Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle


The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST.
Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu is both the two-time defending Olympic and World champion in this event, though all three were held in the classical event. Norway's Lars Berger won the 2007 world championships when it was in freestyle. The final World Cup event in men's 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa.
Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
33Dario Cologna33:36.3+0.00
25Pietro Piller Cottrer34:00.9+24.6
34Lukáš Bauer34:12.0+35.7
35Marcus Hellner34:13.5+37.2
26Vincent Vittoz34:16.2+39.9
13Maurice Manificat34:27.4+51.1
18Tobias Angerer34:28.5+52.2
20Ivan Babikov34:30.0+53.7
24Maxim Vylegzhanin34:31.6+55.3
1031Giorgio Di Centa34:36.2+59.9
1119Johan Olsson34:39.3+1:03.0
126Toni Livers34:43.3+1:07.0
131Ville Nousiainen34:45.5+1:09.2
142Alexey Poltaranin34:50.5+1:14.2
155Remo Fischer34:51.1+1:14.8
1528Dmitry Sidorov34:51.1+1:14.8
1717Curdin Perl34:51.8+1:15.5
1810Martin Koukal34:53.5+1:17.2
1921Valeri34:53.7+1:17.4
204Emmanuel Jonnier34:55.1+1:18.8
2111Alex Harvey34:55.6+1:19.3
2223Daniel Richardsson34:58.7+1:22.4
239Martin Bajčičák34:59.3+1:23.0
2414Thomas Moriggl34:59.9+1:23.6
253Anders Södergren35:01.2+1:24.9
2644Petr Sedov35:06.2+1:29.9
2737Teemu Kattilakoski35:06.8+1:30.5
287Tord Asle Gjerdalen35:10.5+1:34.2
2942George Grey35:13.0+1:36.7
2947Martin Jakš35:13.0+1:36.7
3122Sergey Shiryayev35:14.5+1:38.2
3227Jean-Marc Gaillard35:20.5+1:44.2
3316Martin Johnsrud Sundby35:26.3+1:50.0
3438Juha Lallukka35:28.8+1:52.5
358Sergei Dolidovich35:29.4+1:53.1
3629René Sommerfeldt35:31.3+1:55.0
3746Paul Constantin Pepene35:33.7+1:57.4
3840Nikolay Chebotko35:34.1+1:57.8
3932Matti Heikkinen35:37.1+2:00.8
4048Ivan Batory35:38.1+2:01.8
4136Petter Northug35:39.5+2:03.2
4212Ronny Hafsås35:41.8+2:05.5
4352Milan Šperl35:46.4+2:10.1
4430Axel Teichmann35:47.0+2:10.7
4550Ben Sim35:48.6+2:12.3
4639Tom Reichelt35:50.4+2:14.1
4743Sergey Cherepanov35:50.8+2:14.5
4851James Southam35:58.2+2:21.9
4945Nobu Naruse36:01.6+2:25.3
5062Veselin Tzinzov36:11.7+2:35.4
5141Aivar Rehemaa36:13.5+2:37.2
5264Gordon Jewett36:17.9+2:41.6
5356Vicenc Vilarrubla36:22.7+2:46.4
5466Michal Malak36:22.8+2:46.5
5560Andrew Musgrave36:32.4+2:56.1
5653Yevgeniy Velichko36:33.0+2:56.7
5767Petrica Hogiu36:39.5+3:03.2
5859Garrott Kuzzy36:41.5+3:05.2
5915Kris Freeman36:41.6+3:05.3
6054Aliaksei Ivanou36:48.2+3:11.9
6155Roman Leybyuk36:49.7+3:13.4
6261Olexandr Putsko37:09.8+3:33.5
6380Leanid Karneyenka37:29.2+3:52.9
6469Simi Hamilton37:30.5+3:54.2
6557Diego Ruiz37:31.8+3:55.5
6649Maciej Kreczmer37:38.0+4:01.7
6758Karel Tammjärv37:38.4+4:02.1
6865Xu Wenlong37:39.5+4:03.2
6963Javier Gutierrez37:55.7+4:19.4
7076Sergey Mikayelyan37:58.9+4:22.6
7168Aleksei Novoselski38:01.6+4:25.3
7274Janis Paipals38:18.0+4:41.7
7370Francesc Soulie38:36.0+4:59.7
7471Andrew Young38:45.1+5:08.8
7577Andrej Burić38:51.0+5:14.7
7673Jonas Thor Olsen39:01.8+5:25.5
7778Sebahattin Oğlago39:03.0+5:26.7
7883Mladen Plakalović39:41.4+6:05.1
7975Lee Jun Gil39:51.6+6:15.3
8082Amar Garibović40:12.0+6:35.7
8184Zoltán Tagscherer41:15.0+7:38.7
8285Carlos Lannes41:34.9+7:58.6
8390Tashi Lundup41:36.8+8:00.5
8494Mehdi-Selim Khelifi41:38.5+8:02.2
8579Darko Damjanovski41:48.2+8:11.9
8687Sergiu Balan42:12.1+8:35.8
8791Khash-Erdene Khurelbataar42:27.4+8:51.1
8888Tucker Murphy42:39.1+9:02.8
8981Sattar Seid42:41.1+9:04.8
9089Leandro Ribela43:36.2+9:59.9
9186Peter-James Barron43:50.4+10:14.1
9293Dachhiri Sherpa44:26.5+10:50.2
9396Robel Teklemariam45:18.9+11:42.6
9492Roberto Carcelen45:53.6+12:17.3
9595Danny Silva49:31.4+15:55.1
72Benjamin Koons