Cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre pursuit

Men's 30 kilometre pursuit
at the XX Olympic Winter Games

Pictogram for cross country
VenuePragelato
Dates12 February
Competitors77 from 27 nations
Winning time1:17:00.8
Medalists
   Russia
   Norway
   Italy
Cross-country skiing at the
2006 Winter Olympics
Distance
10 km women
15 km men women
30 km men women
50 km men
4 x 5 km relay women
4 x 10 km relay men
Sprint
Individual men women
Team men women

The Men's 30 kilometre pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 12 February at Pragelato.

The pursuit in this format had been skied three times at the Nordic skiing World Championships, and Frenchman Vincent Vittoz was the reigning World Champion. A pursuit event similar to this was skied at the 2002 Winter Olympics, where the gold was shared between Thomas Alsgaard (now retired) and Frode Estil, but the distance was 20 kilometres, not 30.

The event opened dramatically as Estil fell at the start, causing a mass collision. Then the pack kept together almost until the end, with skiers continually trailing off as they could not keep up with the pace. Eventually, five men came into the finishing straight together, after Anders Södergren of Sweden had tried to pull away on the final lap. However, Södergren could not keep up with the pace, and Russian Yevgeny Dementyev pulled away to defeat the defending Olympic champion Estil and win Russia's first gold medal of the Games.

Results

The pursuit consisted of a 15 kilometre section raced in the classical style, followed by a 15 kilometre portion raced freestyle. In between, the sections, each skier took time (approximately 30 seconds) to 'pit', changing their skis.[1] Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 17th, but was disqualified after the IOC declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations.[2]

