Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 kilometre classical explained

Event:	Men's 20 kilometre classical
Games:	2022 Winter
Dates:	6–7 March
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Event:	Men's 20 kilometre classical (visually impaired)
Games:	2022 Winter
Competitors:	8
Nations:	8
Gold:	Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy, Graham Nishikawa
Goldnpc:	CAN
Silver:	Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood
Silvernpc:	USA
Bronze:	Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag
Bronzenpc:	SWE

Event:	Men's 20 kilometre classical (standing)
Games:	2022 Winter
Competitors:	17
Gold:	Taiki Kawayoke
Goldnpc:	JPN
Silver:	Cai Jiayun
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Qiu Mingyang
Bronzenpc:	CHN

Event:	Men's 15 kilometre classical (sitting)
Games:	2022 Winter
Gold:	Zheng Peng
Goldnpc:	CHN
Silver:	Mao Zhongwu
Silvernpc:	CHN
Bronze:	Collin Cameron
Bronzenpc:	CAN

The Men's 20 kilometre classical competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the National Biathlon Center in Beijing on 6 and 7 March 2022.

20 km 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]
	68	Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy, Graham Nishikawa		55:36.7
	66	Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood		58:54.4
	67	Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag		1:00:05.4
4	64	Inkki Inola Guide		1:01:34.4
5	62	Xu He Guide		1:02:16.9
6	65	Piotr Garbowski Guide		1:06:00.7
7	61	Ryohei Ariyasu Guide		1:15:04.8
	63	Thomas Oxaal Guide

20 km standing

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference^[3]
	55			52:52.8
	44			54:27.7
	51			54:29.7
4	57			54:43.9
5	56			55:22.2
6	46			56:47.0
7	53			57:46.7
8	47			58:03.1
9	45			58:32.9
10	43			59:29.8
11	52			1:01:10.0
12	49			1:04:23.5
13	48			1:04:58.7
14	41			1:05:08.8
15	42			1:08:42.2
	50
	54

18 km sitting

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference^[4]
	11			43:09.2
	13			43:23.8
	22			47:36.6
4	8			47:44.1
5	25			48:03.3
6	20			49:22.7
7	14			49:23.1
8	19			49:26.2
9	15			49:53.9
10	24			50:25.3
11	21			50:38.7
12	16			50:41.6
13	17			50:42.6
14	23			52:29.1
15	18			53:30.1
16	5			54:07.7
17	4			54:20.8
18	7			54:35.9
19	12			55:18.9
20	10			57:17.7
21	3			57:38.0
22	1			58:19.6
23	9			58:23.5
24	2			58:27.0
25	6			59:19.2

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 Long Distance Vision Impaired - Results . paralympic.org . 5 March 2022.
3. Web site: Men's Long Distance Standing - Results . paralympic.org . 5 March 2022.
4. Web site: Men's Long Distance Sitting - Results . paralympic.org . 5 March 2022.