Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

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Men's sprint
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Pragelato
Dates22 February
Competitors80 from 34 nations
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Björn Lind Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Silver medal icon.svg Roddy Darragon Flag of France.svg  France
Bronze medal icon.svg Thobias Fredriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  2002
2010  

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato. [1]

Vasily Rochev was the defending world champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by Thobias Fredriksson in 2003, [2] while Tor Arne Hetland was defending Olympic champion. Swede Björn Lind won the two most recent World Cup events, and also won the Olympic race, beating Frenchman Roddy Darragon to the line. Darragon won France's first cross-country skiing medal in the history of the Olympics, while Sweden took the bronze through Thobias Fredriksson.

Results

Qualifying

Eighty skiers completed the 1.3 kilometre course in the qualifying portion of the event, with the top thirty advancing to the quarterfinals. [3]

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1 Björn Lind Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:13.53Q
2 Andrew Newell Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:14.79Q
3 Johan Kjølstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:15.11Q
4 Vasily Rochev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:16.19Q
5 Cristian Zorzi Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2:16.23Q
6 Mikael Östberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:16.24Q
7 Trond Iversen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:16.25Q
8 Loris Frasnelli Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2:16.30Q
9 Peter Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:16.62Q
10 Roddy Darragon Flag of France.svg  France 2:16.76Q
11 Renato Pasini Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2:16.87Q
12 Ola Vigen Hattestad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:17.26Q
13 Yuichi Onda Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:17.53Q
14 Anti Saarepuu Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:17:75Q
15 Tor Arne Hetland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:17.91Q
16 Chris Cook Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:18.46Q
17 Freddy Schwienbacher Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Italy 2:18.59Q
18 Yevgeniy Koschevoy Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:18.88Q
19 Thobias Fredriksson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:18.90Q
20 Martin Koukal Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:19.39Q
21 Dušan Kožíšek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 2:19.64Q
22 Keijo Kurttila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:19.94Q
23 Janusz Krężelok Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:20.04Q
24 Harald Wurm Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:20.11Q
25 Martin Stockinger Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:20.18Q
26 Lauri Pyykönen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:20.21Q
27 Ivan Alypov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:20.21Q
28 Sergey Novikov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:20.29Q
29 Lefteris Fafalis Flag of Greece.svg  Greece 2:20.33Q
30 Christoph Eigenmann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:20.46Q
31 Drew Goldsack Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:20.62
32 Sean Crooks Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:20.70
33 Maciej Kreczmer Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 2:20.83
34 Pavel Korostelev Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 2:21.00
35 Nikolay Chebotko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:21.23
36 Torin Koos Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:21.47
37 Devon Kershaw Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:21.49
38 Peeter Kümmel Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:21.60
39 Nejc Brodar Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:21.94
40 Ivan Bilosyuk Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:21.97
41 Priit Narusk Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:22.19
42 Vitaly Martsyv Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:22.30
43 Shunsuke Komamura Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 2:22.38
44 Zoltan Tagscherer Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:22.69
45 Yevgeni Safonov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:22.99
46 Lars Flora Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:23.02
47 Phil Widmer Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:23.79
48 Zhang Chengye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:24.18
49 Martin Otcenas Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 2:24.77
50 Oļegs Maļuhins Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:24.88
51 Paul Murray Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 2:25.29
52 Alexander Lasutkin Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Belarus 2:25.79
53 Tian Ye Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:25.85
54 Aivar Rehemaa Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 2:26.09
55 Sergey Cherepanov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 2:26.48
56 Joze Mehle Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 2:27.02
57 Oliver Kraas Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 2:27.68
58 Zhang Qing Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:27.90
59 Aleksej Novoselskij Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 2:28.04
60 Damir Jurcevic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:28.21
61 Sami Jauhojärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:28.42
62 Mikhail Gumenyak Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:28.72
63 Park Byung Joo Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:28.85
64 Muhammet Kızılarslan Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:28.94
65 Zsolt Antal Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:29.40
66 Olexandr Putsko Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 2:30.99
67 Sabahattin Oglago Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 2:31.10
68 Valts Eiduks Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:31.25
69 Mihai Galiceanu Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 2:31.43
70 Chen Haibin Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 2:32.01
71 Ivan Bariakov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 2:32.18
72 Intars Spalviņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:32.26
73 Denis Klobucar Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:33.10
74 Olegs Andrejevs Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 2:33.23
75 Alen Abramovic Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 2:34.61
76 Jung Eui Myung Flag of South Korea (1997-2011).svg  South Korea 2:35.39
77 Ilie Bria Flag of Moldova.svg  Moldova 2:42.30
78 Bahadur Gupta Flag of India.svg  India 2:43.30
79 Hovhannes Sargsyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2:47.68
80 Edmond Khachatryan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 2:49.98

