Olympic Winter Games 2010 / cross-country skiing

Nordic skiing 2010, other disciplines: Nordic combined ski jumping  

Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics
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venue	Whistler
Competition venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Nations	55
Athletes	292 (162 , 129 )
date	15-25 February 2010
decisions	12
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At the XXI. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver , twelve cross-country skiing competitions were held, six each for men and women. The venue was the Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler , around 125 km north of Vancouver.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	5	2	2	9
2	Sweden	3	2	2	7th
3	Germany	1	4th	-	5
4th	Russia	1	1	2	4th
5	Poland	1	1	1	3
6th	Switzerland	1	-	-	1
7th	Estonia	-	1	-	1
	Italy	-	1	-	1
9	Finland	-	-	2	2
	Czech Republic	-	-	2	2
11	Slovenia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Classic sprint Nikita Kryukov Alexander Panschinsky Petter Northug Team sprint freestyle Petter Northug , Øystein Pettersen Axel Teichmann , Tim Tscharnke Nikolai Morilow , Alexei Petuchow 15 km freestyle Dario Cologna Pietro Piller Cottrer Lukáš Bauer 30 km pursuit Marcus Hellner Tobias Angerer Johan Olsson 50 km mass start Petter Northug Axel Teichmann Johan Olsson 4 × 10 km relay Marcus Hellner , Johan Olsson , Daniel Richardsson , Anders Södergren Lars Berger , Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset , Petter Northug , Martin Johnsrud Sundby Lukáš Bauer , Martin Jakš , Martin Koukal , Jiří Magál

Women competitor gold silver bronze Classic sprint Marit Bjørgen Justyna Kowalczyk Petra Majdič Team sprint freestyle Claudia Nystad , Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle Anna Haag , Charlotte Kalla Irina Chasowa , Natalja Korosteljowa 10 km freestyle Charlotte Kalla Kristina Šmigun-Vähi Marit Bjørgen 15 km pursuit Marit Bjørgen Anna Haag Justyna Kowalczyk 30 km mass start Justyna Kowalczyk Marit Bjørgen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen 4 × 5 km relay Marit Bjørgen , Therese Johaug , Vibeke Skofterud , Kristin Størmer Steira Miriam Gössner , Claudia Nystad , Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle , Katrin Zeller Virpi Kuitunen , Pirjo Muranen , Riitta-Liisa Roponen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen

Men

Classic sprint

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	RUS	Nikita Kryukov	3: 36.3 (F)
2	RUS	Alexander Panschinsky	3: 36.3 (F)
3	NOR	Petter Northug	3: 45.5 (F)
4th	NOR	Ola Vigen Hattestad	3: 50.0 (F)
5	KAZ	Alexei Poltoranin	3: 54.4 (F)
6th	NOR	Øystein Pettersen	4: 56.2 (F)
7th	NOR	Johan Kjølstad	3: 36.3 (HF)
8th	SWE	Emil Jonsson	3: 37.4 (HF)
9	RUS	Mikhail Devyatyarov	3: 37.6 (HF)
10	FIN	Sami Jauhojärvi	3: 39.6 (HF)
31	GER	Josef Wenzl	3: 41.88 (Q)
33	GER	Tim Tscharnke	3: 42.03 (Q)
34	CHE	Christoph Eigenmann	3: 42.18 (Q)
38	CHE	Valerio Leccardi	3: 42.84 (Q)
43	CHE	Peter von Allmen	3: 46.16 (Q)
49	CHE	Eligius Tambornino	3: 48.33 (Q)

Date: February 17, 2010, 10:45 am (qualification), 12:55 pm (final)
Track length: 1580 m; Difference in altitude: 25 m; Maximum ascent: 25 m; Total ascent: 51 m
62 participants from 25 countries, all in the rating.

