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

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
VenueLaura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates23 February
Competitors64 from 26 nations
Winning time1:46:55.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Alexander Legkov  Russia
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maxim Vylegzhanin  Russia
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Ilia Chernousov  Russia
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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 representing 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 the Soviet Union/Russia.

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 started at 11:00.[6]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Alexander Legkov  Russia 1:46:55.2 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 7 Maxim Vylegzhanin  Russia 1:46:55.9 +0.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 8 Ilia Chernousov  Russia 1:46:56.0 +0.8
4 1 Martin Johnsrud Sundby  Norway 1:46:56.2 +1.0
5 40 Sergei Dolidovich  Belarus 1:47:09.5 +14.3
6 10 Robin Duvillard  France 1:47:10.1 +14.9
7 21 Anders Södergren  Sweden 1:47:13.0 +17.8
8 12 Daniel Rickardsson  Sweden 1:47:19.6 +24.4
9 19 Johan Olsson  Sweden 1:47:27.3 +32.1
10 42 Iivo Niskanen  Finland 1:47:27.5 +32.3
11 20 Roland Clara  Italy 1:47:28.6 +33.4
12 27 Curdin Perl  Switzerland 1:47:31.3 +36.1
13 30 Ivan Perrillat Boiteux  France 1:47:31.7 +36.5
14 43 Martin Bajčičák  Slovakia 1:47:34.4 +39.2
15 13 Matti Heikkinen  Finland 1:47:35.0 +39.8
16 49 David Hofer  Italy 1:47:35.7 +40.5
17 29 Michail Semenov  Belarus 1:47:36.0 +40.8
18 5 Petter Northug  Norway 1:47:39.7 +44.5
19 4 Alex Harvey  Canada 1:47:40.9 +45.7
20 14 Ivan Babikov  Canada 1:47:41.8 +46.6
21 17 Tord Asle Gjerdalen  Norway 1:47:43.5 +48.3
22 36 Remo Fischer  Switzerland 1:47:44.2 +49.0
23 25 Lari Lehtonen  Finland 1:47:48.7 +53.5
24 45 Bernhard Tritscher  Austria 1:47:51.7 +56.5
25 33 Francesco de Fabiani  Italy 1:47:51.8 +56.6
26 22 Noah Hoffman  United States 1:48:04.3 +1:09.1
27 18 Dario Cologna  Switzerland 1:48:21.6 +1:26.4
28 38 Graeme Killick  Canada 1:48:22.4 +1:27.2
29 28 Petr Novák  Czech Republic 1:48:41.0 +1:45.8
30 35 Toni Livers  Switzerland 1:48:49.9 +1:54.7
31 16 Lukáš Bauer  Czech Republic 1:48:51.3 +1:56.1
32 2 Chris Jespersen  Norway 1:49:21.3 +2:26.1
33 50 Imanol Rojo  Spain 1:49:21.9 +2:26.7
34 48 Mark Starostin  Kazakhstan 1:49:34.1 +2:38.9
35 11 Jean-Marc Gaillard  France 1:49:49.7 +2:54.5
36 15 Thomas Bing  Germany 1:49:56.1 +3:00.9
37 26 Martin Jakš  Czech Republic 1:50:00.5 +3:05.3
38 23 Konstantin Glavatskikh  Russia 1:50:33.4 +3:38.2
39 24 Axel Teichmann  Germany 1:51:03.4 +4:08.2
40 62 Arnd Peiffer  Germany 1:51:31.5 +4:36.3
41 60 Andrey Gridin  Bulgaria 1:51:41.7 +4:46.5
42 56 Erik Lesser  Germany 1:51:55.8 +5:00.6
43 9 Maurice Manificat  France 1:52:01.6 +5:06.4
44 41 Aivar Rehemaa  Estonia 1:52:22.1 +5:26.9
45 61 Martin Møller  Denmark 1:52:32.7 +5:37.5
46 52 Aliaksei Ivanou  Belarus 1:52:52.9 +5:57.7
47 51 Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas  Spain 1:53:02.5 +6:07.3
48 54 Yerdos Akhmadiyev  Kazakhstan 1:53:07.4 +6:12.2
49 53 Karel Tammjärv  Estonia 1:53:23.0 +6:27.8
50 55 Milanko Petrović  Serbia 1:53:35.1 +6:39.9
51 39 Brian Gregg  United States 1:55:02.3 +8:07.1
52 32 Jiří Magál  Czech Republic 1:56:28.7 +9:33.5
53 44 Andrew Musgrave  Great Britain 1:57:08.9 +10:13.7
54 47 Sergey Cherepanov  Kazakhstan 1:57:24.2 +10:29.0
55 34 Yevgeniy Velichko  Kazakhstan 1:58:10.6 +11:15.4
56 46 Jesse Cockney  Canada 1:59:16.6 +12:21.4
57 31 Kris Freeman  United States 1:59:46.7 +12:51.5
58 58 Edi Dadić  Croatia 2:02:35.5 +15:40.3
59 63 Arvis Liepiņš  Latvia 2:04:45.6 +17:50.4
60 64 Xu Wenlong  China 2:08:02.0 +21:06.8
66 Darko Damjanovski  Macedonia DNF DNF
37 Veselin Tzinzov  Bulgaria DNF DNF
65 Mladen Plakalović  Bosnia and Herzegovina DNF DNF
59 Martti Jylhä  Finland DNF DNF
6 Johannes Dürr  Austria DNS DNS
57 Torin Koos  United States DNS DNS

References

  1. ^ "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. 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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-01-16. Retrieved 10 November 2012.
  6. ^ "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2014-02-23.