30 kilometres Skiathlon, Men
| Date | 20 February 2010 — 13:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler |
| Participants | 64 from 26 countries |
| Details | Course Length: 15,580 m / 15,360 m Height Differential: 71 m / 40 m Maximum Climb: 59 m / 33 m Total Climbing: 552 m / 516 m |
As in 2006, this event was no longer truly a pursuit. The competitors skied 15 km using the classical technique, followed by a pit stop to change to shorter skis, and then skied 15 km freestyle. The 2009 World Champion was Petter Northug of Norway, who was leading the World Cup in 2009-10 and would star in Vancouver with four medals and two golds, but he had wax problems in this race, would break a pole, and finished only 11th. The leader at the pit stop was Lukáš Bauer of the Czech Republic, somewhat of a classical specialist, with Switzerland’s Dario Cologna, already the winner of the 15 km in Vancouver, in second, and Sweden’s Johan Olsson in third. In the freestyle, Olsson quickly moved into the lead, but he was gradually caught and passed on the final hill by his teammate Marcus Hellner, and then by Tobias Angerer (GER) on the run in to the home straight. Hellner held a comfortable lead as he entered the finishing straight and finished in a time of 1-15:11.4 to win the gold medal, 2.1 seconds ahead of Angerer. Olsson held on to take the bronze medal, defeating a fast finishing Aleksandr Legkov (RUS) by 1.2 seconds.
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Classical (Pos) | Pit Stop (Pos) | Freestyle (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Marcus Hellner |  SWE | 1-15:11.4 | 39:43.5 (11) | 22.6 (4) | 35:05.3 (2) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 17 | Tobias Angerer |  GER | 1-15:13.5 | 39:40.9 (6) | 26.0 (37) | 35:06.6 (3) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 16 | Johan Olsson | SWE | 1-15:14.2 | 39:39.9 (3) | 24.8 (=16) | 35:09.5 (5) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 8 | Aleksandr Legkov |  RUS | 1-15:15.4 | 39:40.2 (4) | 26.3 (39) | 35:08.9 (4) | |||
| 5 | 15 | Ivan Babikov |  CAN | 1-15:20.5 | 40:08.9 (25) | 22.1 (2) | 34:49.5 (1) | |||
| 6 | 13 | Jens Filbrich | GER | 1-15:25.0 | 39:41.3 (7) | 24.8 (=16) | 35:18.9 (6) | |||
| 7 | 3 | Lukáš Bauer |  CZE | 1-15:25.2 | 39:39.0 (1) | 25.9 (=35) | 35:20.3 (7) | |||
| 8 | 41 | George Grey | CAN | 1-15:32.0 | 39:41.5 (8) | 25.0 (=18) | 35:25.5 (8) | |||
| 9 | 24 | Alex Harvey | CAN | 1-15:43.0 | 39:44.1 (12) | 22.8 (5) | 35:36.1 (10) | |||
| 10 | 34 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 1-15:47.0 | 39:48.3 (18) | 23.5 (8) | 35:35.2 (9) | |||
| 11 | 1 | Petter Northug |  NOR | 1-15:53.1 | 39:45.0 (13) | 22.5 (3) | 35:45.6 (11) | |||
| 12 | 6 | Giorgio Di Centa |  ITA | 1-16:05.1 | 39:40.6 (5) | 26.2 (38) | 35:58.3 (12) | |||
| 13 | 4 | Dario Cologna |  SUI | 1-16:12.2 | 39:39.4 (2) | 25.5 (=27) | 36:07.3 (13) | |||
| 14 | 11 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | ITA | 1-16:19.9 | 39:49.3 (20) | 21.6 (1) | 36:09.0 (14) | |||
| 15 | 10 | Vincent Vittoz |  FRA | 1-16:23.4 | 39:45.9 (14) | 26.8 (43) | 36:10.7 (15) | |||
| 16 | 31 | Devon Kershaw | CAN | 1-16:23.6 | 39:46.3 (15) | 22.9 (6) | 36:14.4 (16) | |||
| 17 | 12 | Maksim Vylegzhanin | RUS | 1-17:04.2 | 39:42.3 (9) | 27.7 (=45) | 36:54.2 (20) | |||
| 18 | 20 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | NOR | 1-17:04.5 | 39:48.8 (19) | 25.7 (33) | 36:50.0 (19) | |||
| 19 | 30 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | NOR | 1-17:04.5 | 40:23.4 (28) | 24.3 (14) | 36:16.8 (17) | |||
| 20 | 18 | Curdin Perl | SUI | 1-17:05.0 | 39:46.8 (16) | 23.8 (=12) | 36:54.4 (21) | |||
| 21 | 7 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 1-17:11.9 | 39:49.9 (21) | 25.6 (32) | 36:56.4 (22) | |||
| 22 | 32 | Toni Livers | SUI | 1-17:26.0 | 39:50.6 (22) | 25.5 (=27) | 37:09.9 (24) | |||