Quarterfinals

There were five quarterfinal races, each with six skiers. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals. [3]

Quarterfinal 1
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Björn Lind  (SWE)2:21.5Q
210Flag of France.svg  Roddy Darragon  (FRA)2:21.9Q
320Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Martin Koukal  (CZE)2:23.5
411Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Renato Pasini  (ITA)2:23.7
521Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Dušan Kožíšek  (CZE)2:24.5
630Flag of Switzerland.svg  Christoph Eigenmann  (SUI)2:25.6
Quarterfinal 2
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
117Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Freddy Schwienbacher  (ITA)2:20.4Q
214Flag of Estonia.svg  Anti Saarepuu  (EST)2:20.7Q
34Flag of Russia.svg  Vasily Rochev  (RUS)2:22.0
47Flag of Norway.svg  Trond Iversen  (NOR)2:22.5
524Flag of Austria.svg  Harald Wurm  (AUT)2:23.4
627Flag of Russia.svg  Ivan Alypov  (RUS)2:24.7
Quarterfinal 3
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
15Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Cristian Zorzi  (ITA)2:25.9Q
215Flag of Norway.svg  Tor Arne Hetland  (NOR)2:26.1Q
36Flag of Sweden.svg  Mikael Östberg  (SWE)2:26.7
425Flag of Austria.svg  Martin Stockinger  (AUT)2:27.1
516Flag of the United States.svg  Chris Cook  (USA)2:27.9
626Flag of Finland.svg  Lauri Pyykönen  (FIN)2:28.1
Quarterfinal 4
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
112Flag of Norway.svg  Ola Vigen Hattestad  (NOR)2:23.1Q
219Flag of Sweden.svg  Thobias Fredriksson  (SWE)2:23.2Q
39Flag of Sweden.svg  Peter Larsson  (SWE)2:23.3
42Flag of the United States.svg  Andrew Newell  (USA)2:24.3
522Flag of Finland.svg  Keijo Kurttila  (FIN)2:25.1
629Flag of Greece.svg  Lefteris Fafalis  (GRE)2:26.7
Quarterfinal 5
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
13Flag of Norway.svg  Johan Kjølstad  (NOR)2:20.2Q
28Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Loris Frasnelli  (ITA)2:20.4Q
318Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Yevgeniy Koschevoy  (KAZ)2:20.7
423Flag of Poland.svg  Janusz Krężelok  (POL)2:21.6
528Flag of Russia.svg  Sergei Novikov  (RUS)2:21.9
613Flag of Japan.svg  Yuichi Onda  (JPN)2:22.3

Semifinals

There were two semifinal races, each with five skiers. The top two in each semifinal advanced to the A Final, to compete for the top four places, while the third and fourth placed finishers advanced to the B Final, for places five through eight. [3]

Semifinal 1
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
11Flag of Sweden.svg  Björn Lind  (SWE)2:19.6Q
210Flag of France.svg  Roddy Darragon  (FRA)2:19.9Q
317Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Freddy Schwienbacher  (ITA)2:22.8
414Flag of Estonia.svg  Anti Saarepuu  (EST)2:34.8
515Flag of Norway.svg  Tor Arne Hetland  (NOR)2:43.2
Semifinal 2
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
119Flag of Sweden.svg  Thobias Fredriksson  (SWE)2:25.9Q
25Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Cristian Zorzi  (ITA)2:26.1Q
38Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Loris Frasnelli  (ITA)2:26.8
43Flag of Norway.svg  Johan Kjølstad  (NOR)2:27.1
512Flag of Norway.svg  Ola Vigen Hattestad  (NOR)2:29.0

Finals

Björn Lind finished 0.6 seconds ahead of Roddy Darragon to win the Olympic gold medal in the cross-country sprint. [3]

Final A
RankSeedAthleteResult
1Flag of Sweden.svg  Björn Lind  (SWE)2:26.5
10Flag of France.svg  Roddy Darragon  (FRA)2:27.1
19Flag of Sweden.svg  Thobias Fredriksson  (SWE)2:27.8
45Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Cristian Zorzi  (ITA)2:31.7
Final B
RankSeedAthleteResult
517Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Freddy Schwienbacher  (ITA)2:23.9
68Flag of Italy (2003-2006).svg  Loris Frasnelli  (ITA)2:25.2
73Flag of Norway.svg  Johan Kjølstad  (NOR)2:25.6
814Flag of Estonia.svg  Anti Saarepuu  (EST)2:27.9

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