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.Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - Accessed November 3, 2009.

Sweden's Björn Lind was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique.2006 Winter Olympics men's individual sprint freestyle results. - Accessed November 3, 2009. Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique.FIS Nordic World Ski 2009 men's individual sprint freestyle results. - Accessed November 3, 2009. Emil Jönsson of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009.Whistler Olympic Park World Cup 16 January 2009 men's individual sprint classical results. - Accessed November 3, 2009. 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. - Accessed February 6, 2010.

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.2010 Winter Olympics 17 February 2010 Cross-country skiing men's individual sprint results. - accessed 18 February 2010. 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.

Results

Qualifying Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST. Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 Alexander Panzhinskiy 3:34.57 +0.00 Q 2 4 Emil Jönsson 3:36.01 +1.44 Q 3 14 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3:36.43 +1.86 Q 4 5 Nikita Kryukov 3:36.46 +1.89 Q 5 20 Johan Kjølstad 3:36.65 +2.08 Q 6 13 Petter Northug 3:37.09 +2.52 Q 7 1 Øystein Pettersen 3:37.34 +2.77 Q 8 9 Nikolay Chebotko 3:37.84 +3.27 Q 9 21 Peeter Kümmel 3:37.99 +3.42 Q 10 37 Stefan Kuhn 3:38.35 +3.78 Q 11 23 Yuichi Onda 3:38.49 +3.92 Q 12 45 Sun Qinghai 3:38.52 +3.95 Q 13 15 Jesper Modin 3:38.53 +3.96 Q 14 16 Björn Lind 3:38.62 +4.05 Q 15 40 Alexey Poltaranin 3:38.68 +4.11 Q 16 12 Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. 3:38.82 +4.25 Q 17 11 Cyril Miranda 3:38.83 +4.26 Q 18 19 Teodor Peterson 3:39.08 +4.51 Q 19 7 Kalle Lassila 3:39.12 +4.55 Q 20 46 Jesse Väänänen 3:39.21 +4.64 Q 21 26 Sami Jauhojärvi 3:39.57 +5.00 Q 22 10 Renato Pasini 3:39.63 +5.06 Q 23 18 Nikolay Morilov 3:40.22 +5.65 Q 24 29 Devon Kershaw 3:40.50 +5.93 Q 25 43 Timo Simonlatser 3:40.65 +6.08 Q 26 24 Fabio Pasini 3:40.86 +6.29 Q 27 41 Janusz Krężelok 3:41.34 +6.77 Q 28 34 Maciej Kreczmer 3:41.35 +6.78 Q 29 42 Simi Hamilton 3:41.53 +6.96 Q 30 8 Loris Frasnelli 3:41.78 +7.21 Q 31 33 Josef Wenzl 3:41.88 +7.31 31 39 Roddy Darragon 3:41.88 +7.31 33 17 Tim Tscharnke 3:42.03 +7.46 34 35 Christoph Eigenmann 3:42.18 +7.61 35 36 Dušan Kožíšek 3:42.45 +7.88 36 28 Torin Koos 3:42.72 +8.15 37 6 Matias Strandvall 3:42.74 +8.17 38 30 Valerio Leccardi 3:42.84 +8.27 39 27 David Hofer 3:42.89 +8.32 40 51 Drew Goldsack 3:44.28 +9.71 41 49 Brent McMurtry 3:45.02 +10.45 42 32 Anti Saarepuu 3:45.44 +10.87 43 38 Peter von Allmen 3:46.16 +11.59 44 25 Aleš Razym 3:46.42 +11.85 45 2 Andrew Newell 3:46.77 +12.20 46 53 Mantas Strolia 3:47.17 +12.60 47 48 Garrott Kuzzy 3:47.46 +12.89 48 47 Sergey Cherepanov 3:48.29 +13.72 49 22 Eligius Tambornino 3:48.33 +13.76 50 52 Lefteris Fafalis 3:49.09 +14.52 51 50 Leanid Karneyenka 3:49.12 +14.55 52 44 Yevgeniy Koshevoy 3:49.51 +14.94 53 55 Aleksei Novoselski 3:51.70 +17.13 54 54 Modestas Vaičiulis 3:52.10 +17.53 55 57 Paul Murray 3:52.96 +18.39 56 62 Francois Soulie 3:55.22 +20.65 57 56 Peter Mlynár 3:55.76 +21.19 58 58 Andrew Musgrave 3:58.43 +23.86 59 31 Kein Einaste 3:59.19 +24.62 60 60 Andrew Young 4:02.19 +27.62 61 59 Oliver Kraas 4:04.19 +29.62 62 61 Janis Paipals 4:04.48 +29.91

Quarterfinals Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST. Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 Alexander Panzhinskiy 3:36.4 +0.0 Q 2 21 Sami Jauhojärvi 3:36.9 +0.5 Q 3 10 Stefan Kuhn 3:37.4 +1.0 4 11 Yuichi Onda 3:37.9 +1.5 5 20 Jesse Väänänen 3:38.9 +2.3 6 30 Loris Frasnelli 3:40.9 +4.5 Quarterfinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 7 Øystein Pettersen 3:36.9 +0.0 Q 2 4 Nikita Kryukov 3:37.2 +0.3 Q 3 17 Cyril Miranda 3:37.3 +0.4 4 14 Björn Lind 3:37.6 +0.7 5 24 Devon Kershaw 3:39.9 +3.0 6 27 Janusz Krężelok 3:41.1 +4.2 Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 6 Petter Northug 3:34.5 +0.0 Q 2 15 Alexey Poltaranin 3:34.7 +0.2 Q 3 5 Johan Kjølstad 3:35.3 +0.8 LL 4 16 Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. 3:35.3 +0.8 LL 5 26 Fabio Pasini 3:35.7 +1.2 6 25 Timo Simonlatser 3:42.2 +8.7 Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Emil Jönsson 3:41.8 +0.0 Q 2 19 Kalle Lassila 3:42.2 +0.4 Q 3 9 Peeter Kümmel 3:42.4 +0.6 4 22 Renato Pasini 3:42.8 +1.0 5 12 Sun Qinghai 3:43.1 +1.3 6 29 Simi Hamilton 3:43.4 +1.6 Quarterfinal 5 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3:37.8 +0.0 Q 2 18 Teodor Peterson 3:38.3 +0.5 Q 3 8 Nikolay Chebotko 3:38.6 +0.8 4 13 Jesper Modin 3:39.1 +1.3 5 28 Maciej Kreczmer 3:39.6 +1.8 6 23 Nikolay Morilov 3:40.2 +2.4

Semifinals Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST. Semifinals 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 Alexander Panzhinskiy 3:34.3 +0.0 Q 2 7 Øystein Pettersen 3:34.4 +0.1 Q 3 4 Nikita Kryukov 3:34.6 +0.3 LL 4 15 Alexey Poltaranin 3:35.6 +1.1 LL 5 5 Johan Kjølstad 3:35.9 +1.6 6 21 Sami Jauhojärvi 3:39.6 +5.3 Semifinals 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3:36.5 +0.0 Q 2 6 Petter Northug 3:36.7 +0.2 Q 3 2 Emil Jönsson 3:37.4 +0.9 4 16 Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. 3:37.6 +1.1 5 19 Kalle Lassila 3:43.7 +7.2 6 18 Teodor Peterson 3:43.8 +7.3

Finals Finals took place at 13:55 PST. Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 4 Nikita Kryukov 3:36.3 +0.0 1 Alexander Panzhinskiy 3:36.3 +0.0 6 Petter Northug 3:45.5 +9.2 4 3 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3:50.0 +13.7 5 15 Alexey Poltaranin 3:54.4 +18.1 6 7 Øystein Pettersen 4:56.2 +1:19.9

See also Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 km Sprint Classic

References

External links 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Individual Sprint Classic, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-16.