Men's sprint at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Whistler Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
Dates | 17 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 62 from 25 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:36.3 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 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 sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. [1]
Sweden's Björn Lind was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique. [2] Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique. [3] Emil Jönsson of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009. [4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in Canmore, Alberta and was won by Jönsson. [5]
Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers. [6] The event ended in a photofinish between Russians Nikita Kryukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race. [7]
Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST. [1]
Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST. [1]
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 1 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Russia | 3:36.4 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 21 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 3:36.9 | +0.5 | Q |
3 | 10 | Stefan Kuhn | Canada | 3:37.4 | +1.0 | |
4 | 11 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:37.9 | +1.5 | |
5 | 20 | Jesse Väänänen | Finland | 3:38.9 | +2.3 | |
6 | 30 | Loris Frasnelli | Italy | 3:40.9 | +4.5 |
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 7 | Øystein Pettersen | Norway | 3:36.9 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 4 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:37.2 | +0.3 | Q |
3 | 17 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:37.3 | +0.4 | |
4 | 14 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:37.6 | +0.7 | |
5 | 24 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 3:39.9 | +3.0 | |
6 | 27 | Janusz Krężelok | Poland | 3:41.1 | +4.2 |
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 6 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:34.5 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 15 | Alexey Poltaranin | Kazakhstan | 3:34.7 | +0.2 | Q |
3 | 5 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | 3:35.3 | +0.8 | LL |
4 | 16 | Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. | Russia | 3:35.3 | +0.8 | LL |
5 | 26 | Fabio Pasini | Italy | 3:35.7 | +1.2 | |
6 | 25 | Timo Simonlatser | Estonia | 3:42.2 | +8.7 |
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 2 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:41.8 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 19 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:42.2 | +0.4 | Q |
3 | 9 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 3:42.4 | +0.6 | |
4 | 22 | Renato Pasini | Italy | 3:42.8 | +1.0 | |
5 | 12 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:43.1 | +1.3 | |
6 | 29 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:43.4 | +1.6 |
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 3 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:37.8 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 18 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:38.3 | +0.5 | Q |
3 | 8 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:38.6 | +0.8 | |
4 | 13 | Jesper Modin | Sweden | 3:39.1 | +1.3 | |
5 | 28 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:39.6 | +1.8 | |
6 | 23 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:40.2 | +2.4 |
Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST. [1]
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 1 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Russia | 3:34.3 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 7 | Øystein Pettersen | Norway | 3:34.4 | +0.1 | Q |
3 | 4 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:34.6 | +0.3 | LL |
4 | 15 | Alexey Poltaranin | Kazakhstan | 3:35.6 | +1.1 | LL |
5 | 5 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | 3:35.9 | +1.6 | |
6 | 21 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 3:39.6 | +5.3 |
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 3 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:36.5 | +0.0 | Q |
2 | 6 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:36.7 | +0.2 | Q |
3 | 2 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:37.4 | +0.9 | |
4 | 16 | Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. | Russia | 3:37.6 | +1.1 | |
5 | 19 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:43.7 | +7.2 | |
6 | 18 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:43.8 | +7.3 |
Finals took place at 13:55 PST. [1]
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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4 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:36.3 | +0.0 | ||
1 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Russia | 3:36.3 | +0.0 | ||
6 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:45.5 | +9.2 | ||
4 | 3 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:50.0 | +13.7 | |
5 | 15 | Alexey Poltaranin | Kazakhstan | 3:54.4 | +18.1 | |
6 | 7 | Øystein Pettersen | Norway | 4:56.2 | +1:19.9 |
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