The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.
Seventy-two skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitors advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skier each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.
Results Q — qualified for next round
Qualifying 72 competitors started the qualification race.
Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit Note 9 Håvard Bjerkeli 02:50.07 – Q 14 Cristian Zorzi 02:50.34 +0.27 Q 24 Janusz Krężelok 02:50.67 +0.60 Q 5 Trond Iversen 02:51.09 +1.02 Q 15 Peter Schlickenrieder 02:51.12 +1.05 Q 2 Tor Arne Hetland 02:51.19 +1.12 Q 1 Silvio Fauner 02:51.51 +1.44 Q 12 Martin Koukal 02:52.09 +2.02 Q 16 Björn Lind 02:52.17 +2.10 Q 10 13 Tobias Angerer 02:52.31 +2.24 Q 11 10 Freddy Schwienbacher 02:53.03 +2.96 Q 12 4 Trond Einar Elden 02:53.31 +3.24 Q 13 28 Matej Soklič 02:53.42 +3.35 Q 14 11 Peter Larsson 02:53.55 +3.48 Q 15 6 Markus Hasler 02:53.74 +3.67 Q 16 62 Hannu Manninen 02:53.67 +3.80 Q 17 58 Sergey Novikov 02:54.35 +4.28 18 3 Thobias Fredriksson 02:54.45 +4.38 19 30 Christoph Eigenmann 02:54.76 +4.69 20 17 René Sommerfeldt 02:54.87 +4.80 21 7 Ari Palolahti 02:55.28 +5.21 22 22 Sami Repo 02:55.47 +5.40 23 26 Stephan Kunz 02:55.91 +5.84 24 33 Reinhard Neuner 02:56.20 +6.13 25 23 Jörgen Brink 02:56.84 +6.77 26 18 Keijo Kurttila 02:56.91 +6.84 27 40 Roman Virolainen 02:57.48 +7.41 28 21 Fulvio Valbusa 02:57.60 +7.53 29 19 Vasily Rochev 02:57.76 +7.69 30 32 Carl Swenson 02:58.56 +8.49 31 20 Vitaly Denisov 02:59.21 +9.14 32 31 Dmitri Tichkine 02:59.40 +9.33 33 57 Indrek Tobreluts 03:00.02 +9.95 34 46 Nikolay Chebotko 03:00.31 +10.24 35 29 Pavo Raudsepp 03:01.04 +10.97 36 34 Torin Koos 03:01.32 +11.25 37 42 Lars Flora 03:01.41 +11.34 38 35 Daichi Azegami 03:01.47 +11.40 39 27 Priit Narusk 03:01.75 +11.68 40 47 Zoltan Tagscherer 03:01.90 +11.83 41 38 Lefteris Fafalis 03:01.98 +11.91 42 41 Kris Freeman 03:02.68 +12.61 43 60 Denis Krivushkin 03:02.73 +12.66 44 44 Donald Farley 03:03.02 +12.95 45 36 Roman Leybyuk 03:03.21 +13.14 46 43 Zsolt Antal 03:05.24 +15.17 47 37 Masaaki Kozu 03:05.90 +15.83 = 53 Damir Jurcevic 03:05.90 +15.83 49 64 Imre Tagscherer 03:05.98 +15.91 50 45 Vladimir Bortsov 03:06.03 +15.96 51 59 Maxim Odnodvortsev 03:06.83 +16.76 52 54 Dawei Han 03:07.00 +16.93 53 61 Vladislavas Zybailo 03:07.25 +17.18 = 52 Vadim Gusev 03:07.25 +17.18 55 39 Alexij Tregobov 03:08.05 +17.98 56 48 Denis Vorobiev 03:08.79 +18.72 57 63 Sin Doo-Sun 03:11.89 +21.82 58 50 Aleksandr Schalak 03:13.63 +23.56 59 51 Slavtscho Batinkov 03:14.21 +24.14 60 55 Mátyás Holló 03:15.11 +25.04 61 65 Sabahattin Oglago 03:18.24 +28.17 62 56 Ivan Bariakov 03:18.97 +28.90 63 49 Aram Hajiyan 03:24.89 +34.82 64 66 Gokio Dineski 03:29.29 +39.22 65 67 Philip Boit 03:51.49 +1:01.42 66 68 Isaac Menyoli 04:10.07 +1:20.00 67 71 Prawat Nagvajara 04:14.55 +1:24.48 68 69 Arturo Kinch 04:22.72 +1:32.65 69 70 Paul O'Connor 04:33.82 +1:43.75 70 72 Jayaram Khadka 04:48.42 +1:58.35 25 Axel Teichmann DNS DNS 8 Marc Mayer DSQ DSQ
