Nordic combined at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Team
Cross-Country
### Cross\-Country

The start for the 4 x 5 kilometre relay race was staggered, with a one\-point deficit in the ski jump portion resulting in a one second deficit in starting the cross\-country course. This stagger meant that the first team across the finish line, [Austria](/wiki/Austria_at_the_2006_Winter_Olympics "Austria at the 2006 Winter Olympics") was the overall winner of the event. The German team, which started first, led after the third relay leg, but Austria's [Mario Stecher](/wiki/Mario_Stecher "Mario Stecher") gained 36 seconds on Germany's [Jens Gaiser](/wiki/Jens_Gaiser "Jens Gaiser") on the final leg, taking the Austrian team to the gold medal.

| Rank | Athlete | Deficit | Time | Rank | Total |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| [Image:Gold medal icon.svg](/wiki/Image:Gold_medal_icon.svg "Gold medal icon.svg") | [Michael Gruber](/wiki/Michael_Gruber_%28skier%29 "Michael Gruber (skier)")[Christoph Bieler](/wiki/Christoph_Bieler "Christoph Bieler")[Felix Gottwald](/wiki/Felix_Gottwald "Felix Gottwald")[Mario Stecher](/wiki/Mario_Stecher "Mario Stecher") | \+0:10

 **49:42\.6**11:50\.313:01\.012:01\.412:49\.9 |
 1

 **49:52\.6**

| [Image:Silver medal icon.svg](/wiki/Image:Silver_medal_icon.svg "Silver medal icon.svg") | [Björn Kircheisen](/wiki/Bj%C3%B6rn_Kircheisen "Björn Kircheisen")[Georg Hettich](/wiki/Georg_Hettich "Georg Hettich")[Ronny Ackermann](/wiki/Ronny_Ackermann "Ronny Ackermann")[Jens Gaiser](/wiki/Jens_Gaiser "Jens Gaiser") | \+0:00

 **50:07\.9**11:23\.912:50\.412:27\.613:26\.0 |
 4

 **\+0:15\.3**

| [Image:Bronze medal icon.svg](/wiki/Image:Bronze_medal_icon.svg "Bronze medal icon.svg") |   
[Antti Kuisma](/wiki/Antti_Kuisma "Antti Kuisma")  
[Anssi Koivuranta](/wiki/Anssi_Koivuranta "Anssi Koivuranta")  
[Jaakko Tallus](/wiki/Jaakko_Tallus "Jaakko Tallus")  
[Hannu Manninen](/wiki/Hannu_Manninen "Hannu Manninen")

 \+0:35

 **49:44\.4**11:56\.813:01\.012:25\.512:21\.1 |
 2

 **\+0:26\.8**

| 4 |   
[Ronny Heer](/wiki/Ronny_Heer "Ronny Heer")  
[Jan Schmid](/wiki/Jan_Schmid "Jan Schmid")  
[Andreas Hurschler](/wiki/Andreas_Hurschler "Andreas Hurschler")  
[Ivan Rieder](/wiki/Ivan_Rieder "Ivan Rieder")

 \+1:14

 **50:00\.9**11:42\.513:23\.012:02\.512:52\.9 |
 3

 **\+1:22\.3**

| 5 |   
[Francois Braud](/wiki/Francois_Braud "Francois Braud")  
[Ludovic Roux](/wiki/Ludovic_Roux "Ludovic Roux")  
[Jason Lamy Chappuis](/wiki/Jason_Lamy_Chappuis "Jason Lamy Chappuis")  
[Nicolas Bal](/wiki/Nicolas_Bal "Nicolas Bal")

 \+1:05

 **50:19\.6**12:09\.212:49\.612:23\.612:57\.2 |
 6

 **\+1:32\.0**

| 6 |   
[Daito Takahashi](/wiki/Daito_Takahashi "Daito Takahashi")  
[Takashi Kitamura](/wiki/Takashi_Kitamura "Takashi Kitamura")  
[Norihito Kobayashi](/wiki/Norihito_Kobayashi "Norihito Kobayashi")  
[Yosuke Hatakeyama](/wiki/Yosuke_Hatakeyama "Yosuke Hatakeyama")

 \+0:49

 **50:47\.0**12:02\.512:49\.512:33\.713:21\.3 |
 7

 **\+1:43\.4**

| 7 | [Johnny Spillane](/wiki/Johnny_Spillane "Johnny Spillane")[Carl Van Loan](/wiki/Carl_Van_Loan "Carl Van Loan")[Bill Demong](/wiki/Bill_Demong "Bill Demong")[Todd Lodwick](/wiki/Todd_Lodwick "Todd Lodwick") | \+1:33

 **50:19\.5**11:53\.213:20\.912:24\.212:41\.2 |
 5

 **\+1:59\.9**

| 8 | [Ladislav Rygl](/wiki/Ladislav_Rygl%2C_Jr. "Ladislav Rygl, Jr.")[Pavel Churavy](/wiki/Pavel_Churavy "Pavel Churavy")[Ales Vodsedalek](/wiki/Ales_Vodsedalek "Ales Vodsedalek")[Tomas Slavik](/wiki/Tomas_Slavik "Tomas Slavik") | \+1:48

 **52:10\.5**12:33\.712:38\.213:15\.813:42\.8 |
 8

 **\+4:05\.9**

| 9 | [Ivan Fesenko](/wiki/Ivan_Fesenko_%28skier%29 "Ivan Fesenko (skier)")[Anton Kamenev](/wiki/Anton_Kamenev "Anton Kamenev")[Dimitry Matveev](/wiki/Dimitry_Matveev "Dimitry Matveev")[Sergej Maslennikov](/wiki/Sergej_Maslennikov "Sergej Maslennikov") | \+0:23

 **53:42\.1**12:38\.013:52\.413:18\.513:53\.2 |
 9

 **\+4:12\.5**


Which Austrian athlete gained seconds on the German athlete on the final leg?