Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle explained

Event:	Men's 15 kilometre freestyle
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates:	15 February
Competitors:	96
Nations:	50
Win Value:	33:36.3
Gold:	Dario Cologna
Goldnoc:	SUI
Silver:	Pietro Piller Cottrer
Silvernoc:	ITA
Bronze:	Lukáš Bauer
Bronzenoc:	CZE
Prev:	2006
Next:	2014

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]

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

Rank	Bib	Time	Deficit
	33	33:36.3	+0.00
	25	34:00.9	+24.6
	34	34:12.0	+35.7
	35	34:13.5	+37.2
	26	34:16.2	+39.9
	13	34:27.4	+51.1
	18	34:28.5	+52.2
	20	34:30.0	+53.7
	24	34:31.6	+55.3
10	31	34:36.2	+59.9
11	19	34:39.3	+1:03.0
12	6	34:43.3	+1:07.0
13	1	34:45.5	+1:09.2
14	2	34:50.5	+1:14.2
15	5	34:51.1	+1:14.8
15	28	34:51.1	+1:14.8
17	17	34:51.8	+1:15.5
18	10	34:53.5	+1:17.2
19	21	34:53.7	+1:17.4
20	4	34:55.1	+1:18.8
21	11	34:55.6	+1:19.3
22	23	34:58.7	+1:22.4
23	9	34:59.3	+1:23.0
24	14	34:59.9	+1:23.6
25	3	35:01.2	+1:24.9
26	44	35:06.2	+1:29.9
27	37	35:06.8	+1:30.5
28	7	35:10.5	+1:34.2
29	42	35:13.0	+1:36.7
29	47	35:13.0	+1:36.7
31	22	35:14.5	+1:38.2
32	27	35:20.5	+1:44.2
33	16	35:26.3	+1:50.0
34	38	35:28.8	+1:52.5
35	8	35:29.4	+1:53.1
36	29	35:31.3	+1:55.0
37	46	35:33.7	+1:57.4
38	40	35:34.1	+1:57.8
39	32	35:37.1	+2:00.8
40	48	35:38.1	+2:01.8
41	36	35:39.5	+2:03.2
42	12	35:41.8	+2:05.5
43	52	35:46.4	+2:10.1
44	30	35:47.0	+2:10.7
45	50	35:48.6	+2:12.3
46	39	35:50.4	+2:14.1
47	43	35:50.8	+2:14.5
48	51	35:58.2	+2:21.9
49	45	36:01.6	+2:25.3
50	62	36:11.7	+2:35.4
51	41	36:13.5	+2:37.2
52	64	36:17.9	+2:41.6
53	56	36:22.7	+2:46.4
54	66	36:22.8	+2:46.5
55	60	36:32.4	+2:56.1
56	53	36:33.0	+2:56.7
57	67	36:39.5	+3:03.2
58	59	36:41.5	+3:05.2
59	15	36:41.6	+3:05.3
60	54	36:48.2	+3:11.9
61	55	36:49.7	+3:13.4
62	61	37:09.8	+3:33.5
63	80	37:29.2	+3:52.9
64	69	37:30.5	+3:54.2
65	57	37:31.8	+3:55.5
66	49	37:38.0	+4:01.7
67	58	37:38.4	+4:02.1
68	65	37:39.5	+4:03.2
69	63	37:55.7	+4:19.4
70	76	37:58.9	+4:22.6
71	68	38:01.6	+4:25.3
72	74	38:18.0	+4:41.7
73	70	38:36.0	+4:59.7
74	71	38:45.1	+5:08.8
75	77	38:51.0	+5:14.7
76	73	39:01.8	+5:25.5
77	78	39:03.0	+5:26.7
78	83	39:41.4	+6:05.1
79	75	39:51.6	+6:15.3
80	82	40:12.0	+6:35.7
81	84	41:15.0	+7:38.7
82	85	41:34.9	+7:58.6
83	90	41:36.8	+8:00.5
84	94	41:38.5	+8:02.2
85	79	41:48.2	+8:11.9
86	87	42:12.1	+8:35.8
87	91	42:27.4	+8:51.1
88	88	42:39.1	+9:02.8
89	81	42:41.1	+9:04.8
90	89	43:36.2	+9:59.9
91	86	43:50.4	+10:14.1
92	93	44:26.5	+10:50.2
93	96	45:18.9	+11:42.6
94	92	45:53.6	+12:17.3
95	95	49:31.4	+15:55.1
	72

External links

2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's 15 km Free, from https://web.archive.org/web/20100222080013/http://www.vancouver2010.com/ retrieved 2010-02-15.
2010 Winter Olympics February 14, 2010 men's 15 km freestyle start list.

Notes and References

http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-cross-country-skiing-schedule-results/ Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics.
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=3524 2002 Winter Olympic men's 15 km classical results.
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=10696 2006 Winter Olympic men's 15 km classical results.
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=14500 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's 15 km classical results.
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=12596 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 men's 15 km freestyle results.
https://archive.today/20120524232940/http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=16203 FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Canmore 5 February 2010 men's 15 km freestyle results.
http://www.fis-ski.com/uk/604/610.html?sector=CC&raceid=16235 2010 Winter Olympics 15 February 2010 Cross-country skiing men's 15 km freestyle results.