Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates 23 February
Competitors 64 from 25 nations
Winning time 1:46:55.2
Medalists
1st, gold medalist(s) Alexander Legkov  Russia
2nd, silver medalist(s) Maxim Vylegzhanin  Russia
3rd, bronze medalist(s) Ilia Chernousov  Russia

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 23 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.[1]

Summary

Initially, the podium was taken by Alexander Legkov (gold), Maxim Vylegzhanin (silver), and Ilia Chernousov (bronze), all represented Russia. This was the first clean sweep in men's cross-country skiing since 1992, when all medals were won by Norwegians and the first ever for Russia/Soviet Union. For all medalists, this was the first individual Olympic medal.

In November 2017, Legkov and Vylegzhanin were disqualified for doping offences, and their gold and silver medals respectively were stripped.[2][3] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.[4]

Qualification

Athletes with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) were allowed to compete in either the sprint or distance events, or both. Athletes with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points were allowed to compete in the sprint and distance (10 km for women or 15 km for men), provided their distance points did not exceed 300 FIS points. National Olympic Committees who did not have any athletes meeting the A standard could enter one competitor of each gender, known as the basic quota, in only the classical event (10 km for women and 15 km for men). They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.[5]

Results

The race was started at 11:00.[6]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
1st, gold medalist(s)3Alexander Legkov Russia1:46:55.2—
2nd, silver medalist(s)7Maxim Vylegzhanin Russia1:46:55.9+0.7
3rd, bronze medalist(s)8Ilia Chernousov Russia1:46:56.0+0.8
41Martin Johnsrud Sundby Norway1:46:56.2+1.0
540Sergei Dolidovich Belarus1:47:09.5+14.3
610Robin Duvillard France1:47:10.1+14.9
721Anders Södergren Sweden1:47:13.0+17.8
812Daniel Richardsson Sweden1:47:19.6+24.4
919Johan Olsson Sweden1:47:27.3+32.1
1042Iivo Niskanen Finland1:47:27.5+32.3
1120Roland Clara Italy1:47:28.6+33.4
1227Curdin Perl Switzerland1:47:31.3+36.1
1330Ivan Perrillat Boiteux France1:47:31.7+36.5
1443Martin Bajčičák Slovakia1:47:34.4+39.2
1513Matti Heikkinen Finland1:47:35.0+39.8
1649David Hofer Italy1:47:35.7+40.5
1729Michail Semenov Belarus1:47:36.0+40.8
185Petter Northug Norway1:47:39.7+44.5
194Alex Harvey Canada1:47:40.9+45.7
2014Ivan Babikov Canada1:47:41.8+46.6
2117Tord Asle Gjerdalen Norway1:47:43.5+48.3
2236Remo Fischer Switzerland1:47:44.2+49.0
2325Lari Lehtonen Finland1:47:48.7+53.5
2445Bernhard Tritscher Austria1:47:51.7+56.5
2533Francesco de Fabiani Italy1:47:51.8+56.6
2622Noah Hoffman United States1:48:04.3+1:09.1
2718Dario Cologna Switzerland1:48:21.6+1:26.4
2838Graeme Killick Canada1:48:22.4+1:27.2
2928Petr Novák Czech Republic1:48:41.0+1:45.8
3035Toni Livers Switzerland1:48:49.9+1:54.7
3116Lukáš Bauer Czech Republic1:48:51.3+1:56.1
322Chris Jespersen Norway1:49:21.3+2:26.1
3350Imanol Rojo Spain1:49:21.9+2:26.7
3448Mark Starostin Kazakhstan1:49:34.1+2:38.9
3511Jean-Marc Gaillard France1:49:49.7+2:54.5
3615Thomas Bing Germany1:49:56.1+3:00.9
3726Martin Jakš Czech Republic1:50:00.5+3:05.3
3823Konstantin Glavatskikh Russia1:50:33.4+3:38.2
3924Axel Teichmann Germany1:51:03.4+4:08.2
4062Arnd Peiffer Germany1:51:31.5+4:36.3
4160Andrey Gridin Bulgaria1:51:41.7+4:46.5
4256Erik Lesser Germany1:51:55.8+5:00.6
439Maurice Manificat France1:52:01.6+5:06.4
4441Aivar Rehemaa Estonia1:52:22.1+5:26.9
4561Martin Møller Denmark1:52:32.7+5:37.5
4652Aliaksei Ivanou Belarus1:52:52.9+5:57.7
4751Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas Spain1:53:02.5+6:07.3
4854Yerdos Akhmadiyev Kazakhstan1:53:07.4+6:12.2
4953Karel Tammjärv Estonia1:53:23.0+6:27.8
5055Milanko Petrović Serbia1:53:35.1+6:39.9
5139Brian Gregg United States1:55:02.3+8:07.1
5232Jiří Magál Czech Republic1:56:28.7+9:33.5
5344Andrew Musgrave Great Britain1:57:08.9+10:13.7
5447Sergey Cherepanov Kazakhstan1:57:24.2+10:29.0
5534Yevgeniy Velichko Kazakhstan1:58:10.6+11:15.4
5646Jesse Cockney Canada1:59:16.6+12:21.4
5731Kris Freeman United States1:59:46.7+12:51.5
5858Edi Dadić Croatia2:02:35.5+15:40.3
5963Arvis Liepiņš Latvia2:04:45.6+17:50.4
6064Xu Wenlong China2:08:02.0+21:06.8
66Darko Damjanovski MacedoniaDNFDNF
37Veselin Tzinzov BulgariaDNFDNF
65Mladen Plakalović Bosnia and HerzegovinaDNFDNF
59Martti Jylhä FinlandDNFDNF
6Johannes Dürr AustriaDNSDNS
57Torin Koos United StatesDNSDNS

References

  1. ↑ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
  2. ↑ IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
  3. ↑ IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
  4. ↑ "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
  5. ↑ "Qualification Systems for XXII Olympic Winter Games, Sochi 2014" (PDF). International Ski Federation. December 2011. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ↑ Final Results
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