Men's 30 kilometre pursuit at the XX Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Pragelato | ||||||||||||
Dates | 12 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 76 from 27 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:17:00.8 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics | ||
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Distance | ||
10 km | women | |
15 km | men | women |
30 km | men | women |
50 km | men | |
4 × 5 km relay | women | |
4 × 10 km relay | men | |
Sprint | ||
Individual | men | women |
Team | men | women |
The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato. [1]
The pursuit in this format had been skied three times at the Nordic skiing World Championships, and Frenchman Vincent Vittoz was the reigning World Champion. A pursuit event similar to this was skied at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the gold was shared between Thomas Alsgaard (retired by 2006) and Frode Estil, but the 2002 event 2002 event was a 20 kilometre pursuit, not 30.
The event opened dramatically as Estil fell at the start, causing a mass collision. Then the pack kept together almost until the end, with skiers continually trailing off as they could not keep up with the pace. Eventually, five men came into the finishing straight together, after Anders Södergren of Sweden had tried to pull away on the final lap. However, Södergren could not keep up with the pace, and Russian Yevgeny Dementyev pulled away to defeat Estil and win Russia's first gold medal of the Games.
The pursuit consisted of a 15 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 15 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between the sections, each skier took time (approximately 30 seconds) to 'pit', changing their skis. [2] Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 17th, but was disqualified after the IOC declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations. [3]
The race was started at 13:45. [4]
Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 15 km classic | Rank | Pitstop | 15 km free | Rank | Finish time | Deficit |
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![]() | 13 | Yevgeny Dementyev | ![]() | 39:57.9 | 29 | 30.9 | 36:31.9 | 1 | 1:17:00.8 | |
![]() | 4 | Frode Estil | ![]() | 39:50.0 | 13 | 28.6 | 36:42.7 | 2 | 1:17:01.4 | +0.6 |
![]() | 3 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | ![]() | 39:46.6 | 3 | 27.1 | 36:47.9 | 9 | 1:17:01.7 | +0.9 |
4 | 10 | Giorgio Di Centa | ![]() | 39:48.4 | 10 | 27.6 | 36:47.1 | 7 | 1:17:03.2 | +2.4 |
5 | 8 | Anders Södergren | ![]() | 39:48.3 | 9 | 27.5 | 36:48.5 | 10 | 1:17:04.3 | +3.5 |
6 | 2 | Vincent Vittoz | ![]() | 39:53.6 | 21 | 29.5 | 36:44.3 | 4 | 1:17:07.5 | +6.7 |
7 | 20 | Mikhail Botvinov | ![]() | 39:51.5 | 17 | 30.1 | 36:46.8 | 6 | 1:17:08.5 | +7.7 |
8 | 19 | Martin Bajčičák | ![]() | 39:55.4 | 26 | 28.8 | 36:44.3 | 4 | 1:17:08.7 | +7.9 |
9 | 37 | Maxim Odnodvortsev | ![]() | 39:51.7 | 18 | 30.6 | 36:47.2 | 8 | 1:17:09.6 | +8.8 |
10 | 7 | Lukáš Bauer | ![]() | 39:46.3 | 1 | 30.1 | 36:53.5 | 11 | 1:17:10.1 | +9.3 |
11 | 21 | Markus Hasler | ![]() | 39:55.9 | 27 | 31.0 | 36:43.9 | 3 | 1:17:10.9 | +10.1 |
12 | 1 | Tobias Angerer | ![]() | 39:47.2 | 6 | 28.6 | 36:56.5 | 13 | 1:17:12.5 | +11.7 |
13 | 23 | Ivan Babikov | ![]() | 39:49.5 | 12 | 31.6 | 36:56.0 | 12 | 1:17:17.2 | +16.4 |
14 | 16 | Jiří Magál | ![]() | 39:51.0 | 16 | 30.8 | 36:59.8 | 15 | 1:17:21.7 | +20.9 |
15 | 6 | Mathias Fredriksson | ![]() | 39:50.3 | 14 | 27.8 | 37:04.9 | 16 | 1:17:23.1 | +22.3 |
16 | 18 | Fabio Santus | ![]() | 39:47.8 | 8 | 38.2 | 36:59.4 | 14 | 1:17:25.5 | +24.7 |
17 | 25 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | ![]() | 39:53.6 | 21 | 29.2 | 37:13.2 | 17 | 1:17:36.2 | +35.4 |
18 | 15 | Valerio Checchi | ![]() | 39:49.2 | 11 | 32.0 | 37:16.5 | 18 | 1:17:37.8 | +37.0 |
19 | 48 | Kaspar Kokk | ![]() | 39:59.0 | 31 | 28.6 | 37:23.2 | 19 | 1:17:50.8 | +50.0 |
20 | 17 | Sami Jauhojärvi | ![]() | 39:52.2 | 19 | 29.9 | 37:35.8 | 20 | 1:17:58.1 | +57.3 |
21 | 27 | Martin Koukal | ![]() | 39:54.4 | 23 | 31.2 | 37:43.9 | 21 | 1:18:09.6 | +1:08.8 |
22 | 9 | Jens Filbrich | ![]() | 39:46.9 | 4 | 28.0 | 38:23.1 | 23 | 1:18:38.2 | +1:37.4 |
23 | 26 | Johan Olsson | ![]() | 39:55.2 | 25 | 31.8 | 38:20.8 | 22 | 1:18:47.9 | +1:47.1 |
24 | 41 | Ivan Bátory | ![]() | 39:47.1 | 5 | 29.2 | 38:41.8 | 26 | 1:18:58.2 | +1:57.4 |
25 | 44 | George Grey | ![]() | 39:57.4 | 28 | 30.5 | 38:40.8 | 25 | 1:19:08.9 | +2:08.1 |
26 | 14 | Alexandre Rousselet | ![]() | 39:53.1 | 20 | 32.5 | 38:51.2 | 27 | 1:19:17.0 | +2:16.2 |
27 | 28 | Jan Egil Andresen | ![]() | 39:59.3 | 32 | 30.1 | 39:00.3 | 29 | 1:19:29.8 | +2:29.0 |
28 | 24 | Anders Aukland | ![]() | 39:46.5 | 2 | 30.6 | 39:13.3 | 37 | 1:19:30.6 | +2:29.8 |
29 | 50 | Andrey Golovko | ![]() | 39:47.4 | 7 | 35.1 | 39:11.6 | 33 | 1:19:34.3 | +2:33.5 |
30 | 35 | Jörgen Brink | ![]() | 39:50.5 | 15 | 32.9 | 39:11.7 | 35 | 1:19:35.3 | +2:34.5 |
31 | 47 | Vicente Vilarrubla | ![]() | 39:54.9 | 24 | 33.3 | 39:11.5 | 32 | 1:19:39.8 | +2:39.0 |
32 | 51 | Aivar Rehemaa | ![]() | 39:58.6 | 30 | 32.3 | 39:20.3 | 38 | 1:19:51.4 | +2:50.6 |
33 | 29 | Tero Similä | ![]() | 39:59.8 | 33 | 33.0 | 39:31.7 | 42 | 1:20:04.5 | +3:03.7 |
34 | 22 | Christophe Perrillat | ![]() | 41:05.9 | 40 | 31.9 | 38:34.1 | 24 | 1:20:12.0 | +3:11.2 |
35 | 34 | Milan Šperl | ![]() | 40:54.6 | 39 | 30.4 | 38:51.6 | 28 | 1:20:16.7 | +3:15.9 |
36 | 38 | Remo Fischer | ![]() | 40:47.6 | 35 | 30.9 | 39:01.2 | 30 | 1:20:19.7 | +3:18.9 |
37 | 33 | Alexander Legkov | ![]() | 40:49.2 | 36 | 32.3 | 39:06.7 | 31 | 1:20:28.2 | +3:27.4 |
38 | 46 | Dan Roycroft | ![]() | 40:52.5 | 38 | 32.3 | 39:28.5 | 41 | 1:20:53.3 | +3:52.5 |
39 | 42 | Carl Swenson | ![]() | 41:25.6 | 47 | 30.0 | 39:12.3 | 36 | 1:21:08.0 | +4:07.2 |
40 | 32 | Toni Livers | ![]() | 41:26.2 | 48 | 30.4 | 39:11.6 | 33 | 1:21:08.2 | +4:07.4 |
41 | 30 | Katsuhito Ebisawa | ![]() | 41:25.2 | 46 | 28.6 | 39:22.3 | 40 | 1:21:16.2 | +4:15.4 |
