Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

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Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon Sochi2014.jpg
The Medalists
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates9 February 2014
Competitors68 from 30 nations
Winning time1:08:15.4
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Dario Cologna Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
Silver medal icon.svg Marcus Hellner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
Bronze medal icon.svg Martin Johnsrud Sundby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2010
2018  

The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held on 9 February 2014 at 14:00 MSK at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. [1] The event is split into half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing.

Summary

Dario Cologna from Switzerland won the gold medal. Marcus Hellner, the defending Olympic champion from Sweden, finished second, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby from Norway came third. [2]

For much of the free skiing half of the course about fifteen athletes were skiing together, and only close to the stadium, a group of four, Cologna, Hellner, Sundby and Maxim Vylegzhanin escaped. At the stadium, Cologna escaped and became the champion. Sundby finished third closely ahead of Vylegzhanin, and the Russian delegation filed a protest because he apparently changed the track in the finish area, impeding Vylegzhanin. Sundby was reprimanded but allowed to keep the bronze medal. [3]

Qualification

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012. [4]

Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).

DateTimeEvent
9 February14:00Final

Results

The race was started at 14:00. [5]

RankBibNameCountry15 km classicRankPitstop15 km freeRankFinish timeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg21 Dario Cologna Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 36:04.91330.931:39.621:08:15.4
Silver medal icon.svg11 Marcus Hellner Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 36:03.1931.331:41.431:08:15.8+0.4
Bronze medal icon.svg1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 35:59.2129.631:48.051:08:16.8+1.4
47 Maxim Vylegzhanin Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36:01.1531.831:44.041:08:16.9+1.5
59 Ilia Chernousov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36:12.81839.531:36.711:08:29.0+13.6
614 Jean-Marc Gaillard Flag of France.svg  France 36:03.1931.531:55.271:08:29.8+14.4
715 Daniel Rickardsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 35:59.2229.632:02.691:08:31.7+16.3
86 Johannes Dürr Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 36:04.01132.231:55.881:08:32.0+16.6
912 Maurice Manificat Flag of France.svg  France 36:07.61632.031:54.061:08:33.6+18.2
1027 Lars Nelson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 36:00.2331.232:06.3101:08:37.7+22.3
112 Alexander Legkov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36:02.4731.232:09.5121:08:43.1+27.7
1224 Giorgio Di Centa Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 36:02.6830.032:11.1141:08:43.7+28.3
138 Hannes Dotzler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 36:04.31231.332:09.2111:08:44.8+29.4
1425 Anders Södergren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 36:05.41431.932:09.6131:08:46.9+31.5
1523 Tobias Angerer Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 36:00.6431.532:17.6151:08:49.7+34.3
163 Alexey Poltoranin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 36:01.5632.332:17.7161:08:51.5+36.1
175 Petter Northug Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 36:06.31530.633:02.7251:09:39.6+1:24.2
184 Alex Harvey Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36:46.62730.132:43.5171:10:00.2+1:44.8
1913 Evgeniy Belov Flag of Russia.svg  Russia 36:11.01730.533:19.0311:10:00.5+1:45.1
2010 Sjur Røthe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 36:41.72530.232:50.6181:10:02.5+1:47.1
2120 Tord Asle Gjerdalen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 36:36.52129.433:00.8231:10:06.7+1:51.3
2237 Francesco de Fabiani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 36:37.62233.532:59.6221:10:10.7+1:55.3
2328 Axel Teichmann Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 36:20.41931.533:21.4321:10:13.3+1:57.9
2433 Michail Semenov Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 36:48.22930.632:54.5191:10:13.3+1:57.9
2518 Ivan Babikov Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 36:47.62828.832:58.2201:10:14.6+1:59.2
2644 Iivo Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 36:42.32631.933:07.8291:10:22.0+2:06.6
