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Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato.[1]

Men's sprint
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePragelato
Dates22 February
Competitors80 from 34 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Björn Lind  Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Roddy Darragon  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Thobias Fredriksson  Sweden
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Vasily Rochev was the defending world champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by Thobias Fredriksson in 2003,[2] while Tor Arne Hetland was defending Olympic champion. Swede Björn Lind won the two most recent World Cup events, and also won the Olympic race, beating Frenchman Roddy Darragon to the line. Darragon won France's first cross-country skiing medal in the history of the Olympics, while Sweden took the bronze through Thobias Fredriksson.

Results edit

Qualifying edit

Eighty skiers completed the 1.3 kilometre course in the qualifying portion of the event, with the top thirty advancing to the quarterfinals.[3]

Rank Name Country Time Notes
1 Björn Lind   Sweden 2:13.53 Q
2 Andrew Newell   United States 2:14.79 Q
3 Johan Kjølstad   Norway 2:15.11 Q
4 Vasily Rochev   Russia 2:16.19 Q
5 Cristian Zorzi   Italy 2:16.23 Q
6 Mikael Östberg   Sweden 2:16.24 Q
7 Trond Iversen   Norway 2:16.25 Q
8 Loris Frasnelli   Italy 2:16.30 Q
9 Peter Larsson   Sweden 2:16.62 Q
10 Roddy Darragon   France 2:16.76 Q
11 Renato Pasini   Italy 2:16.87 Q
12 Ola Vigen Hattestad   Norway 2:17.26 Q
13 Yuichi Onda   Japan 2:17.53 Q
14 Anti Saarepuu   Estonia 2:17:75 Q
15 Tor Arne Hetland   Norway 2:17.91 Q
16 Chris Cook   United States 2:18.46 Q
17 Freddy Schwienbacher   Italy 2:18.59 Q
18 Yevgeniy Koschevoy   Kazakhstan 2:18.88 Q
19 Thobias Fredriksson   Sweden 2:18.90 Q
20 Martin Koukal   Czech Republic 2:19.39 Q
21 Dušan Kožíšek   Czech Republic 2:19.64 Q
22 Keijo Kurttila   Finland 2:19.94 Q
23 Janusz Krężelok   Poland 2:20.04 Q
24 Harald Wurm   Austria 2:20.11 Q
25 Martin Stockinger   Austria 2:20.18 Q
26 Lauri Pyykönen   Finland 2:20.21 Q
27 Ivan Alypov   Russia 2:20.21 Q
28 Sergey Novikov   Russia 2:20.29 Q
29 Lefteris Fafalis   Greece 2:20.33 Q
30 Christoph Eigenmann   Switzerland 2:20.46 Q
31 Drew Goldsack   Canada 2:20.62
32 Sean Crooks   Canada 2:20.70
33 Maciej Kreczmer   Poland 2:20.83
34 Pavel Korostelev   Russia 2:21.00
35 Nikolay Chebotko   Kazakhstan 2:21.23
36 Torin Koos   United States 2:21.47
37 Devon Kershaw   Canada 2:21.49
38 Peeter Kümmel   Estonia 2:21.60
39 Nejc Brodar   Slovenia 2:21.94
40 Ivan Bilosyuk   Ukraine 2:21.97
41 Priit Narusk   Estonia 2:22.19
42 Vitaly Martsyv   Ukraine 2:22.30
43 Shunsuke Komamura   Japan 2:22.38
44 Zoltan Tagscherer   Hungary 2:22.69
45 Yevgeni Safonov   Kazakhstan 2:22.99
46 Lars Flora   United States 2:23.02
47 Phil Widmer   Canada 2:23.79
48 Zhang Chengye   China 2:24.18
49 Martin Otcenas   Slovakia 2:24.77
50 Oļegs Maļuhins   Latvia 2:24.88
51 Paul Murray   Australia 2:25.29
52 Alexander Lasutkin   Belarus 2:25.79
53 Tian Ye   China 2:25.85
54 Aivar Rehemaa   Estonia 2:26.09
55 Sergey Cherepanov   Kazakhstan 2:26.48
56 Joze Mehle   Slovenia 2:27.02
57 Oliver Kraas   South Africa 2:27.68
58 Zhang Qing   China 2:27.90
59 Aleksej Novoselskij   Lithuania 2:28.04
60 Damir Jurcevic   Croatia 2:28.21
61 Sami Jauhojärvi   Finland 2:28.42
62 Mikhail Gumenyak   Ukraine 2:28.72
63 Park Byung Joo   South Korea 2:28.85
64 Muhammet Kızılarslan   Turkey 2:28.94
65 Zsolt Antal   Romania 2:29.40
66 Olexandr Putsko   Ukraine 2:30.99
67 Sabahattin Oglago   Turkey 2:31.10
68 Valts Eiduks   Latvia 2:31.25
69 Mihai Galiceanu   Romania 2:31.43
70 Chen Haibin   China 2:32.01
71 Ivan Bariakov   Bulgaria 2:32.18
72 Intars Spalviņš   Latvia 2:32.26
73 Denis Klobucar   Croatia 2:33.10
74 Olegs Andrejevs   Latvia 2:33.23
75 Alen Abramovic   Croatia 2:34.61
76 Jung Eui Myung   South Korea 2:35.39
77 Ilie Bria   Moldova 2:42.30
78 Bahadur Gupta   India 2:43.30
79 Hovhannes Sargsyan   Armenia 2:47.68
80 Edmond Khachatryan   Armenia 2:49.98

Quarterfinals edit

There were five quarterfinal races, each with six skiers. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 1   Björn Lind (SWE) 2:21.5 Q
2 10   Roddy Darragon (FRA) 2:21.9 Q
3 20   Martin Koukal (CZE) 2:23.5
4 11   Renato Pasini (ITA) 2:23.7
5 21   Dušan Kožíšek (CZE) 2:24.5
6 30   Christoph Eigenmann (SUI) 2:25.6
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 17   Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA) 2:20.4 Q
2 14   Anti Saarepuu (EST) 2:20.7 Q
3 4   Vasily Rochev (RUS) 2:22.0
4 7   Trond Iversen (NOR) 2:22.5
5 24   Harald Wurm (AUT) 2:23.4
6 27   Ivan Alypov (RUS) 2:24.7
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 5   Cristian Zorzi (ITA) 2:25.9 Q
2 15   Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 2:26.1 Q
3 6   Mikael Östberg (SWE) 2:26.7
4 25   Martin Stockinger (AUT) 2:27.1
5 16   Chris Cook (USA) 2:27.9
6 26   Lauri Pyykönen (FIN) 2:28.1
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 12   Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 2:23.1 Q
2 19   Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) 2:23.2 Q
3 9   Peter Larsson (SWE) 2:23.3
4 2   Andrew Newell (USA) 2:24.3
5 22   Keijo Kurttila (FIN) 2:25.1
6 29   Lefteris Fafalis (GRE) 2:26.7
Quarterfinal 5
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 3   Johan Kjølstad (NOR) 2:20.2 Q
2 8   Loris Frasnelli (ITA) 2:20.4 Q
3 18   Yevgeniy Koschevoy (KAZ) 2:20.7
4 23   Janusz Krężelok (POL) 2:21.6
5 28   Sergei Novikov (RUS) 2:21.9
6 13   Yuichi Onda (JPN) 2:22.3

Semifinals edit

There were two semifinal races, each with five skiers. The top two in each semifinal advanced to the A Final, to compete for the top four places, while the third and fourth placed finishers advanced to the B Final, for places five through eight.[3]

Semifinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 1   Björn Lind (SWE) 2:19.6 Q
2 10   Roddy Darragon (FRA) 2:19.9 Q
3 17   Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA) 2:22.8
4 14   Anti Saarepuu (EST) 2:34.8
5 15   Tor Arne Hetland (NOR) 2:43.2
Semifinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Result Notes
1 19   Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) 2:25.9 Q
2 5   Cristian Zorzi (ITA) 2:26.1 Q
3 8   Loris Frasnelli (ITA) 2:26.8
4 3   Johan Kjølstad (NOR) 2:27.1
5 12   Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR) 2:29.0

Finals edit

Björn Lind finished 0.6 seconds ahead of Roddy Darragon to win the Olympic gold medal in the cross-country sprint.[3]

Final A
Rank Seed Athlete Result
  1   Björn Lind (SWE) 2:26.5
  10   Roddy Darragon (FRA) 2:27.1
  19   Thobias Fredriksson (SWE) 2:27.8
4 5   Cristian Zorzi (ITA) 2:31.7
Final B
Rank Seed Athlete Result
5 17   Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA) 2:23.9
6 8   Loris Frasnelli (ITA) 2:25.2
7 3   Johan Kjølstad (NOR) 2:25.6
8 14   Anti Saarepuu (EST) 2:27.9

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. ^ "Results". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
  3. ^ a b c d "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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