F = final; HF = semifinals; Q = qualification

Team sprint freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Petter Northug Øystein Pettersen	19: 01.0 (F)
2	GER	Axel Teichmann Tim Tscharnke	19: 02.3 (F)
3	RUS	Nikolai Morilow Alexei Petuchow	19: 02.5 (F)
4th	CAN	Alex Harvey Devon Kershaw	19: 07.3 (F)
5	KAZ	Alexei Poltoranin Nikolai Chebotko	19: 07.5 (F)
6th	CZE	Martin Koukal Dušan Kožíšek	19: 13.8 (F)
7th	FRA	Cyril Miranda Vincent Vittoz	19: 18.7 (F)
8th	ITA	Renato Pasini Cristian Zorzi	19: 21.1 (F)
9	United States	Torin Koos Andrew Newell	19: 21.6 (F)
10	FIN	Ville Nousiainen Lasse Paakkonen	19: 50.8 (F)
11	SUI	Dario Cologna Eligius Tambornino	18: 54.6 (HF)

Date: February 22nd, 2010, 11:35 a.m. (qualification), 1:30 p.m. (final)
Track length: 1580 m; Difference in altitude: 25 m; Maximum ascent: 25 m; Total ascent: 51 m
44 participants from 22 countries, 40 of them in the rating.

F = final; HF = semifinals

15 km freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	SUI	Dario Cologna	33: 36.3
2	ITA	Pietro Piller Cottrer	34: 00.9
3	CZE	Lukáš Bauer	34: 12.0
4th	SWE	Marcus Hellner	34: 13.5
5	FRA	Vincent Vittoz	34: 16.2
6th	FRA	Maurice Manificat	34: 27.4
7th	GER	Tobias Angerer	34: 28.5
8th	CAN	Ivan Babikov	34: 30.0
9	RUS	Maxim Wylegschanin	34: 31.6
10	ITA	Giorgio Di Centa	34: 36.2
12	SUI	Toni Livers	34: 43.3
15th	SUI	Remo Fischer	34: 51.1
17th	SUI	Curdin Perl	34: 51.8
36	GER	René Sommerfeldt	35: 31.3
44	GER	Axel Teichmann	35: 47.0
46	GER	Tom Reichelt	35: 50.4

Date: February 15, 2010, 12:30 p.m.
Difference in altitude: 85 m; Maximum ascent: 59 m; Total ascent: 564 m
95 participants from 49 countries, all in the rating.

30 km pursuit

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	SWE	Marcus Hellner	1: 15: 11.4
2	GER	Tobias Angerer	1: 15: 13.5
3	SWE	Johan Olsson	1: 15: 14.2
4th	RUS	Alexander Legkov	1: 15: 15.4
5	CAN	Ivan Babikov	1: 15: 20.5
6th	GER	Jens Filbrich	1: 15: 25.0
7th	CZE	Lukáš Bauer	1: 15: 25.2
8th	CAN	George Gray	1: 15: 32.0
9	CAN	Alex Harvey	1: 15: 43.0
10	SWE	Södergren is different	1: 15: 47.0
13	SUI	Dario Cologna	1: 16: 12.2
20th	SUI	Curdin Perl	1: 17: 05.0
21st	GER	René Sommerfeldt	1: 17: 11.9
22nd	SUI	Toni Livers	1: 17: 26.0
35	GER	Tom Reichelt	1: 21: 13.2
44	SUI	Remo Fischer	1: 22: 52.1

Date: February 20, 2010, 1.30 p.m.
Elevation difference: 71 m (K) / 40 m (F); Maximum ascent: 59 m (K) / 33 m (F); Total ascent: 552 m (K) / 516 m (F)
64 participants from 26 countries, 56 of them in the rating.

50 km mass start classic

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	NOR	Petter Northug	2: 05: 35.5
2	GER	Axel Teichmann	2: 05: 35.8
3	SWE	Johan Olsson	2: 05: 36.6
4th	GER	Tobias Angerer	2: 05: 37.0
5	CAN	Devon Kershaw	2: 05: 37.1
6th	EST	Andrus Veerpalu	2: 05: 41.6
7th	SWE	Daniel Richardsson	2: 05: 45.2
8th	RUS	Maxim Wylegschanin	2: 05: 46.4
9	SWE	Södergren is different	2: 05: 47.1
10	SUI	Dario Cologna	2: 05: 47.5
16	GER	Jens Filbrich	2: 06: 07.8
21st	GER	René Sommerfeldt	2: 06: 52.5

Date: February 28, 2010, 9:30 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 85 m; Maximum ascent: 59 m; Total ascent: 1745 m
53 participants from 21 countries, 48 ​​of them in the rating.

