Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 22 February at Pragelato.[1]

Men's sprint
at the XX Olympic Winter Games
VenuePragelato
Dates22 February
Competitors80 from 34 nations
Medalists
Björn Lind  Sweden
Roddy Darragon  France
Thobias Fredriksson  Sweden

Vasily Rochev was the defending world champion at this event, but he won in the classical style. The last free style sprint at the World Championships was won by Thobias Fredriksson in 2003,[2] while Tor Arne Hetland was defending Olympic champion. Swede Björn Lind won the two most recent World Cup events, and also won the Olympic race, beating Frenchman Roddy Darragon to the line. Darragon won France's first cross-country skiing medal in the history of the Olympics, while Sweden took the bronze through Thobias Fredriksson.

Results

Qualifying

Eighty skiers completed the 1.3 kilometre course in the qualifying portion of the event, with the top thirty advancing to the quarterfinals.[3]

RankNameCountryTimeNotes
1Björn Lind Sweden2:13.53Q
2Andrew Newell United States2:14.79Q
3Johan Kjølstad Norway2:15.11Q
4Vasily Rochev Russia2:16.19Q
5Cristian Zorzi Italy2:16.23Q
6Mikael Östberg Sweden2:16.24Q
7Trond Iversen Norway2:16.25Q
8Loris Frasnelli Italy2:16.30Q
9Peter Larsson Sweden2:16.62Q
10Roddy Darragon France2:16.76Q
11Renato Pasini Italy2:16.87Q
12Ola Vigen Hattestad Norway2:17.26Q
13Yuichi Onda Japan2:17.53Q
14Anti Saarepuu Estonia2:17:75Q
15Tor Arne Hetland Norway2:17.91Q
16Chris Cook United States2:18.46Q
17Freddy Schwienbacher Italy2:18.59Q
18Yevgeniy Koschevoy Kazakhstan2:18.88Q
19Thobias Fredriksson Sweden2:18.90Q
20Martin Koukal Czech Republic2:19.39Q
21Dušan Kožíšek Czech Republic2:19.64Q
22Keijo Kurttila Finland2:19.94Q
23Janusz Krężelok Poland2:20.04Q
24Harald Wurm Austria2:20.11Q
25Martin Stockinger Austria2:20.18Q
26Lauri Pyykönen Finland2:20.21Q
27Ivan Alypov Russia2:20.21Q
28Sergey Novikov Russia2:20.29Q
29Lefteris Fafalis Greece2:20.33Q
30Christoph Eigenmann Switzerland2:20.46Q
31Drew Goldsack Canada2:20.62
32Sean Crooks Canada2:20.70
33Maciej Kreczmer Poland2:20.83
34Pavel Korostelev Russia2:21.00
35Nikolay Chebotko Kazakhstan2:21.23
36Torin Koos United States2:21.47
37Devon Kershaw Canada2:21.49
38Peeter Kümmel Estonia2:21.60
39Nejc Brodar Slovenia2:21.94
40Ivan Bilosyuk Ukraine2:21.97
41Priit Narusk Estonia2:22.19
42Vitaly Martsyv Ukraine2:22.30
43Shunsuke Komamura Japan2:22.38
44Zoltan Tagscherer Hungary2:22.69
45Yevgeni Safonov Kazakhstan2:22.99
46Lars Flora United States2:23.02
47Phil Widmer Canada2:23.79
48Zhang Chengye China2:24.18
49Martin Otcenas Slovakia2:24.77
50Oļegs Maļuhins Latvia2:24.88
51Paul Murray Australia2:25.29
52Alexander Lasutkin Belarus2:25.79
53Tian Ye China2:25.85
54Aivar Rehemaa Estonia2:26.09
55Sergey Cherepanov Kazakhstan2:26.48
56Joze Mehle Slovenia2:27.02
57Oliver Kraas South Africa2:27.68
58Zhang Qing China2:27.90
59Aleksej Novoselkij Lithuania2:28.04
60Damir Jurcevic Croatia2:28.21
61Sami Jauhojärvi Finland2:28.42
62Mikhail Gumenyak Ukraine2:28.72
63Park Byung Joo South Korea2:28.85
64Muhammet Kızılarslan Turkey2:28.94
65Zsolt Antal Romania2:29.40
66Olexandr Putsko Ukraine2:30.99
67Sabahattin Oglago Turkey2:31.10
68Valts Eiduks Latvia2:31.25
69Mihai Galiceanu Romania2:31.43
70Chen Haibin China2:32.01
71Ivan Bariakov Bulgaria2:32.18
72Intas Spalvins Latvia2:32.26
73Denis Klobucar Croatia2:33.10
74Olegs Andrejevs Latvia2:33.23
75Alen Abramovic Croatia2:34.61
76Jung Eui Myung South Korea2:35.39
77Ilie Bria Moldova2:42.30
78Bahadur Gupta India2:43.30
79Hovhannes Sargsyan Armenia2:47.68
80Edmond Khachatryan Armenia2:49.98

