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Sprint (Freestyle), Men

Date19 February 2002
StatusOlympic
LocationSoldier Hollow, Wasatch Mountain State Park
Participants71 from 36 countries
FormatFinal standings based on time achieved in last round competed in.
DetailsCourse Length: 1,480 m
Height Differential: 32 m
Maximum Climb: 14 m
Total Climbing: 50 m

The sprint event was new to the Olympic Program in 2002, having first been contested at the 2001 World Championships. It consisted of approximately a 1,500 metre course, with a qualifying round in which the 16 fastest skiers advanced to match racing. Match racing began with four quarter-finals of four racers each, with the top two races in each heat advancing in each round, to get to a final of four racers. The favorites were Italy’s Cristian Zorzi, the leader in the event in the 2001-02 World Cup season and runner-up at the 2001 World Championships, and Norwegian Tor-Arne Hetland, the 2001 World Champion, who had twice finished second to Zorzi in the current World Cup chase. Both qualified easily for match racing, with Zorzi second and Hetland sixth, as the qualifying leader was Norway’s Håvard Bjerkeli. Bjerkeli finished last in his quarter-final, but Zorzi and Hetland both advanced. In the semis, they were matched together, with Zorzi narrowly winning, as both recorded 2:59.9. The final was a close race between the two and Germany’s Peter Schlickenrieder. Hetland sat on their tails for most of the race, but sprinted ahead 100 metres from the line to win the gold medal, Schlickenrieder edging Zorzi for the silver. Zorzi’s nickname was Zorro and he wore a Zorro outfit on the podium for the medal ceremony.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingQFSFFinal
1Tor-Arne HetlandNOR2:51.19 (6)2:57.2 (1 h4)2:59.9 (2 h2)2:56.9 (1 h2)Gold
2Peter SchlickenriederGER2:51.12 (5)2:55.0 (1 h2)3:09.9 (1 h1)2:57.0 (2 h2)Silver
3Cristian ZorziITA2:50.34 (2)2:52.1 (2 h3)2:59.9 (1 h2)2:57.2 (3 h2)Bronze
4Björn LindSWE2:52.17 (9)3:02.2 (1 h1)3:10.4 (2 h1)2:58.1 (4 h2)
5Freddy SchwienbacherITA2:53.03 (11)2:57.7 (2 h4)3:00.2 (3 h2)2:56.1 (1 h1)
6Trond IversenNOR2:51.09 (4)2:56.8 (2 h2)3:10.5 (3 h1)2:56.6 (2 h1)
7Tobias AngererGER2:52.31 (10)2:51.4 (1 h3)3:00.4 (4 h2)2:58.0 (3 h1)
8Hannu ManninenFIN2:53.87 (16)3:02.4 (2 h1)3:14.1 (4 h1)2:59.5 (4 h1)
9Janusz KrężelokPOL2:50.67 (3)3:00.7 (3 h4)3:00.6 (5 h2)
10Martin KoukalCZE2:52.09 (8)3:02.6 (3 h1)
11Matej SokličSLO2:53.42 (13)2:57.1 (3 h2)
12Markus HaslerLIE2:53.74 (15)2:53.3 (3 h3)
13Håvard BjerkeliNOR2:50.07 (1)3:05.8 (4 h1)
14Silvio FaunerITA2:51.51 (7)2:53.9 (4 h3)
15Trond Einar EldenNOR2:53.31 (12)2:58.1 (4 h2)
16Sergey NovikovRUS2:54.35 (17)
17Thobias FredrikssonSWE2:54.45 (18)
18Christoph EigenmannSUI2:54.76 (19)
19René SommerfeldtGER2:54.87 (20)
20Ari PalolahtiFIN2:55.28 (21)
21Sami RepoFIN2:55.47 (22)
22Stephan KunzLIE2:55.91 (23)
23Reinhard NeunerAUT2:56.20 (24)
24Jörgen BrinkSWE2:56.84 (25)
25Keijo KurttilaFIN2:56.91 (26)
26Raman ViralaynenBLR2:57.48 (27)
27Fulvio ValbusaITA2:57.60 (28)
28Vasily RochevRUS2:57.76 (29)
29Carl SwensonUSA2:58.56 (30)
30Vitaly DenisovRUS2:59.21 (31)
31Dmitry TishkinRUS2:59.40 (32)
32Indrek TobrelutsEST3:00.02 (33)
33Nikolay ChebotkoKAZ3:00.31 (34)
34Pavo RaudseppEST3:01.04 (35)
35Torin KoosUSA3:01.32 (36)
36Lars FloraUSA3:01.41 (37)
37Daichi AzegamiJPN3:01.47 (38)
38Priit NaruskEST3:01.75 (39)
39Zoltán TagschererHUN3:01.90 (40)
40Lefteris FafalisGRE3:01.98 (41)
41Kris FreemanUSA3:02.68 (42)
42Denis KrivushkinKAZ3:02.73 (43)
43Donald FarleyCAN3:03.02 (44)
44Roman LeibiukUKR3:03.21 (45)
45Zsolt AntalROU3:05.24 (46)
46Masaaki KozuJPN3:05.90 (=47)
47Damir JurčevićCRO3:05.90 (=47)
48Imre TagschererHUN3:05.98 (49)
49Vladimir BortsovKAZ3:06.03 (50)
50Maksim OdnodvortsevKAZ3:06.83 (51)
51Han DaweiCHN3:07.00 (52)
52Vadim GusevasLTU3:07.25 (=53)
53Vladislavas ZybailaLTU3:07.25 (=53)
54Aliaksei TrehubouBLR3:08.05 (55)
55Dzianis VarabiouBLR3:08.79 (56)
56Shin Doo-SunKOR3:11.89 (57)
57Aliaksandr ShalakBLR3:13.63 (58)
58Slavcho BatinkovBUL3:14.21 (59)
59Matyás HollóHUN3:15.11 (60)
60Sabahattin OğlagoTUR3:18.24 (61)
61Ivan BayrakovBUL3:18.97 (62)
62Aram HadzhiyanARM3:24.89 (63)
63Gjoko DineskiMKD3:29.29 (64)
64Philip BoitKEN3:51.49 (65)
65Isaac MenyoliCMR4:10.07 (66)
66Prawat NagvajaraTHA4:14.55 (67)
67Arturo KinchCRC4:22.72 (68)
68Paul O'ConnorIRL4:33.82 (69)
69Jay KhadkaNEP4:48.42 (70)
DQMarc MayerAUT[2:54.96] (DQ)1
DQPeter LarssonSWE2:53.55 (14)[2:57.7] (DQ h4)
DNSAxel TeichmannGER– (DNS)

Qualifying Round

Date19 February 2002 — 9:30
FormatTop 16 finishers advance to quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Håvard BjerkeliNOR2:50.07Q
2Cristian ZorziITA2:50.34Q
3Janusz KrężelokPOL2:50.67Q
4Trond IversenNOR2:51.09Q
5Peter SchlickenriederGER2:51.12Q
6Tor-Arne HetlandNOR2:51.19Q
7Silvio FaunerITA2:51.51Q
8Martin KoukalCZE2:52.09Q
9Björn LindSWE2:52.17Q
10Tobias AngererGER2:52.31Q
11Freddy SchwienbacherITA2:53.03Q
12Trond Einar EldenNOR2:53.31Q
13Matej SokličSLO2:53.42Q
14Peter LarssonSWE2:53.55Q
15Markus HaslerLIE2:53.74Q
16Hannu ManninenFIN2:53.87Q
17Sergey NovikovRUS2:54.35
18Thobias FredrikssonSWE2:54.45
19Christoph EigenmannSUI2:54.76
20René SommerfeldtGER2:54.87
21Ari PalolahtiFIN2:55.28
22Sami RepoFIN2:55.47
23Stephan KunzLIE2:55.91
24Reinhard NeunerAUT2:56.20
25Jörgen BrinkSWE2:56.84
26Keijo KurttilaFIN2:56.91
27Raman ViralaynenBLR2:57.48
28Fulvio ValbusaITA2:57.60
29Vasily RochevRUS2:57.76
30Carl SwensonUSA2:58.56
31Vitaly DenisovRUS2:59.21
32Dmitry TishkinRUS2:59.40
33Indrek TobrelutsEST3:00.02
34Nikolay ChebotkoKAZ3:00.31
35Pavo RaudseppEST3:01.04
36Torin KoosUSA3:01.32
37Lars FloraUSA3:01.41
38Daichi AzegamiJPN3:01.47
39Priit NaruskEST3:01.75
40Zoltán TagschererHUN3:01.90
41Lefteris FafalisGRE3:01.98
42Kris FreemanUSA3:02.68
43Denis KrivushkinKAZ3:02.73
44Donald FarleyCAN3:03.02
45Roman LeibiukUKR3:03.21
46Zsolt AntalROU3:05.24
=47Masaaki KozuJPN3:05.90
=47Damir JurčevićCRO3:05.90
49Imre TagschererHUN3:05.98
50Vladimir BortsovKAZ3:06.03
51Maksim OdnodvortsevKAZ3:06.83
52Han DaweiCHN3:07.00
=53Vadim GusevasLTU3:07.25
=53Vladislavas ZybailaLTU3:07.25
55Aliaksei TrehubouBLR3:08.05
56Dzianis VarabiouBLR3:08.79
57Shin Doo-SunKOR3:11.89
58Aliaksandr ShalakBLR3:13.63
59Slavcho BatinkovBUL3:14.21
60Matyás HollóHUN3:15.11
61Sabahattin OğlagoTUR3:18.24
62Ivan BayrakovBUL3:18.97
63Aram HadzhiyanARM3:24.89
64Gjoko DineskiMKD3:29.29
65Philip BoitKEN3:51.49
66Isaac MenyoliCMR4:10.07
67Prawat NagvajaraTHA4:14.55
68Arturo KinchCRC4:22.72
69Paul O'ConnorIRL4:33.82
70Jay KhadkaNEP4:48.42
DQMarc MayerAUT[2:54.96]2
DNSAxel TeichmannGER

Quarter-Finals

Date19 February 2002 — 12:55
FormatTop 2 finishers in each heat advance to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time12:55
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
19Björn LindSWE3:02.2Q
216Hannu ManninenFIN3:02.4Q
38Martin KoukalCZE3:02.6
41Håvard BjerkeliNOR3:05.8

Heat #2

Time13:00
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
15Peter SchlickenriederGER2:55.0Q
24Trond IversenNOR2:56.8Q
313Matej SokličSLO2:57.1
412Trond Einar EldenNOR2:58.1

Heat #3

Time13:05
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
110Tobias AngererGER2:51.4Q
22Cristian ZorziITA2:52.1Q
315Markus HaslerLIE2:53.3
47Silvio FaunerITA2:53.9

Heat #4

Time13:10
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
16Tor-Arne HetlandNOR2:57.2Q
23Freddy SchwienbacherITA2:57.7Q
311Janusz KrężelokPOL3:00.7ADV
DQ14Peter LarssonSWE[2:57.7]

Semi-Finals

Date19 February 2002 — 13:35
FormatTop 2 finishers in each heat advance to final. Next two finishers advance to B final.

Heat #1

Time13:35
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
15Peter SchlickenriederGER3:09.9Q
29Björn LindSWE3:10.4Q
34Trond IversenNOR3:10.5QB
416Hannu ManninenFIN3:14.1QB

Heat #2

Time13:40
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
12Cristian ZorziITA2:59.9Q
26Tor-Arne HetlandNOR2:59.9Q
311Freddy SchwienbacherITA3:00.2QB
410Tobias AngererGER3:00.4QB
53Janusz KrężelokPOL3:00.6

Final Round

Date19 February 2002 — 14:00

Final B

Time14:07
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
111Freddy SchwienbacherITA2:56.1
24Trond IversenNOR2:56.6
310Tobias AngererGER2:58.0
416Hannu ManninenFIN2:59.5

Final A

Time14:15
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
16Tor-Arne HetlandNOR2:56.9
25Peter SchlickenriederGER2:57.0
32Cristian ZorziITA2:57.2
49Björn LindSWE2:58.1