Date | 24 February 2018 — 14:00 |
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Status | Olympic |
Location | Alpensia Cross-Country Centre, Alpensia Resort, Mountain Cluster, Daegwallyeong |
Participants | 69 from 31 countries |
Details | Course Length: 50,580 m Height Differential: 58 m Intermediate 1: 8.4 km Intermediate 2: 16.9 km Intermediate 3: 25.3 km Intermediate 4: 33.7 km Intermediate 5: 42.2 km Maximum Climb: 35 m Total Climbing: 1,866 m |
The 50 km race belonged to Finland’s Iivo Niskanen, who won the hardest cross-country race of the Games, after a long solo run. Until PyeongChang, Niskanen was better known for his achievements in short distance races. At Sochi 2014, he took gold in the team sprint, and at the 2017 World Championships, won the 15 km classical style title. His two firsts in the World Cup also came over 15 km.
Niskanen ran the race from the lead position, increasing the pace from km 19. The leading group of 15 athletes was reduced to just seven at km 21: in addition to Niskanen Kazakhstan’s Aleksey Poltoranin, the Norwegians Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Niklas Dyrhaug, the Swiss 15 km winner Dario Cologna, Aleksandr Bolshunov, Olympic Athlete from Russia, and Canada’s Alex Harvey. At the 25 km mark, it was just Niskanen and Poltoranin with Bolshunov in third, 11 seconds behind. When Poltoranin pulled away a few kilometers later, the Finn looked like a sure winner, but the decision when to change his skies now became a tactical and decisive factor. Already with new skies, Bolshunov came back and closed the gap on Niskanen, which had increased to 25 seconds at one stage. By the time Niskanen had changed his skies at 42 km, Bolshunov had increased his lead to 14 seconds. But now it was Niskanen’s turn to chase and close in on Bolshunov. Niskanen’s tactics turned out to be the better one: With fresh skies and obviously the greater stamina, he started his final attack with just 1 km to go as Bolshunov could do nothing to counter the Finn’s attack. Niskanen celebrated the biggest individual success of his career, when he crossed the finish line after 2-08:22.1. The time, which was the slowest in the 50 km since the introduction of the separate techniques, and the mass start, in this event more than 30 years ago, and reflected the demands of the course. A disappointed Bolshunov came second 18.7 seconds behind the winner.
The bronze medal went to another Olympic Athlete from Russia. Even though he was 27-years-of-age, Andrey Larkov was competing in his first Olympics and secured third place 2:37.5 behind Niskanen. Larkov took his time and appeared in the top three for the first time after the 47 km mark. Poltoranin, who ran a lonely race for many kilometers and looked like a sure medalist until km 45, collapsed to eventually finish 15th. Harvey, the reigning world champion, and Sundby, in 2016 the last World Cup winner of a 50 km race in the classical style, finished were in the chasing group throughout the race, but finally saw Larkov pull away for his medal, while they went home without a 50 km Mass Start medal.
Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | Int 3 (Pos) | Int 4 (Pos) | Int 5 (Pos) | |||
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1 | 8 | Iivo Niskanen | ![]() | 2-08:22.1 | 20:36.2 (3) | 42:01.2 (7) | 1-02:38.7 (2) | 1-23:35.4 (1) | 1-45:36.1 (2) | Gold | ||
2 | 7 | Aleksandr Bolshunov | ![]() | 2-08:40.8 | 20:37.6 (10) | 42:02.3 (12) | 1-02:50.0 (3) | 1-23:48.8 (2) | 1-45:35.6 (1) | Silver | ||
3 | 11 | Andrey Larkov | ![]() | 2-10:59.6 | 20:37.8 (11) | 42:02.9 (14) | 1-03:31.1 (12) | 1-25:18.1 (7) | 1-47:54.3 (4) | Bronze | ||
4 | 2 | Alex Harvey | ![]() | 2-11:05.7 | 20:36.0 (2) | 42:01.5 (9) | 1-02:55.6 (5) | 1-25:16.9 (5) | 1-47:54.3 (5) | |||
5 | 4 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | ![]() | 2-11:05.8 | 20:36.6 (4) | 41:58.7 (1) | 1-02:55.1 (4) | 1-25:16.2 (4) | 1-47:55.6 (7) | |||
6 | 3 | Hans Christer Holund | ![]() | 2-11:12.2 | 20:37.3 (8) | 41:59.8 (4) | 1-02:58.5 (7) | 1-25:17.4 (6) | 1-47:55.1 (6) | |||
7 | 15 | Daniel Rickardsson | ![]() | 2-12:12.5 | 20:39.0 (15) | 42:06.5 (19) | 1-04:13.1 (18) | 1-27:10.6 (21) | 1-49:32.6 (14) | |||
8 | 22 | Martin Jakš | ![]() | 2-12:32.6 | 20:39.7 (17) | 42:11.0 (21) | 1-04:14.2 (20) | 1-26:45.9 (18) | 1-49:33.1 (16) | |||
9 | 1 | Dario Cologna | ![]() | 2-12:43.2 | 20:37.4 (9) | 42:01.7 (10) | 1-03:00.2 (8) | 1-25:48.8 (9) | 1-49:00.2 (9) | |||
10 | 12 | Emil Iversen | ![]() | 2-12:59.0 | 20:35.6 (1) | 42:01.4 (8) | 1-03:23.0 (10) | 1-26:07.3 (11) | 1-49:00.7 (10) | |||
11 | 29 | Scott Patterson | ![]() | 2-13:14.2 | 20:42.2 (21) | 42:07.5 (20) | 1-04:06.3 (13) | 1-26:45.1 (15) | 1-49:32.0 (13) | |||
12 | 6 | Aleksey Chervotkin | ![]() | 2-13:19.0 | 20:39.2 (16) | 41:58.9 (2) | 1-03:23.4 (11) | 1-25:19.1 (8) | 1-48:41.6 (8) | |||
13 | 21 | Niklas Dyrhaug | ![]() | 2-13:20.5 | 20:38.3 (14) | 41:59.5 (3) | 1-02:57.9 (6) | 1-25:49.7 (10) | 1-49:01.8 (11) | |||
14 | 28 | Andreas Katz | ![]() | 2-13:32.3 | 20:41.5 (20) | 42:12.6 (23) | 1-04:13.4 (19) | 1-26:44.4 (14) | 1-49:32.8 (15) | |||
15 | 27 | Giandomenico Salvadori | ![]() | 2-13:45.4 | 20:51.2 (31) | 42:11.6 (22) | 1-04:14.9 (21) | 1-26:44.2 (13) | 1-49:44.2 (17) | |||
16 | 9 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | ![]() | 2-14:31.4 | 20:40.9 (19) | 42:04.4 (17) | 1-04:08.0 (16) | 1-26:45.6 (17) | 1-49:46.0 (19) | |||
52 | Denis Volotka | ![]() | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
17 | 37 | Maicol Rastelli | ![]() | 2-15:10.0 | 20:37.8 (12) | 42:00.6 (5) | 1-04:28.7 (22) | 1-27:39.8 (22) | 1-51:18.5 (21) | |||
18 | 16 | Denis Spitsov | ![]() | 2-16:24.6 | 20:47.4 (25) | 42:03.7 (16) | 1-04:10.7 (17) | 1-26:45.3 (16) | 1-50:46.8 (20) | |||
19 | 26 | Dietmar Nöckler | ![]() | 2-16:29.2 | 20:42.8 (22) | 43:27.7 (34) | 1-06:46.8 (38) | 1-29:54.7 (34) | 1-52:40.1 (25) | |||
20 | 14 | Francesco De Fabiani | ![]() | 2-17:14.3 | 20:37.0 (6) | 42:01.9 (11) | 1-03:21.8 (9) | 1-26:07.8 (12) | 1-49:28.0 (12) | |||
21 | 23 | Keishin Yoshida | ![]() | 2-17:21.9 | 20:40.8 (18) | 42:50.2 (25) | 1-05:54.2 (28) | 1-29:10.1 (26) | 1-52:40.5 (26) | |||
22 | 18 | Clément Parisse | ![]() | 2-17:25.4 | 20:49.3 (28) | 43:15.6 (32) | 1-05:53.8 (26) | 1-29:09.7 (25) | 1-52:39.6 (24) | |||
