Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

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Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center,
Zhangjiakou
Date6 February
Competitors69 from 34 nations
Winning time1:16:09.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Alexander Bolshunov Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC
Silver medal icon.svg Denis Spitsov Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC
Bronze medal icon.svg Iivo Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  2018
2026  

The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 6 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. [1] The event, with half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing, was won by Alexander Bolshunov, for whom this is the first Olympic gold medal. Denis Spitsov finished second and Iivo Niskanen third.

Summary

The 2018 champion is Simen Hegstad Krüger who qualified for the Olympics but tested positive for COVID-19 just before the games. Even though he had no symptoms, he was not allowed to fly to China with the rest of the team and did not get a chance to defend the title. [2] The silver medalist Martin Johnsrud Sundby and the bronze medalist Hans Christer Holund qualified as well, but Sundby was not selected for the skiathlon. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, and the distance leader was Alexander Bolshunov. The season was dominated by Norwegians and Russians, who together took 20 podium places in distance events out of 24, and three more podium places were taken by Iivo Niskanen. Bolshunov is the 2021 World Champion in 30 kilometre skiathlon, with Krüger and Holund being the silver and the bronze medalist, respectively.

Before the pit stop, Bolshunov and Niskanen ran away, followed by Spitsov, Holund and Pål Golberg. After the pit stop, Bolshunov ran away from Niskanen, who was caught up by Spitsov, and at 18 km Spitsov and Niskanen were already 30 seconds behind. Then Spitsov ran away from Niskanen. At 25 km, Spitsov was already almost a minute behind Bolshunov, and Niskanen almost a minute behind Spitsov, with Holund further 40 seconds behind Niskanen and visibly out of medal contention.

Qualification

Results

The race was started at 15:00. [3]

