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Sprint (Classical), Men

Date17 February 2010
StatusOlympic
LocationWhistler Olympic Park, Whistler
Participants62 from 25 countries
FormatFinal standings based on time achieved in last round competed in.
DetailsCourse Length: 1,580 m
Height Differential: 25 m
Maximum Climb: 25 m
Total Climbing: 51 m

The favorite was Norway’s Ola Vigen Hattestad, the 2009 World Champion and the sprint World Cup champion in the past two years. Perhaps the surprise of this event was the absence of any Swedish skiers in the final as they were thought to have good chances with Emil Jönsson and Björn Lind, who had featured in the World Cup in the past few seasons. The final was essentially a contest between three Norwegian skiers – Hattestad, Petter Northug and Øystein Pettersen, and two Russians Aleksandr Panzhinsky, who was the fastest qualifier, and Nikita Kryukov. If the Norwegians had a race plan, it was soon blown away by Panzhinsky who took a commanding lead at the start and maintained that lead for most of the race. The drama happened behind the leaders as Aleksey Poltoranin (KAZ) fell, taking down Hattestad with him. The other two Norwegians fell back by some distance, and going into the home straight Panzhinsky held the lead. However a tremendous surge by Kryukov saw him win by a fraction of a second on the line ahead of his compatriot. Northug finished in the bronze medal position, some distance behind the winner. There were some complaints about the schedule. The B-final had been eliminated and the final was held soon after the second semi-final, giving the qualifiers from the first semi-final a big advantage.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCQualifyingQFSFFinal
1Nikita KryukovRUS3:36.46 (4)3:37.2 (2 h2)3:34.6 (3 h1)3:36.3 (1)Gold
2Aleksandr PanzhinskyRUS3:34.57 (1)3:36.4 (1 h1)3:34.3 (1 h1)3:36.3 (2)Silver
3Petter NorthugNOR3:37.09 (6)3:34.5 (1 h3)3:36.7 (2 h2)3:45.5 (3)Bronze
4Ola Vigen HattestadNOR3:36.43 (3)3:37.8 (1 h5)3:36.5 (1 h2)3:50.0 (4)
5Aleksey PoltoraninKAZ3:38.68 (15)3:34.7 (2 h3)3:35.4 (4 h1)3:54.4 (5)
6Øystein PettersenNOR3:37.34 (7)3:36.9 (1 h2)3:34.4 (2 h1)4:56.2 (6)
7Emil JönssonSWE3:36.01 (2)3:41.8 (1 h4)3:37.4 (3 h2)
8Mikhail DevyatyarovRUS3:38.82 (16)3:35.3 (4 h3)3:37.6 (4 h2)
9Johan KjølstadNOR3:36.65 (5)3:35.3 (3 h3)3:35.9 (5 h1)
10Kalle LassilaFIN3:39.12 (19)3:42.2 (2 h4)3:43.7 (5 h2)
11Teodor PetersonSWE3:39.08 (18)3:38.3 (2 h5)3:43.8 (6 h2)
12Sami JauhojärviFIN3:39.57 (21)3:36.9 (2 h1)3:39.6 (6 h1)
13Nikolay ChebotkoKAZ3:37.84 (8)3:38.6 (3 h5)
14Peeter KümmelEST3:37.99 (9)3:42.4 (3 h4)
15Stefan KuhnCAN3:38.35 (10)3:37.4 (3 h1)
16Cyril MirandaFRA3:38.83 (17)3:37.3 (3 h2)
17Yuichi OndaJPN3:38.49 (11)3:37.9 (4 h1)
18Jesper ModinSWE3:38.53 (13)3:39.1 (4 h5)
19Björn LindSWE3:38.62 (14)3:37.6 (4 h2)
20Renato PasiniITA3:39.63 (22)3:42.8 (4 h4)
21Sun QinghaiCHN3:38.52 (12)3:43.1 (5 h4)
22Jesse VäänänenFIN3:39.21 (20)3:38.7 (5 h1)
23Devon KershawCAN3:40.50 (24)3:39.9 (5 h2)
24Fabio PasiniITA3:40.86 (26)3:35.7 (5 h3)
25Maciej KreczmerPOL3:41.35 (28)3:39.6 (5 h5)
26Nikolay MorilovRUS3:40.22 (23)3:40.2 (6 h5)
27Timo SimonlatserEST3:40.65 (25)3:43.2 (6 h3)
28Janusz KrężelokPOL3:41.34 (27)3:41.1 (6 h2)
29Simi HamiltonUSA3:41.53 (29)3:43.4 (6 h4)
30Loris FrasnelliITA3:41.78 (30)3:40.9 (6 h1)
=31Josef WenzlGER3:41.88 (=31)
=31Roddy DarragonFRA3:41.88 (=31)
33Tim TscharnkeGER3:42.03 (33)
34Christoph EigenmannSUI3:42.18 (34)
35Dušan KožíšekCZE3:42.45 (35)
36Torin KoosUSA3:42.72 (36)
37Matias StrandvallFIN3:42.74 (37)
38Valerio LeccardiSUI3:42.84 (38)
39David HoferITA3:42.89 (39)
40Drew GoldsackCAN3:44.28 (40)
41Brent McMurtryCAN3:45.02 (41)
42Anti SaarepuuEST3:45.44 (42)
43Peter von AllmenSUI3:46.16 (43)
44Aleš RazýmCZE3:46.42 (44)
45Andy NewellUSA3:46.77 (45)
46Mantas StroliaLTU3:47.17 (46)
47Garrott KuzzyUSA3:47.46 (47)
48Sergey CherepanovKAZ3:48.29 (48)
49Eligius TamborninoSUI3:48.33 (49)
50Lefteris FafalisGRE3:49.09 (50)
51Leanid KarniyenkaBLR3:49.12 (51)
52Yevgeny KoshevoyKAZ3:49.51 (52)
53Aleksejus NovoselskisLTU3:51.70 (53)
54Modestas VaičiulisLTU3:52.10 (54)
55Paul MurrayAUS3:52.96 (55)
56Francesc SouliéAND3:55.22 (56)
57Peter MlynárSVK3:55.76 (57)
58Andrew MusgraveGBR3:58.43 (58)
59Kein EinasteEST3:59.19 (59)
60Andrew YoungGBR4:02.19 (60)
61Oliver KraasRSA4:04.19 (61)
62Jānis PaipalsLAT4:04.48 (62)

