Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. At the time, the drug was not specifically listed in the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) list of banned substances, but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind, in accordance with its charter. After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question (Johann Mühlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games.[1]

Cross-country skiing
at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
Olympic Cross-country skiing athletes compete at Soldier Hollow
VenueSoldier Hollow
DateFebruary 9-February 23
No. of events12
Competitors260 (153 men and 107 women) from 44 nations
Athletes compete at Soldier Hollow on February 14, 2002.
A Russian commemorative coin depicting Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics.

See the external links below for the official IOC press releases containing detailed information of the doping cases and their resolution, including initial, intermediate, and final amended results. This article gives the final medalists as decided on by the IOC in early 2004.

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)52411
2 Italy (ITA)2226
3 Russia (RUS)2114
4 Germany (GER)1225
5 Estonia (EST)1113
6 Austria (AUT)1102
7 Canada (CAN)1001
8 Czech Republic (CZE)0202
9 Sweden (SWE)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (10 nations)13111236

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 10 km pursuit
Frode Estil
 Norway
Thomas Alsgaard
 Norway
49:48.9 Not awarded Per Elofsson
 Sweden
49:52.9
15 km classical
Andrus Veerpalu
 Estonia
37:07.4 Frode Estil
 Norway
37:43.4 Jaak Mae
 Estonia
37:50.8
30 km freestyle mass start
Christian Hoffmann
 Austria
1:11:31.0 Mikhail Botvinov
 Austria
1:11:32.3 Kristen Skjeldal
 Norway
1:11:42.7
50 km classical
Mikhail Ivanov
 Russia
2:06:20.8 Andrus Veerpalu
 Estonia
2:06:44.5 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
 Norway
2:08:41.5
4 × 10 km relay
 Norway (NOR)
Anders Aukland
Frode Estil
Kristen Skjeldal
Thomas Alsgaard
1:32.45.4  Italy (ITA)
Fabio Maj
Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
1:32:45.8  Germany (GER)
Jens Filbrich
Andreas Schlütter
Tobias Angerer
René Sommerfeldt
1:33:34.5
Sprint
Tor Arne Hetland
 Norway
2:56.9 Peter Schlickenrieder
 Germany
2:57.0 Cristian Zorzi
 Italy
2:57.2

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
2 × 5 km pursuit
Beckie Scott
 Canada
25:09.9 Kateřina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
25:10.0 Viola Bauer
 Germany
25:11.1
10 km classical
Bente Skari
 Norway
28:05.6 Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
28:09.9 Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
28:45.8
15 km freestyle mass start
Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
39:54.4 Kateřina Neumannová
 Czech Republic
40:01.3 Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
40:02.7
30 km classical
Gabriella Paruzzi
 Italy
1:30:57.1 Stefania Belmondo
 Italy
1:31:01.6 Bente Skari
 Norway
1:31:36.3
4 × 5 km relay
 Germany (GER)
Manuela Henkel
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel
Evi Sachenbacher
49:30.6  Norway (NOR)
Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde G. Pedersen
Anita Moen
49:31.9  Switzerland (SUI)
Andrea Huber
Laurence Rochat
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
50:03.6
Sprint
Yuliya Chepalova
 Russia
3:10.6 Evi Sachenbacher
 Germany
3:12.2 Anita Moen
 Norway
3:12.7

Participating NOCs

Forty-four nations competed in the cross-country skiing events at Salt Lake City.

See also

References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
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