Olympic Winter Games 2014 / cross-country skiing

Nordic skiing 2014, further disciplines: Nordic combined ski jumping  

Cross-country skiing at the XXII. Winter Olympics
information
venue	Krasnaya Polyana
Competition venue	Laura biathlon and cross-country skiing center
Nations	54
Athletes	298 (125 women and 173 men)
date	8-23 February 2014
decisions	12
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Cross-country skiing took place in Sochi in 2014 as part of the XXII. Olympic Winter Games represented for the 22nd time. The competitions took place between February 8 and 23 in the competition region of Krasnaya Polyana , about 70 km east of Sochi. The venue was the Laura biathlon and cross-country skiing center , afacility builton the Psechako mountain ridge (Chrebet Psechako) .

Even the cross-country skiers are still concerned with the issue of doping years after these games in Sochi . Again and again new allegations and evidence of systematic doping supported by the Russian state, combined with large-scale cover-ups, emerge. As a result, Russian sport as a whole is struggling for its reputation. Large events with Russian venues were moved elsewhere, there were bans for Russian athletes worldwide, and a doping scandal of unprecedented proportions took place. There are also far-reaching problems with the re-use of built sports facilities, with interventions in nature and with regard to what remains for the people in Sochi themselves.

Balance sheet

Medal table

space	country				total
1	Norway	5	2	4th	11
2	Sweden	2	5	4th	11
3	Switzerland	2	-	-	2
4th	Russia	1	3	1	5
5	Finland	1	2	-	3
6th	Poland	1	-	-	1
7th	Germany	-	-	1	1
	France	-	-	1	1
	Slovenia	-	-	1	1

Medalist

Men competitor gold silver bronze Sprint freestyle Ola Vigen Hattestad Teodor Peterson Emil Jonsson Classic team sprint Sami Jauhojärvi , Iivo Niskanen Nikita Kryukov , Maxim Wylegschanin Emil Jönsson , Teodor Peterson 15 km classic Dario Cologna Johan Olsson Daniel Richardsson 30 km skiathlon Dario Cologna Marcus Hellner Martin Johnsrud Sundby 50 km mass start Alexander Legkov Maxim Wylegschanin Ilya Chernousov 4 × 10 km relay Marcus Hellner , Lars Nelson , Johan Olsson , Daniel Richardsson Alexander Bessmertnych , Dmitri Japarow , Alexander Legkow , Maxim Wylegschanin Robin Duvillard , Jean-Marc Gaillard , Maurice Manificat , Ivan Perrillat Boiteux

Women competitor gold silver bronze Sprint freestyle Maiken Caspersen Falla Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Vesna Fabjan Classic team sprint Marit Bjørgen , Ingvild Flugstad Østberg Kerttu Niskanen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Ida Ingemarsdotter , Stina Nilsson 10 km classic Justyna Kowalczyk Charlotte Kalla Therese Johaug 15 km skiathlon Marit Bjørgen Charlotte Kalla Heidi Weng 30 km mass start Marit Bjørgen Therese Johaug Kristin Størmer Steira 4 × 5 km relay Anna Haag , Ida Ingemarsdotter , Charlotte Kalla , Emma Wikén Anne Kyllönen , Krista Pärmäkoski , Kerttu Niskanen , Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Stefanie Böhler , Denise Herrmann , Nicole Fessel , Claudia Nystad

Results men

Sprint freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	NOR	Ola Vigen Hattestad	3: 38.39 (F)
2	SWE	Teodor Peterson	3: 39.61 (F)
3	SWE	Emil Jonsson	3: 58.13 (F)
4th	NOR	Not so Gløersen	4: 02.05 (F)
5	RUS	Sergei Ustyugov	4: 32.48 (F)
6th	SWE	Marcus Hellner	5: 24.31 (F)
7th	AUT	Bernhard Tritscher	3: 37.64 (HF)
8th	RUS	Alexei Petukhov	3: 37.89 (HF)
9	NOR	Eirik Brandsdal	3: 37.09 (HF)
10	NOR	Petter Northug	3: 54.28 (HF)
20th	GER	Tim Tscharnke	3: 46.81 (VF)
22nd	SUI	Jöri Kindschi	3: 47.94 (VF)
23	AUT	Harald Wurm	3: 38.32 (VF)
26th	SUI	Dario Cologna	4: 39.69 (VF)
31	GER	Josef Wenzl	3: 38.10 (Q)
32	GER	Thomas Bing	3: 38.30 (Q)
35	GER	Sebastian Eisenlauer	3: 39.00 (Q)
46	AUT	Max Hauke	3: 41.55 (Q)
47	SUI	Jovian Hediger	3: 42.34 (Q)
83	SUI	Roman Schaad	4: 56.63 (Q)

Date: February 11, 2014, 2:25 p.m. (qualification), 7:00 p.m. (final)
Track length: 1800 m; Difference in altitude: 35 m; Maximum ascent: 32 m; Total ascent: 62 m
86 participants from 40 countries, 85 of them in the rating.

F = final; HF = semifinals; VF = qualification; Q = qualification

Classic team sprint

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	FIN	Sami Jauhojärvi Iivo Niskanen	23: 14.89
2	RUS	Nikita Kryukov Maxim Vylegschanin	23: 15.86
3	SWE	Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson	23: 30.01
4th	NOR	Ola Vigen Hattestad Petter Northug	23: 33.55
5	SUI	Dario Cologna Gianluca Cologna	23: 35.90
6th	United States	Simeon Hamilton Erik Bjornsen	23: 49.95
7th	GER	Hannes Dotzler Tim Tscharnke	23: 57.02
8th	KAZ	Alexei Poltoranin Nikolai Chebotko	24: 01.38
9	CZE	Martin Jakš Aleš Razým	24: 01.83
10	FRA	Jean-Marc Gaillard Cyril Miranda	DNS
17th	AUT	Max Hauke Harald Wurm	25: 01.23

Medal ceremony for the winners of the team sprint

Date: February 19, 2014, 4:15 p.m.
Track length: 1800 m; Difference in altitude: 35 m; Maximum ascent: 32 m; Total ascent: 62 m
46 participants from 23 countries, 42 of them in the rating.

The Russian Olympic runner-up Maxim Wylegschanin was subsequently disqualified in November 2017 based on the findings of the McLaren Report and should have given up his medal. He appealed to the International Court of Sports and was awarded the medal again because the disqualification had taken place without a legal basis.

15 km classic

space	country	athlete	Time (min)
1	SUI	Dario Cologna	38: 29.7
2	SWE	Johan Olsson	38: 58.2
3	SWE	Daniel Richardsson	39: 08.5
4th	FIN	Iivo Niskanen	39: 08.7
5	CZE	Lukáš Bauer	39: 28.6
6th	NOR	Chris Jespersen	39: 30.6
7th	RUS	Alexander Bessmertnych	39: 37.7
8th	GER	Axel Teichmann	39: 42.4
9	KAZ	Alexei Poltoranin	39: 43.2
10	SWE	Marcus Hellner	39: 46.9
11	GER	Hannes Dotzler	39: 49.9
14th	GER	Jens Filbrich	40: 08.5
22nd	SUI	Curdin Perl	40: 27.8
24	SUI	Jonas Baumann	40: 33.2
26th	GER	Tim Tscharnke	40: 41.3
27	LIE	Philipp Hälg	40: 41.5
57	AUT	Max Hauke	43: 23.4

Flower ceremony for the winners of the 15K race

Date: February 14, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Difference in altitude: 90 m; Maximum ascent: 56 m; Total ascent: 544 m
91 participants from 45 countries, 87 of them in the rating.

30 km skiathlon

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	SUI	Dario Cologna	1: 08: 15.4
2	SWE	Marcus Hellner	1: 08: 15.8
3	NOR	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	1: 08: 16.8
4th	RUS	Maxim Wylegschanin	1: 08.16.9
5	RUS	Ilya Chernousov	1: 08: 29.0
6th	FRA	Jean-Marc Gaillard	1: 08: 29.8
7th	SWE	Daniel Richardsson	1: 08: 31.7
8th	FRA	Maurice Manificat	1: 08: 33.6
9	SWE	Lars Nelson	1: 08: 37.7
10	RUS	Alexander Legkov	1: 08.43.1
12	GER	Hannes Dotzler	1: 08: 44.8
14th	GER	Tobias Angerer	1: 08: 49.7
22nd	GER	Axel Teichmann	1: 10: 13.3
26th	SUI	Curdin Perl	1: 10: 22.4
28	SUI	Jonas Baumann	1: 10: 52.3
36	GER	Thomas Bing	1: 11: 32.9
42	LIE	Philipp Hälg	1: 12: 47.8

Date: February 9, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Elevation difference: 35 m (K) / 87 m (F); Maximum ascent: 42 m (K) / 56 m (F); Total ascent: 560 m (K) / 516 m (F)
68 participants from 30 countries, 67 of them in the rating.

The two Russians Maxim Wylegschanin and Alexander Legkow were subsequently disqualified in November 2017 based on the findings of the McLaren report. They appealed to the International Court of Justice for sports and were granted the right in February 2017 because the disqualifications had been made without a legal basis.

The originally sixth-placed Austrian Johannes Dürr was able to prove the use of EPO with a doping test . The FIS banned him for two years in June 2014 and canceled all results for the 2013/14 season.

50 km mass start freestyle

space	country	athlete	Time (h)
1	RUS	Alexander Legkov	1: 46: 55.2
2	RUS	Maxim Wylegschanin	1: 46: 56.0
3	RUS	Ilya Chernousov	1: 46: 56.0
4th	NOR	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	1: 46: 56.2
5	BLR	Syarhej Dalidowitsch	1: 47: 09.5
6th	FRA	Robin Duvillard	1: 47: 10.1
7th	SWE	Södergren is different	1: 47: 13.0
8th	SWE	Daniel Richardsson	1: 47: 19.6
9	SWE	Johan Olsson	1: 47: 27.3
10	FIN	Iivo Niskanen	1: 47: 27.5
12	SUI	Curdin Perl	1: 47: 31.3
22nd	SUI	Remo Fischer	1: 47: 44.2
24	AUT	Bernhard Tritscher	1: 47: 51.7
27	SUI	Dario Cologna	1: 48: 21.6
30th	SUI	Toni Livers	1: 48: 49.9
36	GER	Thomas Bing	1: 49: 56.1
39	GER	Axel Teichmann	1: 51: 03.4
40	GER	Arnd Peiffer	1: 51: 31.5
42	GER	Erik Lesser	1: 51: 55.8

Date: February 23, 2014, 11:00 a.m.
Difference in altitude: 90 m; Maximum ascent: 56 m; Total ascent: 1790 m
64 participants from 25 countries, 60 of them in the rating.

The Russian Olympic champion Alexander Legkow was subsequently disqualified in November 2017 based on the findings of the McLaren report. He appealed to the International Court of Sport and was given the right in February 2017 because the disqualification had taken place without a legal basis.

4 × 10 km relay

space	Country / athlete	time
1	Sweden Lars Nelson Daniel Richardsson Johan Olsson Marcus Hellner	1: 28: 42.0 h 23: 16.5 min 22: 59.6 min 21: 00.4 min 21: 25.5 min
2	Russia Dmitri Japarow Alexander Bessmertnych Alexander Legkow Maxim Vylegschanin	1: 29: 09.3 h 23: 43.8 min 23: 13.6 min 20: 33.4 min 21: 38.5 min
3	France Jean-Marc Gaillard Maurice Manificat Robin Duvillard Ivan Perrillat Boiteux	1: 29: 13.9 h 23: 26.1 min 23: 13.6 min 20: 55.4 min 21: 38.8 min
4th	Norway Eldar Rønning Chris Jespersen Martin Johnsrud Sundby Petter Northug	1: 29: 51.7 h 23: 42.8 min 23: 36.1 min 20: 56.8 min 21: 36.0 min
5	Italy Dietmar Nöckler Giorgio Di Centa Roland Clara David Hofer	1:30:04.7 h 23:41.5 min 23:16.3 min 21:00.4 min 22:06.5 min
6th	Finland Sami Jauhojärvi Iivo Niskanen Lari Lehtonen Matti Heikkinen	1:30 : 28.4 h 23: 16.8 min 22: 59.3 min 22: 09.7 min 22: 02.6 min
7th	Switzerland Curdin Perl Jonas Baumann Remo Fischer Toni Livers	1:30: 33.8 h 23: 38.0 min 23: 34.0 min 21: 49.1 min 21: 32.7 min
8th	Czech Republic Aleš Razým Lukáš farmer Martin Jakš Dušan Kožíšek	1:30: 36.8 h 23: 43.5 min 22: 49.9 min 21: 25.2 min 22: 38.2 min
9	Germany Jens Filbrich Axel Teichmann Tobias Angerer Hannes Dotzler	1:31:18.8 h 23:53.3 min 23:18.5 min 21:32.9 min 22:34.1 min

Date: February 16, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Difference in altitude: 35 m; Maximum ascent: 32 m; Total ascent: 357 m
16 relays at the start, 15 of them in the ranking.

Based on the findings of the McLaren Report, Alexander Legkow and Maxim Wylegschanin were disqualified in November 2017, as a result of which the Russian relay initially lost their silver medal. The athletes concerned appealed to the International Court of Justice and were granted the right in February 2018, after which the Russian relay team was able to keep the medals.

