Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 km

Men's 15km
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
Venue Igman
Date February 13
Competitors 91 from 31 nations
Winning time 41:25.6
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Gunde Svan  Sweden
2nd, silver medalist(s) Aki Karvonen  Finland
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Harri Kirvesniemi  Finland

The 15 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the eighth appearance of the event at its length of 15 km. The competition was held on Monday, February 13, 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman.

Of the 91 athletes who started the race, 8 did not finish or were disqualified.

Gunde Svan of Sweden won gold, his first Olympic gold medal, being the youngest ever Olympic cross-country gold medallist. Defending Olympic champion and fellow Swede, Thomas Wassberg did not defend his title preferring to concentrate on other events.

Ove Aunli of Norway was disqualified after finishing fifth for using illegal skate strokes at the climax of the race.

Results

RankBibNameCountryTime
173Gunde Svan Sweden41:25.6
263Aki Karvonen Finland41:34.9
337Harri Kirvesniemi Finland41:45.6
488Juha Mieto Finland42:05.8
58Vladimir Nikitin Soviet Union42:31.6
686Nikolay Zimyatov Soviet Union42:34.5
774Uwe Bellmann East Germany42:35.8
854Tor Håkon Holte Norway42:37.4
972Maurilio De Zolt Italy42:40.0
1033Oleksandr Batiuk Soviet Union42:42.2
1189Andi Grünenfelder Switzerland42:45.7
1235Giachem Guidon Switzerland42:45.9
135Kari Härkönen Finland42:49.3
1446Giorgio Vanzetta Italy42:54.9
1517Sven-Erik Danielsson Sweden42:55.9
1662Aleksandr Zavyalov Soviet Union42:59.0
1727Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Norway42:59.7
1870Dan Simoneau United States43:03.4
1942Benny Kohlberg Sweden43:21.5
2013Geir Holte Norway43:23.3
2149Pierre Harvey Canada43:36.4
2252Torgny Mogren Sweden43:39.4
2356Uwe Wünsch East Germany43:49.9
241Giulio Capitanio Italy43:50.8
2579Alois Stadlober Austria43:51.6
264Frank Schröder East Germany43:52.1
2777Bill Koch United States43:53.7
2859Konrad Hallenbarter Switzerland44:00.3
2991Miloš Bečvář Czechoslovakia44:00.8
3057Stefan Dotzler West Germany44:02.6
3169Dominique Locatelli France44:07.5
3219Markus Fähndrich Switzerland44:08.0
3344Franz Schöbel West Germany44:11.1
3432Gianfranco Polvara Italy44:35.7
3522Ivo Čarman Yugoslavia45:04.0
3687Józef Łuszczek Poland45:04.8
377Josef Schneider West Germany45:08.7
3880Atanas Simidchiev Bulgaria45:17.0
3945Tim Caldwell United States45:21.2
4082Dušan Đurišič Yugoslavia45:24.6
4121Karsten Brandt East Germany45:40.1
4220Konstantin Ritter Liechtenstein45:41.5
4365Hideaki Yamada Japan45:42.3
4426Jean-Denis Jaussaud France45:44.4
4550José Giro Spain45:50.3
4667Pavel Benc Czechoslovakia46:03.8
47Kazunari Sasaki Japan46:04.8
48Sašo Grajf Yugoslavia46:21.1
49Einar Ólafsson Iceland46:21.7
50Satoshi Sato Japan46:25.5
51Svetoslav Atanasov Bulgaria46:28.9
52Milush Ivanchev Bulgaria46:30.1
53Andreas Gumpold Austria46:34.5
54Todd Boonstra United States46:36.5
55Gottlieb Konráðsson Iceland46:37.8
56Yusei Nakazawa Japan46:38.6
57John Spotswood Great Britain46:53.7
58Mark Moore Great Britain47:03.2
59David Hislop Australia47:25.5
60Mike Dixon Great Britain48:18.6
61Miguel Prat Spain48:30.6
62Park Ki-Ho South Korea48:55.6
63Marty Watkins Great Britain49:08.7
64Chris Allen Australia49:14.5
65Luvsandashiin Dorj Mongolia49:17.8
66Song Shi China49:42.1
67Li Xiaoming China50:03.3
68Lin Guanghao China50:26.1
69Zhu Dianfa China50:42.3
70Nihattin Koca Turkey51:58.7
71Kim Bo-Nam South Korea52:04.4
72Norberto von Baumann Argentina52:08.9
73Julio Moreschi Argentina52:19.1
74Erhan Dursun Turkey53:40.3
75Ricardo Holler Argentina54:34.6
76Martín Pearson Argentina54:50.0
77Dimitrios Biliouris Greece56:07.7
78Lazaros Tosounidis Greece57:09.7
79Arturo Kinch Costa Rica58:42.9
80Ueng Ming-Yih Chinese Taipei1:00:10.6
81Chang Kun-Shung Chinese Taipei1:02:57.7
82Andrea Sammaritani San Marino1:03:05.3
83Wang Chi-Hing Chinese Taipei1:03:17.0
84Ricardo Holler Argentina54:34.6
Muzaffer Selçuk TurkeyDNF
Jochen Behle West GermanyDNF
DQDondogiin Gankhuyag MongoliaDQ
DQVangansürengiin Renchinkhorol MongoliaDQ
DQCho Sung-Hoon South KoreaDQ
DQJože Klemenčič YugoslaviaDQ
DQOve Aunli NorwayDQ
DQPürevjavyn Batsükh MongoliaDQ

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