | – | 2:21.9 | 2:59.2 | 3:12.6 | ||||
| Martin Koukal | – | 2:59.1 | 2:53.9 | 3:22.9 |
