Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held on 9 February 2014 at 14:00 MSK at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1] The event is split into half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing.

Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
The Medalists
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates9 February 2014
Competitors68 from 30 nations
Winning time1:08:15.4
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Dario Cologna  Switzerland
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Marcus Hellner  Sweden
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Martin Johnsrud Sundby  Norway
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Summary edit

Dario Cologna from Switzerland won the gold medal. Marcus Hellner, the defending Olympic champion from Sweden, finished second, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby from Norway came third.[2]

For much of the free skiing half of the course about fifteen athletes were skiing together, and only close to the stadium, a group of four, Cologna, Hellner, Sundby and Maxim Vylegzhanin escaped. At the stadium, Cologna escaped and became the champion. Sundby finished third closely ahead of Vylegzhanin, and the Russian delegation filed a protest because he apparently changed the track in the finish area, impeding Vylegzhanin. Sundby was reprimanded but allowed to keep the bronze medal.[3]

Qualification edit

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[4]

Competition schedule edit

All times are (UTC+4).

Date Time Event
9 February 14:00 Final

Results edit

The race was started at 14:00.[5]

Rank Bib Name Country 15 km classic Rank Pitstop 15 km free Rank Finish time Deficit
  21 Dario Cologna   Switzerland 36:04.9 13 30.9 31:39.6 2 1:08:15.4
  11 Marcus Hellner   Sweden 36:03.1 9 31.3 31:41.4 3 1:08:15.8 +0.4
  1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby   Norway 35:59.2 1 29.6 31:48.0 5 1:08:16.8 +1.4
4 7 Maxim Vylegzhanin   Russia 36:01.1 5 31.8 31:44.0 4 1:08:16.9 +1.5
5 9 Ilia Chernousov   Russia 36:12.8 18 39.5 31:36.7 1 1:08:29.0 +13.6
6 14 Jean-Marc Gaillard   France 36:03.1 9 31.5 31:55.2 7 1:08:29.8 +14.4
7 15 Daniel Rickardsson   Sweden 35:59.2 2 29.6 32:02.6 9 1:08:31.7 +16.3
8 6 Johannes Dürr   Austria 36:04.0 11 32.2 31:55.8 8 1:08:32.0 +16.6
9 12 Maurice Manificat   France 36:07.6 16 32.0 31:54.0 6 1:08:33.6 +18.2
10 27 Lars Nelson   Sweden 36:00.2 3 31.2 32:06.3 10 1:08:37.7 +22.3
11 2 Alexander Legkov   Russia 36:02.4 7 31.2 32:09.5 12 1:08:43.1 +27.7
12 24 Giorgio Di Centa   Italy 36:02.6 8 30.0 32:11.1 14 1:08:43.7 +28.3
13 8 Hannes Dotzler   Germany 36:04.3 12 31.3 32:09.2 11 1:08:44.8 +29.4
14 25 Anders Södergren   Sweden 36:05.4 14 31.9 32:09.6 13 1:08:46.9 +31.5
15 23 Tobias Angerer   Germany 36:00.6 4 31.5 32:17.6 15 1:08:49.7 +34.3
16 3 Alexey Poltoranin   Kazakhstan 36:01.5 6 32.3 32:17.7 16 1:08:51.5 +36.1
17 5 Petter Northug   Norway 36:06.3 15 30.6 33:02.7 25 1:09:39.6 +1:24.2
18 4 Alex Harvey   Canada 36:46.6 27 30.1 32:43.5 17 1:10:00.2 +1:44.8
19 13 Evgeniy Belov   Russia 36:11.0 17 30.5 33:19.0 31 1:10:00.5 +1:45.1
20 10 Sjur Røthe   Norway 36:41.7 25 30.2 32:50.6 18 1:10:02.5 +1:47.1
21 20 Tord Asle Gjerdalen   Norway 36:36.5 21 29.4 33:00.8 23 1:10:06.7 +1:51.3
22 37 Francesco de Fabiani   Italy 36:37.6 22 33.5 32:59.6 22 1:10:10.7 +1:55.3
23 28 Axel Teichmann   Germany 36:20.4 19 31.5 33:21.4 32 1:10:13.3 +1:57.9
24 33 Michail Semenov   Belarus 36:48.2 29 30.6 32:54.5 19 1:10:13.3 +1:57.9
25 18 Ivan Babikov   Canada 36:47.6 28 28.8 32:58.2 20 1:10:14.6 +1:59.2
26 44 Iivo Niskanen   Finland 36:42.3 26 31.9 33:07.8 29 1:10:22.0 +2:06.6
27 31 Curdin Perl   Switzerland 36:40.8 24 36.2 33:05.4 27 1:10:22.4 +2:07.0
28 30 Martin Jakš   Czech Republic 37:20.5 39 30.7 33:00.9 24 1:10:52.1 +2:36.7
29 46 Jonas Baumann   Switzerland 37:06.1 34 31.4 33:14.8 30 1:10:52.3 +2:36.9
30 22 Roland Clara   Italy 37:19.9 38 32.1 33:04.3 26 1:10:56.3 +2:40.9
31 47 Martin Bajčičák   Slovakia 37:21.7 40 31.1 33:07.3 28 1:11:00.1 +2:44.7
32 38 Yevgeniy Velichko   Kazakhstan 36:53.8 30 34.8 33:37.0 35 1:11:05.6 +2:50.2
33 17 Sami Jauhojärvi   Finland 36:54.3 31 30.9 33:46.8 36 1:11:12.0 +2:56.6
34 42 Sergei Dolidovich   Belarus 36:57.2 32 35.0 33:55.9 38 1:11:28.1 +3:12.7 (PF)
35 26 Noah Hoffman   United States 37:19.3 37 34.7 33:34.1 34 1:11:28.1 +3:12.7 (PF)
36 32 Petr Novák   Czech Republic 37:56.0 47 33.3 32:59.2 21 1:11:28.5 +3:13.1
37 19 Thomas Bing   Germany 36:27.7 20 31.1 34:34.1 46 1:11:32.9 +3.17.5
38 29 Lari Lehtonen   Finland 37:30.8 42 32.0 33:31.3 33 1:11:34.1 +3:18.7
39 51 Maciej Kreczmer   Poland 37:07.5 35 34.6 34:05.5 40 1:11:47.6 +3:32.2
40 16 Matti Heikkinen   Finland 36:40.3 23 33.1 34:39.2 48 1:11:52.6 +3:37.2
41 34 Ivan Perrillat Boiteux   France 37:09.4 36 30.5 34:24.6 44 1:12:04.5 +3:49.1
42 45 Erik Bjornsen   United States 37:05.6 33 31.2 35:05.5 50 1:12:42.3 +4:26.9
43 56 Philipp Haelg   Liechtenstein 37:51.8 44 33.3 34:22.7 41 1:12:47.8 +4:32.4
44 36 Jiří Magál   Czech Republic 37:54.6 46 31.9 34:23.0 43 1:12:49.5 +4:34.1
45 40 Graeme Killick   Canada 38:18.2 49 35.0 34:22.9 42 1:13:16.1 +5:00.7
46 52 Sergey Mikayelyan   Armenia 38:43.1 51 33.7 33:59.8 39 1:13:16.6 +5:01.2
47 41 Brian Gregg   United States 38:57.4 53 35.6 33:53.3 37 1:13:26.3 +5:10.9
48 48 Paul Constantin Pepene   Romania 37:52.5 45 33.3 35:10.4 52 1:13:36.2 +5:20.8
49 49 Sergey Cherepanov   Kazakhstan 37:36.8 43 36.5 35:26.4 55 1:13:39.7 +5:24.3
50 54 Imanol Rojo   Spain 38:26.5 50 38.5 34:35.4 47 1:13:40.4 +5:25.0
51 43 Aivar Rehemaa   Estonia 38:04.3 48 33.6 35:09.3 51 1:13:47.2 +5:31.8
52 62 Martin Møller   Denmark 38:59.0 56 32.8 34:33.3 45 1:14:05.1 +5:49.7
53 39 Veselin Tzinzov   Bulgaria 39:01.1 57 30.8 34:40.1 49 1:14:12.0 +5:56.6
54 35 Kris Freeman   United States 37:30.5 41 33.3 36:30.8 61 1:14:34.6 +6:19.2
55 53 Alexander Lasutkin   Belarus 38:46.9 52 40.3 35:12.2 54 1:14:39.4 +6:24.0
56 50 Mark Starostin   Kazakhstan 38:57.8 54 35.0 36:03.8 56 1:15:36.6 +7:21.2
57 60 Andrey Gridin   Bulgaria 39:56.3 58 36.5 35:11.9 53 1:15:44.7 +7:29.3
58 55 Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas   Spain 38:58.2 55 32.2 36:30.6 60 1:16:01.0 +7:45.6
59 66 Xu Wenlong   China 39:57.9 60 34.4 36:21.0 58 1:16:53.3 +8:37.9
60 61 Callum Watson   Australia 40:09.8 62 29.0 36:21.6 59 1:17:00.4 +8:45.0
61 63 Paweł Klisz   Poland 40:09.3 61 29.7 36:39.5 62 1:17:18.5 +9:03.1
62 59 Callum Smith   Great Britain 39:57.4 59 37.2 37:02.5 64 1:17:37.1 +9:21.7
63 67 Artur Yeghoyan   Armenia 40:11.7 63 41.8 36:51.0 63 1:17:44.5 +9:29.1
64 58 Jan Antolec   Poland 41:32.2 68 33.8 36:12.8 57 1:18:18.8 +10:03.4
65 57 Edi Dadić   Croatia 41:08.0 66 35.0 37:48.5 65 1:19:31.5 +11:16.1
66 65 Arvis Liepiņš   Latvia 40:44.1 64 36.1 38:39.9 66 1:20:00.1 +11:44.7
67 64 Vytautas Strolia   Lithuania 40:54.7 65 39.1 39:03.4 67 1:20:37.2 +12.21.8
68 68 Hwang Jun-Ho   South Korea 41:22.6 67 39.9 LAP 68 LAP +LAP

PF = Photo Finish

References edit

  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ^ "Dario Cologna wins skiathlon gold". ESPN. 9 February 2014. Retrieved 14 February 2014.
  3. ^ Karen, Matthias (9 February 2014). "Russian protest rejected after men's skiathlon". Associated Press. Retrieved 9 February 2014.
  4. ^ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  5. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-12. Retrieved 2014-02-09.