Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

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]

Men's sprint
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates17 February
Competitors62 from 25 nations
Winning time3:36.3
Medalists
Nikita Kryukov  Russia
Alexander Panzhinskiy  Russia
Petter Northug  Norway
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

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]

Results

Qualifying

Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST.[1]

RankBibAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
13Alexander Panzhinskiy Russia3:34.57+0.00Q
24Emil Jönsson Sweden3:36.01+1.44Q
314Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway3:36.43+1.86 Q
45Nikita Kryukov Russia3:36.46+1.89Q
520Johan Kjølstad Norway3:36.65+2.08Q
613Petter Northug Norway3:37.09+2.52 Q
71Øystein Pettersen Norway3:37.34+2.77Q
89Nikolay Chebotko Kazakhstan3:37.84+3.27Q
921Peeter Kümmel Estonia3:37.99+3.42Q
1037Stefan Kuhn Canada3:38.35+3.78Q
1123Yuichi Onda Japan3:38.49+3.92Q
1245Sun Qinghai China3:38.52+3.95Q
1315Jesper Modin Sweden3:38.53+3.96Q
1416Björn Lind Sweden3:38.62+4.05Q
1540Alexey Poltaranin Kazakhstan3:38.68+4.11Q
1612Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. Russia3:38.82+4.25Q
1711Cyril Miranda France3:38.83+4.26Q
1819Teodor Peterson Sweden3:39.08+4.51 Q
197Kalle Lassila Finland3:39.12+4.55Q
2046Jesse Väänänen Finland3:39.21+4.64Q
2126Sami Jauhojärvi Finland3:39.57+5.00Q
2210Renato Pasini Italy3:39.63+5.06Q
2318Nikolay Morilov Russia3:40.22+5.65Q
2429Devon Kershaw Canada3:40.50+5.93Q
2543Timo Simonlatser Estonia3:40.65+6.08Q
2624Fabio Pasini Italy3:40.86+6.29Q
2741Janusz Krężelok Poland3:41.34+6.77Q
2834Maciej Kreczmer Poland3:41.35+6.78Q
2942Simi Hamilton United States3:41.53+6.96Q
308Loris Frasnelli Italy3:41.78+7.21Q
3133Josef Wenzl Germany3:41.88+7.31
3139Roddy Darragon France3:41.88+7.31
3317Tim Tscharnke Germany3:42.03+7.46
3435Christoph Eigenmann Switzerland3:42.18+7.61
3536Dušan Kožíšek Czech Republic3:42.45+7.88
3628Torin Koos United States3:42.72+8.15
376Matias Strandvall Finland3:42.74+8.17
3830Valerio Leccardi Switzerland3:42.84+8.27
3927David Hofer Italy3:42.89+8.32
4051Drew Goldsack Canada3:44.28+9.71
4149Brent McMurtry Canada3:45.02+10.45
4232Anti Saarepuu Estonia3:45.44+10.87
4338Peter von Allmen Switzerland3:46.16+11.59
4425Aleš Razym Czech Republic3:46.42+11.85
452Andrew Newell United States3:46.77+12.20
4653Mantas Strolia Lithuania3:47.17+12.60
4748Garrott Kuzzy United States3:47.46+12.89
4847Sergey Cherepanov Kazakhstan3:48.29+13.72
4922Eligius Tambornino Switzerland3:48.33+13.76
5052Lefteris Fafalis Greece3:49.09+14.52
5150Leanid Karneyenka Belarus3:49.12+14.55
5244Yevgeniy Koshevoy Kazakhstan3:49.51+14.94
5355Aleksei Novoselski Lithuania3:51.70+17.13
5454Modestas Vaičiulis Lithuania3:52.10+17.53
5557Paul Murray Australia3:52.96+18.39
5662Francois Soulie Andorra3:55.22+20.65
5756Peter Mlynár Slovakia3:55.76+21.19
5858Andrew Musgrave Great Britain3:58.43+23.86
5931Kein Einaste Estonia3:59.19+24.62
6060Andrew Young Great Britain4:02.19+27.62
6159Oliver Kraas South Africa4:04.19+29.62
6261Janis Paipals Latvia4:04.48+29.91

