Ski jumping at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Normal hill individual

Men's normal hill individual at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for ski jumping
Venue	Pragelato
Dates	February 11–12
Competitors	69 from 21 nations
winning score	266.5
Medalists
01 ! Lars Bystøl  Norway 02 ! Matti Hautamäki  Finland 03 ! Roar Ljøkelsøy  Norway
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01 !		Lars Bystøl	Norway
02 !		Matti Hautamäki	Finland
03 !		Roar Ljøkelsøy	Norway

The Men's normal hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato, Italy. It began on 11 February, and concluded on 12 February.

Lars Bystøl of Norway won his country's first gold and his second international victory of the season, beating Matti Hautamäki to the title by only one point.

Dmitry Vassiliev could have won Russia's second ski jumping gold medal ever because he had the best jump in the first round. But as the last starter in the second round, he failed and finished tenth

This was the last highly ranked official event participated by Masahiko Harada - who won 2 Olympic medals in Nagano and 1 in Lillehammer - and it was after a break of over 3 years from participating in Ski jumping World Cup. Unfortunately for him, he was disqualified in the qualifying and did not compete in the final. Later he started only in FIS Cup event in Sapporo.

Fifteen skiers were pre-qualified, on the basis of their World Cup performance, meaning that they directly advanced to the final round. These skiers still jumped in the qualifying round, but they were not included with non-pre-qualified skiers in the standings. The fifty-four skiers who were not pre-qualified competed for thirty-five spots in the final round.

^ 1: These skiers were pre-qualified; they did perform jumps in the qualification round, but were not ranked with the non-pre-qualified jumpers.

^ 2: Lars Bystøl was disqualified because his suit had improper air permeability, but he still competed in the final because he was prequalified.