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Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 14 February at Snow Harp.[1]

Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSnow Harp
Dates14 February
Competitors87 from 29 nations
Winning time1:07:01.7
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Thomas Alsgaard
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Bjørn Dæhlie
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Smirnov
 Kazakhstan
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The startlist for this race was based on the 10 km classical event from earlier in the games. The winner of the 10 km classical event, Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway, was the first starter in the pursuit. The rest of the competitors started behind Dæhlie with the same number of seconds that they were behind him at the 10 km classical event. The winner of the race was the first competitor to finish the pursuit.

Results edit

The time reflects the combined time from both the 10 km classical and the 15 km freestyle pursuit. [2]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  5 Thomas Alsgaard   Norway 1:07:01.7 —
  1 Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway 1:07:02.8 +1.1
  4 Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan 1:07:31.5 +29.8
4 10 Silvio Fauner   Italy 1:07:48.9 +47.2
5 11 Fulvio Valbusa   Italy 1:07:49.1 +47.4
6 3 Mika Myllylä   Finland 1:07:50.6 +48.9
7 2 Markus Gandler   Austria 1:08:14.2 +1:12.5
8 15 Jari Isometsä   Finland 1:08:19.4 +1:17.7
9 22 Sergei Tchepikov   Russia 1:08:24.3 +1:22.6
10 25 Niklas Jonsson   Sweden 1:08:25.7 +1:24.0
11 23 Achim Walcher   Austria 1:08:26.9 +1:25.2
12 16 Andreas Schlütter   Germany 1:08:32.3 +1:30.6
13 28 Fabio Maj   Italy 1:08:55.4 +1:53.7
14 12 Alois Stadlober   Austria 1:08:57.1 +1:55.4
15 6 Jaak Mae   Estonia 1:09:02.7 +2:01.0
16 14 Gerhard Urain   Austria 1:09:04.8 +2:03.1
17 27 Johann Mühlegg   Germany 1:09:12.3 +2:10.6
18 31 Alexey Prokourorov   Russia 1:09:48.1 +2:46.4
19 24 Vincent Vittoz   France 1:09:55.9 +2:54.2
20 18 Sami Repo   Finland 1:10:02.9 +3:01.2
21 34 Katsuhito Ebisawa   Japan 1:10:10.0 +3:08.3
22 36 Mitsuo Horigome   Japan 1:10:11.1 +3:09.4
23 32 Petr Michl   Czech Republic 1:10:11.5 +3:09.8
24 29 Masaaki Kozu   Japan 1:10:23.9 +3:22.2
25 42 Sergey Kriyanin   Russia 1:10:33.4 +3:31.7
26 39 Alexander Sannikov   Belarus 1:10:40.9 +3:39.2
27 9 Sture Sivertsen   Norway 1:10:53.3 +3:51.6
28 19 Hiroyuki Imai   Japan 1:10:55.0 +3:53.3
29 38 René Sommerfeldt   Germany 1:11:13.5 +4:11.8
30 20 Patrick Remy   France 1:11:20.8 +4:19.1
31 56 Henrik Forsberg   Sweden 1:11:28.9 +4:27.2
32 45 Lukas Bauer   Czech Republic 1:11:40.3 +4:38.6
33 60 Ivan Batory   Slovakia 1:11:42.2 +4:40.5
34 57 Stephan Kunz   Liechtenstein 1:11:42.9 +4:41.2
35 21 Markus Hasler   Liechtenstein 1:11:55.9 +4:54.2
36 50 Pavel Riabinine   Kazakhstan 1:12:05.7 +5:04.0
37 35 Martin Koukal   Czech Republic 1:12:05.8 +5:04.1
38 67 Martin Bajcicak   Slovakia 1:12:18.6 +5:16.9
39 62 Vladimir Legotine   Russia 1:12:19.5 +5:17.8
40 43 Patrick Weaver   United States 1:12:31.1 +5:29.4
41 46 Michael Binzer   Denmark 1:12:36.0 +5:34.3
42 30 Ricardas Panavas   Lithuania 1:12:36.3 +5:34.6
43 58 Elmo Kassin   Estonia 1:12:37.2 +5:35.5
44 47 Justin Wadsworth   United States 1:12:42.0 +5:40.3
45 69 Zsolt Antal   Romania 1:12:43.9 +5:42.2
46 60 Gennadiy Nikon   Ukraine 1:12:44.1 +5:42.4
47 41 John Bauer   United States 1:12:48.6 +5:46.9
48 68 Andrey Nevzorov   Kazakhstan 1:12:54.7 +5:53.0
49 63 Wilhelm Aschwanden   Switzerland 1:12:56.8 +5:55.1
50 52 Lubos Buchta   Czech Republic 1:13:00.6 +5:58.9
51 44 Vladislavas Zybailo   Lithuania 1:13:36.9 +6:35.2
52 72 Mikhailo Artyukhov   Ukraine 1:13:52.5 +6:50.8
53 76 Janusz Krezelok   Poland 1:14:37.3 +7:35.6
54 54 Jordi Ribo   Spain 1:14:51.3 +7:49.6
55 66 Anthony Evans   Australia 1:15:07.4 +8:05.7
56 51 Chris Blanchard   Canada 1:15:08.3 +8:06.6
57 64 Stanislav Jezik   Slovakia 1:15:54.3 +8:52.6
58 71 Guido Visser   Canada 1:16:07.5 +9:05.8
59 80 Vitaly Lilitchenko   Kazakhstan 1:16:22.1 +9:20.4
60 73 Nikolai Semeniako   Belarus 1:16:55.3 +9:53.6
61 84 Slavtscho Batinkov   Bulgaria 1:17:05.5 +10:03.8
62 82 Alvaro Gijon   Spain 1:17:13.2 +10:11.5
63 65 Janis Hermanis   Latvia 1:17:19.1 +10:17.4
64 85 Ivan Hudac   Slovakia 1:17:38.7 +10:37.0
65 87 Diego Ruiz   Spain 1:18:33.2 +11:31.5
66 74 Jin Soo Ahn   South Korea 1:18:51.4 +11:49.7
67 79 Park Byeong-ju   South Korea 1:19:19.8 +12:18.1
68 81 Jintao Wu   China 1:19:52.1 +12:50.4
DNF 33 Juan J. Gutiérrez   Spain — —
DNF 53 Byung-Chul Park   South Korea — —
DNF 55 Nikolay Popovich   Ukraine — —
DNF 70 Aleksey Tregubov   Belarus — —
DNF 77 Juris Germanis   Latvia — —
DNF 88 Paul Gray   Latvia — —
DNS 7 Erling Jevne   Norway — —
DNS 8 Andrus Veerpalu   Estonia — —
DNS 13 Harri Kirvesniemi   Finland — —
DNS 17 Beat Koch   Switzerland — —
DNS 26 Marco Albarello   Italy — —
DNS 37 Raul Olle   Estonia — —
DNS 40 Jochen Behle   Germany — —
DNS 48 Robin McKeever   Canada — —
DNS 49 Jeremias Wigger   Switzerland — —
DNS 59 Philippe Sanchez   France — —
DNS 75 Yves Bilodeau   Canada — —
DNS 78 Marcus Nash   United States — —
DNS 83 Roberts Raimo   Latvia — —

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 10/15 kilometres Pursuit". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 7 July 2019.
  2. ^ "OFFICIAL RESULTS". International Ski Federation (FIS). Retrieved 2 February 2018.
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