Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical explained

Event:	Men's 15 kilometre classical
Games:	2002 Winter
Venue:	Soldier Hollow
Dates:	12 February
Competitors:	67
Nations:	26
Win Value:	37:07.4
Longnames:	yes
Gold:	Andrus Veerpalu
Goldnoc:	EST
Silver:	Frode Estil
Silvernoc:	NOR
Bronze:	Jaak Mae
Bronzenoc:	EST
Prev:	1988
Next:	2006

The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow.^[1]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Per Elofsson was the 2001 World champion. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard, who won in Nagano, but the 15 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.

Results

Rank	Name	Country	Time
			37:07.4
			37:43.4
			37:50.8
4			38:08.3
5			38:10.8
6			38:13.6
7			38:17.9
8			38:38.5
9			38:49.2
10			38:49.3
11			38:51.3
12			38:55.7
13			39:02.4
14			39:05.3
15			39:19.2
16			39:24.4
17			39:24.8
18			39:28.1
19			39:28.3
20			39:31.4
21			39:32.0
22			39:34.3
23			39:36.2
24			39:39.4
25			39:42.1
26			39:44.9
27			39:45.7
28			39:48.4
29			39:48.6
30			39:50.3
31			39:50.6
32			39:50.9
33			39:57.0
34			40:00.2
35			40:22.6
36			40:27.1
37			40:27.7
38			40:29.9
39			40:31.0
40			40:31.2
41			40:38.0
42			41:03.2
43			41:13.6
44			41:15.5
45			41:16.7
46			41:26.6
47			41:44.5
48			41:48.0
49			41:50.1
50			41:51.4
51			42:00.7
52			42:07.9
53			42:10.7
54			42:11.5
55			42:34.0
56			42:34.5
57			43:03.2
58			43:45.0
59			43:56.2
60			45:41.2
61			45:49.6
62			45:51.4
63			45:54.7
64			46:13.3
65			46:17.9
66			46:42.9
			DNF

Notes and References

Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417191138/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/2002/CCS/mens-15-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 8 July 2019.