Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km Free

The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.[1]

Men's 20 km Free at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 14, March 15,

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	2	1	5
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
4	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

Medalists

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
20 km Free – Visually Impaired	Canada (CAN) Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Russia (RUS) Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	Belarus (BLR) Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski
15 km – Sitting	Russia (RUS) Irek Zaripov	Russia (RUS) Roman Petushkov	Italy (ITA) Enzo Masiello
20 km Free – Standing	Russia (RUS) Kirill Mikhaylov	Norway (NOR) Nils-Erik Ulset	Russia (RUS) Vladimir Kononov

Visually Impaired

In the cross-country skiing 20 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide.[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	7	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Canada	51:14.7
	11	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	Russia	51:55.6	+40.9
	14	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski	Belarus	52:22.5	+1:07.8
4	4	Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm	Germany	52:28.9	+1:14.2
5	12	Frank Höfle Guide: Johannes Wachlin	Germany	52:38.8	+1:24.1
6	5	Thomas Clarion Guide: Stephane Passeron	France	52:39.8	+1:25.1
7	9	Oleg Munts Guide: Borys Babar	Ukraine	53:03.8	+1:49.1
8	6	Helge Flo Guide: Thomas Losnegard	Norway	54:22.7	+3:08.0
9	10	Hak-Su Im Guide: Yoon-Bae Park	South Korea	55:53.6	+4:28.9
10	13	Valery Kupchinskiy Guide: Viacheslav Dubov	Russia	57:03.8	+5:49.1
11	8	Zebastian Modin Guide: Albin Ackerot	Sweden	58:30.8	+7:16.1
12	1	Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Lasse Torpo	Finland	1:02:35.6	+11:20.9
13	3	Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling	Canada	1:08:47.6	+17:32.9
	2	Hakan Axelsson	Sweden	DNF

Sitting (15 km)

Irek Zaripov after winning his gold medal

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	22	Irek Zaripov	Russia	41:01.1
	25	Roman Petushkov	Russia	41:11.1	+10.0
	24	Enzo Masiello	Italy	41:54.9	+43.8
4	21	Trygve Toskedal Larsen	Norway	42:17.3	+1:16.2
5	23	Iurii Kostiuk	Ukraine	42:17.7	+1:16.6
6	26	Aliaksandr Davidovich	Belarus	42:43.1	+1:42.0
7	19	Kozo Kubo	Japan	42:55.5	+1:54.4
8	20	Chris Klebl	United States	43:13.7	+2:12.6
9	28	Sean Halsted	United States	43:25.6	+2:24.5
10	27	Andy Soule	United States	43:32.8	+2:31.7
11	30	Dzmitry Loban	Belarus	43:53.5	+2:52.4
12	29	Romain Rosique	France	43:56.6	+2:55.5
13	3	Sergey Shilov	Russia	44:15.5	+3:14.4
14	18	Fu Chunshan	China	44:19.1	+3:18.0
15	7	Yauheni Lukyanenka	Belarus	44:22.0	+3:20.9
16	1	Vladimir Gajdiciar	Slovakia	44:39.0	+3:37.9
17	17	Dominic Monypenny	Australia	44:55.7	+3:54.6
18	13	Alain Marguerettaz	France	44:55.8	+3:54.7
19	2	Ivan Goncharov	Russia	45:19.2	+4:18.1
20	31	Kamil Rosiek	Poland	45:21.2	+4:20.1
21	10	Robert Wator	Poland	45:25.9	+4:24.8
22	4	Barys Pronka	Belarus	45:57.7	+4:56.6
23	15	Roland Rüpp	Italy	46:08.7	+5:07.6
24	11	Georges Bettega	France	46:16.7	+5:15.6
25	14	Per Fagerhoi	Norway	46:23.0	+5:21.9
26	12	Greg Mallory	United States	46:30.6	+5:29.5
27	8	Lou Gibson	Canada	47:53.8	+6:52.7
28	5	Fabrizio Bove	Italy	49:15.2	+8:14.1
29	16	Sebastien Fortier	Canada	51:33.6	+10:32.5
	6	Manfred Lehner	Austria	DNF
	9	Thierry Raoux	France	DNS

Standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	20	Kirill Mikhaylov	Russia	52:07.7
	7	Nils-Erik Ulset	Norway	53:34.1	+1:26.4
	6	Vladimir Kononov	Russia	53:53.4	+1:45.7
4	18	Siarhei Silchanka	Belarus	54:51.6	+2:43.9
5	2	Rushan Minnegulov	Russia	54:59.8	+2:52.1
6	17	Michael Kurz	Austria	55:06.8	+2:59.1
7	5	Du Haitao	China	55:29.9	+3:22.2
8	16	Vegard Dahle	Norway	55:42.9	+3:35.2
9	11	Yannick Bourseaux	France	55:55.7	+3:48.0
10	1	Thomas Oelsner	Germany	58:02.6	+5:54.9
11	19	Ilkka Tuomisto	Finland	58:29.6	+6:21.9
12	15	Tino Uhlig	Germany	59:00.8	+6:53.1
13	12	Zou Dexin	China	59:37.4	+7:29.7
14	10	Oleh Leshchyshyn	Ukraine	59:44.9	+7:37.2
15	21	Grygorii Vovchynskyi	Ukraine	59:50.6	+7:42.9
16	8	Cheng Shishuai	China	59:52.1	+7:44.4
17	4	Keiichi Sato	Japan	1:01:34.5	+9:26.8
18	9	James Millar	Australia	1:02:33.5	+10:25.8
19	22	Svein Lilleberg	Norway	1:06:33.0	+14:25.3
	3	Tyler Mosher	Canada	DNF
	14	Alfis Makamedinov	Russia	DNF
	13	Mark Arendz	Canada	DNS

References

1. "Cross-Country Skiing Schedule and Results". The official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver. Retrieved March 13, 2010.
2. Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21, Vancouver 2010
3. Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

External links

• 2010 Winter Paralympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver