15 Km Individual Gundersen
March 3, 2007 at the Miyanomori (HS100) jumping hill and the Shirahatayama cross-country course. The defending champion of this event was Ronny Ackermann of Germany. Leaders after the ski jumping part of the competition were Lamy-Chappuis (who would finish 17th), Koivuranta, and Bieler. (who would finish fourth). World Cup leader Hannu Manninen (Finland) had a disappointing ski jump part of the competition with a 24th-place finish. Manninen skied the fastest part of the cross country part of the competition (36:31.6) to finish sixth. The real star of the competition was Ackermann, who started fifth after ski jumping and would have the eighth-fastest cross country time to win the event by 8.5 seconds. American Bill Demong had the second fastest time in the cross country part of the competition to edge Koivuranta for the silver. Ackermann is the first person to ever win the event three consecutive times at the World Championships and the first person to win the event at a World Championships or Winter Olympics level since Ulrich Wehling (who was now race director of all Nordic combined events) did it at the 1972, 1976, and 1980 Winter Olympics.
HS100 hill
| Rank | Athlete | Jump 1 (m) | Jump 2 (m) | Points |
| 1 | Jason Lamy-Chappuis (FRA) | 96.0 | 99.5 | 260.5 |
| 2 | Anssi Koivuranta (FIN) | 96.5 | 101.5 | 257.5 |
| 3 | Christoph Bieler (AUT) | 97.0 | 95.0 | 255.0 |
| 4 | Espen Rian (NOR) | 97.0 | 97.5 | 254.5 |
| 5 | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | 95.0 | 95.5 | 252.0 |
| 6 | Jaakko Tallus (FIN) | 93.0 | 94.0 | 244.5 |
15 km
| Medal | Athlete | Start Time (Position) | Finish Time |
| Gold | Ronny Ackermann (GER) | +34.0 (5) | 38:35.6 |
| Silver | Bill Demong (USA) | +1:40.0 (8) | 38:44.1 |
| Bronze | Anssi Koivuranta (FIN) | +12.0 (2) | 38:44.3 |
| 4 | Christoph Bieler (AUT) | +47.0 (3) | 39:34.9 |
| 5 | Felix Gottwald (AUT) | +2:38.0 (17) | 39:42.8 |
| 6 | Hannu Manninen (FIN) | +3:20.0 (24) | 39:51.6 |
| 7 | Björn Kircheisen (GER) | +1:48.0 (11) | 39:52.3 |
| 8 | Espen Rian (NOR) | +24.0 (4) | 40:14.2 |
| 9 | Sebastian Haseney (GER) | +2:52.0 (21) | 40:25.6 |
| 10 | Magnus Moan (NOR) | +2:42.0 (18) | 40:34.3 |
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