Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

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Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Snow Harp
Dates22 February
Competitors79 from 28 nations
Winning time2:05:08.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Bjørn Dæhlie
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Niklas Jonsson
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Christian Hoffmann
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
  1994
2002  

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 22 February at Snow Harp. The competitors started with a 30-second interval. [1]

Results

The results: [2] [3] [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg3 Bjørn Dæhlie Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:05:08.2
Silver medal icon.svg2 Niklas Jonsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:05:16.3+8.1
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Christian Hoffmann Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:06:01.8+53.6
418 Alexey Prokourorov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:06:41.5+1:33.3
56 Fulvio Valbusa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:06:44.3+1:36.1
65 Thomas Alsgaard Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:07:21.5+2:13.3
77 Johann Mühlegg Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:07:25.3+2:17.1
81 Vladimir Smirnov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:07:26.4+2:18.2
915 Maurizio Pozzi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:08:13.2+3:05.0
1014 Silvio Fauner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:08:44.3+3:36.1
119 Anders Eide Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:11:06.9+5:58.7
128 Alois Stadlober Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:11:22.4+6:14.2
1312 Luboš Buchta Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:11:34.8+6:26.6
1425 Hervé Balland Flag of France.svg  France 2:11:55.9+6:47.7
1524 Andrei Noutrikhine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:12:21.9+7:13.7
1616 Pietro Piller Cottrer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:12:37.9+7:29.7
1747 Petr Michl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:13:08.3+8:00.1
1821 Jeremias Wigger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:13:50.5+8:42.3
1920 Ivan Batory Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:13:54.5+8:46.3
2017 Mathias Fredriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:14:05.9+8:57.7
2126 Vincent Vittoz Flag of France.svg  France 2:14:16.2+9:08.0
2234 Wilhelm Aschwanden Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:14:18.0+9:09.8
2335 Andrey Nevzorov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:15:14.7+10:06.5
2413 Tor Arne Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15:21.7+10:13.5
2527 Jordi Ribo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:16:04.8+10:56.6
2659 René Sommerfeldt Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:16:19.9+11:11.7
2750 Alexander Sannikov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:16:34.4+11:26.2
2831 Stephan Kunz Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 2:16:36.2+11:28.0
2946 Donghai Qu Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:16:42.3+11:34.1
3033 Hiroyuki Imai Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:16:49.5+11:41.3
3164 Sergei Dolidovich Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:17:07.5+11:59.3
3279 Mitsuo Horigome Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:17:09.2+12:01.0
3365 Kazutoshi Nagahama Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:17:24.4+12:16.2
3410 Torgny Mogren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:17:28.8+12:20.6
3545 Marcus Nash Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:17:37.8+12:29.6
3641 Andreas Schlütter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 2:17:52.1+12:43.9
3776 Maxim Pitchouguine Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:18:19.1+13:10.9
3843 Achim Walcher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:18:31.7+13:23.5
3942 Katsuhito Ebisawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:18:52.5+13:44.3
4039 Janusz Krężelok Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:19:04.4+13:56.2
4137 Michael Binzer Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 2:19:20.7+14:12.5
4252 Alvaro Gijon Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 2:20:24.7+15:16.5
4371 Olexander Zarovnyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:20:31.0+15:22.8
4422 Patrick Weaver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:20:37.7+15:29.5
4575 Vladimir Bortsov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:20:39.3+15:31.1
4666 Mikhailo Artyukhov Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:20:59.2+15:51.0
4767 Jiri Magal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:21:30.5+16:22.3
4832 Anthony Evans Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:21:44.4+16:36.2
4963 Reto Burgermeister Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:22:28.3+17:20.1
5036 Nikolay Popovich Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:22:48.0+17:39.8
5157 Vladislavas Zybailo Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 2:23:34.6+18:26.4
5268 Marc Gilbertson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:24:37.5+19:29.3
5353 John Bauer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:24:45.4+19:37.2
5438 Juha Alm Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:25:00.2+19:52.0
5554 Vitaly Lilitchenko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:25:58.0+20:49.8
5630 Chris Blanchard Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:26:58.9+21:50.7
5719 Aleksandr Ushkalenko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:27:09.1+22:00.9
5858 Robin McKeever Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:28:19.0+23:10.8
5962 Paul Gray Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:29:08.2+24:00.0
6044 Roberts Raimo Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:30:49.9+25:41.7
6123 Doo Sun Sin Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:33:27.3+28:19.1
6277 Guido Visser Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:33:49.7+28:41.5
DNF11 Henrik Forsberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
DNF28 Melis Aasmäe Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
DNF29 Ricardas Panavas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania
DNF40 Juan Jesús Gutiérrez Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
DNF48 Donald Farley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
DNF49 Zsolt Antal Flag of Romania.svg  Romania
DNF51 Viatscheslav Plaksunov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
DNF56 Gerhard Urain Flag of Austria.svg  Austria
DNF60 Martin Bajcicak Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
DNF61 Grigory Menshenin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia
DNF69 Nikolai Semeniako Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus
DNF74 Ivan Hudac Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia
DNF78 Haritz Zunzunegui Flag of Spain.svg  Spain
DNS55 Patrick Remy Flag of France.svg  France
DNS70 Lukas Bauer Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic
DNS72 Beat Koch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
DNS73 Philippe Sanchez Flag of France.svg  France

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