23 | 13 | Matti Heikkinen | ![]() | 2-17:34.8 | 20:51.5 (32) | 43:14.7 (30) | 1-05:53.8 (27) | 1-29:09.2 (24) | 1-52:39.0 (23) | |||
24 | 32 | Devon Kershaw | ![]() | 2-17:49.4 | 21:26.2 (47) | 43:13.8 (28) | 1-06:02.9 (29) | 1-29:33.3 (29) | 1-53:46.2 (30) | |||
25 | 48 | Graeme Killick | ![]() | 2-18:28.8 | 20:48.6 (27) | 43:14.3 (29) | 1-06:03.4 (30) | 1-29:32.2 (27) | 1-53:46.6 (31) | |||
26 | 25 | Jens Burman | ![]() | 2-18:34.5 | 20:36.6 (5) | 42:00.6 (6) | 1-04:46.8 (23) | 1-28:16.6 (23) | 1-52:43.2 (27) | |||
27 | 35 | Perttu Hyvärinen | ![]() | 2-18:38.5 | 21:34.1 (49) | 44:05.5 (44) | 1-07:18.3 (42) | 1-30:43.7 (40) | 1-54:36.0 (37) | |||
28 | 19 | Thomas Bing | ![]() | 2-18:41.1 | 20:49.5 (29) | 43:15.3 (31) | 1-06:23.8 (33) | 1-29:49.5 (33) | 1-54:14.1 (36) | |||
29 | 30 | Candide Pralong | ![]() | 2-18:41.5 | 21:01.3 (38) | 43:43.0 (39) | 1-06:46.1 (37) | 1-30:11.7 (38) | 1-54:11.9 (35) | |||
30 | 38 | Paul Pepene | ![]() | 2-18:44.0 | 21:12.3 (39) | 43:29.2 (35) | 1-06:36.6 (35) | 1-29:41.9 (31) | 1-53:41.7 (28) | |||
31 | 42 | Noah Hoffman | ![]() | 2-19:04.1 | 20:53.9 (36) | 43:35.3 (38) | 1-06:45.7 (36) | 1-30:10.8 (37) | 1-54:04.3 (33) | |||
32 | 34 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | ![]() | 2-19:08.3 | 20:46.4 (24) | 42:55.0 (26) | 1-05:53.3 (24) | 1-29:38.2 (30) | 1-53:45.2 (29) | |||
33 | 51 | Imanol Rojo | ![]() | 2-19:10.1 | 21:19.2 (44) | 43:51.1 (41) | 1-06:47.2 (39) | 1-29:55.9 (35) | 1-53:51.5 (32) | |||
34 | 10 | Andrew Musgrave | ![]() | 2-20:57.9 | 20:52.8 (34) | 44:02.8 (43) | 1-07:44.4 (45) | 1-31:51.8 (44) | 1-56:16.7 (43) | |||
35 | 40 | Yevgeny Velichko | ![]() | 2-21:43.2 | 20:48.4 (26) | 43:08.3 (27) | 1-06:06.3 (32) | 1-30:16.5 (39) | 1-54:42.1 (38) | |||
36 | 36 | Viktor Thorn | ![]() | 2-21:53.8 | 21:13.4 (41) | 44:11.6 (45) | 1-07:44.2 (44) | 1-31:56.4 (45) | 1-56:16.0 (42) | |||
37 | 47 | Aleš Razým | ![]() | 2-22:06.8 | 21:37.9 (51) | 44:22.1 (48) | 1-07:53.2 (47) | 1-32:13.2 (47) | 1-56:41.2 (44) | |||
38 | 54 | Bernhard Tritscher | ![]() | 2-22:47.7 | 21:19.7 (46) | 44:31.0 (49) | 1-08:47.4 (50) | 1-32:43.3 (48) | 1-57:18.0 (47) | |||
39 | 24 | Ristomatti Hakola | ![]() | 2-22:50.1 | 21:14.6 (42) | 45:20.1 (53) | 1-09:45.7 (53) | 1-34:03.3 (52) | 1-58:31.2 (50) | |||
40 | 41 | Mikhail Siamionau | ![]() | 2-22:51.2 | 21:18.8 (43) | 44:16.6 (47) | 1-07:46.2 (46) | 1-32:56.3 (49) | 1-57:28.3 (48) | |||
41 | 39 | Ueli Schnider | ![]() | 2-23:17.3 | 21:12.4 (40) | 43:30.1 (36) | 1-06:28.0 (34) | 1-30:06.7 (36) | 1-55:21.9 (40) | |||
42 | 20 | Lucas Bögl | ![]() | 2-23:42.8 | 20:46.0 (23) | 43:33.6 (37) | 1-06:50.7 (40) | 1-31:03.6 (42) | 1-56:47.2 (45) | |||
43 | 58 | Magnus Kim | ![]() | 2-24:14.0 | 21:31.4 (48) | 44:43.5 (50) | 1-07:56.6 (48) | 1-32:10.1 (46) | 1-57:05.4 (46) | |||
44 | 57 | Tyler Kornfield | ![]() | 2-24:36.5 | 21:44.5 (52) | 46:05.1 (57) | 1-09:40.9 (51) | 1-34:03.8 (53) | 1-58:37.5 (51) | |||
45 | 49 | Russell Kennedy | ![]() | 2-25:16.6 | 20:54.1 (37) | 43:26.6 (33) | 1-05:53.4 (25) | 1-29:32.7 (28) | 1-54:58.4 (39) | |||
46 | 55 | Oleksiy Krasovskyi | ![]() | 2-25:36.4 | 22:02.3 (55) | 46:00.3 (54) | 1-09:41.7 (52) | 1-34:02.7 (51) | 1-59:17.3 (52) | |||
47 | 60 | Peter Mlynár | ![]() | 2-26:14.7 | 21:52.3 (54) | 46:04.5 (56) | 1-10:17.9 (55) | 1-35:02.3 (55) | 2-00:10.9 (53) | |||
48 | 45 | Vitaly Pukhkalo | ![]() | 2-27:10.6 | 21:50.5 (53) | 44:02.5 (42) | 1-06:56.0 (41) | 1-31:37.2 (43) | 1-57:48.6 (49) | |||
49 | 64 | Andrej Segeč | ![]() | 2-27:44.3 | 22:15.3 (59) | 46:03.7 (55) | 1-10:48.7 (57) | 1-35:52.0 (56) | 2-01:41.2 (55) | |||
50 | 66 | Callum Smith | ![]() | 2-27:56.3 | 22:32.7 (64) | 46:51.8 (61) | 1-11:44.0 (58) | 1-36:58.4 (58) | 2-01:53.4 (56) | |||
51 | 53 | Petr Knop | ![]() | 2-29:20.9 | 21:37.3 (50) | 45:13.2 (52) | 1-10:09.0 (54) | 1-34:37.0 (54) | 2-00:23.5 (54) | |||
52 | 62 | Phil Bellingham | ![]() | 2-30:39.7 | 22:22.5 (61) | 46:50.9 (59) | 1-11:45.1 (60) | 1-36:59.0 (59) | 2-03:01.5 (57) | |||
53 | 59 | Indulis Bikše | ![]() | 2-31:07.5 | 22:14.4 (58) | 46:06.1 (58) | 1-10:43.4 (56) | 1-36:27.8 (57) | 2-03:39.0 (58) | |||
54 | 63 | Callum Watson | ![]() | 2-33:28.6 | 22:32.0 (63) | 46:51.2 (60) | 1-11:44.6 (59) | 1-37:36.3 (60) | 2-04:54.6 (59) | |||
55 | 67 | Wang Qiang | ![]() | 2-34:43.0 | 22:23.4 (62) | 47:23.1 (63) | 1-13:06.6 (62) | 1-39:20.7 (61) | 2-05:35.7 (60) | |||
56 | 71 | Martin Møller | ![]() | 2-36:10.8 | 23:22.0 (67) | 48:57.4 (66) | 1-14:23.9 (65) | 1-40:56.5 (64) | 2-06:54.1 (62) | |||
57 | 68 | Mantas Strolia | ![]() | – | 22:39.1 (66) | 47:27.9 (64) | 1-13:24.8 (63) | 1-40:51.7 (63) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
70 | Mark Chanloung | ![]() | – | 23:25.8 (68) | 49:51.6 (67) | 1-15:33.9 (66) | 1-42:29.5 (65) | – (–) | lapped | |||
69 | Kim Eun-Ho | ![]() | – | 24:27.5 (69) | 51:03.0 (68) | 1-17:42.6 (67) | – (–) | – (–) | lapped | |||
31 | Jonas Dobler | ![]() | – | 20:38.2 (13) | 42:03.3 (15) | 1-04:07.2 (15) | 1-26:46.6 (19) | 1-52:12.4 (22) | ||||
50 | Miroslav Rypl | ![]() | – | 22:20.6 (60) | 47:03.2 (62) | 1-12:54.8 (61) | 1-39:53.8 (62) | 2-06:45.0 (61) | ||||
43 | Veselin Tsinzov | ![]() | – | 22:11.2 (56) | 44:58.7 (51) | 1-08:33.2 (49) | 1-33:27.6 (50) | – (–) | ||||
65 | Miroslav Šulek | ![]() | – | 22:35.0 (65) | 47:36.8 (65) | 1-13:58.8 (64) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
17 | Calle Halfvarsson | ![]() | – | 20:50.6 (30) | 44:12.1 (46) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
44 | Snorri Einarsson | ![]() | – | 22:13.9 (57) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
5 | Aleksey Poltoranin | ![]() | [2-13:37.1] | [20:37.1] ([7]) | [42:02.3] ([12]) | [1-02:38.7] ([1]) | [1-24:01.2] ([3]) | [1-46:46.2] ([3]) | 1 | |||
33 | Max Hauke | ![]() | [2-20:39.9] | [20:52.0] ([33]) | [42:42.6] ([24]) | [1-06:05.6] ([31]) | [1-29:48.4] ([32]) | [1-54:11.4] ([34]) | 2 | |||
46 | Andreas Veerpalu | ![]() | [2-21:13.2] | [21:19.5] ([45]) | [43:50.7] ([40]) | [1-07:19.0] ([43]) | [1-30:44.2] ([41]) | [1-55:22.5] ([41]) | 3 | |||
56 | Algo Kärp | ![]() | [2-13:45.7] | [20:53.2] ([35]) | [42:05.0] ([18]) | [1-04:06.7] ([14]) | [1-26:50.3] ([20]) | [1-49:44.7] ([18]) | 4 | |||
61 | Thomas Maloney Westgård | ![]() | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |