Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia.[1]

Men's team sprint
at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Pictogram for cross country
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
Dates22 February
Competitors44 from 22 nations
Winning time19:01.0
Medalists
Øystein Pettersen
Petter Northug
 Norway
Tim Tscharnke
Axel Teichmann
 Germany
Nikolay Morilov
Alexey Petukhov
 Russia

The Swedish team of Björn Lind and Thobias Fredriksson were the defending Olympic champions when the technique was classical.[2] The defending world champions were the Norwegian duo of Ola Vigen Hattestad and Johan Kjølstad when the technique was also classical.[3] Sweden's team of Emil Jönsson and Robin Bryntesson won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 18 January 2009.[4] The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place in Rybinsk, Russia on 24 January 2010 and was won by the Russian duo of Nikolay Morilov and Alexey Petukhov.[5]

Results

Semifinals

The semifinals took place at 11:35 and 12:00 PST.[1]

RankHeatBibCountryAthleteTimeNote
111 RussiaNikolay Morilov
Alexey Petukhov
18:47.6Q
212 NorwayØystein Pettersen
Petter Northug
18:48.5Q
315 GermanyTim Tscharnke
Axel Teichmann
18:48.9Q
414 CanadaDevon Kershaw
Alex Harvey
18:49.2q
516 FinlandLasse Paakkonen
Ville Nousiainen
18:54.3q
617 PolandMaciej Kreczmer
Janusz Krężelok
19:07.2
7111 SlovakiaIvan Bátory
Michal Malak
19:07.5
813 EstoniaAnti Saarepuu
Peeter Kümmel
19:27.6
919 LithuaniaModestas Vaičiulis
Mantas Strolia
19:43.1
1018 ChinaSun Qinghai
Xu Wenlong
19:43.6
110 Great BritainAndrew Musgrave
Andrew Young
DNF
1216 Czech RepublicDušan Kožíšek
Martin Koukal
18:43.1Q
2219 FranceVincent Vittoz
Cyril Miranda
18:43.8Q
3215 ItalyCristian Zorzi
Renato Pasini
18:43.9Q
4213 United StatesTorin Koos
Andrew Newell
18:43.7q
5217 KazakhstanNikolay Chebotko
Alexey Poltaranin
18:45.3q
6212 SwitzerlandEligius Tambornino
Dario Cologna
18:54.6
7218 JapanNobu Naruse
Yuichi Onda
18:54.8
8214 SwedenMarcus Hellner
Teodor Peterson
19:06.5
9222 RomaniaPaul Constantin Pepene
Petrica Hogiu
19:09.2
10220 AustraliaBen Sim
Paul Murray
19:57.0
221 BelarusSergei Dolidovich
Leanid Karneyenka
DNF

Final

The following are the results of the event.[6]

Neither of the Swedish pair that won at the previous Olympics or at the test event participated and the Swedish team was eliminated in the semifinals. Norway's defending world champions did not participate though the ones who replaced them would win gold. The Russian team that won the last event in this format prior to the Olympics would win bronze.

RankBibCountryAthleteTimeDeficit
2 NorwayØystein Pettersen
Petter Northug
19:01.0+0.0
5 GermanyTim Tscharnke
Axel Teichmann
19:02.3+1.3
1 RussiaNikolay Morilov
Alexey Petukhov
19:02.5+1.5
44 CanadaDevon Kershaw
Alex Harvey
19:07.3+6.3
517 KazakhstanNikolay Chebotko
Alexey Poltaranin
19:07.5+6.5
616 Czech RepublicDušan Kožíšek
Martin Koukal
19:13.8+12.8
719 FranceVincent Vittoz
Cyril Miranda
19:18.7+17.7
815 ItalyCristian Zorzi
Renato Pasini
19:21.1+20.1
913 United StatesTorin Koos
Andrew Newell
19:21.6+20.6
106 FinlandLasse Paakkonen
Ville Nousiainen
19:50.8+49.8

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