30 kilometres, Classical, Men
| Date | 15 February 1988 — 9:50 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore |
| Participants | 90 from 32 countries |
| Venue details | Course Length: ? Height Differential: 112 m Intermediate 1: 10.0 km Intermediate 2: 20.0 km Maximum Climb: 62 m Total Climbing: 1194 m |
The 1987 World Champion was Thomas Wassberg of Sweden but he would improbably finish 42nd in this race. His teammate Gunde Svan was leading the World Cup standings in 1987-88, and would later win the title, but he would finish only 10th, still the leading Swede, as the team had waxing problems in Calgary that would only be resolved when they won the relay. The leader at the early checkpoints was Soviet skier Vladimir Smirnov who was 10.5 seconds ahead of Vegard Ulvang at the 10 km check, and still led at 20 km, by then 8.9 seconds clear of Aleksey Prokurorov, with Ulvang another 11.5 seconds back. But Prokurorov would finish the fastest in the final 10 km to win the gold medal, Smirnov placing second and Ulvang a safe third. During his long career Prokurorov would also win the World Championship at this distance in 1997 and a bronze in 1995. Smirnov would win a medal at 30 km at the next four World Championships, gold in 1989 and 1995, silver in 1993, and bronze in 1991. This was his only Olympic gold medal but he would four titles at the World Championships. This was Ulvang’s only medal in Calgary but he would win four medals and three golds in Albertville in 1992, and in the next four years he would win the 50 km three times at Holmenkollen. He would also medal three times in this event at the World Championships, with silvers in 1989 and 1993, and a bronze in 1991.
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 28 | Aleksey Prokurorov |  URS | 1-24:26.3 | 27:30.4 (3) | 55:52.3 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 78 | Vladimir Smirnov | URS | 1-24:35.1 | 27:11.9 (1) | 55:43.4 (1) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 80 | Vegard Ulvang |  NOR | 1-25:11.6 | 27:22.4 (2) | 56:03.8 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 71 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | URS | 1-25:31.3 | 27:35.7 (4) | 56:28.3 (4) | |||
| 5 | 77 | Giorgio Vanzetta |  ITA | 1-25:37.2 | 27:43.9 (6) | 56:41.3 (7) | |||
| 6 | 54 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | NOR | 1-25:44.6 | 27:37.9 (5) | 56:31.7 (5) | |||
| 7 | 49 | Gianfranco Polvara | ITA | 1-26:02.7 | 27:59.1 (9) | 56:49.0 (8) | |||
| 8 | 74 | Marco Albarello | ITA | 1-26:09.1 | 27:44.4 (7) | 56:33.3 (6) | |||
| 9 | 33 | Harri Kirvesniemi |  FIN | 1-26:59.6 | 28:02.2 (10) | 57:14.3 (9) | |||
| 10 | 82 | Gunde Svan |  SWE | 1-27:30.8 | 28:12.7 (12) | 57:53.8 (11) | |||
| 11 | 18 | Torgny Mogren | SWE | 1-27:55.7 | 28:40.3 (16) | 58:10.4 (13) | |||
| 12 | 1 | Yury Burlakov | URS | 1-28:02.4 | 28:24.7 (13) | 58:13.4 (15) | |||
| 13 | 45 | Giachem Guidon |  SUI | 1-28:05.9 | 28:37.4 (14) | 58:11.2 (14) | |||
| 14 | 87 | Pierre Harvey |  CAN | 1-28:21.7 | 27:59.0 (8) | 57:44.0 (10) | |||
| 15 | 90 | Uwe Bellmann |  GDR | 1-28:37.2 | 28:04.3 (11) | 58:03.2 (12) | |||
| 16 | 57 | Jan Ottosson | SWE | 1-28:51.7 | 29:14.9 (24) | 59:01.0 (18) | |||
| 17 | 27 | Ladislav Švanda |  TCH | 1-28:55.1 | 28:39.7 (15) | 58:39.8 (17) | |||
| 18 | 24 | Alois Schwarz |  AUT | 1-29:34.4 | 29:11.6 (23) | 59:22.3 (23) | |||
| 19 | 64 | Aki Karvonen | FIN | 1-29:49.5 | 28:42.5 (17) | 58:37.3 (16) | |||
| 20 | 26 | Kazunari Sasaki |  JPN | 1-29:59.2 | 29:11.0 (22) | 59:15.3 (20) | |||
| 21 | 46 | Tor Håkon Holte | NOR | 1-29:59.5 | 29:02.4 (20) | 59:21.6 (22) | |||
| 22 | 56 | Holger Bauroth | GDR | 1-30:03.4 | 28:45.8 (18) | 59:06.3 (19) | |||
| 23 | 34 | Jochen Behle |  FRG | 1-30:08.3 | 28:56.7 (19) | 59:16.3 (21) | |||
| 24 | 16 | Guy Balland |  FRA | 1-30:20.4 | 29:41.3 (34) | 59:42.1 (25) | |||
| 25 | 15 | Radim Nyč | TCH | 1-30:34.4 | 29:20.7 (28) | 59:41.5 (24) | |||
| 26 | 8 | Jeremias Wigger | SUI | 1-30:47.1 | 29:18.3 (27) | 59:48.4 (26) | |||
| 27 | 5 | Kari Ristanen | FIN | 1-31:05.2 | 29:09.9 (21) | 59:53.4 (27) | |||
| 28 | 10 | Svetoslav Atanasov |  BUL | 1-31:15.7 | 29:37.6 (32) | 1-00:17.4 (31) | |||
| 29 | 88 | Petr Lisičan | TCH | 1-31:23.1 | 29:35.1 (31) | 1-00:16.3 (30) | |||
| 30 | 70 | Jürg Capol | SUI | 1-31:35.8 | 29:17.0 (26) | 1-00:08.3 (28) | |||
| 31 | 3 | Martin Hole | NOR | 1-31:47.5 | 29:16.2 (25) | 1-00:10.8 (29) | |||
| 32 | 68 | Martin Petrásek | TCH | 1-31:56.1 | 29:34.2 (30) | 1-00:39.4 (35) | |||
| 33 | 63 | Alois Stadlober | AUT | 1-32:00.0 | 29:27.0 (29) | 1-00:30.5 (33) | |||
| 34 | 51 | Janež Kršinar |  YUG | 1-32:02.1 | 30:04.3 (42) | 1-01:07.1 (38) | |||
| 35 | 52 | Yves Bilodeau | CAN | 1-32:17.8 | 29:48.0 (=37) | 1-00:36.3 (34) | |||
| 36 | 69 | Ivan Smilenov | BUL | 1-32:26.9 | 29:46.2 (36) | 1-00:46.2 (36) | |||
| 37 | 91 | Atsushi Egawa | JPN | 1-32:35.4 | 29:41.1 (33) | 1-01:10.5 (39) | |||
| 38 | 22 | Silvano Barco | ITA | 1-32:41.8 | 29:42.0 (35) | 1-00:25.9 (32) | |||
| 39 | 20 | Al Pilcher | CAN | 1-33:04.7 | 29:53.9 (40) | 1-00:55.9 (37) | |||
| 40 | 65 | Stefan Dotzler | FRG | 1-33:06.1 | 29:55.1 (41) | 1-01:15.6 (40) | |||
| 41 | 32 | Todor Makhov | BUL | 1-33:25.5 | 29:52.3 (39) | 1-01:46.1 (42) | |||
| 42 | 43 | Thomas Wassberg | SWE | 1-34:07.6 | 30:22.6 (47) | 1-01:40.7 (41) | |||
| 43 | 81 | Claude Pierrat | FRA | 1-34:15.6 | 30:05.2 (43) | 1-01:55.6 (44) | |||
| 44 | 14 | Johann Standmann | AUT | 1-34:24.8 | 30:54.6 (55) | 1-02:37.8 (49) | |||
| 45 | 53 | Chris Heberle |  AUS | 1-34:25.6 | 30:22.4 (46) | 1-02:04.4 (45) | |||
| 46 | 37 | Wayne Dustin | CAN | 1-34:37.8 | 30:28.7 (48) | 1-02:14.0 (46) | |||
| 47 | 55 | Benjamin Eberle |  LIE | 1-34:53.8 | 30:48.9 (50) | 1-02:40.8 (50) | |||
| 48 | 84 | Mano Ketenzhiev | BUL | 1-34:57.0 | 30:15.4 (44) | 1-02:16.5 (47) | |||
| 49 | 73 | Dan Simoneau |  USA | 1-35:21.4 | 29:48.0 (=37) | 1-01:53.8 (43) | |||
| 50 | 58 | Dominique Locatelli | FRA | 1-35:40.0 | 30:53.6 (52) | 1-03:02.3 (52) | |||
| 51 | 12 | Jon Engen | USA | 1-35:41.9 | 30:50.3 (51) | 1-02:55.7 (51) | |||
| 52 | 75 | Jari Laukkanen | FIN | 1-35:51.6 | 30:15.6 (45) | 1-02:37.7 (48) | |||
| 53 | 23 | Sašo Grajf | YUG | 1-36:19.2 | 30:42.2 (49) | 1-03:19.5 (53) | |||
