Alpine skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's combined
| Men's combined at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
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Flower ceremony
Gold medal Sandro Viletta, Switzerland Silver medal Ivica Kostelić, Croatia Bronze medal Christof Innerhofer, Italy |
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Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort Krasnaya Polyana, Russia |
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| Date | 14 February 2014 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 50 from 35 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:45.20 | ||||||||||||
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Sandro Viletta |
 Switzerland
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Ivica Kostelić |
 Croatia
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Christof Innerhofer |
 Italy
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Gold medal Sandro Viletta, Switzerland Silver medal Ivica Kostelić, Croatia
The men's combined competition of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi was held on Friday, 14 February, at Rosa Khutor Alpine Resort near Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
The downhill course started at an elevation of 1,947 m (6,388 ft); it was 3.219 km (2.000 mi) in length with a vertical drop of 977 m (3,205 ft). The slalom started at 1,160 m (3,806 ft) with a vertical drop of 200 m (656 ft) and 62 gates.
The downhill was started at 10:00 and the slalom at 15:30. Due to warm temperatures, the downhill was moved up an hour from 11:00, but temperatures were still above freezing in the starting gate. In the afternoon, the temperature at the slalom's starting gate was 11 °C (52 °F).
The gold medalist was Sandro Viletta of Switzerland, who had just one World Cup podium finish, a victory in super-G.Ivica Kostelić of Croatia won the silver medal, already the fourth one in his career (three of them in combined). Christof Innerhofer of Italy, the 2014 downhill silver medalist, won bronze.
The downhill race was started at 11:00 and the slalom race at 15:00.
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