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST.[1]

RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
11Alexander Panzhinskiy Russia3:36.4+0.0Q
221Sami Jauhojärvi Finland3:36.9+0.5Q
310Stefan Kuhn Canada3:37.4+1.0
411Yuichi Onda Japan3:37.9+1.5
520Jesse Väänänen Finland3:38.9+2.3
630Loris Frasnelli Italy3:40.9+4.5
Quarterfinal 2
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
17Øystein Pettersen Norway3:36.9+0.0Q
24Nikita Kryukov Russia3:37.2+0.3Q
317Cyril Miranda France3:37.3+0.4
414Björn Lind Sweden3:37.6+0.7
524Devon Kershaw Canada3:39.9+3.0
627Janusz Krężelok Poland3:41.1+4.2
Quarterfinal 3
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
16Petter Northug Norway3:34.5+0.0Q
215Alexey Poltaranin Kazakhstan3:34.7+0.2Q
35Johan Kjølstad Norway3:35.3+0.8LL
416Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. Russia3:35.3+0.8LL
526Fabio Pasini Italy3:35.7+1.2
625Timo Simonlatser Estonia3:42.2+8.7
Quarterfinal 4
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
12Emil Jönsson Sweden3:41.8+0.0Q
219Kalle Lassila Finland3:42.2+0.4Q
39Peeter Kümmel Estonia3:42.4+0.6
422Renato Pasini Italy3:42.8+1.0
512Sun Qinghai China3:43.1+1.3
629Simi Hamilton United States3:43.4+1.6
Quarterfinal 5
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
13Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway3:37.8+0.0Q
218Teodor Peterson Sweden3:38.3+0.5Q
38Nikolay Chebotko Kazakhstan3:38.6+0.8
413Jesper Modin Sweden3:39.1+1.3
528Maciej Kreczmer Poland3:39.6+1.8
623Nikolay Morilov Russia3:40.2+2.4

Semifinals

Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST.[1]

Semifinals 1
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
11Alexander Panzhinskiy Russia3:34.3+0.0Q
27Øystein Pettersen Norway3:34.4+0.1Q
34Nikita Kryukov Russia3:34.6+0.3LL
415Alexey Poltaranin Kazakhstan3:35.6+1.1LL
55Johan Kjølstad Norway3:35.9+1.6
621Sami Jauhojärvi Finland3:39.6+5.3
Semifinals 2
RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
13Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway3:36.5+0.0Q
26Petter Northug Norway3:36.7+0.2Q
32Emil Jönsson Sweden3:37.4+0.9
416Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. Russia3:37.6+1.1
519Kalle Lassila Finland3:43.7+7.2
618Teodor Peterson Sweden3:43.8+7.3

Finals

Finals took place at 13:55 PST.[1]

RankSeedAthleteCountryTimeDeficitNote
4Nikita Kryukov Russia3:36.3+0.0
1Alexander Panzhinskiy Russia3:36.3+0.0
6Petter Northug Norway3:45.5+9.2
43Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway3:50.0+13.7
515Alexey Poltaranin Kazakhstan3:54.4+18.1
67Øystein Pettersen Norway4:56.2+1:19.9

See also

References
  1. Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  2. 2006 Winter Olympics men's individual sprint freestyle results. Archived 2012-07-31 at Archive.today - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  3. FIS Nordic World Ski 2009 men's individual sprint freestyle results. Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  4. Whistler Olympic Park World Cup 16 January 2009 men's individual sprint classical results. Archived 7 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine - Accessed November 3, 2009.
  5. FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 6 February 2010 men's sprint classical results. - Accessed February 6, 2010.
  6. 2010 Winter Olympics 17 February 2010 Cross-country skiing men's individual sprint results. Archived 4 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 18 February 2010.
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