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
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates11 February
Competitors86 from 40 nations
Winning time3:38.39
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ola Vigen Hattestad  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Teodor Peterson  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Emil Jönsson  Sweden
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Qualification edit

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 edit

Q — qualified for next round
LL — lucky loser
PF — photo finish

In November 2017, Alexey Petukhov was disqualified from the event.[5]

Qualifying edit

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 1 Ola Vigen Hattestad   Norway 3:28.35 Q
2 5 Sergey Ustiugov   Russia 3:30.26 +1.91 Q
3 6 Federico Pellegrino   Italy 3:30.38 +2.03 Q
4 10 Anders Gløersen   Norway 3:30.41 +2.06 Q
5 9 Emil Jönsson   Sweden 3:30.77 +2.42 Q
6 20 Teodor Peterson   Sweden 3:31.43 +3.08 Q
7 8 Eirik Brandsdal   Norway 3:32.53 +4.18 Q
8 26 Bernhard Tritscher   Austria 3:32.60 +4.25 Q
9 18 Alexey Petukhov   Russia 3:32.67 +4.32 Q
10 17 Calle Halfvarsson   Sweden 3:33.11 +4.76 Q
11 13 Nikita Kryukov   Russia 3:34.04 +5.69 Q
12 4 Martti Jylhä   Finland 3:34.49 +6.14 Q
13 38 Dario Cologna   Switzerland 3:35.03 +6.68 Q
14 28 Renaud Jay   France 3:35.16 +6.81 Q
15 56 Marcus Hellner   Sweden 3:35.38 +7.03 Q
16 3 Petter Northug   Norway 3:35.44 +7.09 Q
17 11 Andrew Newell   United States 3:35.52 +7.17 Q
18 44 David Hofer   Italy 3:35.68 +7.33 Q
19 14 Alex Harvey   Canada 3:36.08 +7.73 Q
20 22 Anton Gafarov   Russia 3:36.10 +7.75 Q
21 15 Simi Hamilton   United States 3:36.12 +7.77 Q
22 36 Cyril Miranda   France 3:36.59 +8.24 Q
23 2 Jöri Kindschi   Switzerland 3:36.89 +8.54 Q
24 30 Harald Wurm   Austria 3:37.18 +8.83 Q
25 37 Ville Nousiainen   Finland 3:37.52 +9.17 Q
26 39 Sun Qinghai   China 3:37.71 +9.36 Q
27 27 Andrew Musgrave   Great Britain 3:37.75 +9.40 Q
28 19 Tim Tscharnke   Germany 3:37.75 +9.40 Q
29 35 Cyril Gaillard   France 3:37.86 +9.51 Q
30 25 Nikolay Chebotko   Kazakhstan 3:37.88 +9.53 Q
31 12 Josef Wenzl   Germany 3:38.10 +9.75
32 61 Thomas Bing   Germany 3:38.30 +9.95
33 52 Roman Ragozin   Kazakhstan 3:38.56 +10.21
34 24 Anssi Pentsinen   Finland 3:38.66 +10.31
35 16 Sebastian Eisenlauer   Germany 3:39.00 +10.65
36 32 Len Väljas   Canada 3:39.87 +11.52
37 42 Torin Koos   United States 3:40.27 +11.92
37 48 Dietmar Nöckler   Italy 3:40.27 +11.92
39 54 Erik Bjornsen   United States 3:40.39 +12.04
40 31 Baptiste Gros   France 3:40.54 +12.19
41 50 Dušan Kožíšek   Czech Republic 3:40.56 +12.21
42 49 Andrew Young   Great Britain 3:40.68 +12.33
43 43 Juho Mikkonen   Finland 3:40.72 +12.37
44 41 Enrico Nizzi   Italy 3:40.89 +12.54
45 33 Yuichi Onda   Japan 3:40.98 +12.63
46 55 Max Hauke   Austria 3:41.55 +13.20
47 7 Jovian Hediger   Switzerland 3:42.34 +13.99
48 58 Michail Semenov   Belarus 3:42.93 +14.58
49 29 Aleš Razym   Czech Republic 3:43.24 +14.89
50 62 Ruslan Perekhoda   Ukraine 3:43.61 +15.26
51 45 Raido Ränkel   Estonia 3:43.82 +15.47
52 34 Peeter Kümmel   Estonia 3:44.03 +15.68
53 51 Jesse Cockney   Canada 3:44.36 +16.01
54 64 Martin Møller   Denmark 3:44.38 +16.03
55 53 Phillip Bellingham   Australia 3:45.65 +17.30
56 40 Devon Kershaw   Canada 3:45.77 +17.42
57 63 Sebastian Gazurek   Poland 3:46.12 +17.77
58 46 Denis Volotka   Kazakhstan 3:46.92 +18.57
59 47 Siim Sellis   Estonia 3:48.06 +19.71
60 69 Imanol Rojo   Spain 3:48.44 +20.09
61 65 Arvis Liepiņš   Latvia 3:49.28 +20.93
62 77 Callum Smith   Great Britain 3:50.13 +21.78
63 78 Milanko Petrović   Serbia 3:50.20 +21.85
64 68 Andrey Gridin   Bulgaria 3:50.57 +22.22
65 71 Paul Constantin Pepene   Romania 3:51.54 +23.19
66 57 Peter Mlynár   Slovakia 3:51.76 +23.41
67 21 Maciej Staręga   Poland 3:51.84 +23.49
68 74 Florin Daniel Pripici   Romania 3:52.68 +24.33
69 75 Edi Dadić   Croatia 3:52.89 +24.54
70 73 Vytautas Strolia   Lithuania 3:55.48 +27.13
71 60 Jānis Paipals   Latvia 3:56.21 +27.86
72 72 Sævar Birgisson   Iceland 3:59.50 +31.15
73 67 Milán Szabó   Hungary 3:59.68 +31.33
74 80 Apostolos Angelis   Greece 4:01.87 +33.52
75 79 Sabahattin Oğlago   Turkey 4:02.03 +33.68
76 81 Rejhan Šmrković   Serbia 4:02.28 +33.93
77 83 Victor Pînzaru   Moldova 4:04.91 +36.56
78 86 Darko Damjanovski   Macedonia 4:08.56 +40.21
79 66 Kari Peters   Luxembourg 4:13.08 +44.73
80 82 Leandro Ribela   Brazil 4:21.12 +52.77
81 70 Oleksiy Krasovsky   Ukraine 4:35.08 +1:06.73
82 85 Mladen Plakalović   Bosnia and Herzegovina 4:40.64 +1:12.29
83 23 Roman Schaad   Switzerland 4:56.63 +1:28.28
84 84 Yonathan Fernandez   Chile 4:58.63 +1:30.28
85 76 Callum Watson   Australia 5:29.62 +2:01.27
59 Xu Wenlong   China DNF

Quarterfinals edit

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
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
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
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
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
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 edit

Semifinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
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
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 edit

The final was held at 17:40.[6]

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
  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 edit

  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Ola Vigen Hattestad wins sprint". ESPN. 11 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ "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.
  4. ^ "Qualification Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.
  5. ^ "IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings". 14 July 2021.
  6. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-11.