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

Event:	Men's 15 kilometre classical
Games:	1988 Winter
Venue:	Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates:	19 February
Competitors:	90
Nations:	33
Win Value:	41:18.9
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Mikhail Devyatyarov
Goldnoc:	URS
Silver:	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Vladimir Smirnov
Bronzenoc:	URS
Prev:	1984
Next:	2002

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.

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.^[1]

Results

Sources:^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Deficit
	86			41:18.9
	29			41:33.4
	40			41:48.5
	76			42:17.3
	62			42:17.8
	10			42:31.2
	64			42:31.5
	35			42:42.8
	61			42:48.6
10	85			42:49.6
11	59			42:58.6
12	3			42:59.3
13	84			43:07.3
14	23			43:08.3
15	1			43:08.7
16	7			43:18.1
17	12			43:22.0
18	75			43:36.9
19	43			43:40.9
20	11			43:54.5
21	37			43:59.2
22	83			43:59.5
23	80			43:59.7
24	49			44:12.1
25	92			44:22.0
26	91			44:26.5
27	55			44:29.0
28	87			44:47.6
29	24			44:53.8
30	60			45:04.5
31	41			45:06.9
32	21			45:15.2
33	52			45:19.5
34	47			45:26.6
35	56			45:35.5
36	73			45:38.5
37	50			45:45.3
38	28			45:47.3
39	70			45:54.8
40	89			45:59.6
41	53			46:01.6
42	78			46:04.1
43	19			46:07.8
44	25			46:12.3
45	63			46:12.6
46	57			46:21.1
47	90			46:26.3
48	67			46:36.9
49	9			46:43.0
50	72			46:49.3
51	34			47:07.3
52	27			47:08.4
53	58			47:21.8
54	30			47:44.3
55	77			47:47.5
56	6			47:54.3
57	46			47:56.2
58	16			48:05.2
59	82			48:22.3
60	4			48:36.0
61	65			48:40.7
62	69	Ziitsagaany Ganbat		48:48.9
63	44	José Giro		48:54.2
64	68	Mano Ketenzhiev		48:54.7
65	88	Martin Watkins		49:16.6
66	71	Christos Titas		49:48.6
67	36	Atanas Simidchev		49:53.6
68	5	Masaharu Yamazaki		50:06.8
69	48	Dambajantsagiin Battulga		50:09.4
70	38	David Hislop		50:19.8
71	15	Hong Kun-pyo		50:21.4
72	32	Athanasios Tsakiris		50:34.4
73	74	Ronald Howden		50:47.4
74	42	Zhao Jun		50:55.2
75	66	Sung-Hoon Cho		51:31.1
76	26	Saim Koca		51:36.6
77	54	Abdullah Yilmaz		51:54.6
78	13	Fikret Ören		52:05.1
79	79	Erhan Dursum		52:18.3
80	31	Dag Rene Burgos		53:00.8
81	8	Ricardo Burgos		55:16.3
82	39	Arturo Kinch		59:37.9
83	14	Rusiate Rogoyawa
84	18	Roberto Alvárez
85	22	Andrea Sammaritani
	2	Nikos Anastassiadis
	17	Konstantin Ritter
	20	Konrad Hallenbarter
	33	Julio Moreschi
	45	Giachem Guidon
	51	Einar Ólafsson
	81	Atsushi Egawa

External links

• Final results (International Ski Federation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417204329/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1988/CCS/mens-15-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 4 July 2019.
2. Web site: 15 km Men . www.olympic.org . IOC . 6 February 2019.
3. Web site: Canmore 15 km Men . www.skisport365.com . skisport365 . 6 February 2019.