The Men's large hill individual ski jumping competition for the 2006 Winter Olympics was held in Pragelato, Italy.
[1] Fifteen skiers were pre-qualified, on the basis of their World Cup performance, meaning that they directly advanced to the final round.
The fifty-one skiers who were not pre-qualified competed for thirty-five spots in the final round.
[2] ^ 1: These skiers were pre-qualified; they did perform jumps in the qualification round, but were not ranked with the non-pre-qualified jumpers.
The combined total of the two jumps was used to determine the final ranking.