2731 Curdin Perl Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 36:40.82436.233:05.4271:10:22.4+2:07.0
2830 Martin Jakš Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 37:20.53930.733:00.9241:10:52.1+2:36.7
2946 Jonas Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 37:06.13431.433:14.8301:10:52.3+2:36.9
3022 Roland Clara Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 37:19.93832.133:04.3261:10:56.3+2:40.9
3147 Martin Bajčičák Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 37:21.74031.133:07.3281:11:00.1+2:44.7
3238 Yevgeniy Velichko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 36:53.83034.833:37.0351:11:05.6+2:50.2
3317 Sami Jauhojärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 36:54.33130.933:46.8361:11:12.0+2:56.6
3442 Sergei Dolidovich Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 36:57.23235.033:55.9381:11:28.1+3:12.7 (PF)
3526 Noah Hoffman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37:19.33734.733:34.1341:11:28.1+3:12.7 (PF)
3632 Petr Novák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 37:56.04733.332:59.2211:11:28.5+3:13.1
3719 Thomas Bing Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 36:27.72031.134:34.1461:11:32.9+3.17.5
3829 Lari Lehtonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 37:30.84232.033:31.3331:11:34.1+3:18.7
3951 Maciej Kreczmer Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 37:07.53534.634:05.5401:11:47.6+3:32.2
4016 Matti Heikkinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 36:40.32333.134:39.2481:11:52.6+3:37.2
4134 Ivan Perrillat Boiteux Flag of France.svg  France 37:09.43630.534:24.6441:12:04.5+3:49.1
4245 Erik Bjornsen Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37:05.63331.235:05.5501:12:42.3+4:26.9
4356 Philipp Haelg Flag of Liechtenstein.svg  Liechtenstein 37:51.84433.334:22.7411:12:47.8+4:32.4
4436 Jiří Magál Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 37:54.64631.934:23.0431:12:49.5+4:34.1
4540 Graeme Killick Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 38:18.24935.034:22.9421:13:16.1+5:00.7
4652 Sergey Mikayelyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 38:43.15133.733:59.8391:13:16.6+5:01.2
4741 Brian Gregg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 38:57.45335.633:53.3371:13:26.3+5:10.9
4848 Paul Constantin Pepene Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 37:52.54533.335:10.4521:13:36.2+5:20.8
4949 Sergey Cherepanov Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 37:36.84336.535:26.4551:13:39.7+5:24.3
5054 Imanol Rojo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38:26.55038.534:35.4471:13:40.4+5:25.0
5143 Aivar Rehemaa Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 38:04.34833.635:09.3511:13:47.2+5:31.8
5262 Martin Møller Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 38:59.05632.834:33.3451:14:05.1+5:49.7
5339 Veselin Tzinzov Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 39:01.15730.834:40.1491:14:12.0+5:56.6
5435 Kris Freeman Flag of the United States.svg  United States 37:30.54133.336:30.8611:14:34.6+6:19.2
5553 Alexander Lasutkin Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 38:46.95240.335:12.2541:14:39.4+6:24.0
5650 Mark Starostin Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 38:57.85435.036:03.8561:15:36.6+7:21.2
5760 Andrey Gridin Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria 39:56.35836.535:11.9531:15:44.7+7:29.3
5855 Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 38:58.25532.236:30.6601:16:01.0+7:45.6
5966 Xu Wenlong Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 39:57.96034.436:21.0581:16:53.3+8:37.9
6061 Callum Watson Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 40:09.86229.036:21.6591:17:00.4+8:45.0
6163 Paweł Klisz Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 40:09.36129.736:39.5621:17:18.5+9:03.1
6259 Callum Smith Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 39:57.45937.237:02.5641:17:37.1+9:21.7
6367 Artur Yeghoyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 40:11.76341.836:51.0631:17:44.5+9:29.1
6458 Jan Antolec Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 41:32.26833.836:12.8571:18:18.8+10:03.4
6557 Edi Dadić Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 41:08.06635.037:48.5651:19:31.5+11:16.1
6665 Arvis Liepiņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 40:44.16436.138:39.9661:20:00.1+11:44.7
6764 Vytautas Strolia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 40:54.76539.139:03.4671:20:37.2+12.21.8
6868 Hwang Jun-Ho Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 41:22.66739.9LAP68LAP+LAP

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