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Team Sprint (Classical), Men

Date	14 February 2006
Status	Olympic
Location	Stadio del Trampolino, Pragelato Plan
Participants	48 from 24 countries
Format	Two-man teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres.
Details	Course Length: 1,325 m Height Differential: 26 m Maximum Climb: 26 m Total Climbing: 47 m

This event had débuted at the World Championships only in 2005, and was making its first Olympic appearance in Torino. The Olympic format consisted of teams of two skiers, skiing six legs of about 1,500 metres. In theory a skier could ski between three to six legs, but in reality, all teams alternated legs, with each sprinter skiing three legs. The event consists of a semi-final round advancing teams to a final of 10 teams. At Torino the event was skied classically, while in Oberstdorf, at the 2005 Worlds, it had been a freestyle event. The medalists in 2005 had been Norway, Germany, and the Czech Republic, in that order. The 2006 Olympic semi-final heats were won by Sweden and Norway. The final was close between those two teams and Russia, with Sweden winning narrowly over Norway when Björn Lind sprinted ahead in the final 100 metres, with Russia taking the bronze medal.

Pos	Number	Pair	NOC
1	–	Thobias Fredriksson / Björn Lind	SWE	Gold
2	–	Jens Arne Svartedal / Tor-Arne Hetland	NOR	Silver
3	–	Ivan Alypov / Vasily Rochev	RUS	Bronze
4	–	Jens Filbrich / Andreas Schlütter	GER
5	–	Keijo Kurttila / Lauri Pyykönen	FIN
6	–	Nikolay Chebotko / Yevgeny Koshevoy	KAZ
7	–	Maciej Kreczmer / Janusz Krężelok	POL
8	–	Martin Bajčičák / Ivan Bátory	SVK
9	–	Freddy Schwienbacher / Giorgio Di Centa	ITA
10	–	Dušan Kožíšek / Martin Koukal	CZE
11	–	George Grey / Devon Kershaw	CAN
12	–	Katsuhito Ebisawa / Yuichi Onda	JPN
13	–	Chris Cook / Andy Newell	USA
14	–	Priit Narusk / Anti Saarepuu	EST
15	–	Reto Burgermeister / Christoph Eigenmann	SUI
16	–	Nejc Brodar / Jože Mehle	SLO
17	–	Ivan Bilosiuk / Vitaliy Martsiv	UKR
18	–	Park Byeong-Ju / Choi Im-Heon	KOR
19	–	Li Geliang / Tian Ye	CHN
20	–	Damir Jurčević / Denis Klobučar	CRO
21	–	Zsolt Antal / Mihai Galiceanu	ROU
22	–	Sabahattin Oğlago / Muhammet Kızılarslan	TUR
23	–	Hovhannes Sargsyan / Edmond Khachatryan	ARM
DQ	–	Johannes Eder / Jürgen Pinter	AUT		1
DNS	–	Siarhei Dalidovich / Aliaksandr Lazutkin	BLR

Semi-Finals

Date	14 February 2006 — 10:40
Format	First 5 teams in each heat qualify for final.

