Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 19 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre.[1]

Men's 15 kilometre classical
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates19 February
Competitors90 from 33 nations
Winning time41:18.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Mikhail Devyatyarov
 Soviet Union
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Smirnov
 Soviet Union
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Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Marco Albarello of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Gunde Svan of Sweden was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.[2]

Results edit

Sources:[3][1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  86 Mikhail Devyatyarov   Soviet Union 41:18.9
  29 Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Norway 41:33.4 +14.5
  40 Vladimir Smirnov   Soviet Union 41:48.5 +29.6
4 76 Oddvar Brå   Norway 42:17.3 +58.4
5 62 Uwe Bellmann   East Germany 42:17.8 +58.9
6 10 Maurilio De Zolt   Italy 42:31.2 +1:12.3
7 64 Vegard Ulvang   Norway 42:31.5 +1:12.6
8 35 Harri Kirvesniemi   Finland 42:42.8 +1:23.9
9 61 Marco Albarello   Italy 42:48.6 +1:29.7
10 85 Giorgio Vanzetta   Italy 42:49.6 +1:30.7
11 59 Christer Majbäck   Sweden 42:58.6 +1:39.7
12 3 Terje Langli   Norway 42:59.3 +1:40.4
13 84 Gianfranco Polvara   Italy 43:07.3 +1:48.4
14 23 Gunde Svan   Sweden 43:08.3 +1:49.4
15 1 Alexander Batyuk   Soviet Union 43:08.7 +1:49.8
16 7 Jan Ottosson   Sweden 43:18.1 +1:59.2
17 12 Pierre Harvey   Canada 43:22.0 +2:03.1
18 75 Alexey Prokourorov   Soviet Union 43:36.9 +2:18.0
19 43 Ladislav Švanda   Czechoslovakia 43:40.9 +2:22.0
20 11 Aki Karvonen   Finland 43:54.5 +2:35.6
21 37 Holger Bauroth   East Germany 43:59.2 +2:40.3
22 83 Jürg Capol   Switzerland 43:59.5 +2:40.6
23 80 Jochen Behle   West Germany 43:59.7 +2:40.8
24 49 Torgny Mogren   Sweden 44:12.1 +2:53.2
25 92 Jari Laukkanen   Finland 44:22.0 +3:03.1
26 91 Jean-Luc Thomas   France 44:26.5 +3:07.6
27 55 Walter Kuss   West Germany 44:29.0 +3:10.1
28 87 Václav Korunka   Czechoslovakia 44:47.6 +3:28.7
29 24 Dan Simoneau   United States 44:53.8 +3:34.9
30 60 Jari Räsänen   Finland 45:04.5 +3:45.6
31 41 Alois Schwarz   Austria 45:06.9 +3:48.0
32 21 Andre Blatter   Austria 45:15.2 +3:56.3
33 52 Chris Herberle   Australia 45:19.5 +4:00.6
34 47 Yves Bilodeau   Canada 45:26.6 +4:07.7
35 56 Andi Grünenfelder   Switzerland 45:35.5 +4:16.6
36 73 Alois Stadlober   Austria 45:38.5 +4:19.6
37 50 Patrick Rémy   France 45:45.3 +4:26.4
38 28 John Spotswood   Great Britain 45:47.3 +4:28.4
39 70 Janež Kršinar   Yugoslavia 45:54.8 +4:35.9
40 89 Bill Spencer   United States 45:59.6 +4:40.7
41 53 Pavel Benc   Czechoslovakia 46:01.6 +4:42.7
42 78 Johann Standmann   Austria 46:04.1 +4:45.2
43 19 Martin Petrásek   Czechoslovakia 46:07.8 +4:48.9
44 25 Sašo Grajf   Yugoslavia 46:12.3 +4:53.4
45 63 Kazunari Sasaki   Japan 46:12.6 +4:53.7
46 57 Al Pilcher   Canada 46:21.1 +5:02.2
47 90 Dennis Lawrence   Canada 46:26.3 +5:07.4
48 67 Guy Balland   France 46:36.9 +5:18.0
49 9 Stanislav Atanasov   Bulgaria 46:43.0 +5:24.1
50 72 Benjamin Eberle   Liechtenstein 46:49.3 +5:30.4
51 34 Patrik Hasler   Liechtenstein 47:07.3 +5:48.4
52 27 Tanayuki Yuki   Japan 47:08.4 +5:49.5
53 58 Todd Boonstra   United States 47:21.8 +6:02.9
54 30 Ki Ho Park   South Korea 47:44.3 +6:25.4
55 77 Todor Makhov   Bulgaria 47:47.5 +6:28.6
56 6 Claude Pierrat   France 47:54.3 +6:35.4
57 46 Gábor Mayer   Hungary 47:56.2 +6:37.3
58 16 Joseph Galanes   United States 48:05.2 +6:46.3
59 82 Jun Jeung-hae   South Korea 48:22.3 +7:03.4
60 4 Patrick Winterton   Great Britain 48:36.0 +7:17.1
61 65 Jordi Ribó   Spain 48:40.7 +7:21.8
62 69 Ziitsagaany Ganbat   Mongolia 48:48.9 +7:30.0
63 44 José Giro   Spain 48:54.2 +7:35.3
64 68 Mano Ketenzhiev   Bulgaria 48:54.7 +7:35.8
65 88 Martin Watkins   Great Britain 49:16.6 +7:57.7
66 71 Christos Titas   Greece 49:48.6 +8:29.7
67 36 Atanas Simidchev   Bulgaria 49:53.6 +8:34.7
68 5 Masaharu Yamazaki   Japan 50:06.8 +8:47.9
69 48 Dambajantsagiin Battulga   Mongolia 50:09.4 +8:50.5
70 38 David Hislop   Australia 50:19.8 +9:00.9
71 15 Hong Kun-pyo   South Korea 50:21.4 +9:02.5
72 32 Athanasios Tsakiris   Greece 50:34.4 +9:15.5
73 74 Ronald Howden   Great Britain 50:47.4 +9:28.5
74 42 Zhao Jun   China 50:55.2 +9:36.3
75 66 Sung-Hoon Cho   South Korea 51:31.1 +10:12.2
76 26 Saim Koca   Turkey 51:36.6 +10:17.7
77 54 Abdullah Yilmaz   Turkey 51:54.6 +10:35.7
78 13 Fikret Ören   Turkey 52:05.1 +10:46.2
79 79 Erhan Dursum   Turkey 52:18.3 +10:59.4
80 31 Dag Rene Burgos   Guatemala 53:00.8 +11:41.9
81 8 Ricardo Burgos   Guatemala 55:16.3 +13:57.4
82 39 Arturo Kinch   Costa Rica 59:37.9 +18:19.0
83 14 Rusiate Rogoyawa   Fiji 1:01:26.3 +20:07.4
84 18 Roberto Alvárez   Mexico 1:01:26.4 +20:07.5
85 22 Andrea Sammaritani   San Marino 1:02:58.1 +21:39.2
2 Nikos Anastassiadis   Greece DNF
17 Konstantin Ritter   Liechtenstein DNF
20 Konrad Hallenbarter   Switzerland DNF
33 Julio Moreschi   Argentina DNF
45 Giachem Guidon   Switzerland DNF
51 Einar Ólafsson   Iceland DNS
81 Atsushi Egawa   Japan DNS

References edit

  1. ^ a b "Canmore 15 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. ^ "15 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 6 February 2019.

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