Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

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Men's 15 kilometre classical
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Soldier Hollow
Dates12 February
Competitors67 from 26 nations
Winning time37:07.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Andrus Veerpalu
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
Silver medal icon.svg Frode Estil
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Jaak Mae
Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia
  1988
2006  

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow. [1]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Per Elofsson was the 2001 World champion. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard, who won in Nagano, but the 15 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.

Results

RankNameCountryTime
Andrus Veerpalu Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 37:07.4
Frode Estil Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 37:43.4
Jaak Mae Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 37:50.8
4 Anders Aukland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 38:08.3
5 Per Elofsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 38:10.8
6 Erling Jevne Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 38:13.6
7 Vitaly Denisov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 38:17.9
8 Magnus Ingesson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 38:38.5
9 Reto Burgermeister Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 38:49.2
10 Sergey Novikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 38:49.3
11 Mikhail Ivanov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 38:51.3
12 John Bauer Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38:55.7
13 Roman Virolaynen Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 39:02.4
14 Axel Teichmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39:05.3
15 Andreas Schlütter Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39:19.2
16 Patrick Weaver Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39:24.4
17 Urban Lindgren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 39:24.8
18 Andrey Golovko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 39:28.1
19 Masaaki Kozu Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 39:28.3
20 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39:31.4
21 Ivan Bátory Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 39:32.0
22 Kris Freeman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 39:34.3
23 Alexander Marent Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 39:36.2
24 Martin Bajčičák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 39:39.4
25 Vasily Rochev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 39:42.1
26 Freddy Schwienbacher Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39:44.9
27 Morgan Göransson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 39:45.7
28 Cristian Saracco Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39:48.4
29 Jiří Magál Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 39:48.6
30 Kuisma Taipale Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 39:50.3
31 Fulvio Valbusa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 39:50.6
32 Roman Leybyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 39:50.9
33 Jens Filbrich Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 39:57.0
34 Petr Michl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 40:00.2
35 Giorgio Di Centa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40:22.6
36 Hiroyuki Imai Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 40:27.1
37 Denis Krivushkin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 40:27.7
38 Hiroshi Kudo Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 40:29.9
39 Ričardas Panavas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 40:31.0
40 Meelis Aasmäe Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 40:31.2
41 Gerhard Urain Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 40:38.0
42 Pavel Ryabinin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 41:03.2
43 Karri Hietamäki Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41:13.6
44 Igor Zubrilin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 41:15.5
45 Milan Šperl Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41:16.7
46 Donald Farley Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41:26.6
47 Aleksandr Shalak Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 41:44.5
48 Nikolay Semenyako Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 41:48.0
49 Juris Ģērmanis Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 41:50.1
50 Katsuhito Ebisawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41:51.4
51 Aleksey Tregubov Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 42:00.7
52 Vladislavas Zybaila Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 42:07.9
53 Ari Palolahti Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 42:10.7
54 Lars Flora Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42:11.5
55 Peter Schlickenrieder Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 42:34.0
56 Han Dawei Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42:34.5
57 Priit Narusk Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 43:03.2
58 Denis Klobučar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 43:45.0
59 Vadim Gusevas Flag of Lithuania (1988-2004).svg  Lithuania 43:56.2
60 Ivan Bayrakov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 45:41.2
61 Damir Jurčević Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 45:49.6
62 Park Byeong-Ju Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 45:51.4
63 Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 45:54.7
64 Choi Im-heon Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 46:13.3
65 Lefteris Fafalis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 46:17.9
66 Aram Hadzhiyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 46:42.9
Slavcho Batinkov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria DNF

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References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 8 July 2019.