4 × 10 km relay

The second-placed Norwegian relay team at the award ceremony

space	Country / athlete	time
1	Sweden Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Anders Södergren Marcus Hellner	1:45: 05.4 h 27: 57.9 min 27: 55.2 min 24: 35.2 min 24: 37.1 min
2	Norway Martin Johnsrud Sundby Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Lars Berger Petter Northug	1: 45: 21.3 h 27: 59.9 min 28: 27.5 min 24: 38.4 min 24: 15.5 min
3	Czech Republic Martin Jakš Lukáš farmer Jiří Magál Martin Koukal	1:45: 21.9 h 28: 22.4 min 27: 36.4 min 24: 34.8 min 24: 48.3 min
4th	France Jean-Marc Gaillard Vincent Vittoz Maurice Manificat Emmanuel Jonnier	1:45: 26.3 h 27: 56.7 min 28: 03.6 min 24: 31.5 min 24: 54.5 min
5	Finland Sami Jauhojärvi Matti Heikkinen Teemu Kattilakoski Ville Nousiainen	1: 45: 30.3 h 27: 55.6 min 28: 32.3 min 24: 37.1 min 24: 25.3 min
6th	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann René Sommerfeldt Tobias Angerer	1:45: 49.4 h 27: 58.3 min 28: 22.6 min 24: 43.7 min 24: 44.8 min
7th	Canada Devon Kershaw Alex Harvey Ivan Babikov George Gray	1: 47: 03.2 h 28: 23.8 min 28: 21.3 min 24: 33.5 min 25: 44.6 min
8th	Russia Nikolai Pankratow Pyotr Sedov Alexander Legkow Maxim Vylegschanin	1: 47: 04.7 h 28: 33.4 min 28: 07.4 min 24: 56.9 min 25: 27.0 min
10	Switzerland Toni Livers Curdin Perl Remo Fischer Dario Cologna	1: 47: 57.2 h 28: 20.7 min 28: 26.7 min 25: 35.1 min 25: 34.7 min

Date: February 24, 2010, 11:15 a.m.
Elevation difference: 53 m (K) / 40 m (F); Maximum ascent: 41 m (K) / 38 m (F); Total ascent: 360 m (K) / 372 m (F)
14 relays at the start, all in the ranking.

Women

Classic sprint

Marit Bjørgen celebrates her Olympic victory in the sprint

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	3: 39.2 (F)
2	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	3: 40.3 (F)
3	SLO	Petra Majdič	3: 41.0 (F)
4th	SWE	Anna Olsson	3: 41.7 (F)
5	ITA	Magda Genuin	3: 49.1 (F)
6th	NOR	Celine Brun-Lie	3: 51.5 (F)
7th	NOR	Astrid Jacobsen	3: 44.2 (HF)
8th	United States	Kikkan Randall	3: 45.9 (HF)
9	FIN	Virpi Kuitunen	3: 46.4 (HF)
10	SWE	Magdalena Pajala	3: 45.0 (HF)
11	AUT	Kateřina Smutná	3: 45.1 (HF)
14th	GER	Katrin Zeller	3: 43.0 (VF)
17th	GER	Nicole Fessel	3: 41.2 (VF)
25th	GER	Hanna Kolb	3: 41.6 (VF)
30th	SUI	Doris Trachsel	3: 44.7 (VF)

Date: February 17, 2010, 10:15 a.m. (qualification), 12:30 p.m. (final)
Track length: 1430 m; Difference in altitude: 25 m; Maximum ascent: 25 m; Total ascent: 44 m
54 participants from 27 countries, all in the rating.

F = final; HF = semifinals; VF = quarter finals

Team sprint freestyle

Evening award ceremony for the women's team sprint

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	GER	Claudia Nystad Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle	18: 03.7 (F)
2	SWE	Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	18: 04.3 (F)
3	RUS	Irina Chasowa Natalja Korosteljowa	18: 07.7 (F)
4th	ITA	Arianna Follis Magda Genuin	18: 14.2 (F)
5	NOR	Celine Brun-Lie Astrid Jacobsen	18: 32.8 (F)
6th	United States	Caitlin Compton Kikkan Randall	18: 51.6 (F)
7th	CAN	Daria Gaiazova Sara Renner	18: 51.8 (F)
8th	FIN	Riitta-Liisa Roponen Riikka Sarasoja	18: 56.6 (F)
9	FRA	Laure Barthélémy Karine Laurent Philippot	19: 04.2 (F)
10	SLO	Vesna Fabjan Katja Višnar	18: 58.9 (HF)
17th	SUI	Silvana Bucher and Bettina Gruber	20: 04.6 (HF)

Date: February 22, 2010, 10:45 am (qualification), 1:00 pm (final)
Distance: 1430 m; Difference in altitude: 25 m; Maximum ascent: 25 m; Total ascent: 44 m
36 participants from 18 countries, 34 of them in the rating.

F = final; HF = semifinals

The originally ninth place Polish pairing ( Sylwia Jaśkowiec / Kornelia Marek ) was disqualified for doping.

10 km freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	SWE	Charlotte Kalla	24: 58.4
2	EST	Kristina Šmigun-Vähi	25: 05.0
3	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	25: 14.3
4th	SWE	Anna Haag	25: 19.3
5	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	25: 20.1
6th	FIN	Riitta-Liisa Roponen	25: 24.3
7th	RUS	Yevgenia Medvedeva-Arbusova	25: 26.5
8th	NOR	Kristin Størmer Steira	25: 50.5
9	UKR	Valentyna Shevchenko	25: 51.1
10	KAZ	Svetlana Malachowa	25: 53.9
12	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle	25: 57.7
16	GER	Claudia Nystad	25: 59.8
21st	GER	Miriam Gössner	26: 14.8
23	GER	Stefanie Boehler	26: 19.2

Date: February 15, 2010, 10:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 71 m; Maximum ascent: 59 m; Total ascent: 362 m
78 participants from 36 countries, all in the rating.

15 km pursuit

Marit Bjørgen on the way to the gold medal in the double pursuit

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	39: 58.1
2	SWE	Anna Haag	40: 07.0
3	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	40: 07.4
4th	NOR	Kristin Størmer Steira	40: 07.5
5	FIN	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	40: 40.6
6th	NOR	Therese Johaug	40: 50.0
7th	ITA	Marianna Longa	41: 02.2
8th	SWE	Charlotte Kalla	41: 18.5
9	ITA	Arianna Follis	41: 21.6
10	CAN	Sara Renner	41: 37.9
11	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle	41: 37.9
22nd	GER	Nicole Fessel	42: 25.1
24	GER	Katrin Zeller	42: 26.9
29	AUT	Kateřina Smutná	42: 50.3
36	GER	Stefanie Boehler	43: 17.9

Date: February 19, 2010, 1:00 p.m.
Elevation difference: 71 m (K) / 40 m (F); Maximum ascent: 59 m (K) / 33 m (F); Total ascent: 276 m (K) / 258 m (F)
66 participants from 24 countries, 62 of them in the evaluation.

30 km mass start classic

The podium of the mass start race

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	1: 30: 33.7
2	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	1: 30: 34.0
3	FIN	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	1: 31: 38.7
4th	GER	Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle	1: 31: 52.9
5	JPN	Masako Ishida	1: 31: 56.5
6th	SWE	Charlotte Kalla	1: 31: 57.6
7th	NOR	Therese Johaug	1: 32: 01.3
8th	NOR	Kristin Størmer Steira	1: 32: 04.4
9	SWE	Anna Olsson	1: 33: 00.3
10	FRA	Karine Laurent Philippot	1: 33: 11.4
17th	GER	Stefanie Boehler	1: 34: 08.7
19th	GER	Katrin Zeller	1: 34: 18.1
32	AUT	Kateřina Smutná	1: 37: 51.3

Date: February 27, 2010, 11:45 am
Elevation difference: 85 m; Maximum ascent: 59 m; Total ascent: 1047 m
53 participants from 21 countries, 47 of them in the rating.

