Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 22 February at Snow Harp. The competitors started with a 30-second interval.[1]

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XVIII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSnow Harp
Dates22 February
Competitors79 from 28 nations
Winning time2:05:08.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Bjørn Dæhlie
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Niklas Jonsson
 Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Christian Hoffmann
 Austria
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Results edit

The results:[2][3][4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  3 Bjørn Dæhlie   Norway 2:05:08.2
  2 Niklas Jonsson   Sweden 2:05:16.3 +8.1
  4 Christian Hoffmann   Austria 2:06:01.8 +53.6
4 18 Alexey Prokourorov   Russia 2:06:41.5 +1:33.3
5 6 Fulvio Valbusa   Italy 2:06:44.3 +1:36.1
6 5 Thomas Alsgaard   Norway 2:07:21.5 +2:13.3
7 7 Johann Mühlegg   Germany 2:07:25.3 +2:17.1
8 1 Vladimir Smirnov   Kazakhstan 2:07:26.4 +2:18.2
9 15 Maurizio Pozzi   Italy 2:08:13.2 +3:05.0
10 14 Silvio Fauner   Italy 2:08:44.3 +3:36.1
11 9 Anders Eide   Norway 2:11:06.9 +5:58.7
12 8 Alois Stadlober   Austria 2:11:22.4 +6:14.2
13 12 Luboš Buchta   Czech Republic 2:11:34.8 +6:26.6
14 25 Hervé Balland   France 2:11:55.9 +6:47.7
15 24 Andrei Noutrikhine   Russia 2:12:21.9 +7:13.7
16 16 Pietro Piller Cottrer   Italy 2:12:37.9 +7:29.7
17 47 Petr Michl   Czech Republic 2:13:08.3 +8:00.1
18 21 Jeremias Wigger   Switzerland 2:13:50.5 +8:42.3
19 20 Ivan Batory   Slovakia 2:13:54.5 +8:46.3
20 17 Mathias Fredriksson   Sweden 2:14:05.9 +8:57.7
21 26 Vincent Vittoz   France 2:14:16.2 +9:08.0
22 34 Wilhelm Aschwanden   Switzerland 2:14:18.0 +9:09.8
23 35 Andrey Nevzorov   Kazakhstan 2:15:14.7 +10:06.5
24 13 Tor Arne Hetland   Norway 2:15:21.7 +10:13.5
25 27 Jordi Ribo   Spain 2:16:04.8 +10:56.6
26 59 René Sommerfeldt   Germany 2:16:19.9 +11:11.7
27 50 Alexander Sannikov   Belarus 2:16:34.4 +11:26.2
28 31 Stephan Kunz   Liechtenstein 2:16:36.2 +11:28.0
29 46 Donghai Qu   China 2:16:42.3 +11:34.1
30 33 Hiroyuki Imai   Japan 2:16:49.5 +11:41.3
31 64 Sergei Dolidovich   Belarus 2:17:07.5 +11:59.3
32 79 Mitsuo Horigome   Japan 2:17:09.2 +12:01.0
33 65 Kazutoshi Nagahama   Japan 2:17:24.4 +12:16.2
34 10 Torgny Mogren   Sweden 2:17:28.8 +12:20.6
35 45 Marcus Nash   United States 2:17:37.8 +12:29.6
36 41 Andreas Schlütter   Germany 2:17:52.1 +12:43.9
37 76 Maxim Pitchouguine   Russia 2:18:19.1 +13:10.9
38 43 Achim Walcher   Austria 2:18:31.7 +13:23.5
39 42 Katsuhito Ebisawa   Japan 2:18:52.5 +13:44.3
40 39 Janusz Krężelok   Poland 2:19:04.4 +13:56.2
41 37 Michael Binzer   Denmark 2:19:20.7 +14:12.5
42 52 Alvaro Gijon   Spain 2:20:24.7 +15:16.5
43 71 Olexander Zarovnyi   Ukraine 2:20:31.0 +15:22.8
44 22 Patrick Weaver   United States 2:20:37.7 +15:29.5
45 75 Vladimir Bortsov   Kazakhstan 2:20:39.3 +15:31.1
46 66 Mikhailo Artyukhov   Ukraine 2:20:59.2 +15:51.0
47 67 Jiri Magal   Czech Republic 2:21:30.5 +16:22.3
48 32 Anthony Evans   Australia 2:21:44.4 +16:36.2
49 63 Reto Burgermeister   Switzerland 2:22:28.3 +17:20.1
50 36 Nikolay Popovich   Ukraine 2:22:48.0 +17:39.8
51 57 Vladislavas Zybailo   Lithuania 2:23:34.6 +18:26.4
52 68 Marc Gilbertson   United States 2:24:37.5 +19:29.3
53 53 John Bauer   United States 2:24:45.4 +19:37.2
54 38 Juha Alm   Finland 2:25:00.2 +19:52.0
55 54 Vitaly Lilitchenko   Kazakhstan 2:25:58.0 +20:49.8
56 30 Chris Blanchard   Canada 2:26:58.9 +21:50.7
57 19 Aleksandr Ushkalenko   Ukraine 2:27:09.1 +22:00.9
58 58 Robin McKeever   Canada 2:28:19.0 +23:10.8
59 62 Paul Gray   Australia 2:29:08.2 +24:00.0
60 44 Roberts Raimo   Latvia 2:30:49.9 +25:41.7
61 23 Doo Sun Sin   South Korea 2:33:27.3 +28:19.1
62 77 Guido Visser   Canada 2:33:49.7 +28:41.5
DNF 11 Henrik Forsberg   Sweden
DNF 28 Melis Aasmäe   Estonia
DNF 29 Ricardas Panavas   Lithuania
DNF 40 Juan Jesús Gutiérrez   Spain
DNF 48 Donald Farley   Canada
DNF 49 Zsolt Antal   Romania
DNF 51 Viatscheslav Plaksunov   Belarus
DNF 56 Gerhard Urain   Austria
DNF 60 Martin Bajcicak   Slovakia
DNF 61 Grigory Menshenin   Russia
DNF 69 Nikolai Semeniako   Belarus
DNF 74 Ivan Hudac   Slovakia
DNF 78 Haritz Zunzunegui   Spain
DNS 55 Patrick Remy   France
DNS 70 Lukas Bauer   Czech Republic
DNS 72 Beat Koch   Switzerland
DNS 73 Philippe Sanchez   France

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1998 Nagano Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". 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.
  3. ^ "50KM MEN". Olympic.org. Retrieved 5 February 2018.
  4. ^ "OL langrenn: Startliste 50 km (OG Cross-country skiing: Start list 50 km)". vg.no (in Norwegian). Retrieved 5 February 2018.