Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km Free

Men's 20 km Free
at the X Paralympic Winter Games

Paralympic cross-country skiing
VenueWhistler Olympic Park
DatesMarch 14,
March 15,
Cross-country skiing
at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Distance
5 km     women
10 km   men   women
15 km   men   women
20 km   men  
3 x 2.5 km relay     women
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km relay   men  
Sprint
1 km   men   women

The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

 Rank  Nation Gold Silver Bronze Total
1  Russia (RUS) 2 2 1 5
2  Canada (CAN) 1 0 0 1
3  Norway (NOR) 0 1 0 1
4  Belarus (BLR) 0 0 1 1
4  Italy (ITA) 0 0 1 1

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
20 km Free – Visually Impaired  Canada (CAN)
Brian McKeever
Guide: Robin McKeever
 Russia (RUS)
Nikolay Polukhin
Guide: Andrey Tokarev
 Belarus (BLR)
Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide: Mikalai Shablouski
15 km – Sitting  Russia (RUS)
Irek Zaripov
 Russia (RUS)
Roman Petushkov
 Italy (ITA)
Enzo Masiello
20 km Free – Standing  Russia (RUS)
Kirill Mikhaylov
 Norway (NOR)
Nils-Erik Ulset
 Russia (RUS)
Vladimir Kononov

Visually Impaired

In the cross-country skiing 20 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairement has a sighted guide.[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.[3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 7 Brian McKeever
Guide: Robin McKeever
Canada 51:14.7
2nd 11 Nikolay Polukhin
Guide: Andrey Tokarev
Russia 51:55.6 +40.9
3rd 14 Vasili Shaptsiaboi
Guide: Mikalai Shablouski
Belarus 52:22.5 +1:07.8
4 4 Wilhelm Brem
Guide: Florian Grimm
Germany 52:28.9 +1:14.2
5 12 Frank Höfle
Guide: Johannes Wachlin
Germany 52:38.8 +1:24.1
6 5 Thomas Clarion
Guide: Stephane Passeron
France 52:39.8 +1:25.1
7 9 Oleg Munts
Guide: Borys Babar
Ukraine 53:03.8 +1:49.1
8 6 Helge Flo
Guide: Thomas Losnegard
Norway 54:22.7 +3:08.0
9 10 Hak-Su Im
Guide: Yoon-Bae Park
South Korea 55:53.6 +4:28.9
10 13 Valery Kupchinskiy
Guide: Viacheslav Dubov
Russia 57:03.8 +5:49.1
11 8 Zebastian Modin
Guide: Albin Ackerot
Sweden 58:30.8 +7:16.1
12 1 Rudolf Klemetti
Guide: Lasse Torpo
Finland 1:02:35.6 +11:20.9
13 3 Alexei Novikov
Guide: Jamie Stirling
Canada 1:08:47.6 +17:32.9
2 Hakan Axelsson Sweden DNF

Sitting (15 km)

Irek Zaripov after winning his gold medal
Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 22 Irek Zaripov Russia 41:01.1
2nd 25 Roman Petushkov Russia 41:11.1 +10.0
3rd 24 Enzo Masiello Italy 41:54.9 +43.8
4 21 Trygve Toskedal Larsen Norway 42:17.3 +1:16.2
5 23 Iurii Kostiuk Ukraine 42:17.7 +1:16.6
6 26 Aliaksandr Davidovich Belarus 42:43.1 +1:42.0
7 19 Kozo Kubo Japan 42:55.5 +1:54.4
8 20 Chris Klebl United States 43:13.7 +2:12.6
9 28 Sean Halsted United States 43:25.6 +2:24.5
10 27 Andy Soule United States 43:32.8 +2:31.7
11 30 Dzmitry Loban Belarus 43:53.5 +2:52.4
12 29 Romain Rosique France 43:56.6 +2:55.5
13 3 Sergey Shilov Russia 44:15.5 +3:14.4
14 18 Fu Chunshan China 44:19.1 +3:18.0
15 7 Yauheni Lukyanenka Belarus 44:22.0 +3:20.9
16 1 Vladimir Gajdiciar Slovakia 44:39.0 +3:37.9
17 17 Dominic Monypenny Australia 44:55.7 +3:54.6
18 13 Alain Marguerettaz France 44:55.8 +3:54.7
19 2 Ivan Goncharov Russia 45:19.2 +4:18.1
20 31 Kamil Rosiek Poland 45:21.2 +4:20.1
21 10 Robert Wator Poland 45:25.9 +4:24.8
22 4 Barys Pronka Belarus 45:57.7 +4:56.6
23 15 Roland Rüpp Italy 46:08.7 +5:07.6
24 11 Georges Bettega France 46:16.7 +5:15.6
25 14 Per Fagerhoi Norway 46:23.0 +5:21.9
26 12 Greg Mallory United States 46:30.6 +5:29.5
27 8 Lou Gibson Canada 47:53.8 +6:52.7
28 5 Fabrizio Bove Italy 49:15.2 +8:14.1
29 16 Sebastien Fortier Canada 51:33.6 +10:32.5
6 Manfred Lehner Austria DNF
9 Thierry Raoux France DNS

Standing

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st 20 Kirill Mikhaylov Russia 52:07.7
2nd 7 Nils-Erik Ulset Norway 53:34.1 +1:26.4
3rd 6 Vladimir Kononov Russia 53:53.4 +1:45.7
4 18 Siarhei Silchanka Belarus 54:51.6 +2:43.9
5 2 Rushan Minnegulov Russia 54:59.8 +2:52.1
6 17 Michael Kurz Austria 55:06.8 +2:59.1
7 5 Du Haitao China 55:29.9 +3:22.2
8 16 Vegard Dahle Norway 55:42.9 +3:35.2
9 11 Yannick Bourseaux France 55:55.7 +3:48.0
10 1 Thomas Oelsner Germany 58:02.6 +5:54.9
11 19 Ilkka Tuomisto Finland 58:29.6 +6:21.9
12 15 Tino Uhlig Germany 59:00.8 +6:53.1
13 12 Zou Dexin China 59:37.4 +7:29.7
14 10 Oleh Leshchyshyn Ukraine 59:44.9 +7:37.2
15 21 Grygorii Vovchynskyi Ukraine 59:50.6 +7:42.9
16 8 Cheng Shishuai China 59:52.1 +7:44.4
17 4 Keiichi Sato Japan 1:01:34.5 +9:26.8
18 9 James Millar Australia 1:02:33.5 +10:25.8
19 22 Svein Lilleberg Norway 1:06:33.0 +14:25.3
3 Tyler Mosher Canada DNF
14 Alfis Makamedinov Russia DNF
13 Mark Arendz Canada DNS

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