50 kilometres Mass Start, Classical, Men
| Date | 28 February 2010 — 09:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler |
| Participants | 53 from 21 countries |
| Venue details | Course Length: 49,525 m Height Differential: 85 m Intermediate 1: 12.3 km Intermediate 2: 25.0 km Intermediate 3: 39.2 km Maximum Climb: 59 m Total Climbing: 1,745 m |
The race was held in a warm rain, with melting snow that made conditions very sticky and slow. It also served to keep the pack together and contributed to the closest mass finish ever in Olympic marathon racing. At various points throughout the race, Martin Johnsrud Sundby (NOR), Daniel Richardsson (SWE) and Aleksandr Legkov (RUS) tried to make breaks, but they were short-lived. With 5 kilometres to go there were still around 18 skiers in the leading group. With a kilometre to go, at least 15 skiers were together. Coming into the stadium, Germany’s Axel Teichmann took the lead going up the final hill. He led on the final turn in the stadium, 100 metres remaining, but barely over Norway’s Petter Northug and Switzerland’s Dario Cologna. Cologna tragically fell in the sprint, and would finish 10th. Northug caught Teichmann in the sprint and pulled away to win the gold medal. The top five places were separated only by 1.6 seconds. Northug’s victory was not unexpected, as he was the 2009 World Champion, although in freestyle, and was leading the 2009-10 World Cup competition. This gave him his second gold medal and fourth medal of the 2010 Winter Olympics. The true meaning of the Olympic spirit was evident when Francesc Soulie (AND) defeated Jonas Thor Olsen (DEN) by 0.1 second – they were actually racing for 47th and 48th places, the last two skiers to complete the course!
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | Int 3 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Petter Northug |  NOR | 2-05:35.5 | 31:47.6 (19) | 1-03:37.7 (15) | 1-38:12.7 (10) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 6 | Axel Teichmann |  GER | 2-05:35.8 | 31:49.6 (27) | 1-03:41.2 (23) | 1-38:25.0 (25) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 18 | Johan Olsson |  SWE | 2-05:36.5 | 31:41.6 (5) | 1-03:30.5 (3) | 1-38:12.9 (11) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 19 | Tobias Angerer | GER | 2-05:37.0 | 31:48.5 (23) | 1-03:38.0 (16) | 1-38:11.6 (5) | |||
| 5 | 28 | Devon Kershaw |  CAN | 2-05:37.1 | 31:49.5 (26) | 1-03:35.1 (9) | 1-38:11.6 (5) | |||
| 6 | 24 | Andrus Veerpalu |  EST | 2-05:41.6 | 31:51.9 (36) | 1-03:50.4 (37) | 1-38:12.3 (9) | |||
| 7 | 14 | Daniel Rickardsson | SWE | 2-05:45.2 | 31:45.8 (=12) | 1-03:30.2 (2) | 1-38:16.8 (17) | |||
| 8 | 12 | Maksim Vylegzhanin |  RUS | 2-05:46.4 | 31:45.8 (=12) | 1-03:34.2 (7) | 1-38:13.1 (12) | |||
| 9 | 29 | Anders Södergren | SWE | 2-05:47.1 | 31:38.5 (1) | 1-03:40.0 (21) | 1-38:19.2 (20) | |||
| 10 | 4 | Dario Cologna |  SUI | 2-05:47.5 | 31:50.8 (31) | 1-03:38.7 (19) | 1-38:10.8 (2) | |||
| 11 | 5 | Giorgio Di Centa |  ITA | 2-05:49.0 | 31:43.4 (7) | 1-03:41.8 (25) | 1-38:11.4 (4) | |||
| 12 | 3 | Lukáš Bauer |  CZE | 2-05:49.4 | 31:45.7 (11) | 1-03:36.3 (11) | 1-38:14.2 (16) | |||
| 13 | 10 | Vincent Vittoz |  FRA | 2-05:49.6 | 31:52.0 (=37) | 1-03:42.1 (26) | 1-38:19.5 (=21) | |||
| 14 | 8 | Aleksandr Legkov | RUS | 2-05:53.3 | 31:39.7 (3) | 1-03:31.4 (4) | 1-38:11.0 (3) | |||
| 15 | 20 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | NOR | 2-05:57.7 | 31:48.3 (21) | 1-03:27.3 (1) | 1-38:13.2 (13) | |||
| 16 | 13 | Jens Filbrich | GER | 2-06:07.8 | 31:46.4 (15) | 1-03:36.6 (12) | 1-38:12.1 (=7) | |||
| 17 | 38 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | NOR | 2-06:08.3 | 31:38.9 (2) | 1-03:33.0 (5) | 1-38:12.1 (=7) | |||
| 18 | 36 | George Grey | CAN | 2-06:18.1 | 31:45.0 (10) | 1-03:36.0 (10) | 1-38:19.5 (=21) | |||
| 19 | 9 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | FRA | 2-06:38.0 | 31:47.4 (=17) | 1-03:39.3 (20) | 1-38:10.2 (1) | |||
| 20 | 23 | Sami Jauhojärvi |  FIN | 2-06:43.2 | 31:47.4 (=17) | 1-03:43.3 (31) | 1-38:17.6 (19) | |||
| 21 | 7 | René Sommerfeldt | GER | 2-06:52.5 | 31:40.5 (4) | 1-03:34.8 (8) | 1-38:13.3 (14) | |||
| 22 | 2 | Marcus Hellner | SWE | 2-07:03.2 | 31:46.8 (16) | 1-03:37.6 (14) | 1-38:13.5 (15) | |||
| 23 | 27 | Jens Arne Svartedal | NOR | 2-07:32.5 | 31:43.9 (8) | 1-03:33.9 (6) | 1-38:16.9 (18) | |||
| 24 | 39 | Pyotr Sedov | RUS | 2-07:35.4 | 31:50.0 (28) | 1-03:40.8 (22) | 1-38:32.3 (26) | |||
| 25 | 26 | Siarhei Dalidovich |  BLR | 2-07:47.6 | 31:52.0 (=37) | 1-03:42.2 (27) | 1-38:20.5 (23) | |||
| 26 | 11 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | ITA | 2-08:21.6 | 31:48.2 (20) | 1-03:37.2 (13) | 1-38:52.1 (27) | |||
| 27 | 30 | Aleksey Poltoranin |  KAZ | 2-09:29.6 | 31:48.8 (24) | 1-03:38.6 (18) | 1-38:21.6 (24) | |||
| 28 | 44 | James Southam |  USA | 2-10:08.3 | 31:45.9 (14) | 1-03:42.3 (28) | 1-39:42.6 (29) | |||
| 29 | 33 | Jiří Magál | CZE | 2-10:22.7 | 31:50.9 (32) | 1-03:56.4 (38) | 1-39:39.4 (28) | |||
| 30 | 35 | Jaak Mae | EST | 2-10:41.3 | 31:53.5 (40) | 1-04:19.8 (40) | 1-41:01.9 (38) | |||
| 31 | 16 | Valerio Checchi | ITA | 2-10:49.7 | 31:42.4 (6) | 1-03:42.8 (30) | 1-40:07.3 (32) | |||
| 32 | 22 | Alex Harvey | CAN | 2-10:49.9 | 31:51.3 (33) | 1-03:46.4 (33) | 1-40:33.7 (37) | |||
| 33 | 17 | Ivan Babikov | CAN | 2-10:50.2 | 31:48.4 (22) | 1-03:49.1 (35) | 1-41:31.0 (39) | |||
| 34 | 34 | Aivar Rehemaa | EST | 2-10:57.6 | 31:50.3 (=29) | 1-03:44.0 (32) | 1-40:08.0 (33) | |||
| 35 | 40 | Nobu Naruse |  JPN | 2-10:59.2 | 31:54.1 (41) | 1-03:48.1 (34) | 1-40:09.9 (34) | |||
| 36 | 32 | Roland Clara | ITA | 2-11:00.8 | 31:49.1 (25) | 1-03:49.5 (36) | 1-40:06.4 (31) | |||
| 37 | 31 | Ville Nousiainen | FIN | 2-11:38.0 | 31:50.3 (=29) | 1-03:38.5 (17) | 1-40:05.8 (30) | |||
| 38 | 55 | Cyril Miranda | FRA | 2-11:56.9 | 31:44.0 (9) | 1-03:41.4 (24) | 1-40:11.0 (35) | |||
| 39 | 45 | Yevgeny Velichko | KAZ | 2-13:01.5 | 31:51.4 (34) | 1-03:42.5 (29) | 1-40:12.1 (36) | |||
| 40 | 48 | Vicenç Vilarrubla |  ESP | 2-13:33.8 | 31:51.7 (35) | 1-04:53.1 (41) | 1-42:59.5 (41) | |||
| 41 | 50 | Algo Kärp | EST | 2-13:49.6 | 31:57.8 (45) | 1-05:17.5 (42) | 1-42:58.8 (40) | |||
| 42 | 47 | Roman Leibiuk |  UKR | 2-15:19.9 | 32:06.9 (46) | 1-05:53.4 (44) | 1-43:42.4 (42) | |||
| 43 | 42 | Lari Lehtonen | FIN | 2-16:26.2 | 31:56.2 (43) | 1-05:42.2 (43) | 1-44:13.0 (43) | |||
| 44 | 49 | Diego Ruiz | ESP | 2-17:49.8 | 31:56.6 (44) | 1-05:56.3 (45) | 1-45:21.6 (44) | |||
| 45 | 46 | Aliaksei Ivanou | BLR | 2-17:59.2 | 33:15.9 (49) | 1-08:13.6 (46) | 1-46:43.6 (45) | |||
| 46 | 53 | Ben Koons |  NZL | 2-21:53.9 | 34:03.6 (50) | 1-09:54.4 (47) | 1-50:17.3 (46) | |||
| 47 | 52 | Francesc Soulié |  AND | 2-25:00.8 | 34:04.6 (51) | 1-10:34.4 (48) | 1-51:26.9 (47) | |||
| 48 | 54 | Jonas Thor Olsen |  DEN | 2-25:00.9 | 34:51.5 (52) | 1-11:06.6 (49) | 1-52:22.9 (48) | |||
| AC | 25 | Martin Bajčičák |  SVK | – | 31:53.2 (39) | 1-03:58.7 (39) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 15 | Sergey Shiryayev | RUS | – | 32:08.9 (47) | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 21 | Kris Freeman | USA | – | 31:54.2 (42) | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 43 | Ivan Bátory | SVK | – | 32:32.7 (48) | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| AC | 51 | Javier Gutiérrez | ESP | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| DNS | 37 | Sergey Cherepanov | KAZ | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | |||
| DNS | 41 | Paul Pepene |  ROU | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |