Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle
The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST.[1]
Men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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Venue | Whistler Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
Dates | 15 February | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 96 from 50 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 33:36.3 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||
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Distance | ||
10 km | women | |
15 km | men | women |
30 km | men | women |
50 km | men | |
4 × 5 km relay | women | |
4 × 10 km relay | men | |
Sprint | ||
Individual | men | women |
Team | men | women |
Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu is both the two-time defending Olympic and World champion in this event, though all three were held in the classical event.[2][3][4] Norway's Lars Berger won the 2007 world championships when it was in freestyle.[5] The final World Cup event in men's 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa.[6]
Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.[7]
Results
References
- Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 2 November 2009.
- 2002 Winter Olympic men's 15 km classical results. Archived 2013-01-02 at Archive.today - accessed 3 November 2009.
- 2006 Winter Olympic men's 15 km classical results. Archived 2012-10-19 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2 November 2009.
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's 15 km classical results. Archived 2012-10-15 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 2 November 2009.
- FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 men's 15 km freestyle results. Archived 2012-05-27 at Archive.today - accessed 2 November 2009.
- FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 5 February 2010 men's 15 km freestyle results. - accessed 6 February 2010.
- 2010 Winter Olympics 15 February 2010 Cross-country skiing men's 15 km freestyle results. Archived 28 June 2011 at the Wayback Machine - accessed 16 February 2010.