Qualifying Round

Date17 February 2010 — 10:40
FormatTop 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals.
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Aleksandr PanzhinskyRUS3:34.57Q
2Emil JönssonSWE3:36.01Q
3Ola Vigen HattestadNOR3:36.43Q
4Nikita KryukovRUS3:36.46Q
5Johan KjølstadNOR3:36.65Q
6Petter NorthugNOR3:37.09Q
7Øystein PettersenNOR3:37.34Q
8Nikolay ChebotkoKAZ3:37.84Q
9Peeter KümmelEST3:37.99Q
10Stefan KuhnCAN3:38.35Q
11Yuichi OndaJPN3:38.49Q
12Sun QinghaiCHN3:38.52Q
13Jesper ModinSWE3:38.53Q
14Björn LindSWE3:38.62Q
15Aleksey PoltoraninKAZ3:38.68Q
16Mikhail DevyatyarovRUS3:38.82Q
17Cyril MirandaFRA3:38.83Q
18Teodor PetersonSWE3:39.08Q
19Kalle LassilaFIN3:39.12Q
20Jesse VäänänenFIN3:39.21Q
21Sami JauhojärviFIN3:39.57Q
22Renato PasiniITA3:39.63Q
23Nikolay MorilovRUS3:40.22Q
24Devon KershawCAN3:40.50Q
25Timo SimonlatserEST3:40.65Q
26Fabio PasiniITA3:40.86Q
27Janusz KrężelokPOL3:41.34Q
28Maciej KreczmerPOL3:41.35Q
29Simi HamiltonUSA3:41.53Q
30Loris FrasnelliITA3:41.78Q
=31Josef WenzlGER3:41.88
=31Roddy DarragonFRA3:41.88
33Tim TscharnkeGER3:42.03
34Christoph EigenmannSUI3:42.18
35Dušan KožíšekCZE3:42.45
36Torin KoosUSA3:42.72
37Matias StrandvallFIN3:42.74
38Valerio LeccardiSUI3:42.84
39David HoferITA3:42.89
40Drew GoldsackCAN3:44.28
41Brent McMurtryCAN3:45.02
42Anti SaarepuuEST3:45.44
43Peter von AllmenSUI3:46.16
44Aleš RazýmCZE3:46.42
45Andy NewellUSA3:46.77
46Mantas StroliaLTU3:47.17
47Garrott KuzzyUSA3:47.46
48Sergey CherepanovKAZ3:48.29
49Eligius TamborninoSUI3:48.33
50Lefteris FafalisGRE3:49.09
51Leanid KarniyenkaBLR3:49.12
52Yevgeny KoshevoyKAZ3:49.51
53Aleksejus NovoselskisLTU3:51.70
54Modestas VaičiulisLTU3:52.10
55Paul MurrayAUS3:52.96
56Francesc SouliéAND3:55.22
57Peter MlynárSVK3:55.76
58Andrew MusgraveGBR3:58.43
59Kein EinasteEST3:59.19
60Andrew YoungGBR4:02.19
61Oliver KraasRSA4:04.19
62Jānis PaipalsLAT4:04.48