Rank Name Country Time
1 Dementyev, YevgenyYevgeny Dementyev Russia 1:17:00.8
2 Estil, FrodeFrode Estil Norway 1:17:01.4
3 Piller Cottrer, PietroPietro Piller Cottrer Italy 1:17:01.7
4 Di Centa, GiorgioGiorgio Di Centa Italy 1:17:03.2
5 Sodergren, AndersAnders Södergren Sweden 1:17:04.3
6 Vittoz, VincentVincent Vittoz France 1:17:07.5
7 Botvinov, MikhailMikhail Botvinov Austria 1:17:08.5
8 Bajcicak, MartinMartin Bajčičák Slovakia 1:17:08.7
9 Odnodvortsev, MaximMaxim Odnodvortsev Kazakhstan 1:17:09.6
10 Bauer, LukasLukáš Bauer Czech Republic 1:17:10.1
11 Hasler, MarkusMarkus Hasler Liechtenstein 1:17:10.9
12 Angerer, TobiasTobias Angerer Germany 1:17:12.5
13 Babikov, IvanIvan Babikov Russia 1:17:17.2
14 Magal, JiriJiří Magál Czech Republic 1:17:21.7
15 Fredriksson, MathiasMathias Fredriksson Sweden 1:17:23.1
16 Santus, FabioFabio Santus Italy 1:17:25.5
17 Gjerdalen, Tord AsleTord Asle Gjerdalen Norway 1:17:36.2
18 Checchi, ValerioValerio Checchi Italy 1:17:37.8
19 Kokk, KasparKaspar Kokk Estonia 1:17:50.8
20 Jauhojarvi, SamiSami Jauhojärvi Finland 1:17:58.1
21 Koukal, MartinMartin Koukal Czech Republic 1:18:09.6
22 Filbrich, JensJens Filbrich Germany 1:18:38.2
23 Olsson, JohanJohan Olsson Sweden 1:18:47.9
24 Batory, IvanIvan Bátory Slovakia 1:18:58.2
25 Grey, GeorgeGeorge Grey Canada 1:19:08.9
26 Rousselet, AlexandreAlexandre Rousselet France 1:19:17.0
27 Andresen, Jan EgilJan Egil Andresen Norway 1:19:29.8
28 Aukland, AndersAnders Aukland Norway 1:19:30.6
29 Golovko, AndreyAndrey Golovko Kazakhstan 1:19:34.3
30 Brink, JorgenJörgen Brink Sweden 1:19:35.3
31 Vilarrubla, VicenteVicente Vilarrubla Spain 1:19:39.8
32 Rehemaa, AivarAivar Rehemaa Estonia 1:19:51.4
33 Simila, TeroTero Similä Finland 1:20:04.5
34 Perrillat, ChristopheChristophe Perrillat France 1:20:12.0
35 Sperl, MilanMilan Šperl Czech Republic 1:20:16.7
36 Fischer, RemoRemo Fischer Switzerland 1:20:19.7
37 Legkov, AlexanderAlexander Legkov Russia 1:20:28.2
38 Roycroft, DanDan Roycroft Canada 1:20:53.3
39 Swenson, CarlCarl Swenson United States 1:21:08.0
40 Livers, ToniToni Livers Switzerland 1:21:08.2
41 Ebisawa, KatsuhitoKatsuhito Ebisawa Japan 1:21:16.2
42 Johnson, AndrewAndrew Johnson United States 1:21:16.8
43 Southam, JamesJames Southam United States 1:22:05.8
44 Eremenko, DmitrijDmitrij Eremenko Kazakhstan 1:22:09.9
45 Brodar, NejcNejc Brodar Slovenia 1:22:23.9
46 Gumenyak, MikhailMikhail Gumenyak Ukraine 1:22:24.6
47 Antal, ZsoltZsolt Antal Romania 1:22:29.8
48 Flora, LarsLars Flora United States 1:22:31.2
49 Leybyuk, RomanRoman Leybyuk Ukraine 1:22:31.5
50 Xia, WanXia Wan China 1:22:31.7
51 Arteev, IvanIvan Arteev Russia 1:22:36.2
52 Putsko, OlexandrOlexandr Putsko Ukraine 1:22:37.6
53 Malak, MichalMichal Malak Slovakia 1:23:39.9
54 Ruiz, DiegoDiego Ruiz Spain 1:24:05.5
55 Mehle, JozeJoze Mehle Slovenia 1:24:13.6
56 Goldsack, DrewDrew Goldsack Canada 1:24:14.3
57 Batyuk, AlexanderAlexander Batyuk Ukraine 1:24:35.9
58 Naruse, NobuNobu Naruse Japan 1:25:21.3
59 Burgermeister, RetoReto Burgermeister Switzerland 1:25:49.9
60 Kondroschev, AndreyAndrey Kondroschev Kazakhstan 1:25:51.4
61 Jeffries, ChrisChris Jeffries Canada 1:26:17.0
62 Ren, LongRen Long China 1:26:26.4
63 Galiceanu, MihaiMihai Galiceanu Romania 1:26:31.8
64 Klobucar, DenisDenis Klobucar Croatia 1:27:16.4
65 Oglago, SebahattinSebahattin Oğlago Turkey 1:28:03.8
66 Sommerfeldt, ReneRené Sommerfeldt Germany DNF
66 Jonnier, EmmanuelEmmanuel Jonnier France DNF
66 Komamura, ShunsukeShunsuke Komamura Japan DNF
66 Park, Byung JooPark Byung Joo South Korea DNF
66 Han, DaweiHan Dawei China DNF
66 Choi, Im-HeonChoi Im-Heon South Korea DNF
66 Li, ZhiguangLi Zhiguang China DNF
66 Jung, Eui MyungJung Eui Myung South Korea DNF
66 Soulie, FrancescFrancesc Soulie Andorra DNF
66 Bariakov, IvanIvan Bariakov Bulgaria DNF
66 Ohtonen, OlliOlli Ohtonen Finland DNS
DQ66 Tauber, MartinMartin Tauber Austria 1:17:28.6

References

  1. "Torino 2006 Official Report - Cross Country Skiing" (PDF). Torino Organizing Committee. LA84 Foundation. March 2009. Retrieved Jun 8, 2009.
  2. "Torino 2006: Six Austrian Athletes Declared Permanently Ineligible". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved Feb 21, 2009.
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