Heat #1

Time	10:40

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	1	Sweden	SWE	17:34.0	–	–	–	Q
	1-1	Thobias Fredriksson		–	2:23.9	3:03.7	3:02.1
	1-2	Björn Lind		–	2:47.8	3:03.7	3:12.8
2	4	Czech Republic	CZE	17:34.9	–	–	–	Q
	4-1	Dušan Kožíšek		–	2:24.7	2:59.2	3:02.8
	4-2	Martin Koukal		–	2:52.2	3:02.9	3:13.1
3	12	Slovakia	SVK	17:36.1	–	–	–	Q
	12-1	Martin Bajčičák		–	2:28.2	3:02.4	3:00.7
	12-2	Ivan Bátory		–	2:54.3	2:56.0	3:14.5
4	3	Finland	FIN	17:39.2	–	–	–	Q
	3-1	Keijo Kurttila		–	2:24.6	3:02.8	3:02.6
	3-2	Lauri Pyykönen		–	2:48.3	3:03.1	3:17.8
5	5	Kazakhstan	KAZ	17:42.6	–	–	–	Q
	5-1	Nikolay Chebotko		–	2:23.4	3:01.0	3:01.8
	5-2	Yevgeny Koshevoy		–	2:51.4	3:03.8	3:21.2
6	7	Japan	JPN	17:46.6	–	–	–
	7-1	Katsuhito Ebisawa		–	2:25.4	3:00.5	3:01.0
	7-2	Yuichi Onda		–	2:50.8	3:03.9	3:25.0
7	2	Estonia	EST	18:07.4	–	–	–
	2-1	Priit Narusk		–	2:24.4	3:00.6	3:02.3
	2-2	Anti Saarepuu		–	2:51.2	3:03.2	3:45.7
8	8	Slovenia	SLO	18:34.4	–	–	–
	8-1	Nejc Brodar		–	2:27.9	3:07.7	3:11.3
	8-2	Jože Mehle		–	3:07.1	3:10.5	3:29.9
9	6	Ukraine	UKR	18:50.4	–	–	–
	6-1	Ivan Bilosiuk		–	2:26.5	3:18.4	3:31.7
	6-2	Vitaliy Martsiv		–	2:53.6	3:12.9	3:27.3
10	9	People's Republic of China	CHN	18:57.4	–	–	–
	9-1	Li Geliang		–	2:25.6	3:06.6	3:14.1
	9-2	Tian Ye		–	3:09.0	3:19.8	3:42.3
11	11	Romania	ROU	19:04.3	–	–	–
	11-1	Zsolt Antal		–	2:37.2	3:14.0	3:18.2
	11-2	Mihai Galiceanu		–	3:01.8	3:16.0	3:37.1
12	13	Turkey	TUR	19:46.5	–	–	–
	13-1	Sabahattin Oğlago		–	2:36.1	3:22.5	3:26.2
	13-2	Muhammet Kızılarslan		–	3:06.8	3:26.6	3:48.3
DNS	10	Belarus	BLR	–	–	–	–
	10-1	Siarhei Dalidovich DNS		–	–	–	–
	10-2	Aliaksandr Lazutkin DNS		–	–	–	–

Heat #2

Time	11:00

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	14	Norway	NOR	17:22.1	–	–	–	Q
	14-1	Jens Arne Svartedal		–	2:23.5	2:53.5	2:57.7
	14-2	Tor-Arne Hetland		–	2:54.4	3:01.3	3:11.7
2	15	Russian Federation	RUS	17:22.2	–	–	–	Q
	15-1	Ivan Alypov		–	2:23.5	2:53.5	2:56.5
	15-2	Vasily Rochev		–	2:54.5	3:02.4	3:11.8
3	20	Germany	GER	17:22.6	–	–	–	Q
	20-1	Jens Filbrich		–	2:25.4	2:53.3	2:56.4
	20-2	Andreas Schlütter		–	2:53.0	3:01.8	3:12.7
4	21	Italy	ITA	17:26.2	–	–	–	Q
	21-1	Freddy Schwienbacher		–	2:26.1	2:56.6	3:02.1
	21-2	Giorgio Di Centa		–	2:53.0	2:58.7	3:09.7
5	16	Poland	POL	17:27.1	–	–	–	Q
	16-1	Maciej Kreczmer		–	2:24.4	2:58.7	3:01.4
	16-2	Janusz Krężelok		–	2:54.4	2:57.3	3:10.9
6	18	Canada	CAN	17:31.2	–	–	–
	18-1	Devon Kershaw		–	2:23.9	2:55.6	2:59.2
	18-2	George Grey		–	2:55.5	3:01.6	3:15.4
7	17	United States	USA	17:54.9	–	–	–
	17-1	Chris Cook		–	2:24.2	3:02.1	3:16.6
	17-2	Andy Newell		–	2:54.1	2:55.6	3:22.3
8	19	Switzerland	SUI	18:00.6	–	–	–
	19-1	Reto Burgermeister		–	2:28.8	3:01.6	3:10.1
	19-2	Christoph Eigenmann		–	2:51.5	3:02.0	3:26.6
9	22	Republic of Korea	KOR	19:40.0	–	–	–
	22-1	Choi Im-Heon		–	2:38.2	3:25.9	3:31.3
	22-2	Park Byeong-Ju		–	3:05.0	3:17.3	3:42.3
10	24	Croatia	CRO	19:43.1	–	–	–
	24-1	Damir Jurčević		–	2:33.5	3:31.3	3:37.1
	24-2	Denis Klobučar		–	3:05.2	3:17.0	3:39.0
DQ	23	Austria	AUT	[18:12.2]	–	–	–		2
	23-1	Johannes Eder		–	2:25.5	3:00.6	3:12.4
	23-2	Jürgen Pinter		–	2:55.0	3:05.7	3:33.0
DNF	25	Armenia	ARM	–	–	–	–
	25-1	Hovhannes Sargsyan		–	2:45.4	3:36.5	–
	25-2	Edmond Khachatryan		–	3:28.6	3:41.1	–

Final Round

Date	14 February 2006 — 11:42

Pos	Number	Competitors	NOC	Time	Leg 1	Leg 2	Leg 3
1	1	Sweden	SWE	17:02.9	–	–	–
	1-1	Thobias Fredriksson		–	2:21.6	2:50.5	2:56.8
	1-2	Björn Lind		–	2:58.7	2:51.8	3:03.5
2	14	Norway	NOR	17:03.5	–	–	–
	14-1	Jens Arne Svartedal		–	2:21.3	2:48.9	2:53.9
	14-2	Tor-Arne Hetland		–	2:58.7	2:53.3	3:07.4
3	15	Russian Federation	RUS	17:05.2	–	–	–
	15-1	Ivan Alypov		–	2:21.3	2:50.1	2:56.2
	15-2	Vasily Rochev		–	2:58.8	2:51.6	3:07.2
4	20	Germany	GER	17:14.0	–	–	–
	20-1	Jens Filbrich		–	2:21.9	2:52.1	2:57.4
	20-2	Andreas Schlütter		–	2:59.0	2:52.6	3:11.0
5	3	Finland	FIN	17:21.5	–	–	–
	3-1	Keijo Kurttila		–	2:22.3	2:53.3	3:03.6
	3-2	Lauri Pyykönen		–	2:58.3	2:52.4	3:11.6
6	5	Kazakhstan	KAZ	17:25.1	–	–	–
	5-1	Nikolay Chebotko		–	2:22.3	2:53.5	3:06.7
	5-2	Yevgeny Koshevoy		–	2:58.7	2:51.1	3:12.8
7	16	Poland	POL	17:26.3	–	–	–
	16-1	Maciej Kreczmer		–	2:23.6	2:57.5	3:06.5
	16-2	Janusz Krężelok		–	2:57.4	2:55.9	3:05.4
8	12	Slovakia	SVK	17:30.9	–	–	–
	12-1	Martin Bajčičák		–	2:24.8	2:58.6	3:04.3
	12-2	Ivan Bátory		–	2:57.5	2:55.3	3:10.4
9	21	Italy	ITA	17:31.3	–	–	–
	21-1	Freddy Schwienbacher		–	2:24.0	2:58.5	3:04.4
	21-2	Giorgio Di Centa		–	2:56.3	2:56.4	3:11.7
10	4	Czech Republic	CZE	17:49.6	–	–	–
	4-1	Dušan Kožíšek		–	2:21.9	2:59.2	3:12.6
	4-2	Martin Koukal		–	2:59.1	2:53.9	3:22.9