Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1 km Sprint Classic explained

Event:	Men's 1 km Sprint Classic
Games:	2010 Winter
Venue:	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates:	March 21
Next:	2014

The Men's 1 km Sprint Classic competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition was held on Sunday, March 21.

Visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing 1 km Sprint visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.^[1] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[2]

Qualification

^[1]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	16	Brian McKeever Guide		3:14.79
	17	Zebastian Modin Guide		3:19.52	+4.73
	6	Frank Höfle Guide		3:25.74	+10.95
	5	Hak-Su Im Guide		3:25.82	+11.03
	2	Nikolay Polukhin Guide		3:27.94	+13.15
	10	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide		3:29.77	+14.98
	8	Wilhelm Brem Guide		3:31.94	+17.15
	19	Jarmo Ollanketo Guide		3:32.57	+17.78
	7	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide		3:32.99	+18.20
10	15	Helge Flo Guide		3:33.64	+18.85
11	3	Dmytro Shulga Guide		3:33.76	+18.97
12	4	Iurii Utkin Guide		3:33.93	+19.14
13	1	Valery Kupchinskiy Guide		3:36.89	+22.10
14	13	Marian Balaz No guide		3:37.34	+22.55
15	14	Thomas Clarion Guide		3:38.48	+23.69
16	11	Hakan Axelsson Guide		3:40.39	+25.60
17	18	Oleg Munts Guide		3:41.52	+26.73
18	9	Rudolf Klemetti Guide		3:53.02	+38.23
19	12	Alexei Novikov Guide		3:56.34	+41.55
20	21	Aleksandar Stoyanov Guide		4:12.36	+47.57
21	20	Ivaylo Vatov Guide		6:33.03	+3:18.24

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	1	Brian McKeever Guide		3:20.6
	5	Nikolay Polukhin Guide		3:21.3	+0.7
	8	Jarmo Ollanketo Guide		3:29.6	+9.0
	4	Hak-Su Im Guide		3:32.5	+11.9

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	2	Zebastian Modin Guide		3:50.0
	3	Frank Höfle Guide		3:54.1	+4.1
	6	Vitaliy Lukyanenko Guide		4:01.5	+11.5
	7	Wilhelm Brem Guide		4:08.6	+18.6

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	1	Brian McKeever Guide		3:42.9
	5	Nikolay Polukhin Guide		3:47.0	+4.1
	2	Zebastian Modin Guide		3:50.2	+7.3
	3	Frank Höfle Guide		3:55.5	+12.6

Sitting

Qualification

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	10			2:08.18
	12			2:10.39	+2.21
	14			2:12.86	+4.68
	5			2:14.28	+6.10
	3			2:15.89	+7.71
	9			2:16.10	+7.92
	6			2:16.44	+8.26
	32			2:17.97	+9.79
	2			2:18.39	+10.21
10	13			2:21.55	+13.37
11	8			2:19.77	+11.59
12	1			2:19.95	+11.77
13	30			2:20.65	+12.47
14	34			2:20.69	+12.51
15	27			2:21.38	+13.20
16	4			2:21.64	+13.46
17	20			2:21.66	+13.48
18	25			2:21.89	+13.71
19	35			2:22.66	+14.48
20	7			2:22.76	+14.58
21	23			2:23.50	+15.32
22	16			2:24.09	+15.91
23	22			2:27.13	+18.95
24	29			2:27.15	+18.97
25	33			2:27.30	+19.12
26	31			2:27.60	+19.42
27	15			2:27.94	+19.76
28	28			2:28.85	+20.67
29	26			2:30.53	+22.35
30	24			2:30.99	+22.81
31	19			2:35.25	+27.07
32	17			2:36.37	+28.19
33	21			2:37.63	+29.45
34	18			2:44.61	+36.43
35	11			2:54.66	+46.48

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	4			2:25.9
	5			2:26.8	+0.9
	1			2:30.7	+4.8
	8			2:32.2	+6.3

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	2			2:32.2
	3			2:33.5	+1.3
	6			2:33.9	+1.7
	7			2:35.8	+3.6

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	3			2:31.8
	2			2:31.9	+0.1
	4			2:36.6	+4.8
	5			2:44.3	+12.5

Standing

Qualification

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	10			3:13.65
	4			3:15.56
	7			3:20.69
	6			3:20.98
	26			3:24.61
	9			3:25.32
	8			3:26.56
	3			3:26.67
	2			3:28.85
10	19			3:29.06
11	25			3:29.44
12	16			3:31.40
13	24			3:32.74
14	21			3:36.94
15	17			3:42.40
16	12			3:43.75
17	23			3:43.79
18	29			3:43.83
19	15			3:45.88
20	14			3:47.45
21	28			3:47.69
22	22			3:47.97
23	1			3:50.43
24	11			3:50.61
25	18			3:52.27
26	13			3:52.47
27	27			3:55.83
28	31			4:13.51
29	33			4:54.00
30	32			5:25.95
31	30			5:27.14
	5			DNS
	20			DNS

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	1			3:41.4
	4			3:43.7	+2.3
	8			3:45.8	+4.4
	5			3:53.8	+12.4

Semifinal 2

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	2			3:32.0
	3			3:35.8	+3.8
	6			3:37.7	+5.7
	7			3:37.8	+5.8

Final

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	2			3:30.7
	1			3:32.3	+1.6
	3			3:33.9	+3.2
	4			3:35.0	+4.3

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

External links

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

Notes and References

1. http://www.skiforbundet.no/langrenn/Funksjonshemmede/ToppidrettFH/Arrangement/Paralympics%202010/Documents/B1-3%20Men%20Prologtider.pdf OFFICIAL RESULTS / RÉSULTATS OFFICIELS
2. https://www.thestar.com/sports/article/779425--visually-impaired-skiers-put-fate-in-guide-s-hands Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands