| | Event type
15 kilometres, Freestyle, Men
| Date | 15 February 2010 — 12:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler |
| Participants | 95 from 49 countries |
| Venue details | Course Length: 15,390 m Height Differential: 85 m Intermediate 1: 4.9 km Intermediate 2: 7.5 km Intermediate 3: 12.4 km Maximum Climb: 59 m Total Climbing: 564 m |
The defending champion and 2009 World Champion, Estonia’s Andrus Veerpalu, did not contest the event, starting only in the 50 km in Vancouver. This likely left Lukáš Bauer (CZE) as the favorite. Bauer was leading the 2009-10 World Cup, had won the distance and overall World Cup in 2007-08, and was runner-up to Veerpalu in the 15 km at the 2009 Worlds. With skiers setting off at 30 second intervals, Maurice Manificat (FRA) took an early lead in the competition, leading at the first two intermediate markers, and would eventually finish sixth with a time of 34:27.4. Pietro Piller Cottrer (ITA), who had won the test event at the course some 12 months earlier, had been quoted as saying that the course was too easy, and as he skied into a lead with a time of 34:00.9, it looked as though he may win gold. However, out on the course Dario Cologna (SUI), who had won the 2009 Tour de Ski, was the leader at the final check point and took the lead with a time of 33:36.3, a time which would easily hold up for the gold medal, giving Switzerland its first ever gold in cross-country skiing. Bauer followed home in a time of 34:12.0 to take the bronze medal, narrowly defeating Marcus Hellner (SWE) who was always close to a medal spot on the course, but just faded at the end to finish 1.5 seconds behind Bauer. He would later win a pursuit gold in Vancouver. Finishing in 94th place was Roberto Carcelén, the first ever Winter Olympian from Peru.
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | Int 3 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 33 | Dario Cologna |  SUI | 33:36.3 | 11:02.1 (2) | 16:49.5 (2) | 27:53.3 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 25 | Pietro Piller Cottrer |  ITA | 34:00.9 | 11:05.5 (3) | 16:54.5 (3) | 28:07.7 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 34 | Lukáš Bauer |  CZE | 34:12.0 | 11:06.0 (4) | 17:02.5 (4) | 28:16.7 (4) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 35 | Marcus Hellner |  SWE | 34:13.5 | 10:55.2 (1) | 16:46.5 (1) | 28:10.4 (3) | |||
| 5 | 26 | Vincent Vittoz |  FRA | 34:16.2 | 11:08.1 (5) | 17:03.4 (7) | 28:25.3 (6) | |||
| 6 | 13 | Maurice Manificat | FRA | 34:27.4 | 11:09.1 (7) | 17:03.3 (6) | 28:25.8 (7) | |||
| 7 | 18 | Tobias Angerer |  GER | 34:28.5 | 11:12.3 (=10) | 17:03.0 (5) | 28:28.3 (8) | |||
| 8 | 20 | Ivan Babikov |  CAN | 34:30.0 | 11:20.0 (14) | 17:18.7 (13) | 28:40.2 (11) | |||