Quarterfinals

There were five quarterfinal races, each with six skiers. The top two in each heat advanced to the semifinals.[3]

Quarterfinal 1
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
11 Björn Lind (SWE)2:21.5Q
210 Roddy Darragon (FRA)2:21.9Q
320 Martin Koukal (CZE)2:23.5
411 Renato Pasini (ITA)2:23.7
521 Dušan Kožíšek (CZE)2:24.5
630 Christoph Eigenmann (SUI)2:25.6
Quarterfinal 2
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
117 Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA)2:20.4Q
214 Anti Saarepuu (EST)2:20.7Q
34 Vasily Rochev (RUS)2:22.0
47 Trond Iversen (NOR)2:22.5
524 Harald Wurm (AUT)2:23.4
627 Ivan Alypov (RUS)2:24.7
Quarterfinal 3
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
15 Cristian Zorzi (ITA)2:25.9Q
215 Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)2:26.1Q
36 Mikael Östberg (SWE)2:26.7
425 Martin Stockinger (AUT)2:27.1
516 Chris Cook (USA)2:27.9
626 Lauri Pyykönen (FIN)2:28.1
Quarterfinal 4
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
112 Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR)2:23.1Q
219 Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)2:23.2Q
39 Peter Larsson (SWE)2:23.3
42 Andrew Newell (USA)2:24.3
522 Keijo Kurttila (FIN)2:25.1
629 Lefteris Fafalis (GRE)2:26.7
Quarterfinal 5
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
13 Johan Kjølstad (NOR)2:20.2Q
28 Loris Frasnelli (ITA)2:20.4Q
318 Yevgeniy Koschevoy (KAZ)2:20.7
423 Janusz Krężelok (POL)2:21.6
528 Sergei Novikov (RUS)2:21.9
613 Yuichi Onda (JPN)2:22.3

Semifinals

There were two semifinal races, each with five skiers. The top two in each semifinal advanced to the A Final, to compete for the top four places, while the third and fourth placed finishers advanced to the B Final, for places five through eight.[3]

Semifinal 1
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
11 Björn Lind (SWE)2:19.6Q
210 Roddy Darragon (FRA)2:19.9Q
317 Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA)2:22.8
414 Anti Saarepuu (EST)2:34.8
515 Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)2:43.2
Semifinal 2
RankSeedAthleteResultNotes
119 Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)2:25.9Q
25 Cristian Zorzi (ITA)2:26.1Q
38 Loris Frasnelli (ITA)2:26.8
43 Johan Kjølstad (NOR)2:27.1
512 Ola Vigen Hattestad (NOR)2:29.0

Finals

Björn Lind finished 0.6 seconds ahead of Roddy Darragon to win the Olympic gold medal in the cross-country sprint.[3]

Final A
RankSeedAthleteResult
1 Björn Lind (SWE)2:26.5
10 Roddy Darragon (FRA)2:27.1
19 Thobias Fredriksson (SWE)2:27.8
45 Cristian Zorzi (ITA)2:31.7
Final B
RankSeedAthleteResult
517 Freddy Schwienbacher (ITA)2:23.9
68 Loris Frasnelli (ITA)2:25.2
73 Johan Kjølstad (NOR)2:25.6
814 Anti Saarepuu (EST)2:27.9

References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 2006 Torino Winter Games: Men's Sprint". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
  2. "Results". International Ski Federation. Archived from the original on 29 September 2007. Retrieved 18 March 2007.
  3. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 June 2012. Retrieved 12 June 2009.
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