Cross country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Whistler Olympic Park
Dates 15–28 February 2010
Competitors 292 from 55 nations
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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 km     women
15 km   men   women
30 km   men   women
50 km   men  
4 x 5 km relay     women
4 x 10 km relay   men  
Sprint
Individual   men   women
Team   men   women

The cross-country skiing competition of the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver were held at Whistler Olympic Park. The events were held between 15 and 28 February 2010.

Contents

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Norway (NOR) 5 2 2 9
2  Sweden (SWE) 3 2 2 7
3  Germany (GER) 1 4 0 5
4  Russia (RUS) 1 1 2 4
5  Poland (POL) 1 1 1 3
6  Switzerland (SUI) 1 0 0 1
7  Estonia (EST) 0 1 0 1
7  Italy (ITA) 0 1 0 1
9  Czech Republic (CZE) 0 0 2 2
9  Finland (FIN) 0 0 2 2
11  Slovenia (SLO) 0 0 1 1
Total 12 12 12 36

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 kilometre freestyle
details
 Dario Cologna
Switzerland (SUI)
33:36.3  Pietro Piller Cottrer
Italy (ITA)
34:00.9  Lukáš Bauer
Czech Republic (CZE)
34:12.0
30 kilometre pursuit
details
 Marcus Hellner
Sweden (SWE)
1:15:11.4  Tobias Angerer
Germany (GER)
1:15:13.5  Johan Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
1:15:14.2
50 kilometre classical
details
 Petter Northug
Norway (NOR)
2:05:35.5  Axel Teichmann
Germany (GER)
2:05:35.8  Johan Olsson
Sweden (SWE)
2:05:36.5
4 x 10 kilometre relay
details
 Sweden (SWE)
Daniel Richardsson
Johan Olsson
Anders Södergren
Marcus Hellner
1:45:05.4  Norway (NOR)
Martin Johnsrud Sundby
Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset
Lars Berger
Petter Northug
1:45:21.3  Czech Republic (CZE)
Martin Jakš
Lukáš Bauer
Jiří Magál
Martin Koukal
1:45:21.9
Sprint
details
 Nikita Kriukov
Russia (RUS)
3:36.3  Alexander Panzhinskiy
Russia (RUS)
3:36.3  Petter Northug
Norway (NOR)
3:45.5
Team sprint
details
 Norway (NOR)
Øystein Pettersen
Petter Northug
19:01.0  Germany (GER)
Tim Tscharnke
Axel Teichmann
19:02.3  Russia (RUS)
Nikolay Morilov
Alexey Petukhov
19:02.5

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
10 kilometre freestyle
details
 Charlotte Kalla
Sweden (SWE)
24:58.4  Kristina Šmigun-Vähi
Estonia (EST)
25:05.0  Marit Bjørgen
Norway (NOR)
25:14.3
15 kilometre pursuit
details
 Marit Bjørgen
Norway (NOR)
39:58.1  Anna Haag
Sweden (SWE)
40:07.0  Justyna Kowalczyk
Poland (POL)
40:07.4
30 kilometre classical
details
 Justyna Kowalczyk
Poland (POL)
1:30:33.7  Marit Bjørgen
Norway (NOR)
1:30:34.0  Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
Finland (FIN)
1:31:38.7
4 x 5 kilometre relay
details
 Norway (NOR)
Vibeke Skofterud
Therese Johaug
Kristin Størmer Steira
Marit Bjørgen
55:19.5  Germany (GER)
Katrin Zeller
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Miriam Gössner
Claudia Nystad
55:44.1  Finland (FIN)
Pirjo Muranen
Virpi Kuitunen
Riitta-Liisa Roponen
Aino-Kaisa Saarinen
55:49.9
Sprint
details
 Marit Bjørgen
Norway (NOR)
3:39.2  Justyna Kowalczyk
Poland (POL)
3:40.3  Petra Majdič
Slovenia (SLO)
3:41.0
Team sprint
details
 Germany (GER)
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle
Claudia Nystad
18:03.7  Sweden (SWE)
Charlotte Kalla
Anna Haag
18:04.2  Russia (RUS)
Irina Khazova
Natalya Korostelyova
18:07.7

Competition schedule

All times are Pacific Standard Time (UTC-8).

Day Date Start Finish Event
Day 4 Monday 15 February 10:00 11:15 10 km individual free women
12:30 14:00 15 km individual free men
Day 6 Wednesday 17 February 10:15 11:00 Individual sprint classic men/women
12:30 14:00
Day 8 Friday 19 February 13:00 13:50 15 km pursuit women
Day 9 Saturday 20 February 13:30 15:00 30 km pursuit men
Day 11 Monday 22 February 10:45 12:15 Team sprint free men/women
13:00 13:45
Day 13 Wednesday 24 February 11:15 13:10 4 x 10 km relay men
Day 14 Thursday 25 February 11:00 12:05 4 x 5 km relay women
Day 16 Saturday 27 February 11:45 13:45 30 km mass start classic women
Day 17 Sunday 28 February 9:30 12:15 50 km mass start classic men

Qualification

Across the twelve cross-country skiing events, a maximum of 310 athletes are allowed to compete. No nation can have more than 20 skiers competing, with an additional limit of 12 men or 12 women per specific nation. For each event, a nation can enter four skiers in individual events and one team in relay races.

"A" Competitors with less than 100 distance FIS points will be allowed to compete in any event. Competitors with less than 120 sprint FIS points will be allowed to compete in sprint events only.

"B" Countries that do not have a skier that meets the "A" Qualification standard have the right to enter one male and one female skier in either the sprint or the 10 km (women)/ 15 km (men) on condition that the skiers competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 and have a maximum of 300 FIS points in the event concerned.

A basic quota of one man and one woman was assigned to all nations competing. Each nation with a skier in the top 300 of the distance or sprint FIS points lists was allocated one additional quota place. For top 30 in the 2009-10 Cross-Country Skiing World Cup extra quota places were allocated separately for both genders, nations with two or more skiers in the top 30 earning two more skiers and nations with one skier in the top 30 earning one extra place. The remaining quotas were allocated to countries based on the FIS point allocation list. Once a nation reached the maximum of 20 slots it became ineligible to earn any more slots. Quota places not used up by the National Olympic Committees were returned to the pool and reallocated. This process started on 18 January 2010 and ran until 28 January 2010.

Participating nations

55 will participate, with number of athletes in parenthesis.

See also

References