Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

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Men's 50 kilometre
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Igman
Dates19 February 1984
Competitors54 from 21 nations
Winning time2:15:55.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Thomas Wassberg
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Gunde Svan
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Aki Karvonen
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1980
1988  

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia, was held on Sunday 19 February at Veliko Polje, Igman. [1] It was the last event of the men's cross-country skiing programme at these games and the fourteenth appearance of the 50 kilometre race as it had appeared in every Winter games. Thomas Wassberg of Sweden was the 1982 World champion and Nikolay Zimyatov of the Soviet Union was the defending champion from the 1980 Olympics in Lake Placid, United States. [2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 54 athletes who started the race, 4 did not finish. Thomas Wassberg of the Sweden took his second gold medal of the games after being part of Sweden's winning men's 4 x 10km relay team, and his third all-time gold medal. His fellow countryman Gunde Svan took silver and therefore won a medal in every cross-country event for men.

Results

Sources: [3] [1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg48 Thomas Wassberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:15:55.8
Silver medal icon.svg38 Gunde Svan Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:16:00.7+4.9
Bronze medal icon.svg46 Aki Karvonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:17:04.7+1:08.9
443 Harri Kirvesniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:18:34.1+2:38.3
541 Jan Lindvall Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:19:27.1+3:31.3
647 Andi Grünenfelder Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:19:46.2+3:50.4
730 Alexander Zavyalov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:20:27.6+4:31.8
819 Vladimir Sakhnov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:20:53.7+4:57.9
940 Konrad Hallenbarter Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:21:11.6+5:15.8
1024 Juha Mieto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:21:53.1+5:57.3
118 Lars Erik Eriksen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:22:09.6+6:13.8
1222 Tor Håkon Holte Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:22:12.7+6:16.9
1351 Nikolay Zimyatov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:22:15.0+6:19.2
1416 Jan Ottosson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:22:24.0+6:28.2
157 Kari Ristanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:23:10.6+7:14.8
1612 Alexander Batyuk Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:23:17.0+7:21.2
1714 Bill Koch Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:24:02.4+8:06.6
1832 Audun Endestad Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:24:14.4+8:18.6
1925 Giachem Guidon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:24:25.9+8:30.1
2039 Pierre Harvey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:25:04.1+9:08.3
212 Gianfranco Polvara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:25:07.6+9:11.8
2245 Maurilio De Zolt Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:25:14.9+9:19.1
2331 Miloš Bečvář Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:25:23.7+9:27.9
2433 Alois Stadlober Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:25:26.3+9:30.5
2510 Markus Fähndrich Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:25:26.4+9:30.6
2621 Dan Simoneau Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:25:43.1+9:47.3
2736 Józef Łuszczek Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:25:46.9+9:51.1
2844 Dominique Locatelli Flag of France.svg  France 2:26:21.3+10:25.5
295 Franz Gattermann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:26:40.8+10:45.0
3050 Giorgio Vanzetta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:27:08.3+11:12.5
3155 Jim Galanes Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:28:00.7+12:04.9
3215 Dušan Ðuričić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:28:23.4+12:27.6
3327 Peter Juric Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:28:38.8+12:43.0
3429 Giulio Capitanio Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:28:51.7+12:55.9
354 Josef Schneider Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:29:29.5+13:33.7
3634 Janež Kršinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:30:16.2+14:20.4
3728 Franz Schöbel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:30:30.2+14:34.4
3842 Peter Zipfel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:30:57.7+15:01.9
3913 Anders Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:31:43.6+15:47.8
4035 Milush Ivanchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:32:15.9+16:20.1
4111 José Giro Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:33:31.5+17:35.7
4223 Jože Klemenčić Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:35:22.4+19:26.6
4337 Uwe Wünsch Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:35:48.9+19:53.1
449 Mark Moore Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:36:32.8+20:37.0
4520 John Spotswood Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 2:38:03.2+22:07.4
4617 Miguel Prat Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:38:07.0+22:11.2
4726 Satoshi Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:39:43.1+23:47.3
483 David Hislop Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:39:53.1+23:57.3
4918 Chris Allen Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:44:19.1+28:23.3
501 Ricardo Holler Flag of Argentina (1861-2010).svg  Argentina 3:05:41.2+49:45.4
6 Kazunari Sasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF
49 Atanas Simidchev Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria DNF
53 Ove Aunli Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
54 Uwe Bellmann Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany DNF
52 Jochen Behle Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNS
56 Jean-Denis Jaussaud Flag of France.svg  France DNS

References

  1. 1 2 "Veliko Polje 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 3 July 2019.
  3. "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.