Quarter-Finals

Date17 February 2010 — 12:58
FormatTop 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals.

Heat #1

Time12:58
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
11Aleksandr PanzhinskyRUS3:36.4Q
221Sami JauhojärviFIN3:36.9Q
310Stefan KuhnCAN3:37.4
411Yuichi OndaJPN3:37.9
520Jesse VäänänenFIN3:38.7
630Loris FrasnelliITA3:40.9

Heat #2

Time13:03
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
17Øystein PettersenNOR3:36.9Q
24Nikita KryukovRUS3:37.2Q
317Cyril MirandaFRA3:37.3
414Björn LindSWE3:37.6
524Devon KershawCAN3:39.9
627Janusz KrężelokPOL3:41.1

Heat #3

Time13:09
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
16Petter NorthugNOR3:34.5Q
215Aleksey PoltoraninKAZ3:34.7Q
35Johan KjølstadNOR3:35.3q
416Mikhail DevyatyarovRUS3:35.3q
526Fabio PasiniITA3:35.7
625Timo SimonlatserEST3:43.2

Heat #4

Time13:14
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
12Emil JönssonSWE3:41.8Q
219Kalle LassilaFIN3:42.2Q
39Peeter KümmelEST3:42.4
422Renato PasiniITA3:42.8
512Sun QinghaiCHN3:43.1
629Simi HamiltonUSA3:43.4

Heat #5

Time13:20
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
13Ola Vigen HattestadNOR3:37.8Q
218Teodor PetersonSWE3:38.3Q
38Nikolay ChebotkoKAZ3:38.6
413Jesper ModinSWE3:39.1
528Maciej KreczmerPOL3:39.6
623Nikolay MorilovRUS3:40.2

Semi-Finals

Date17 February 2010 — 13:38
FormatTop 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final.

Heat #1

Time13:38
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
11Aleksandr PanzhinskyRUS3:34.3Q
27Øystein PettersenNOR3:34.4Q
34Nikita KryukovRUS3:34.6q
415Aleksey PoltoraninKAZ3:35.4q
55Johan KjølstadNOR3:35.9
621Sami JauhojärviFIN3:39.6

Heat #2

Time13:44
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime
13Ola Vigen HattestadNOR3:36.5Q
26Petter NorthugNOR3:36.7Q
32Emil JönssonSWE3:37.4
416Mikhail DevyatyarovRUS3:37.6
519Kalle LassilaFIN3:43.7
618Teodor PetersonSWE3:43.8

Final Round

Date17 February 2010 — 13:52
PosCompetitorNOCTime
1Nikita KryukovRUS3:36.3
2Aleksandr PanzhinskyRUS3:36.3
3Petter NorthugNOR3:45.5
4Ola Vigen HattestadNOR3:50.0
5Aleksey PoltoraninKAZ3:54.4
6Øystein PettersenNOR4:56.2