| 9 | 24 | Maksim Vylegzhanin |  RUS | 34:31.6 | 11:22.0 (22) | 17:20.9 (16) | 28:38.7 (9) | |||
| 10 | 31 | Giorgio Di Centa | ITA | 34:36.2 | 11:12.1 (=8) | 17:13.5 (12) | 28:40.0 (10) | |||
| 11 | 19 | Johan Olsson | SWE | 34:39.3 | 11:12.1 (=8) | 17:08.2 (8) | 28:24.1 (5) | |||
| 12 | 6 | Toni Livers | SUI | 34:43.3 | 11:14.2 (12) | 17:08.9 (9) | 28:41.1 (12) | |||
| 13 | 1 | Ville Nousiainen |  FIN | 34:45.5 | 11:25.7 (27) | 17:24.5 (21) | 28:47.3 (14) | |||
| 14 | 2 | Aleksey Poltoranin |  KAZ | 34:50.5 | 11:28.0 (29) | 17:34.1 (32) | 28:54.3 (20) | |||
| =15 | 5 | Remo Fischer | SUI | 34:51.1 | 11:21.7 (20) | 17:23.6 (20) | 28:53.0 (18) | |||
| =15 | 28 | Aleksandr Legkov | RUS | 34:51.1 | 11:08.6 (6) | 17:09.8 (10) | 28:43.5 (13) | |||
| 17 | 17 | Curdin Perl | SUI | 34:51.8 | 11:22.5 (23) | 17:26.5 (25) | 28:55.9 (21) | |||
| 18 | 10 | Martin Koukal | CZE | 34:53.5 | 11:21.8 (21) | 17:25.6 (23) | 28:51.1 (17) | |||
| 19 | 21 | Valerio Checchi | ITA | 34:53.7 | 11:20.4 (15) | 17:24.7 (22) | 28:49.8 (15) | |||
| 20 | 4 | Emmanuel Jonnier | FRA | 34:55.1 | 11:18.4 (13) | 17:20.0 (14) | 28:50.5 (16) | |||
| 21 | 11 | Alex Harvey | CAN | 34:55.6 | 11:28.3 (30) | 17:26.0 (24) | 28:57.5 (23) | |||
| 22 | 23 | Daniel Rickardsson | SWE | 34:58.7 | 11:20.8 (18) | 17:20.5 (15) | 28:56.9 (22) | |||
| 23 | 9 | Martin Bajčičák |  SVK | 34:59.3 | 11:31.6 (=37) | 17:36.0 (37) | 28:53.1 (19) | |||
| 24 | 14 | Thomas Moriggl | ITA | 34:59.9 | 11:34.3 (44) | 17:35.2 (36) | 29:00.3 (24) | |||
| 25 | 3 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 35:01.2 | 11:32.7 (42) | 17:37.2 (38) | 29:02.5 (27) | |||
| 26 | 44 | Pyotr Sedov | RUS | 35:06.2 | 11:24.2 (25) | 17:30.7 (28) | 29:03.9 (28) | |||
| 27 | 37 | Teemu Kattilakoski | FIN | 35:06.8 | 11:23.5 (24) | 17:21.2 (17) | 29:02.2 (26) | |||
| 28 | 7 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen |  NOR | 35:10.5 | 11:28.5 (31) | 17:28.5 (26) | 29:12.2 (30) | |||
| =29 | 42 | George Grey | CAN | 35:13.0 | 11:34.1 (43) | 17:40.6 (42) | 29:14.5 (32) | |||
| =29 | 47 | Martin Jakš | CZE | 35:13.0 | 11:27.5 (28) | 17:29.9 (27) | 29:12.6 (31) | |||
| 31 | 22 | Sergey Shiryayev | RUS | 35:14.5 | 11:12.3 (=10) | 17:12.3 (11) | 29:00.7 (25) | |||
| 32 | 27 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 35:20.5 | 11:20.6 (=16) | 17:34.6 (33) | 29:07.8 (29) | |||
| 33 | 16 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | NOR | 35:26.3 | 11:31.9 (40) | 17:41.4 (43) | 29:21.9 (36) | |||
| 34 | 38 | Juha Lallukka | FIN | 35:28.8 | 11:31.6 (=37) | 17:32.5 (31) | 29:18.7 (34) | |||
| 35 | 8 | Siarhei Dalidovich |  BLR | 35:29.4 | 11:45.3 (56) | 18:04.3 (59) | 29:23.4 (38) | |||
| 36 | 29 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 35:31.3 | 11:29.3 (32) | 17:32.1 (30) | 29:20.1 (35) | |||
| 37 | 46 | Paul Pepene |  ROU | 35:33.7 | 11:29.8 (34) | 17:37.7 (39) | 29:25.6 (39) | |||
| 38 | 40 | Nikolay Chebotko | KAZ | 35:34.1 | 11:21.3 (19) | 17:23.5 (19) | 29:16.5 (33) | |||
| 39 | 32 | Matti Heikkinen | FIN | 35:37.1 | 11:37.4 (45) | 17:56.2 (52) | 29:41.7 (46) | |||
| 40 | 48 | Ivan Bátory | SVK | 35:38.1 | 11:24.3 (26) | 17:31.2 (29) | 29:23.0 (37) | |||
| 41 | 36 | Petter Northug | NOR | 35:39.5 | 11:20.6 (=16) | 17:21.5 (18) | 29:34.9 (42) | |||
| 42 | 12 | Ronny Hafsås | NOR | 35:41.8 | 11:40.8 (51) | 17:34.9 (35) | 29:29.6 (40) | |||
| 43 | 52 | Milan Šperl | CZE | 35:46.4 | 11:30.3 (35) | 17:34.7 (34) | 29:37.2 (44) | |||
| 44 | 30 | Axel Teichmann | GER | 35:47.0 | 11:45.1 (55) | 17:54.1 (50) | 29:42.9 (48) | |||
| 45 | 50 | Ben Sim |  AUS | 35:48.6 | 11:31.7 (39) | 17:40.0 (=40) | 29:34.3 (41) | |||
| 46 | 39 | Tom Reichelt | GER | 35:50.4 | 11:32.5 (41) | 17:40.0 (=40) | 29:42.2 (47) | |||
| 47 | 43 | Sergey Cherepanov | KAZ | 35:50.8 | 11:40.7 (50) | 17:52.4 (49) | 29:36.0 (43) | |||
| 48 | 51 | James Southam |  USA | 35:58.2 | 11:37.5 (46) | 17:49.0 (46) | 29:40.5 (45) | |||
| 49 | 45 | Nobu Naruse |  JPN | 36:01.6 | 11:40.6 (49) | 17:56.5 (55) | 29:47.6 (50) | |||
| 50 | 62 | Veselin Tsinzov |  BUL | 36:11.7 | 11:44.9 (54) | 17:54.4 (51) | 29:49.9 (51) | |||
| 51 | 41 | Aivar Rehemaa |  EST | 36:13.5 | 11:29.6 (33) | 17:50.9 (48) | 29:47.5 (49) | |||
| 52 | 64 | Gordon Jewett | CAN | 36:17.9 | 11:53.4 (60) | 18:04.2 (58) | 30:07.3 (53) | |||
| 53 | 56 | Vicenç Vilarrubla |  ESP | 36:22.7 | 12:03.4 (66) | 18:16.0 (61) | 30:09.3 (56) | |||
| 54 | 66 | Michal Malák | SVK | 36:22.8 | 11:44.0 (53) | 17:47.3 (44) | 30:08.7 (=54) | |||
| 55 | 60 | Andrew Musgrave |  GBR | 36:32.4 | 11:46.2 (57) | 18:03.8 (57) | 30:15.1 (57) | |||
| 56 | 53 | Yevgeny Velichko | KAZ | 36:33.0 | 11:51.2 (59) | 18:12.3 (60) | 30:20.4 (59) | |||
| 57 | 67 | Petrică Hogiu | ROU | 36:39.5 | 11:48.5 (58) | 18:02.9 (56) | 30:27.0 (60) | |||
| 58 | 59 | Garrott Kuzzy | USA | 36:41.5 | 11:43.7 (52) | 17:56.4 (=53) | 30:16.3 (58) | |||
| 59 | 15 | Kris Freeman | USA | 36:41.6 | 11:37.7 (=47) | 17:50.6 (47) | 29:57.5 (52) | |||
| 60 | 54 | Aliaksei Ivanou | BLR | 36:48.2 | 11:37.7 (=47) | 17:56.4 (=53) | 30:08.7 (=54) | |||
| 61 | 55 | Roman Leibiuk |  UKR | 36:49.7 | 11:54.3 (61) | 18:25.7 (64) | 30:36.2 (61) | |||
| 62 | 61 | Oleksandr Putsko | UKR | 37:09.8 | 12:09.0 (69) | 18:30.7 (66) | 30:47.4 (62) | |||
| 63 | 80 | Leanid Karneyenka | BLR | 37:29.2 | 11:54.4 (62) | 18:16.2 (62) | 31:02.9 (65) | |||
| 64 | 69 | Simi Hamilton | USA | 37:30.5 | 11:58.8 (63) | 18:28.9 (65) | 31:09.9 (66) | |||
| 65 | 57 | Diego Ruiz | ESP | 37:31.8 | 12:03.2 (=64) | 18:23.9 (63) | 30:53.6 (64) | |||
| 66 | 49 | Maciej Kreczmer |  POL | 37:38.0 | 11:31.4 (36) | 17:47.4 (45) | 30:51.5 (63) | |||
| 67 | 58 | Karel Tammjärv | EST | 37:38.4 | 12:08.9 (68) | 18:34.2 (69) | 31:16.8 (69) | |||
| 68 | 65 | Xu Wenlong |  CHN | 37:39.5 | 12:03.7 (67) | 18:33.7 (68) | 31:12.7 (67) | |||
| 69 | 63 | Javier Gutiérrez | ESP | 37:55.7 | 12:22.7 (73) | 18:42.5 (71) | 31:31.0 (71) | |||
| 70 | 76 | Sergey Mikayelyan |  ARM | 37:58.9 | 12:14.6 (70) | 18:37.0 (70) | 31:13.5 (68) | |||
| 71 | 68 | Aleksejus Novoselskis |  LTU | 38:01.6 | 12:03.2 (=64) | 18:31.9 (67) | 31:25.1 (70) | |||
| 72 | 74 | Jānis Paipals |  LAT | 38:18.0 | 12:21.9 (72) | 18:54.8 (73) | 31:49.4 (73) | |||
| 73 | 70 | Francesc Soulié |  AND | 38:36.0 | 12:19.0 (71) | 18:46.9 (72) | 31:48.8 (72) | |||
| 74 | 71 | Andrew Young | GBR | 38:45.1 | 12:29.8 (75) | 19:05.6 (75) | 32:08.3 (74) | |||
| 75 | 77 | Andrej Burić |  CRO | 38:51.0 | 12:25.0 (74) | 19:02.4 (74) | 32:11.2 (75) | |||
| 76 | 73 | Jonas Thor Olsen |  DEN | 39:01.8 | 12:48.6 (78) | 19:23.8 (77) | 32:18.0 (76) | |||
| 77 | 78 | Sabahattin Oğlago |  TUR | 39:03.0 | 12:41.3 (76) | 19:16.9 (76) | 32:23.8 (77) | |||
| 78 | 83 | Mladen Plakalović |  BIH | 39:41.4 | 12:46.5 (77) | 19:35.9 (78) | 32:50.2 (78) | |||
| 79 | 75 | Lee Jun-Gil |  KOR | 39:51.6 | 12:49.3 (=79) | 19:38.2 (79) | 33:12.6 (79) | |||
| 80 | 82 | Amar Garibović |  SRB | 40:12.0 | 12:49.3 (=79) | 19:58.7 (80) | 33:19.1 (80) | |||
| 81 | 84 | Zoltán Tagscherer |  HUN | 41:15.0 | 13:10.5 (81) | 20:18.4 (81) | 34:11.1 (81) | |||
| 82 | 85 | Carlos Lannes |  ARG | 41:34.9 | 13:21.5 (82) | 20:30.7 (85) | 34:23.3 (83) | |||
| 83 | 90 | Tashi Lundup |  IND | 41:36.8 | 13:24.3 (84) | 20:30.0 (83) | 34:16.9 (82) | |||
| 84 | 94 | Mehdi-Selim Khelifi |  ALG | 41:38.5 | 13:30.4 (86) | 20:28.7 (82) | 34:36.5 (84) | |||
| 85 | 79 | Darko Damjanovski |  MKD | 41:48.2 | 13:25.5 (85) | 20:36.2 (86) | 34:50.9 (85) | |||
| 86 | 87 | Sergiu Balan |  MDA | 42:12.1 | 13:23.6 (83) | 20:30.3 (84) | 34:58.3 (86) | |||
| 87 | 91 | Khürelbaataryn Khash-Erdene |  MGL | 42:27.4 | 13:44.8 (88) | 21:06.5 (88) | 35:17.5 (87) | |||
| 88 | 88 | Tucker Murphy |  BER | 42:39.1 | 13:54.1 (89) | 21:08.9 (89) | 35:26.6 (88) | |||
| 89 | 81 | Seyed Sattar Seyd |  IRI | 42:41.1 | 13:38.9 (87) | 20:44.0 (87) | 35:33.6 (89) | |||
| 90 | 89 | Leandro Ribela |  BRA | 43:36.2 | 14:02.1 (90) | 21:20.0 (90) | 36:21.0 (90) | |||
| 91 | 86 | PJ Barron |  IRL | 43:50.4 | 14:13.2 (91) | 21:50.5 (91) | 36:38.7 (91) | |||
| 92 | 93 | Dachhiri Sherpa |  NEP | 44:26.5 | 14:34.8 (92) | 21:57.9 (92) | 36:49.6 (92) | |||
| 93 | 96 | Robel Teklemariam |  ETH | 45:18.9 | 14:43.2 (93) | 22:17.0 (93) | 37:45.5 (93) | |||
| 94 | 92 | Roberto Carcelén |  PER | 45:53.6 | 15:04.2 (94) | 22:53.0 (94) | 38:23.3 (94) | |||
| 95 | 95 | Danny Silva |  POR | 49:31.4 | 16:15.8 (95) | 24:32.0 (95) | 41:19.7 (95) | |||
| DNS | 72 | Ben Koons |  NZL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |