Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint
The men's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1] Ola Vigen Hattestad won the gold medal.[2]
Men's sprint at the XXII Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex | ||||||||||||
Dates | 11 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 86 from 40 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 3:38.39 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics | ||
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Qualification | ||
Distance | ||
Classical | men | women |
Skiathlon | men | women |
Mass start | men | women |
Relay | men | women |
Sprint | ||
Individual | men | women |
Team | men | women |
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 events (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 January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[3][4]
Results
- Q — qualified for next round
- LL — lucky loser
- PF — photo finish
In November 2017, Alexey Petukhov was disqualified from the event.[5]
Qualifying
Quarterfinals
- Quarterfinal 1
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:37.99 | — | Q |
2 | 20 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:38.52 | +0.53 | Q |
3 | 11 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:39.10 | +1.11 | PF |
4 | 10 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:39.13 | +1.14 | PF |
5 | 30 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:39.66 | +1.67 | |
6 | 21 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:39.83 | +1.84 |
- Quarterfinal 2
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 3:36.28 | — | Q |
2 | 7 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:36.59 | +0.31 | Q |
3 | 14 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:37.00 | +0.72 | |
4 | 17 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:37.12 | +0.84 | |
5 | 24 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:38.32 | +2.04 | |
6 | 27 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:48.69 | +12.41 |
- Quarterfinal 3
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:33.20 | — | Q |
2 | 6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:33.34 | +0.14 | Q |
3 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:33.62 | +0.42 | LL |
4 | 17 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:36.70 | +3.50 | LL |
5 | 25 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 3:40.84 | +7.64 | |
6 | 26 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:47.26 | +14.06 |
- Quarterfinal 4
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:36.14 | — | Q |
2 | 9 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:36.39 | +0.25 | Q |
3 | 22 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:37.57 | +1.43 | |
4 | 19 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:37.89 | +1.75 | |
5 | 12 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:37.98 | +1.84 | |
6 | 29 | Cyril Gaillard | France | 3:40.77 | +4.63 |
- Quarterfinal 5
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:43.97 | — | Q, PF |
2 | 8 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:44.01 | +0.04 | Q, PF |
3 | 18 | David Hofer | Italy | 3:44.87 | +0.90 | |
4 | 28 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:46.81 | +2.84 | |
5 | 23 | Jöri Kindschi | Switzerland | 3:47.94 | +3.97 | |
6 | 13 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 4:39.69 | +55.72 |
Semifinals
- Semifinal 1
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:36.33 | — | Q |
2 | 6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:36.48 | +0.15 | Q |
3 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 3:36.95 | +0.62 | LL, PF |
4 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:36.98 | +0.65 | LL, PF |
5 | 7 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:37.09 | +0.76 | |
6 | 20 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 6:25.95 | +2:49.62 |
- Semifinal 2
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:37.37 | — | Q, PF |
2 | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:37.43 | +0.06 | Q, PF |
3 | 8 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:37.64 | +0.27 | |
4 | 9 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:37.89 | +0.52 | |
5 | 16 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:54.28 | +16.91 | |
6 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:55.99 | +18.62 |
Final
The final was held at 17:40.[6]
Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
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1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:38.39 | — | ||
6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:39.61 | +1.22 | ||
5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:58.13 | +19.74 | ||
4 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 4:02.05 | +23.66 | |
5 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 4:32.48 | +54.09 | |
6 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 5:24.31 | +1:45.92 |
References
- "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
- "Ola Vigen Hattestad wins sprint". ESPN. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
- "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
- "Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
- https://www.olympic.org/news/ioc-sanctions-four-russian-athletes-and-closes-one-case-as-part-of-oswald-commission-findings
- "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.