Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint
| Men's team sprint at the XXI Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
 Pictogram for cross country | ||||||||||
| Venue | Whistler Olympic Park | |||||||||
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| Dates | 22 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 44 from 22 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 19:01.0 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| 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 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]
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]
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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.
| Rank | Bib | Country | Athlete | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 2 |  Norway | Øystein Pettersen Petter Northug | 19:01.0 | +0.0 |
 | 5 |  Germany | Tim Tscharnke Axel Teichmann | 19:02.3 | +1.3 |
 | 1 |  Russia | Nikolay Morilov Alexey Petukhov | 19:02.5 | +1.5 |
| 4 | 4 |  Canada | Devon Kershaw Alex Harvey | 19:07.3 | +6.3 |
| 5 | 17 |  Kazakhstan | Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltaranin | 19:07.5 | +6.5 |
| 6 | 16 |  Czech Republic | Dušan Kožíšek Martin Koukal | 19:13.8 | +12.8 |
| 7 | 19 |  France | Vincent Vittoz Cyril Miranda | 19:18.7 | +17.7 |
| 8 | 15 |  Italy | Cristian Zorzi Renato Pasini | 19:21.1 | +20.1 |
| 9 | 13 |  United States | Torin Koos Andrew Newell | 19:21.6 | +20.6 |
| 10 | 6 |  Finland | Lasse Paakkonen Ville Nousiainen | 19:50.8 | +49.8 |
References
- 1 2 Cross-country skiing schedule for the 2010 Winter Olympics. - accessed 3 November 2009.
- ↑ 2006 Winter Olympics men's team sprint classical results. - accessed 3 February 2009.
- ↑ FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 men's team sprint classical results. - accessed 3 November 2009 results.
- ↑ FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Whistler Olympic Park 18 January 2009 men's team sprint freestyle results. - accessed 3 November 2009.
- ↑ FIS Cross-Country Skiing World Cup Rybinsk 24 January 2010 men's team sprint freestyle results. - accessed 24 January 2010.
- ↑ vancouver2010.com: Men's Team Sprint Free
External links
- 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Team Sprint Free (semifinals), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-21.
- 2010 Winter Olympics results: Men's Team Sprint Free (final), from http://www.vancouver2010.com/; retrieved 2010-02-21.