| 23 | 14 | Daniel Rickardsson | SWE | 1-17:34.0 | 39:47.6 (17) | 25.3 (=23) | 37:21.1 (26) | |||
| 24 | 22 | Thomas Moriggl | ITA | 1-17:40.9 | 40:11.3 (26) | 23.3 (7) | 37:06.3 (23) | |||
| 25 | 27 | Martin Bajčičák |  SVK | 1-17:58.1 | 40:03.4 (24) | 29.6 (54) | 37:25.1 (27) | |||
| 26 | 23 | Maurice Manificat | FRA | 1-17:58.2 | 41:12.3 (31) | 26.5 (=41) | 36:19.4 (18) | |||
| 27 | 46 | Martin Jakš | CZE | 1-17:58.2 | 40:01.5 (23) | 23.6 (=9) | 37:33.1 (28) | |||
| 28 | 50 | Yevgeny Velichko |  KAZ | 1-18:00.2 | 40:23.0 (27) | 25.2 (22) | 37:12.0 (25) | |||
| 29 | 45 | Paul Pepene |  ROU | 1-19:34.1 | 41:30.3 (35) | 25.1 (=20) | 37:38.7 (29) | |||
| 30 | 9 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 1-19:48.1 | 39:42.8 (10) | 27.5 (44) | 39:37.8 (44) | |||
| 31 | 53 | Vicenç Vilarrubla |  ESP | 1-19:48.2 | 41:28.8 (33) | 23.6 (=9) | 37:55.8 (31) | |||
| 32 | 36 | Nikolay Pankratov | RUS | 1-19:48.9 | 40:32.8 (29) | 25.0 (=18) | 38:51.1 (35) | |||
| 33 | 47 | Lari Lehtonen |  FIN | 1-20:34.5 | 41:28.5 (32) | 25.1 (=20) | 38:40.9 (33) | |||
| 34 | 49 | James Southam |  USA | 1-20:46.2 | 41:29.5 (34) | 29.0 (=49) | 38:47.7 (34) | |||
| 35 | 37 | Tom Reichelt | GER | 1-21:13.2 | 42:29.0 (45) | 25.5 (=27) | 38:18.7 (32) | |||
| 36 | 28 | Eldar Rønning | NOR | 1-21:14.1 | 41:31.2 (36) | 25.9 (=35) | 39:17.0 (40) | |||
| 37 | 40 | Aivar Rehemaa |  EST | 1-21:15.8 | 41:48.1 (39) | 26.4 (40) | 39:01.3 (37) | |||
| 38 | 38 | Jiří Magál | CZE | 1-21:39.0 | 41:45.4 (37) | 26.5 (=41) | 39:27.1 (42) | |||
| 39 | 44 | Nobu Naruse |  JPN | 1-22:11.1 | 43:54.7 (51) | 24.7 (15) | 37:51.7 (30) | |||
| 40 | 59 | Javier Gutiérrez | ESP | 1-22:20.4 | 42:28.1 (=43) | 25.4 (26) | 39:26.9 (41) | |||
| 41 | 52 | Roman Leibiuk |  UKR | 1-22:32.0 | 42:26.0 (40) | 29.8 (55) | 39:36.2 (43) | |||
| 42 | 56 | Kaspar Kokk | EST | 1-22:40.3 | 42:27.1 (41) | 29.4 (=52) | 39:43.8 (46) | |||
| 43 | 19 | Sergey Novikov | RUS | 1-22:44.3 | 41:47.3 (38) | 27.7 (=45) | 40:29.3 (51) | |||
| 44 | 33 | Remo Fischer | SUI | 1-22:52.1 | 42:28.1 (=43) | 25.5 (=27) | 39:58.5 (49) | |||
| 45 | 21 | Kris Freeman | USA | 1-23:02.6 | 43:17.1 (48) | 29.4 (=52) | 39:16.1 (39) | |||
| 46 | 54 | Karel Tammjärv | EST | 1-23:02.9 | 42:54.1 (46) | 23.8 (=12) | 39:45.0 (47) | |||
| 47 | 48 | Ben Sim |  AUS | 1-23:25.8 | 43:16.4 (47) | 23.7 (11) | 39:45.7 (48) | |||
| 48 | 51 | Aliaksei Ivanou |  BLR | 1-23:37.7 | 44:15.2 (53) | 25.5 (=27) | 38:57.0 (36) | |||
| 49 | 42 | Sergey Cherepanov | KAZ | 1-23:43.7 | 42:27.8 (42) | 29.0 (=49) | 40:46.9 (53) | |||
| 50 | 43 | Robin Duvillard | FRA | 1-23:57.6 | 43:53.8 (50) | 25.8 (34) | 39:38.0 (45) | |||
| 51 | 55 | Andrew Musgrave |  GBR | 1-24:07.9 | 44:28.6 (54) | 31.9 (56) | 39:07.4 (38) | |||
| 52 | 57 | Oleksandr Putsko | UKR | 1-24:47.1 | 44:09.3 (52) | 28.6 (48) | 40:09.2 (50) | |||
| 53 | 39 | David Hofer | ITA | 1-25:02.6 | 43:53.5 (49) | 25.3 (=23) | 40:43.8 (52) | |||
| 64 | Jānis Paipals |  LAT | – | 46:30.9 (55) | 29.0 (=49) | – (–) | lapped | |||
| 63 | Jonas Thor Olsen |  DEN | – | 46:32.0 (56) | 27.7 (=45) | – (–) | lapped | |||
| 62 | Ben Koons |  NZL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | lapped | |||
| 35 | Ville Nousiainen | FIN | – | 41:07.8 (30) | 25.3 (25) | – (–) | ||||
| 61 | Francesc Soulié |  AND | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 29 | Siarhei Dalidovich | BLR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 58 | Veselin Tsinzov |  BUL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 26 | Martin Koukal | CZE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 5 | Matti Heikkinen | FIN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 25 | Sami Jauhojärvi | FIN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 60 | Petrică Hogiu | ROU | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |