The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.

Medal summary

Medal table

Medalists 20 km Free – visually impaired Brian McKeeverGuide: Robin McKeever Nikolay PolukhinGuide: Andrey Tokarev Vasili ShaptsiaboiGuide: Mikalai Shablouski15 km – Sitting Irek Zaripov Roman Petushkov Enzo Masiello20 km Free – Standing Kirill Mikhaylov Nils-Erik Ulset Vladimir Kononov

Visually impaired In the cross-country skiing 20 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.Visually impaired skiers put fate in guide's hands, thestar.com, March 13, 2010

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 7 Brian McKeeverGuide: Robin McKeever 51:14.7 11 Nikolay PolukhinGuide: Andrey Tokarev 51:55.6 +40.9 14 Vasili ShaptsiaboiGuide: Mikalai Shablouski 52:22.5 +1:07.8 4 Wilhelm BremGuide: Florian Grimm 52:28.9 +1:14.2 12 Frank HöfleGuide: Johannes Wachlin 52:38.8 +1:24.1 5 Thomas ClarionGuide: Stephane Passeron 52:39.8 +1:25.1 9 Oleg MuntsGuide: Borys Babar 53:03.8 +1:49.1 6 Helge FloGuide: Thomas Losnegard 54:22.7 +3:08.0 10 Hak-Su ImGuide: Yoon-Bae Park 55:53.6 +4:28.9 10 13 Valery KupchinskiyGuide: Viacheslav Dubov 57:03.8 +5:49.1 11 8 Zebastian ModinGuide: Albin Ackerot 58:30.8 +7:16.1 12 1 Rudolf KlemettiGuide: Lasse Torpo 1:02:35.6 +11:20.9 13 3 Alexei NovikovGuide: Jamie Stirling 1:08:47.6 +17:32.9 2 Hakan Axelsson

Sitting (15 km)

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 22 Irek Zaripov 41:01.1 25 Roman Petushkov 41:11.1 +10.0 24 Enzo Masiello 41:54.9 +43.8 21 Trygve Toskedal Larsen 42:17.3 +1:16.2 23 Iurii Kostiuk 42:17.7 +1:16.6 26 Aliaksandr Davidovich 42:43.1 +1:42.0 19 Kozo Kubo 42:55.5 +1:54.4 20 Chris Klebl 43:13.7 +2:12.6 28 Sean Halsted 43:25.6 +2:24.5 10 27 Andy Soule 43:32.8 +2:31.7 11 30 Dzmitry Loban 43:53.5 +2:52.4 12 29 Romain Rosique 43:56.6 +2:55.5 13 3 Sergey Shilov 44:15.5 +3:14.4 14 18 Fu Chunshan 44:19.1 +3:18.0 15 7 Yauheni Lukyanenka 44:22.0 +3:20.9 16 1 Vladimir Gajdiciar 44:39.0 +3:37.9 17 17 Dominic Monypenny 44:55.7 +3:54.6 18 13 Alain Marguerettaz 44:55.8 +3:54.7 19 2 Ivan Goncharov 45:19.2 +4:18.1 20 31 Kamil Rosiek 45:21.2 +4:20.1 21 10 Robert Wator 45:25.9 +4:24.8 22 4 Barys Pronka 45:57.7 +4:56.6 23 15 Roland Rüpp 46:08.7 +5:07.6 24 11 Georges Bettega 46:16.7 +5:15.6 25 14 Per Fagerhoi 46:23.0 +5:21.9 26 12 Greg Mallory 46:30.6 +5:29.5 27 8 Lou Gibson 47:53.8 +6:52.7 28 5 Fabrizio Bove 49:15.2 +8:14.1 29 16 Sebastien Fortier 51:33.6 +10:32.5 6 Manfred Lehner DNF 9 Thierry Raoux DNS

Standing Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference 20 Kirill Mikhaylov 52:07.7 7 Nils-Erik Ulset 53:34.1 +1:26.4 6 Vladimir Kononov 53:53.4 +1:45.7 18 Siarhei Silchanka 54:51.6 +2:43.9 2 Rushan Minnegulov 54:59.8 +2:52.1 17 Michael Kurz 55:06.8 +2:59.1 5 Du Haitao 55:29.9 +3:22.2 16 Vegard Dahle 55:42.9 +3:35.2 11 Yannick Bourseaux 55:55.7 +3:48.0 10 1 Thomas Oelsner 58:02.6 +5:54.9 11 19 Ilkka Tuomisto 58:29.6 +6:21.9 12 15 Tino Uhlig 59:00.8 +6:53.1 13 12 Zou Dexin 59:37.4 +7:29.7 14 10 Oleh Leshchyshyn 59:44.9 +7:37.2 15 21 Grygorii Vovchynskyi 59:50.6 +7:42.9 16 8 Cheng Shishuai 59:52.1 +7:44.4 17 4 Keiichi Sato 1:01:34.5 +9:26.8 18 9 James Millar 1:02:33.5 +10:25.8 19 22 Svein Lilleberg 1:06:33.0 +14:25.3 3 Tyler Mosher 14 Alfis Makamedinov 13 Mark Arendz

References Official Results Book – Cross-Country Skiing – March 14 to 21 , Vancouver 2010

External links 2010 Winter Paralympics schedule and results , at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver