Olympic Winter Games 2002 / cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics
information
venue	Midway
Competition venue	Soldier Hollow
Nations	53
Athletes	260 (153 , 107 )
date	February 9-24, 2002
decisions	12
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Nordic skiing 2002, further disciplines: Nordic combined ski jumping  

At the XIX. At the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City , twelve cross-country skiing competitions were held.

The venue was the Soldier Hollow near Midway . The Olympic program was expanded to include two disciplines compared to the 1998 Games in Nagano . The sprint was added for women and men.

These games were u. a. shaped by numerous doping cases among cross-country skiers. The German Johann Mühlegg , who started for Spain, had won three gold medals, which he had to surrender because of proven doping abuse . In addition, Mühlegg, who always emerged as an eccentric, was suspended for two years. The Russians Larissa Lasutina and Olga Danilowa were stripped of several medals . They were initially banned from further competitions in the games. This increased the chances of the other teams in the relay and the German cross-country skiers eventually won Olympic gold. The two Austrian cross-country skiers Achim Walcher and Marc Mayer and their trainer Walter Mayer had already left before the start of the competitions . Several syringes and blood bags were subsequently found in their rooms. There was a scandal, the athletes were excluded from the games, their coaches suspended up to and including the 2010 Winter Olympics .

Soldier Hollow Ski Stadium

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	5	2	4th	11
2	Italy	2	2	2	6th
3	Russia	2	1	1	4th
4th	Germany	1	2	2	5
5	Estonia	1	1	1	3
6th	Austria	1	1	-	2
7th	Canada	1	-	-	1
8th	Czech Republic	-	2	-	2
9	Sweden	-	-	1	1
	Switzerland	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Classic sprint Gate Arne Hetland Peter Schlickenrieder Cristian Zorzi 15 km classic Andrus Veerpalu Frode Estil Jaak Mae 2 × 10 km pursuit Thomas Alsgaard Frode Estil - Per Elofsson 30 km mass start Christian Hoffmann Mikhail Botvinov Kristen Skjeldal 50 km classic Mikhail Ivanov Andrus Veerpalu Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset 4 × 10 km relay Thomas Alsgaard , Anders Aukland , Frode Estil , Kristen Skjeldal Giorgio Di Centa , Fabio Maj , Pietro Piller Cottrer , Cristian Zorzi Tobias Angerer , Jens Filbrich , Andreas Schlütter , René Sommerfeldt

Women competitor gold silver bronze Classic sprint Yulia Chepalova Evi Sachsenbacher Anita Moen 10 km classic Bente Skari Yulia Chepalova Stefania Belmondo 2 × 5 km pursuit Beckie Scott Kateřina Neumannová Viola Bauer 15 km mass start Stefania Belmondo Kateřina Neumannová Yulia Chepalova 30 km classic Gabriella Paruzzi Stefania Belmondo Bente Skari 4 × 5 km relay Viola Bauer , Manuela Henkel , Claudia Künzel , Evi Sachsenbacher Marit Bjørgen , Anita Moen , Hilde G. Pedersen , Bente Skari Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan , Andrea Huber , Natascia Leonardi Cortesi , Laurence Rochat

Results men

Classic sprint

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Gate Arne Hetland	2: 56.9 (F)
2	GER	Peter Schlickenrieder	2: 57.0 (F)
3	ITA	Cristian Zorzi	2: 57.2 (F)
4th	SWE	Bjorn Lind	2: 58.1 (F)
5	ITA	Freddy Schwienbacher	2: 56.1 (Theatrical Version)
6th	NOR	Trond Iversen	2: 56.6 (Theatrical Version)
7th	GER	Tobias Angerer	2: 58.0 (Theatrical Version)
8th	FIN	Hannu Manninen	2: 59.5 (Theatrical Version)
9	POLE	Janusz Krężelok	3: 00.6 (HF)
10	CZE	Martin Koukal	2: 52.09 (Q)
12	LIE	Markus Hasler	2: 53.74 (Q)
19th	SUI	Christoph Eigenmann	2: 54.76 (Q)
20th	GER	René Sommerfeldt	2: 54.87 (Q)
23	LIE	Stephan Kunz	2: 55.91 (Q)
24	AUT	Reinhard Neuner	2: 56.20 (Q)

Date: February 19, 2002, 9:30 a.m.
Route length: 1480 m; Difference in altitude: 32 m; Maximum ascent: 14 m; Total increase: 50
71 participants from 36 countries, 69 of them in the rating. Disqualified: Marc Mayer (AUT).

F = final; KF = small finale; HF = semifinals; Q = qualification

15 km classic

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	EST	Andrus Veerpalu	37: 07.4
2	NOR	Frode Estil	37: 43.4
3	EST	Jaak Mae	37: 50.8
4th	NOR	Aukland is different	38: 03.3
5	SWE	Per Elofsson	38: 10.8
6th	NOR	Erling Jevne	38: 13.6
7th	RUS	Vitaly Denisov	38: 17.9
8th	SWE	Magnus Ingesson	38: 38.5
9	SUI	Reto mayor	38: 38.5
10	RUS	Sergei Novikov	38: 38.5
14th	GER	Axel Teichmann	39: 05.3
15th	GER	Andreas Schluetter	39: 19.2
23	AUT	Alexander Marent	39: 36.2
33	GER	Jens Filbrich	39: 57.0
41	AUT	Gerhard Urain	40: 38.0
55	GER	Peter Schlickenrieder	42: 34.0

Date: February 12, 2002, 12:00 p.m.
Difference in altitude: 123 m; Maximum ascent: 51 m; Total increase: 563
67 participants from 26 countries, 66 of them in the rating.

2 × 10 km pursuit freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Thomas Alsgaard	49: 48.9
	NOR	Frode Estil
3	SWE	Per Elofsson	49: 52.9
4th	ITA	Giorgio Di Centa	49: 53.8
5	RUS	Vitaly Denisov	49: 58.5
6th	ITA	Pietro Piller Cottrer	50: 01.2
7th	NOR	Aukland is different	50: 10.8
8th	EST	Jaak Mae	50: 12.1
9	AUT	Mikhail Botvinov	50: 17.2
10	DEU	René Sommerfeldt	50: 22.7
17th	DEU	Andreas Schluetter	50: 48.2
23	DEU	Tobias Angerer	50: 57.9
26th	LIE	Markus Hasler	51: 14.3
38	DEU	Axel Teichmann	52: 00.4
40	CHE	Patrick Mächler	52: 09.1
41	CHE	Reto mayor	52: 18.1
43	LIE	Stephan Kunz	52: 21.2

Date: February 14, 2002, 12:00 noon
Difference in altitude: 77 m; Maximum ascent: 50 m; Total ascent: 408 m
85 participants from 37 countries, 56 of them in the rating.

Johann Mühlegg (ESP) was stripped of the gold medal he had initially won because of doping.

30 km mass start freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	AUT	Christian Hoffmann	1: 11: 31.0
2	AUT	Mikhail Botvinov	1: 11: 32.3
3	NOR	Kristen Skjeldal	1: 11: 42.7
4th	ITA	Pietro Piller Cottrer	1: 11: 42.8
5	NOR	Ole Einar Bjørndalen	1: 11: 44.5
6th	CZE	Lukáš Bauer	1: 12: 22.3
7th	RUS	Nikolai Bolshakov	1: 12: 50.6
8th	RUS	Sergei Krjanin	1: 12: 52.0
9	ITA	Cristian Zorzi	1: 13: 10.0
10	FRA	Emmanuel Jonnier	1: 13: 15.1
16	GER	René Sommerfeldt	1: 13: 55.8
19th	GER	Axel Teichmann	1: 14: 23.8
23	AUT	Gerhard Urain	1: 14: 33.9
25th	LIE	Markus Hasler	1: 14: 47.0
28	SUI	Patrick Mächler	1: 15: 03.4
31	LIE	Stephan Kunz	1: 15: 56.8
33	GER	Tobias Angerer	1: 16: 13.1
34	SUI	Gion-Andrea Bundi	1: 16: 19.6
38	SUI	Wilhelm Aschwanden	1: 16: 32.4
39	SUI	Patrick Rölli	1: 16: 36.5

Date: February 9, 2002, 12:30 pm
Difference in altitude: 80 m; Maximum ascent: 52 m; Total ascent: 1144 m
78 participants from 31 countries, 68 of them in the rating.

Johann Mühlegg (ESP) was stripped of the gold medal he had initially won because of doping.

50 km classic

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	RUS	Mikhail Ivanov	2: 06: 20.8
2	EST	Andrus Veerpalu	2: 06: 44.5
3	NOR	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	2: 08: 41.5
4th	DEU	Andreas Schluetter	2: 08: 54.8
5	AUT	Mikhail Botvinov	2: 09: 21.7
6th	JPN	Hiroyuki Imai	2: 09: 41.3
7th	NOR	Aukland is different	2: 10: 05.7
8th	CZE	Lukáš Bauer	2: 10: 41.9
9	NOR	Frode Estil	2: 10: 44.8
10	NOR	Erling Jevne	2: 12: 06.6
21st	GER	Jens Filbrich	2: 15: 44.8
32	SUI	Wilhelm Aschwanden	2: 19: 33.9
36	LIE	Markus Hasler	2: 20: 31.8
37	SUI	Reto mayor	2: 20: 43.3
45	SUI	Patrick Rölli	2: 24: 34.4

Date: February 23, 2002, 9:30 am
Difference in altitude: 123 m; Maximum ascent: 51 m; Total ascent: 1794 m
61 participants from 24 countries, 57 of them in the rating.

