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
1st place, gold medalist(s) Petter Northug  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Axel Teichmann  Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Johan Olsson  Sweden
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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

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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.

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  1 Petter Northug   Norway 2:05:35.5 +0.0
  6 Axel Teichmann   Germany 2:05:35.8 +0.3
  18 Johan Olsson   Sweden 2:05:36.5 +1.0
4 19 Tobias Angerer   Germany 2:05:37.0 +1.5
5 28 Devon Kershaw   Canada 2:05:37.1 +1.6
6 24 Andrus Veerpalu   Estonia 2:05:41.6 +6.1
7 14 Daniel Rickardsson   Sweden 2:05:45.2 +9.7
8 12 Maxim Vylegzhanin   Russia 2:05:46.4 +10.9
9 29 Anders Södergren   Sweden 2:05:47.1 +11.6
10 4 Dario Cologna   Switzerland 2:05:47.5 +12.0
11 5 Giorgio Di Centa   Italy 2:05:49.0 +13.5
12 3 Lukáš Bauer   Czech Republic 2:05:49.4 +13.9
13 10 Vincent Vittoz   France 2:05:49.6 +14.1
14 8 Alexander Legkov   Russia 2:05:53.3 +17.8
15 20 Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Norway 2:05:57.7 +22.2
16 13 Jens Filbrich   Germany 2:06:07.8 +32.3
17 38 Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset   Norway 2:06:08.3 +32.8
18 36 George Grey   Canada 2:06:18.1 +42.6
19 9 Jean Marc Gaillard   France 2:06:38.0 +1:02.5
20 23 Sami Jauhojärvi   Finland 2:06:43.2 +1:07.7
21 7 René Sommerfeldt   Germany 2:06:52.5 +1:17.0
22 2 Marcus Hellner   Sweden 2:07:03.2 +1:27.7
23 27 Jens Arne Svartedal   Norway 2:07:32.5 +1:57.0
24 39 Petr Sedov   Russia 2:07:35.4 +1:59.9
25 26 Sergei Dolidovich   Belarus 2:07:47.6 +2:12.1
26 11 Pietro Piller Cottrer   Italy 2:08:21.6 +2:46.1
27 30 Alexey Poltaranin   Kazakhstan 2:09:29.6 +3:54.1
28 44 James Southam   United States 2:10:08.3 +4:32.8
29 33 Jiří Magál   Czech Republic 2:10:22.7 +4:47.2
30 35 Jaak Mae   Estonia 2:10:41.3 +5:05.8
31 16 Valerio Checchi   Italy 2:10:49.7 +5:14.2
32 22 Alex Harvey   Canada 2:10:49.9 +5:14.4
33 17 Ivan Babikov   Canada 2:10:50.2 +5:14.7
34 34 Aivar Rehemaa   Estonia 2:10:57.6 +5:22.1
35 40 Nobu Naruse   Japan 2:10:59.2 +5:23.7
36 32 Roland Clara   Italy 2:11:00.8 +5:25.3
37 31 Ville Nousiainen   Finland 2:11:38.0 +6:02.5
38 55 Cyril Miranda   France 2:11:56.9 +6:21.4
39 45 Yevgeniy Velichko   Kazakhstan 2:13:01.5 +7:26.0
40 48 Vicenc Vilarrubla   Spain 2:13:33.8 +7:58.3
41 50 Algo Kärp   Estonia 2:13:49.6 +8:14.1
42 47 Roman Leybyuk   Ukraine 2:15:19.9 +9:44.4
43 42 Lari Lehtonen   Finland 2:16:26.2 +10:50.7
44 49 Diego Ruiz   Spain 2:17:49.8 +12:14.3
45 46 Aliaksei Ivanou   Belarus 2:17:59.2 +12:23.7
46 53 Benjamin Koons   New Zealand 2:21:53.9 +16:18.4
47 52 Francesc Soulie   Andorra 2:25:00.8 +19:25.3
48 54 Jonas Thor Olsen   Denmark 2:25:00.9 +19:25.4
25 Martin Bajčičák   Slovakia DNF
21 Kris Freeman   United States DNF
43 Ivan Bátory   Slovakia DNF
15 Sergey Shiryayev   Russia DNF
51 Javier Gutierrez   Spain DNF
37 Sergey Cherepanov   Kazakhstan DNS
41 Paul Constantin Pepene   Romania DNS

References

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  1. ^ 2010 Winter Olympic Cross-country skiing schedule. Archived 2010-08-31 at the Wayback Machine - 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 "Vancouver Olympic Games Medals Results Sports : Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics". Archived from the original on February 22, 2010. Retrieved February 22, 2010. 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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