42 | 45 | Andrew Johnson | ![]() | 41:22.6 | 42 | 33.6 | 39:20.6 | 39 | 1:21:16.8 | +4:16.0 |
43 | 54 | James Southam | ![]() | 41:56.8 | 51 | 33.6 | 39:35.3 | 44 | 1:22:05.8 | +5:05.0 |
44 | 52 | Dmitrij Eremenko | ![]() | 40:50.3 | 37 | 32.6 | 40:46.8 | 53 | 1:22:09.9 | +5:09.1 |
45 | 55 | Nejc Brodar | ![]() | 41:23.9 | 43 | 31.3 | 40:28.6 | 50 | 1:22:23.9 | +5:23.1 |
46 | 57 | Mikhail Gumenyak | ![]() | 42:02.4 | 52 | 38.4 | 39:43.7 | 46 | 1:22:24.6 | +5:23.8 |
47 | 63 | Zsolt Antal | ![]() | 42:20.5 | 56 | 29.6 | 39:39.6 | 45 | 1:22:29.8 | +5:29.0 |
48 | 53 | Lars Flora | ![]() | 41:06.5 | 41 | 32.1 | 40:52.5 | 54 | 1:22:31.2 | +5:30.4 |
49 | 40 | Roman Leybyuk | ![]() | 41:24.4 | 44 | 30.5 | 40:36.5 | 52 | 1:22:31.5 | +5:30.7 |
50 | 65 | Xia Wan | ![]() | 41:47.4 | 50 | 35.1 | 40:09.1 | 47 | 1:22:31.7 | +5:30.9 |
51 | 56 | Ivan Arteev | ![]() | 41:35.2 | 49 | 37.6 | 40:23.3 | 49 | 1:22:36.2 | +5:35.4 |
52 | 62 | Olexandr Putsko | ![]() | 42:31.1 | 57 | 32.5 | 39:33.8 | 43 | 1:22:37.6 | +5:36.8 |
53 | 60 | Michal Malák | ![]() | 42:03.1 | 53 | 34.9 | 41:01.9 | 56 | 1:23:39.9 | +6:39.1 |
54 | 39 | Diego Ruiz | ![]() | 43:23.4 | 65 | 32.3 | 40:09.7 | 48 | 1:24:05.5 | +7:04.7 |
55 | 59 | Joze Mehle | ![]() | 43:00.7 | 62 | 44.1 | 40:28.7 | 51 | 1:24:13.6 | +7:12.8 |
56 | 61 | Drew Goldsack | ![]() | 42:46.3 | 59 | 30.9 | 40:57.1 | 55 | 1:24:14.3 | +7:13.5 |
57 | 64 | Oleksandr Batiuk | ![]() | 42:53.4 | 61 | 39.7 | 41:02.7 | 57 | 1:24:35.9 | +7:35.1 |
58 | 49 | Nobu Naruse | ![]() | 42:52.0 | 60 | 28.6 | 42:00.6 | 58 | 1:25:21.3 | +8:20.5 |
59 | 31 | Reto Burgermeister | ![]() | 42:05.2 | 54 | 28.9 | 43:15.8 | 63 | 1:25:49.9 | +8:49.1 |
60 | 66 | Andrey Kondroschev | ![]() | 43:03.2 | 63 | 40.1 | 42:08.0 | 59 | 1:25:51.4 | +8:50.6 |
61 | 58 | Chris Jeffries | ![]() | 43:18.9 | 64 | 35.0 | 42:23.0 | 61 | 1:26:17.0 | +9:16.2 |
62 | 72 | Ren Long | ![]() | 42:35.2 | 58 | 1:13.7 | 42:37.3 | 62 | 1:26:26.4 | +9:25.6 |
63 | 75 | Mihai Galiceanu | ![]() | 43:35.7 | 68 | 37.3 | 42:18.7 | 60 | 1:26:31.8 | +9:31.0 |
64 | 68 | Denis Klobucar | ![]() | 42:10.8 | 55 | 33.1 | 44:32.3 | 65 | 1:27:16.4 | +10:15.6 |
65 | 74 | Sebahattin Oğlago | ![]() | 43:43.0 | 70 | 40.3 | 43:40.4 | 64 | 1:28:03.8 | +11:03.0 |
5 | René Sommerfeldt | ![]() | 40:05.1 | 35 | 28.9 | Did not finish | ||||
11 | Emmanuel Jonnier | ![]() | 41:25.0 | 46 | 31.4 | |||||
36 | Shunsuke Komamura | ![]() | Did not finish | |||||||
67 | Park Byeong-ju | ![]() | 43:35.1 | 68 | 38.6 | |||||
69 | Han Dawei | ![]() | 45:41.8 | 72 | 34.8 | |||||
70 | Choi Im-heon | ![]() | Did not finish | |||||||
71 | Li Zhiguang | ![]() | 43:26.9 | 67 | 37.6 | |||||
73 | Jung Eui-myung | ![]() | 46:23.2 | 73 | 35.3 | |||||
76 | Francesc Soulie | ![]() | 45:19.0 | 71 | 36.1 | |||||
77 | Ivan Bariakov | ![]() | 48:44.5 | 74 | ||||||
43 | Olli Ohtonen | ![]() | Did not start | |||||||
12 | Martin Tauber | ![]() | Disqualified |
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