Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical

The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST.[1] on the final day of the Games.

Men's 50 kilometre classical
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross country
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates28 February
Competitors55 from 22 nations
Winning time2:05:35.5
Medalists
Petter Northug  Norway
Axel Teichmann  Germany
Johan Olsson  Sweden
Cross-country skiing at the
2010 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 kmwomen
15 kmmenwomen
30 kmmenwomen
50 kmmen
4 × 5 km relaywomen
4 × 10 km relaymen
Sprint
Individualmenwomen
Teammenwomen

The 50 kilometre has been skated as a mass start event at the World Championships since 2005 and since the 2006 Winter Olympics. Italy's Giorgio Di Centa was the defending Olympic champion though that event was held in the freestyle technique.[2] Norway's Petter Northug was the reigning world champion though that was also in the freestyle technique.[3] The last World Cup event in the 50 km classical took place in Trondheim, Norway on 14 March 2009 and was won by Sami Jauhojärvi of Finland.[4] All three medalists of the shorter 30 kilometre event were scheduled to participate in the 50 km race; in that race, Marcus Hellner of Sweden came first, Petter Northug was 11th, Giorgio Di Centa was 12th, and Sami Jauhojärvi failed to finish.

Results

There were 55 participants in this event.[5]

Defending Olympic champion di Centa finished 11th. Jauhojärvi finished 20th. At the 12.3 km mark, the top three were Södergren (who finished ninth), 2007 champion Hjelmeset (who finished 17th), and Legkov (who finished 14th). By the halfway mark, the top three were Johnsrud Sundby (who finished 15th), Richardsson (who finished seventh), and Olsson. France's Gaillard (who finished 19th) led at the 39.2 km mark, followed by Cologna (who finished tenth), and Legkov. Northug's 0.3 second victory over Teichmann is the closest 50 km event in Olympic history, beating the previous record of 0.8 seconds set at the previous Olympics when di Centa edged out Russia's Yevgeny Dementyev.[6] Additionally, he is the sixth Norwegian to win the Olympic 50 km event, but the first since Bjørn Dæhlie's second triumph at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano.[7] The medals were presented at the closing ceremony at BC Place Stadium in Vancouver that same evening.

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
1Petter Northug Norway2:05:35.5+0.0
6Axel Teichmann Germany2:05:35.8+0.3
18Johan Olsson Sweden2:05:36.5+1.0
419Tobias Angerer Germany2:05:37.0+1.5
528Devon Kershaw Canada2:05:37.1+1.6
624Andrus Veerpalu Estonia2:05:41.6+6.1
714Daniel Richardsson Sweden2:05:45.2+9.7
812Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia2:05:46.4+10.9
929Anders Södergren Sweden2:05:47.1+11.6
104Dario Cologna Switzerland2:05:47.5+12.0
115Giorgio Di Centa Italy2:05:49.0+13.5
123Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic2:05:49.4+13.9
1310Vincent Vittoz France2:05:49.6+14.1
148Alexander Legkov Russia2:05:53.3+17.8
1520Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway2:05:57.7+22.2
1613Jens Filbrich Germany2:06:07.8+32.3
1738Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Norway2:06:08.3+32.8
1836George Grey Canada2:06:18.1+42.6
199Jean Marc Gaillard France2:06:38.0+1:02.5
2023Sami Jauhojärvi Finland2:06:43.2+1:07.7
217René Sommerfeldt Germany2:06:52.5+1:17.0
222Marcus Hellner Sweden2:07:03.2+1:27.7
2327Jens Arne Svartedal Norway2:07:32.5+1:57.0
2439Petr Sedov Russia2:07:35.4+1:59.9
2526Sergei Dolidovich Belarus2:07:47.6+2:12.1
2611Pietro Piller Cottrer Italy2:08:21.6+2:46.1
2730Alexey Poltaranin Kazakhstan2:09:29.6+3:54.1
2844James Southam United States2:10:08.3+4:32.8
2933Jiří Magál Czech Republic2:10:22.7+4:47.2
3035Jaak Mae Estonia2:10:41.3+5:05.8
3116Valerio Checchi Italy2:10:49.7+5:14.2
3222Alex Harvey Canada2:10:49.9+5:14.4
3317Ivan Babikov Canada2:10:50.2+5:14.7
3434Aivar Rehemaa Estonia2:10:57.6+5:22.1
3540Nobu Naruse Japan2:10:59.2+5:23.7
3632Roland Clara Italy2:11:00.8+5:25.3
3731Ville Nousiainen Finland2:11:38.0+6:02.5
3855Cyril Miranda France2:11:56.9+6:21.4
3945Yevgeniy Velichko Kazakhstan2:13:01.5+7:26.0
4048Vicenc Vilarrubla Spain2:13:33.8+7:58.3
4150Algo Kärp Estonia2:13:49.6+8:14.1
4247Roman Leybyuk Ukraine2:15:19.9+9:44.4
4342Lari Lehtonen Finland2:16:26.2+10:50.7
4449Diego Ruiz Spain2:17:49.8+12:14.3
4546Aliaksei Ivanou Belarus2:17:59.2+12:23.7
4653Benjamin Koons New Zealand2:21:53.9+16:18.4
4752Francesc Soulie Andorra2:25:00.8+19:25.3
4854Jonas Thor Olsen Denmark2:25:00.9+19:25.4
25Martin Bajčičák SlovakiaDNF
21Kris Freeman United StatesDNF
43Ivan Bátory SlovakiaDNF
15Sergey Shiryayev RussiaDNF
51Javier Gutierrez SpainDNF
37Sergey Cherepanov KazakhstanDNS
41Paul Constantin Pepene RomaniaDNS

References
  1. 2010 Winter Olympic Cross-country skiing schedule. - accessed 3 November 2009.
  2. 2006 Winter Olympics men's 50 km results. Archived 2011-09-19 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2 November 2009.
  3. FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's 50 km results. Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2 November 2009.
  4. FIS World Cup 14 March 2009 at Trondheim, Norway men's 50 km results. Archived 12 December 2009 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2 November 2009.
  5. 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 50 km, Mass Start Classic, from "Archived copy". Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) retrieved 2010-02-27.
  6. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Cross-Country (Nordic) Skiing, Men: 50 Kilometers". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 235-6.
  7. Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Cross-Country (Nordic) Skiing, Men: 50 Kilometers". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics. London: Aurum Press Limited. pp. 234-5.
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