RankBibNameCountry15 km classicRankPitstop15 km freeRankFinish timeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg2 Alexander Bolshunov Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 39:05.6131.936:32.311:16:09.8
Silver medal icon.svg6 Denis Spitsov Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 39:36.1330.137:14.621:17:20.8+1:11.0
Bronze medal icon.svg4 Iivo Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 39:06.1230.538:33.471:18:10.0+2:00.2
48 Hans Christer Holund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39:41.8532.938:26.061:18:40.7+2:30.9
510 Pål Golberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39:41.0435.338:46.0111:19:02.3+2:52.5
626 William Poromaa Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 40:13.9831.538:18.331:19:03.7+2:53.9
721 Perttu Hyvärinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40:13.1731.738:37.691:19:22.4+3:12.6
811 Francesco De Fabiani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40:12.4629.339:06.0221:19:47.6+3:37.8
95 Artem Maltsev Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 40:38.41032.338:53.9141:20:04.6+3:54.8
1018 Clément Parisse Flag of France.svg  France 41:16.01729.338:21.751:20:07.0+3:57.2
1130 Scott Patterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41:17.41933.738:18.941:20:10.0+4:00.2
1214 Lucas Bögl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41:05.41532.538:34.681:20:12.5+4:02.7
1313 Friedrich Moch Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40:46.21231.738:58.5191:20:16.4+4:06.6
1435 Jules Lapierre Flag of France.svg  France 41:04.51332.038:45.3101:20:21.8+4:12.0
1516 Jonas Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 41:05.01430.938:56.6171:20:32.5+4:22.7
1641 Mika Vermeulen Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 41:18.02032.338:49.7131:20:40.0+4:30.2
1715 Andrew Musgrave Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41:16.81832.738:57.4181:20:46.9+4:37.1
1812 Michal Novák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41:14.91629.939:06.1231:20:50.9+4:41.1
1924 Florian Notz Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41:19.42235.639:05.4211:21:00.4+4:50.6
2027 Irineu Esteve Altimiras Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 41:37.92736.238:54.1161:21:08.2+4:58.4
2137 Imanol Rojo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 41:37.72637.538:54.0151:21:09.2+4:59.4
2239 Candide Pralong Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 41:38.62831.539:03.5201:21:13.6+5:03.8
2319 Maurice Manificat Flag of France.svg  France 41:53.93334.238:49.4121:21:17.5+5:07.7
2423 Jens Burman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41:20.02332.939:50.4251:21:43.3+5:33.5
2543 Remi Lindholm Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41:39.53034.039:35.9241:21:49.4+5:39.6
2640 Dominik Bury Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 42:08.23534.539:57.9261:22:40.6+6:30.8
2728 Jason Rüesch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 41:40.63133.240:27.5271:22:41.3+6:31.5
2838 Paul Pepene Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 41:39.32931.740:30.4281:22:41.4+6:31.6
2944 Snorri Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 41:37.42539.240:33.5291:22:50.1+6:40.3
3017 Calle Halfvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 41:18.82134.541:03.0341:22:56.3+6:46.5
3153 Olivier Léveillé Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 42:07.53431.241:03.3361:23:42.0+7:32.2
3234 Vitaliy Pukhkalo Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 41:36.82436.241:32.1391:23:45.1+7:35.3
3356 Alvar Johannes Alev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 42:08.83633.441:08.3381:23:50.5+7:40.7
3436 Paolo Ventura Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42:41.04032.640:46.8301:24:00.4+7.50.6
3529 Naoto Baba Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 43:13.84437.740:52.4311:24:43.9+8:34.1
363 Aleksey Chervotkin Russian Olympic Committee flag.svg  ROC 41:41.03234.042:44.5461:24:59.5+8:49.7
3732 Leo Johansson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 43:21.94634.741:03.0341:24:59.6+8:49.8
3859 Liu Rongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43:19.34534.741:05.6371:24:59.6+8:49.8
3925 Gus Schumacher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 42:26.33831.442:16.6441:25:14.3+9:04.5
401 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40:42.11134.043:59.7491:25:15.8+9:06.0
4148 Ryo Hirose Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 43:04.44332.241:41.1401:25:17.7+9:07.9
4222 Antoine Cyr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 42:27.33933.542:25.2451:25:26.0+9:16.2
4333 Thomas Maloney Westgård Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 43:03.84234.341:51.7421:25:29.8+9:20.0
4442 Petr Knop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 44:06.85235.740:55.9331:25:38.4+9:28.6
4552 Ján Koristek Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 44:06.15137.740:54.9321:25:38.7+9:28.9
4646 Adam Fellner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 43:22.64734.141:42.8411:25:39.5+9:29.7
4757 Mikayel Mikayelyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 42:09.73735.543:08.5471:25:53.7+9:43.9
4831 Giandomenico Salvadori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 43:23.44834.342:13.0431:26:10.7+10:00.9
4954 Shang Jincai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43:03.24136.243:08.8481:26:48.2+10:38.4
5062 Hadesi Badelihan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 44:04.24934.9Lapped
5158 Mateusz Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 45:40.05932.0
5249 Raimo Vīgants Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 44:05.95038.3
5347 Haruki Yamashita Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 45:06.05734.9
5466 Thibaut de Marre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 44:40.85633.0
5550 Rémi Drolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 44:39.95533.5
5655 Miha Ličef Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 44:39.35436.6
5751 Yevgeniy Velichko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 44:20.95338.8
5864 Oleksii Krasovskyi Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 45:22.65835.2
5945 Chen Degen Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 45:55.66040.1
6070 Mark Chanloung Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 47:00.06233.8
6167 Seve de Campo Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 47:05.76332.7
6261 Kim Min-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 46:24.36133.8
6369 Franco Dal Farra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Lapped
6460 Ruslan Perekhoda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine
6565 Phil Bellingham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia
6663 Jeong Jong-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea
6768 Manex Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil
9 Hugo Lapalus Flag of France.svg  France 40:25.2931.4Did not finish
7 Sjur Røthe Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Did not finish
20 Jonas Dobler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Did not start

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