Final results Results - olympic.org
Rank Bib Name Country Time Round 6 Tor Arne Hetland 02:56.9 A Final 5 Peter Schlickenrieder 02:57.0 A Final 2 Cristian Zorzi 02:57.2 A Final 9 Björn Lind 02:58.1 A Final 11 Freddy Schwienbacher 02:56.1 B Final 4 Trond Iversen 02:56.6 B Final 10 Tobias Angerer 02:58.8 B Final 16 Hannu Manninen 02:59.5 B Final 3 Janusz Krężelok Semifinal 10 8 Martin Koukal Quarterfinal 11 13 Matej Soklič Quarterfinal 12 15 Markus Hasler Quarterfinal 13 1 Håvard Bjerkeli Quarterfinal 14 7 Silvio Fauner Quarterfinal 15 12 Trond Einar Elden Quarterfinal 16 Serguey Novikov Qualification 17 Thobias Fredriksson Qualification 18 Christoph Eigenmann Qualification 19 René Sommerfeldt Qualification 20 Ari Palolahti Qualification 21 Sami Repo Qualification 22 Stephan Kunz Qualification 23 Reinhard Neuner Qualification 24 Joergen Brink Qualification 25 Keijo Kurttila Qualification 26 Roman Virolainen Qualification 27 Fulvio Valbusa Qualification 28 Vasily Rochev Qualification 29 Carl Swenson Qualification 30 Vitaly Denisov Qualification 31 Dmitry Tishkin Qualification 32 Indrek Tobreluts Qualification 33 Nikolay Chebotko Qualification 34 Pavo Raudsepp Qualification 35 Torin Koos Qualification 36 Lars Flora Qualification 37 Daichi Azegami Qualification 38 Priit Narusk Qualification 39 Zoltan Tagscherer Qualification 40 Lefteris Fafalis Qualification 41 Kris Freeman Qualification 42 Denis Krivushkin Qualification 43 Donald Farley Qualification 44 Roman Leybyuk Qualification 45 Zsolt Antal Qualification 46 Masaaki Kozu Qualification 47 Damir Jurcevic Qualification 48 Imre Tagscherer Qualification 49 Vladimir Bortsov Qualification 50 Maxim Odnodvortsev Qualification 51 Dawei Han Qualification 52 Vladislavas Zybailo Qualification 53 Vadim Gusev Qualification 54 Alexij Tregobov Qualification 55 Denis Vorobyov Qualification 56 Sin Doo-Sun Qualification 57 Aleksandr Shalak Qualification 58 Slavtscho Batinkov Qualification 59 Mátyás Holló Qualification 60 Sabahattin Oglago Qualification 61 Ivan Bariakov Qualification 62 Aram Hajiyan Qualification 63 Gokio Dineski Qualification 64 Philip Boit Qualification 65 Isaac Menyoli Qualification 66 Prawat Nagvajara Qualification 67 Arturo Kinch Qualification 68 Paul O'Connor Qualification 69 Jayaram Khadka Qualification Axel Teichmann Qualification 14 Peter Larsson Quarterfinal Marc Mayer Qualification
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