4 × 5 km relay

space	Country / athletes	Time (min)
1	Norway Vibeke Skofterud Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira Marit Bjørgen	55: 19.5 14: 49.9 14: 46.5 12: 53.2 12: 49.9
2	Germany Katrin Zeller Evi Sachsenbacher-Stehle Miriam Gössner Claudia Nystad	55: 44.1 14: 53.7 15: 00.6 12: 52.0 12: 57.8
3	Finland Pirjo Muranen Virpi Kuitunen Riitta-Liisa Roponen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	55: 49.9 15: 32.4 14: 35.7 12: 38.2 13: 03.6
4th	Italy Arianna Follis Marianna Longa Silvia Rupil Sabina Valbusa	56: 04.9 14: 58.6 14: 29.4 13: 01.8 13: 35.1
5	Sweden Anna Olsson Magdalena Pajala Charlotte Kalla Ida Ingemarsdotter	56: 18.9 14: 47.1 15: 35.6 12: 25.0 13: 31.2
6th	France Aurore Cuinet Karine Laurent Philippot Célia Bourgeois Cécile Storti	56: 30.6 15: 13.3 14: 38.8 12: 59.9 13: 38.6
7th	Russia Olga Sawjalowa Irina Chasowa Jewgenija Medvedeva Natalja Korosteljowa	57: 00.9 15: 15.2 15: 19.0 13: 01.1 13: 25.6
8th	Japan Madoka Natsumi Masako Ishida Nobuko Fukuda Michiko Kashiwabara	57: 40.4 15: 03.0 14: 50.4 13: 34.5 14: 12.5

Date: February 25, 2010, 11:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 53 m (K) / 40 m (F); Maximum ascent: 41 m (K) / 32 m (F); Total ascent: 188 m (K) / 164 m (F)
16 relays at the start, 15 of them in the classification.

The Polish season ran in the composition Kornelia Marek , Justyna Kowalczyk , Paulina Maciuszek and Sylwia Jaśkowiec initially in sixth place. After Marek was convicted of doping, the relay was disqualified.

Review

The success of the Norwegians has been systematically researched by Norwegian scientists. The winning athletes belong to the generation of the Norwegian cross-country skier who their training since its inclusion in the squad have systematically (heart rate, stress and lactate values as well track length etc. of every training). It turned out that they trained significantly more, but at a significantly lower intensity, than the competition from Germany or other non-Scandinavian countries. While around a third of running training in Germany takes place above the anaerobic threshold, it was only 9% for these Norwegians. While fatigue resistance is trained in Germany, the Norwegians train aerobic endurance, which is particularly noticeable in the sprint in the third and fourth races. Since these high training intensities can only be endured with the help of anabolic steroids as in athletics, as in Russia , the Norwegian route is more appropriate.

Web links

Commons : Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Official results (PDF, 2.0 MB)

Individual evidence

1. ^ IOC sanctions Polish cross country skier Kornelia Marek for failing doping test , IOC April 29, 2010 on the official IOC website www.olympic.org, accessed on May 2, 2017
2. ↑ Tønnessen, Espen; Haugen, Thomas A .; Hem, Erlend; Leirstein, Svein; Seiler, Stephen (2015): Maximal Aerobic Capacity in the Winter-Olympics Endurance Disciplines: Olympic-Medal Benchmarks for the Time Period 1990-2013. Int J Sports Physiol Perform. 10 (7): 835-839.
3. ↑ Arnd Krüger : How much basic training do you need? The importance of aerobic endurance for cross-country skiing. FdSnow. Specialized journal for skiing 33 (2015), 2, 22–33.
4. ↑ Sandbakk, Oyvind; Skålvik, Tommy Fredriksen; Spencer, Matt; van Beekvelt, Mireille; Welde, Boye; Hegge, Ann Magdalen; Gjøvaag, Terje; Ettema, Gertjan (2015): The physiological responses to repeated upper-body sprint exercise in highly trained athletes. European Journal of Applied Physiology 115 (6): 1381-1391.
5. ↑ Doping scandal - Russia's Athletics Federation suspended , Zeit online, November 14, 2015, (accessed January 1, 2016)