Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 12.5 kilometre explained

Event:	Men's 12.5 kilometre
Games:	2022 Winter
Dates:	12 March
Prev:	2018

Event:	Men's 12.5 kilometre (visually impaired)
Games:	2022 Winter
Competitors:	7
Nations:	5
Gold:	Brian McKeever Guide Graham Nishikawa
Goldnpc:	CAN
Silver:	Zebastian Modin Guide Emil Jönsson Haag, Erik Persson
Silvernpc:	SWE
Bronze:	Dmytro Suiarko Guide Oleksandr Nikonovych
Bronzenpc:	UKR

Event:	Men's 12.5 kilometre (standing)
Games:	2022 Winter
Gold:	Wang Chenyang
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Benjamin Daviet
Silvernpc:	FRA
Bronze:	Cai Jiayun
Bronzenpc:	CHN

Event:	Men's 10 kilometre (sitting)
Games:	2022 Winter
Gold:	Mao Zhongwu
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Zheng Peng
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Giuseppe Romele
Bronzenpc:	ITA

The men's 12.5 kilometre free competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the National Biathlon Center in Beijing on 12 March 2022.

12.5 km free visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing 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.

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference^[2]
	16	Brian McKeever Guide		33:06.6
	15	Zebastian Modin Guide		33:59.1
	12	Dmytro Suiarko Guide		34:08.1
4	13	Anthony Chalençon Guide		34:15.5
5	9	Oleksandr Kazik Guide		34:27.4
6	14	Jake Adicoff Guide		34:57.6
7	11	Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide		35:16.3
8	4	Dang Hesong Guide		37:03.8
9	7	Thomas Oxaal Guide		37:35.6
10	6	Xu He Guide		37:49.3
11	10	Piotr Garbowski Guide		38:46.2
12	8	Inkki Inola Guide		39:06.4
13	5	Max Nelson Guide		39:27.3
14	2	Paweł Gil Guide		44:02.1
15	3	Pawel Nowicki Guide		44:30.7
16	1	Ryohei Ariyasu Guide		45:01.8

12.5 km free standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference^[3]
	28			33:07.8
	42			33:09.1
	26			33:18.0
4	31			34:40.4
5	33			35:11.0
6	35			36:13.5
7	41			36:23.5
8	39			37:23.9
9	38			37:34.0
10	37			39:06.7
11	40			39:52.1
12	25			39:58.8
13	36			40:28.5
14	34			41:01.0
15	31			41:18.7
16	30			41:28.5
17	24			42:58.8
18	27			43:23.4
19	23			43:55.9
20	21			44:47.7
21	32			48:07.7
22	22			52:08.5

10 km free sitting

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	103			29:10.7
	96			30:08.4
	114			31:42.5
4	111			31:47.8
5	92			33:19.9
6	102			33:47.5
7	110			33:48.4
8	112			34:21.5
9	104			34:45.5
10	109			34:51.4
11	100			34:53.3
12	108			35:45.0
13	113			36:09.5
14	97			36:13.7
15	106			36:14.9
16	105			36:16.8
17	107			37:03.2
18	99			37:23.6
19	91			38:16.1
20	95			38:20.3
21	98			38:41.8
22	88			38:52.2
23	86			39:14.1
24	87			39:41.7
25	85			40:56.0
26	90			40:57.6
27	93			41:12.5
28	83			41:30.4
29	101			43:04.6
30	89			43:07.9
31	84			44:16.9
32	94			44:17.5
33	81			52:17.2
34	82			52:22.4

See also

• Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics

Notes and References

1. https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/disability-sport/25580284 Sochi Winter Paralympics: Guide to the sports
2. Web site: Men's Middle Distance Free Vision Impaired - Results . results.beijing2022.cn . 11 March 2022 . 11 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312032224/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/CCS/PWG2022_CCS_C73A_CCSMMIDDLE--03030-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .
3. Web site: Men's Middle Distance Free Standing - Results . results.beijing2022.cn . 11 March 2022 . 11 March 2022 . 12 March 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20220312040045/https://results.beijing2022.cn/beijing-2022/paralympic-games/static/pwg2022/pdf/PWG2022/CCS/PWG2022_CCS_C73A_CCSMMIDDLE--09070-----FNL-000100--.pdf . dead .