Johann Mühlegg (ESP) was stripped of the gold medal he had initially won because of doping.

4 × 10 km relay

space	Country / athlete	time
1	Norway Thomas Alsgaard Frode Estil Kristen Skjeldal Anders Aukland	1:32: 45.6 h 24: 27.4 min 24: 22.9 min 22: 10.5 min 21: 44.7 min
2	Italy Pietro Piller Cottrer Cristian Zorzi Fabio Maj Giorgio Di Centa	1:32: 45.9 h 24: 35.8 min 24: 38.4 min 21: 47.1 min 21: 44.5 min
3	Germany René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer Andreas Schlütter Jens Filbrich	1:33: 34.5 h 24: 39.9 min 24: 21.4 min 22: 12.4 min 22: 20.8 min
4th	Austria Alexander Marent Michail Botwinow Gerhard Urain Christian Hoffmann	1: 34: 04.9 h 25: 15.0 min 24: 22.1 min 22: 19.9 min 22: 07.9 min
5	United States John Bauer Kris Freeman Justin Wadsworth Carl Swenson	1: 34: 05.5 h 24: 40.9 min 24: 34.9 min 22: 40.7 min 22: 09.0 min
6th	Russia Sergei Novikow Mikhail Ivanov Vitaly Denisov Nikolai Bolshakow	1: 34: 50.2 h 25: 17.6 min 24: 14.3 min 22: 34.9 min 22: 43.3 min
7th	Czech Republic Martin Koukal Jiří Magál Lukáš farmer Petr Michel	1: 35: 51.3 h 25: 07.9 min 25: 30.9 min 21: 29.6 min 23: 22.9 min
8th	France Alexandre Rousselet Christophe Perrillat-Collomb Vincent Vittoz Emmanuel Jonnier	1: 35: 50.8 h 24: 57.3 min 25: 31.9 min 22: 01.3 min 23: 20.3 min
10	Switzerland Wilhelm Aschwanden Reto Mayor Patrick Mächler Gion-Andrea Bundi	1: 37: 26.4 h 25: 54.9 min 25: 09.4 min 23: 05.5 min 23: 16.6 min

Date: February 17, 2002, 9:30 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 76 m (A) / 77 m (B); Maximum ascent: 41 m (A) / 50 m (B); Total ascent: 392 m (A) / 408 m (B)
15 teams at the start, all in the ranking.

Results women

Classic sprint

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	3: 10.6 (F)
2	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher	3: 12.2 (F)
3	NOR	Anita Moen	3: 12.7 (F)
4th	GER	Claudia Künzel	3: 13.3 (F)
5	CAN	Beckie Scott	3: 24.9 (Theatrical Version)
6th	NOR	Maj Helen Sorkmo	3: 25.5 (Theatrical Version)
7th	SVN	Andreja Mali	3: 25.9 (Theatrical Version)
8th	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	3: 26.1 (Theatrical Version)
9	CAN	Sara Renner	3: 20.0 (HF)
10	GER	Anke Reschwamm	3: 17.45 (Q)
15th	GER	Manuela Henkel	3: 16.89 (Q)
27	SUI	Andrea Huber	3: 22.18 (Q)

Date: February 19, 2002, 9:30 a.m.
Route length: 1480 m; Difference in altitude: 32 m; Maximum ascent: 14 m; Total increase: 50
61 participants from 23 countries, 57 of them in the rating.

F = final; KF = small finale; HF = semifinals; Q = qualification

10 km classic

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Bente Skari	28: 05.6
2	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	28: 09.9
3	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	28: 45.8
4th	CAN	Beckie Scott	28: 49.2
5	RUS	Lyubov Egorova	28: 50.7
6th	NOR	Hilde G. Pedersen	28: 56.2
7th	FIN	Satu salons	29: 02.3
8th	SVN	Petra Majdič	29: 03.9
9	NOR	Anita Moen	29: 15.5
10	GER	Viola Bauer	29: 03.9
15th	SUI	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	29: 57.5
18th	GER	Manuela Henkel	30: 00.5

Date: February 12, 2002, 9:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 119 m; Maximum ascent: 70 m; Total ascent: 382 m
61 participants from 23 countries, 57 of them in the rating.

Because of doping, Olga Danilowa was deprived of the silver medal and Larissa Lasutina (both RUS) fourth place.

2 × 5 km pursuit freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	CAN	Beckie Scott	25: 09.9
2	CZE	Kateřina Neumannová	25: 10.0
3	GER	Viola Bauer	25: 11.1
4th	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	25: 11.3
5	RUS	Nina Gavriljuk	25: 13.5
6th	NOR	Bente Skari	25: 14.2
7th	SVN	Petra Majdič	25: 16.5
8th	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	25: 18.6
9	ITA	Sabina Valbusa	25: 22.1
10	UKR	Iryna Terelja	25: 33.6
18th	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher	26: 11.0
20th	GER	Manuela Henkel	26: 11.4
22nd	SUI	Laurence Rochat	26: 11.8
29	SUI	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	26: 27.3

Date: February 15, 2002, 9:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 76 m; Maximum ascent: 41 m; Total ascent: 196 m
73 participants from 27 countries, 48 ​​of them in the rating.

Olga Danilowa and Larissa Lasutina (both RUS) were stripped of their gold and silver medals because of doping.

15 km mass start freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	39: 54.4
2	CZE	Kateřina Neumannová	40: 01.3
3	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	40: 02.7
4th	FIN	Kaisa Varis	40: 04.1
5	BLR	Svetlana Nageikina	40: 17.9
6th	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	40: 25.7
7th	EST	Kristina Šmigun	40: 33.6
8th	FRA	Karine Philippot	40: 38.6
9	UKR	Iryna Terelja	40: 39.4
10	ITA	Sabina Valbusa	40: 48.3
12	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle	40: 57.6
15th	SUI	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	41: 56.3
26th	GER	Claudia Künzel	42: 49.5
31	SUI	Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan	42: 54.4
35	GER	Anke Reschwamm	43: 53.1

Date: February 9, 2002, 9:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 80 m; Maximum ascent: 52 m; Total ascent: 572 m
60 participants from 23 countries, 54 of them in the rating.

Larissa Lasutina (RUS) was stripped of the silver medal because of doping.

30 km classic

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	ITA	Gabriella Paruzzi	1: 30: 57.1
2	ITA	Stefania Belmondo	1: 31: 01.6
3	NOR	Bente Skari	1: 31: 36.3
4th	NOR	Anita Moen	1: 31: 36.3
5	UKR	Valentyna Shevchenko	1: 33: 03.1
6th	GER	Viola Bauer	1: 33: 25.1
7th	EST	Kristina Šmigun	1: 33: 52.7
8th	NOR	Vibeke Skofterud	1: 35: 02.3
9	RUS	Yulia Chepalova	1: 35: 37.4
10	SUI	Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	1: 35: 46.8
19th	SUI	Laurence Rochat	1: 38: 24.2

Date: February 24, 2002, 9:30 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 123 m; Maximum ascent: 51 m; Total ascent: 1126 m
49 participants from 17 countries, 42 of them in the rating.

4 × 5 km relay

space	Country / athletes	Time (min)
1	Germany Manuela Henkel Viola Bauer Claudia Künzel Evi Sachsenbacher	49: 30.6 13: 01.8 12: 58.0 11: 47.7 11: 43.1
2	Norway Marit Bjørgen Bente Skari Hilde G. Pedersen Anita Moen	49: 31.9 13: 15.9 12: 41.2 11: 41.0 11: 53.8
3	Switzerland Andrea Huber Laurence Rochat Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan Natascia Leonardi Cortesi	50: 03.6 13: 08.2 13: 02.7 11: 43.3 12: 09.4
4th	Czech Republic Helena Balatková Kamila Rajdlová Kateřina Neumannová Kateřina Hanušová	50: 35.2 13: 33.6 13: 24.6 11: 26.4 12: 10.6
5	Belarus Jelena Kalugina Swetlana Nageikina Wera Sjatikowa Natalja Sjatikowa	50: 37.9 13: 45.1 12: 47.9 12: 11.1 11: 53.8
6th	Italy Marianna Longa Gabriella Paruzzi Sabina Valbusa Stefania Belmondo	50: 38.6 14: 14.2 13: 13.2 11: 41.3 11: 29.9
7th	Finland Kati Sundqvist Satu Salonen Riitta-Liisa Lassila Kaisa Varis	50: 45.5 13: 48.5 12: 44.8 12: 09.3 12: 02.9
8th	Canada Sara Renner Milaine Thériault Amanda Fortier Beckie Scott	50: 49.6 13: 19.8 13: 39.7 12: 10.7 11: 39.4

Date: February 21, 2002, 12:30 p.m.
Elevation difference: 76 m (A) / 77 m (B); Maximum ascent: 41 m (A) / 50 m (B); Total ascent: 196 m (A) / 204 m (B)
13 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Web links

• Results at sports-reference.com

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Doping, Ghosts and Conspiracy. How Johann Mühlegg became a phantom Die Welt / ntv, March 5, 2017 at n-tv.de/sport, accessed on April 29, 2017
2. ^ Doping at Winter Games - 2002 Salt Lake City Süddeutsche Zeitung, accessed on April 29, 2017