, ▁with ▁T ore ▁Ru ud ▁Hof stad ▁and ▁Tor ▁Ar ne ▁Het land , ▁had ▁won ▁the ▁competition ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 5 ▁Nord ic ▁ski ing ▁World ▁Championship , ▁the ▁only ▁time ▁it ▁had ▁been ▁sk ied ▁in ▁the ▁World ▁Championship ▁prior ▁to ▁the ▁Tur in ▁games , ▁but ▁that ▁was ▁in ▁free ▁technique . ▁The ▁most ▁recent ▁team ▁s print ▁event ▁in ▁classic ▁technique ▁had ▁been ▁in ▁Can more , ▁Canada , ▁on ▁ 1 8 ▁December ▁ 2 0 0 4 . ▁J ens ▁Ar ne ▁Sv art ed al ▁and ▁E ld ar ▁R ø n ning ▁won ▁that ▁race ▁for ▁Norway ' s ▁first ▁team . ▁However , ▁despite ▁this ▁good ▁Norwegian ▁record , ▁it ▁was ▁the ▁Sweden ' s ▁Th ob ias ▁Fred rik sson ▁and ▁B jör n ▁Lind ▁who ▁pi pped ▁Norway ▁to ▁the ▁title . ▁ ▁Results ▁ ▁Sem if inals ▁Fif teen ▁teams ▁were ▁entered ▁in ▁the ▁two ▁semif inals , ▁with ▁the ▁top ▁five ▁in ▁each ▁adv ancing ▁to ▁the ▁final . ▁ ▁Sem if inal ▁ 1 ▁ ▁Sem if inal ▁ 2 ▁ ▁Final ▁ ▁The ▁top ▁three ▁teams ▁separated ▁themselves ▁from ▁the ▁pack ▁fairly ▁easily , ▁with ▁Sweden ▁finishing ▁just ▁ 0 . 6 ▁seconds ▁ahead ▁of ▁Norway ▁to ▁take ▁the ▁gold ▁medal . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : Men ' s ▁cross - country ▁ski ing ▁at ▁the ▁ 2 0 0 6 ▁Winter ▁Olympics ▁Category : Men ' s ▁team ▁s print ▁cross -