Day 3 of the Olympics was marked by two historic medal wins. After never winning a medal of any color in Nordic combined, American Johnny Spillane crossed the finish line behind Frenchman Jason Lamy Chappuis for the silver medal. Teammate Todd Lodwick finished fourth behind Italian Alessandro Pittin.
Nordic Combined Final Standings (Top 25)
1. Jason Lamy Chappuis (FRA)
2. Johnny Spillane (USA)
3. Alessandro Pittin (ITA)
4. Todd Lodwick (USA)
5. Mario Stecher (AUT)
6. Bill Demong (USA)
7. Norihito Kobayashi (JPN)
8. Anssi Koivuranta (FIN)
9. Magnus Moan (NOR)
10. Eric Frenzel (GER)
11. Ronny Heer (SUI)
12. Pavel Churavy (CZE)
13. Hannu Manninen (FIN)
14. Felix Gottwald (AUT)
15. David Kreiner (AUT)
16. Lukas Runggaldier (ITA)
17. Petter L. Tande (NOR)
18. Tino Edelmann (GER)
19. Sebastien LaCroix (FRA)
20. Tomas Slavik (CZE)
21. Akito Watabe (JPN)
22. Björn Kircheisen (GER)
23. Jan Schmid (NOR)
24. Taihei Kato (JPN)
25. Christoph Bieler (AUT)
Men's moguls was capped by another historic win. Canadian Alexandre Bilodeau edged out defending gold medalist from Torino Dale Begg-Smith of Australia as well as American Bryon Wilson to claim Canada's first home gold medal (Canada had not won gold in either the 1976 Montreal Summer Games or the 1988 Calgary Winter Games).
Men's Moguls Final Standings
1. Alexandre Bilodeau (CAN)
2. Dale Begg-Smith (AUS)
3. Bryon Wilson (USA)
4. Vincent Marquis (CAN)
5. Pierre-Alexandre Rousseau (CAN)
6. Guilbaut Colas (FRA)
7. Sho Endo (JPN)
8. Jesper Bjoernlund (SWE)
9. Nobuyuki Nishi (JPN)
10. Alexandr Smyshlyaev (RUS)
11. Maxime Gingras (CAN)
12. Pierre Ochs (FRA)
13. Denis Dolgodvorov (RUS)
14. Mikko Ronkainen (FIN)
15. Michael Morse (USA)
16. Arttu Kiramo (FIN)
17. Yugo Tsukita (JPN)
18. Dmitriy Reiherd (KAZ), Patrick Deneen (USA), Nate Roberts (USA)*
*run not scored, tied for last
Additional events were run in biathlon, luge, and long track speed skating.
Men's 10km Sprint (Biathlon) Final Standings (Top Ten)
1. Vincent Jay (FRA), Gold medalist
2. Emile Hegle Svendsen (NOR), Silver medalist
3. Jakov Fak (CRO), Bronze medalist
4. Klemen Bauer (SLO)
5. Andriy Deryzemlya (UKR)
6. Jean Philippe Leguellec (CAN)
7. Pavol Hurajt (SVK)
8. Björn Ferry (SWE)
9. Jeremy Teela (USA)
10. Ivan Tcherezov (RUS)
Men's Singles (Luge) Final Standings (Top Ten)
1. Felix Loch (GER), Gold medalist
2. David Moeller (GER), Silver medalist
3. Armin Zoeggeler (ITA), Bronze medalist
4. Albert Demtschenko (RUS)
5. Andi Langenhan (GER)
6. Daniel Pfister (AUT)
7. Samuel Edney (CAN)
8. Tony Benshoof (USA)
9. Wolfgang Kindl (AUT)
10. Manuel Pfister (AUT)
Long Track Speed Skating: Women's 3000m
1. Martina Sablikova (CZE), Gold medalist
2. Stephanie Beckert (GER), Silver medalist
3. Kristina Groves (CAN), Bronze medalist
4. Daniela Anschuetz-Thoms (GER)
5. Clara Hughes (CAN)
6. Masako Hozumi (JPN)
7. Ireen Wust (NED)
8. Maren Haugli (NOR)
9. Nancy Swider-Peltz Jr. (USA)
10. Renate Groenewold (NED)
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