Raich led the Combined standings on the World Cup entering the Olympics, followed by Michael Walchhofer (Austria) and Bode Miller (USA) in a tie for second.

[2] Miller, the leader after the downhill portion, was disqualified in the first slalom run for straddling a gate.

This left Raich in the lead going into the final run of slalom, followed by Ivica Kostelić and young American Ted Ligety.

Starting in 2010, the Olympics are scheduled to switch to the "super-combined" format (one run each of downhill & slalom) for the combined event.

The results of the men's combined event in Alpine skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics.