Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit

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Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit
at the XVII Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Dates19 February 1994
Competitors88 from 32 nations
Winning time1:00:08.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bjørn Dæhlie
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Vladimir Smirnov
Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan
Bronze medal icon.svg Silvio Fauner
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
  1992
1998  

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was held on 19 February at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer. The Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie was the 1993 World champion and the 1992 Olympic champion.

Each skier started based on the results from the 10 km classical event, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway started first in the race with a gap of 18.2 seconds to Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan. Dæhlie extended his lead and won over Smirnov with 29.2 seconds; his second consecutive olympic gold medal in the pursuit event. [1]

Results

The time consists the added times for both the 10 km classical and the 15 km freestyle pursuit.

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg1 Bjørn Dæhlie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:00:08.8
Silver medal icon.svg2 Vladimir Smirnov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:00:38.0+29.2
Bronze medal icon.svg8 Silvio Fauner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:01:48.6+1:39.8
46 Mika Myllylä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:01:55.9+1:47.1
54 Mikhail Botvinov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:01:57.8+1:49.0
612 Jari Räsänen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:02:03.7+1:54.9
75 Sture Sivertsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:02:09.7+2:00.9
817 Johann Mühlegg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:02:31.2+2:22.4
915 Giorgio Vanzetta Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:02:31.6+2:22.8
103 Marco Albarello Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:02:34.1+2:25.3
1110 Alois Stadlober Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:02:57.1+2:48.3
1220 Alexey Prokourorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03:07.8+2:59.0
1321 Jeremias Wigger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:03:07.9+2:59.1
1411 Jochen Behle Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:03:32.1+3:23.3
1514 Jan Ottosson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:03:32.4+3:23.6
1613 Andrey Kirilov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:03:59.7+3:50.9
1718 Vladimir Legotine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 1:04:00.1+3:51.3
1825 Kazunari Sasaki Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:04:00.5+3:51.7
1916 Nikolay Ivanov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:04:10.5+4:01.7
2022 Patrick Rémy Flag of France.svg  France 1:04:20.5+4:11.7
2153 Viatscheslav Plaksunov Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 1:04:35.2+4:26.4
2229 Fulvio Valbusa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:04:36.3+4:27.5
2319 Christer Majbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:04:42.5+4:33.7
2426 Luboš Buchta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:04:54.0+4:45.2
2533 Elmo Kassin Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:04:54.9+4:46.1
2634 Pavel Ryabinin Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:05:05.6+4:56.8
2731 Mitsuo Horigome Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:05:07.0+4:58.2
2847 Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:05:20.0+5:11.2
2939 Philippe Sanchez Flag of France.svg  France 1:05:31.8+5:23.0
3046 Hans Diethelm Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:05:32.4+5:23.6
3137 Andrey Nevzorov Flag of Kazakhstan (3-2).svg  Kazakhstan 1:05:32.9+5:24.1
3244 Carles Vicente Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:05:33.3+5:24.5
3345 John Aalberg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:05:33.4+5:24.6
3443 Ivan Bátory Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 1:05:34.3+5:25.5
3561 Janko Neuber Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:05:39.6+5:30.8
3665 Pavel Benc Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:05:44.1+5:35.3
3759 Václav Korunka Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:06:02.0+5:53.2
3832 Torald Rein Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 1:06:02.3+5:53.5
3955 Markus Hasler Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:06:05.4+5:56.6
4035 Jaak Mae Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:06:06.0+5:57.2
4141 Todd Boonstra Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06:07.1+5:58.3
4240 Hiroyuki Imai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:06:19.8+6:11.0
4352 Benjamin Husaby Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06:35.9+6:27.1
4456 Siniša Vukonić Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:06:45.3+6:36.5
4558 Luke Bodensteiner Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:06:53.0+6:44.2
4662 Igor Obukhov Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 1:06:53.5+6:44.7
4757 Jordi Ribo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 1:07:07.6+6:58.8
4838 Ricardas Panavas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 1:07:12.5+7:03.7
4950 Daníel Jakobsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:07:17.0+7:08.2
5066 Michael Binzer Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:07:17.1+7:08.3
5170 Sergei Dolidovich Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus 1:07:30.5+7:21.7
5249 Dany Bouchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:07:33.2+7:24.4
5363 Cédric Vallet Flag of France.svg  France 1:07:44.5+7:35.7
5472 Masaaki Kozu Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:07:50.1+7:41.3
5536 Andrus Veerpalu Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 1:08:16.1+8:07.3
5660 Wilhelm Aschwanden Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:08:17.4+8:08.6
5751 Anthony Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:08:22.9+8:14.1
5871 Martin Petrásek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 1:08:23.8+8:15.0
5973 Elemer Tanko Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:08:47.1+8:38.3
6069 Slavtscho Batinkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:08:47.5+8:38.7
6164 Ebbe Hartz Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:08:52.8+8:44.0
6280 Zsolt Antal Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 1:09:04.2+8:55.4
6368 David Belam Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 1:09:17.8+9:09.0
6476 Stephan Kunz Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 1:09:19.6+9:10.8
6577 Byung-Chul Park Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:09:56.3+9:47.5
6667 Mark Gray Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:10:01.1+9:52.3
6774 Iskren Plankov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:10:52.5+10:43.7
6875 Jin-Soo Ahn Flag of South Korea (1984-1997).svg  South Korea 1:11:16.1+11:07.3
6978 Rögnvaldur Ingþórsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 1:11:16.2+11:07.4
7081 Petar Zografov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 1:11:42.2+11:33.4
7179 Antonio Rački Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:12:38.8+12:30.0
7285 Jānis Hermanis Civil ensign of Croatia.svg  Croatia 1:15:17.5+15:08.7
7386 Nikos Anastassiadis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 1:15:43.9+15:35.1
7484 Bekim Babic Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina (1992-1998).svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 1:17:43.6+17:34.8
42 Urmas Välbe Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia DNF
82 Nikos Kalofyris Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNF
7 Vegard Ulvang Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS
9 Harri Kirvesniemi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS
23 Jari Isometsä Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNS
24 Thomas Alsgaard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNS
27 Torgny Mogren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS
28 Viktor Kamotski Flag of Belarus (1918, 1991-1995).svg  Belarus DNS
30 Niklas Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden DNS
48 Giachem Guidon Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNS
54 Stéphane Azambre Flag of France.svg  France DNS
83 Christos Titas Flag of Greece.svg  Greece DNS
87 Mithat Yildrim Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey DNS
88 Rusiate Rogoyawa Flag of Fiji.svg  Fiji DNS

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