Men's sprintat the XXI Olympic Winter Games
Venue Whistler Olympic Park Dates 17 February Competitors 62 from 25 nations Winning time 3:36.3
The Men's sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , Canada was held on 17 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia .[ 1]
Sweden 's Björn Lind was the defending Olympic champion in this event, though the event was in the freestyle technique.[ 2] Norway 's Ola Vigen Hattestad was the defending world champion in this event which was also held in freestyle technique.[ 3] Emil Jönsson of Sweden won the test event that took place at Olympic venue on 16 January 2009.[ 4] The last World Cup event prior to the 2010 Games in this format took place on 6 February 2010 in Canmore, Alberta and was won by Jönsson.[ 5]
Lind was eliminated in the quarterfinals, Jönsson was eliminated in the semifinals, and Hattestad finished fourth. It is the first Olympic medals for all three finishers.[ 6] The event ended in a photofinish between Russians Nikita Kryukov and Alexander Panzhinskiy with Kriukov edging out Panzhinsky who had led most of the race.[ 7]
Results
Qualifying
Qualifying took place at 10:45 PST .[ 1]
Quarterfinals
Quarterfinals took place at 12:55 PST.[ 1]
Quarterfinal 2
Quarterfinal 3
Quarterfinal 4
Quarterfinal 5
Semifinals
Semifinals took place at 13:30 PST.[ 1]
Semifinals 1
Semifinals 2
Finals
Finals took place at 13:55 PST.[ 1]
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