| 54 | 36 | John Spotswood |  GBR | 1-36:42.7 | 31:12.2 (58) | 1-03:31.1 (54) | |||
| 55 | 60 | Park Ki-Ho |  KOR | 1-36:43.9 | 30:53.7 (53) | 1-03:38.2 (55) | |||
| 56 | 25 | Kevin Brochman | USA | 1-37:07.1 | 31:34.4 (59) | 1-04:10.2 (58) | |||
| 57 | 72 | Tanayuki Yuki | JPN | 1-37:11.9 | 30:53.9 (54) | 1-04:03.8 (56) | |||
| 58 | 7 | Konstantin Ritter | LIE | 1-37:47.6 | 31:10.0 (56) | 1-04:04.1 (57) | |||
| 59 | 2 | José Giro |  ESP | 1-38:01.5 | 31:36.3 (60) | 1-04:32.6 (59) | |||
| 60 | 19 | Jun Jeung-Hae | KOR | 1-38:05.3 | 31:59.5 (62) | 1-05:02.0 (61) | |||
| 61 | 13 | Marty Watkins | GBR | 1-38:30.3 | 32:01.4 (63) | 1-04:57.4 (60) | |||
| 62 | 42 | David Hislop | AUS | 1-38:48.8 | 32:28.0 (68) | 1-05:37.2 (66) | |||
| 63 | 47 | Gábor Mayer |  HUN | 1-39:03.5 | 32:21.6 (67) | 1-05:23.0 (65) | |||
| 64 | 31 | Zhao Jun |  CHN | 1-39:13.9 | 32:28.6 (69) | 1-05:15.9 (62) | |||
| 65 | 61 | Einar Ólafsson |  ISL | 1-39:56.3 | 31:12.0 (57) | 1-05:18.6 (64) | |||
| 66 | 62 | Patrick Winterton | GBR | 1-39:57.6 | 32:05.0 (64) | 1-05:56.4 (67) | |||
| 67 | 89 | Ewan McKenzie | GBR | 1-40:06.7 | 32:48.7 (72) | 1-06:25.2 (69) | |||
| 68 | 40 | Patrick Remy | FRA | 1-40:24.5 | 31:48.3 (61) | 1-05:18.3 (63) | |||
| 69 | 48 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga |  MGL | 1-40:41.3 | 32:39.4 (71) | 1-06:19.5 (68) | |||
| 70 | 4 | Khristos Titas |  GRE | 1-41:25.7 | 33:23.5 (76) | 1-07:15.1 (73) | |||
| 71 | 44 | Julio César Moreschi |  ARG | 1-41:40.3 | 33:39.6 (77) | 1-07:32.8 (75) | |||
| 72 | 66 | Ziitsagaany Ganbat | MGL | 1-42:24.2 | 32:20.3 (66) | 1-06:32.6 (70) | |||
| 73 | 29 | Hong Kun-Pyo | KOR | 1-43:26.4 | 32:49.3 (73) | 1-07:19.3 (74) | |||
| 74 | 35 | Patrick Hasler | LIE | 1-43:26.7 | 32:37.9 (70) | 1-07:04.1 (72) | |||
| 75 | 76 | Cho Sung-Hoon | KOR | 1-43:30.3 | 33:09.3 (74) | 1-08:14.5 (76) | |||
| 76 | 67 | Thanasis Tsakiris | GRE | 1-43:55.1 | 33:11.2 (75) | 1-08:40.3 (77) | |||
| 77 | 11 | Masaharu Yamazaki | JPN | 1-43:58.3 | 32:11.7 (65) | 1-06:45.5 (71) | |||
| 78 | 86 | Saim Koca |  TUR | 1-44:55.7 | 34:24.8 (80) | 1-09:15.9 (78) | |||
| 79 | 50 | Abdullah Yılmaz | TUR | 1-46:48.2 | 34:16.2 (79) | 1-10:08.9 (80) | |||
| 80 | 6 | Dag Burgos |  GUA | 1-47:38.5 | 34:08.2 (78) | 1-09:50.7 (79) | |||
| 81 | 17 | Fikret Ören | TUR | 1-49:30.2 | 35:06.9 (82) | 1-12:34.0 (82) | |||
| 82 | 41 | Nikos Anastasiadis | GRE | 1-50:10.7 | 34:57.6 (81) | 1-12:18.9 (81) | |||
| 83 | 30 | Ricardo Burgos | GUA | 1-51:19.4 | 35:33.6 (83) | 1-12:57.7 (83) | |||
| 84 | 59 | Erhan Dursun | TUR | 1-56:10.7 | 35:56.4 (84) | 1-14:32.6 (84) | |||
| 85 | 21 | Roberto Álvarez |  MEX | 2-09:34.8 | 40:55.5 (85) | 1-23:46.3 (85) | |||
| 86 | 9 | Andrea Sammaritani |  SMR | 2-15:07.7 | 42:34.7 (87) | 1-27:47.3 (86) | |||
| 87 | 39 | Arturo Kinch |  CRC | 2-16:20.2 | 42:08.7 (86) | 1-28:36.3 (87) | |||
| AC | 79 | Andi Grünenfelder | SUI | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 85 | Joe Galanes | USA | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 38 | Jordi Ribó | ESP | – | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| DNS | 83 | Markus Gandler | AUT | – | – (–) | – (–) |