Results women

Sprint freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Maiken Caspersen Falla	2: 35.49 (F)
2	NOR	Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	2: 35.87 (F)
3	SLO	Vesna Fabjan	2: 35.89 (F)
4th	NOR	Astrid Jacobsen	2: 37.31 (F)
5	SWE	Ida Ingemarsdotter	2: 42.04 (F)
6th	United States	Sophie Caldwell	2: 47.75 (F)
7th	ITA	Gaia Vuerich	2: 36.87 (HF)
8th	GER	Denise Herrmann	2: 36.94 (HF)
9	SLO	Katja Višnar	2: 37.76 (HF)
10	SWE	Stina Nilsson	2: 36.42 (HF)
21st	SUI	Laurien van der Graaff	2: 37.95 (VF)
29	GER	Hanna Kolb	2: 38.43 (VF)
30th	GER	Lucia Anger	2: 40.22 (Q)
34	GER	Claudia Nystad	2: 41.13 (Q)
52	AUT	Nathalie Schwarz	2: 49.54 (Q)

Date: February 11, 2014, 2 p.m. (qualification), 4 p.m. (final)
Length of the route: 1250 m; Difference in altitude: 23 m; Maximum ascent: 21 m; Total ascent: 31 m
67 participants from 31 countries, 66 of them in the rating.

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

Classic team sprint

space	country	Sportswomen	Time (min)
1	NOR	Marit Bjørgen Ingvild Flugstad Østberg	16: 04.05
2	FIN	Kerttu Niskanen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	16: 13.14
3	SWE	Ida Ingemarsdotter Stina Nilsson	16: 23.82
4th	GER	Stefanie Böhler Denise Herrmann	16: 24.97
5	POLE	Sylwia Jaśkowiec Justyna Kowalczyk	16: 35.54
6th	SUI	Seraina Boner, Bettina Gruber	16: 45.47
7th	United States	Sophie Caldwell Kikkan Randall	16: 48.08
8th	AUT	Kateřina Smutná Teresa Stadlober	16: 49.16
9	SLO	Alenka Čebašek Katja Višnar	16: 57.98
10	CAN	Daria Gaiazova Perianne Jones	17: 09.13

Date: February 19, 2014, 3:45 p.m. Track length: 1250 m; Difference in altitude: 23 m; Maximum ascent: 31 m; Total ascent: 31 m 32 participants from 16 countries, 30 of them in the rating.

The originally sixth-placed Russian pairing Anastassija Dozenko / Julija Iwanowa was subsequently disqualified for doping offenses by both athletes.

10 km classic

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	28: 17.8
2	SWE	Charlotte Kalla	28: 36.2
3	NOR	Therese Johaug	28: 46.1
4th	FIN	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	28: 48.1
5	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	28: 51.2
6th	GER	Stefanie Boehler	29: 04.3
7th	RUS	Natalia Schukova	29: 15.5
8th	FIN	Kerttu Niskanen	29: 16.7
9	NOR	Heidi Weng	29: 28.2
10	FIN	Krista Lähteenmäki	29: 36.0
20th	AUT	Kateřina Smutná	30: 13.6
21st	GER	Nicole Fessel	30: 27.0
23	GER	Katrin Zeller	30: 38.5
36	AUT	Nathalie Schwarz	31: 23.2
45	AUT	Veronika Mayerhofer	31: 59.6

Date: February 13, 2014, 2 p.m.
Elevation difference: 51 m (K) / 87 m (F); Maximum ascent: 51 m (K) / 56 m (F); Total ascent: 186 m (K) / 172 m (F)
75 participants from 38 countries, 73 of them in the evaluation.

15 km skiathlon

space	country	sportswoman	Time (min)
1	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	38: 33.6
2	SWE	Charlotte Kalla	38: 35.4
3	NOR	Heidi Weng	38: 46.8
4th	NOR	Therese Johaug	38: 48.2
5	FIN	Aino-Kaisa Saarinen	38: 48.9
6th	POLE	Justyna Kowalczyk	39: 29.7
7th	FIN	Kerttu Niskanen	39: 35.3
8th	United States	Jessica Diggins	40: 05.5
9	SWE	Emma Wikén	40: 07.2
10	JPN	Masako Ishida	40: 08.3
14th	GER	Nicole Fessel	40: 11.4
25th	GER	Katrin Zeller	40: 49.7
34	GER	Stefanie Boehler	41: 20.0
36	AUT	Teresa Stadlober	41: 38.8
43	GER	Claudia Nystad	42: 08.8
45	AUT	Kateřina Smutná	42: 32.8

Date: February 8, 2014, 2 p.m.
Elevation difference: 35 m (K) / 87 m (F); Maximum ascent: 42 m (K) / 56 m (F); Total ascent: 280 m (K) / 284 m (F)
61 participants from 24 countries, 60 of them in the evaluation.

30 km mass start freestyle

space	country	sportswoman	Time (h)
1	NOR	Marit Bjørgen	1: 11: 05.2
2	NOR	Therese Johaug	1: 11: 07.8
3	NOR	Kristin Størmer Steira	1: 11: 28.8
4th	FIN	Kerttu Niskanen	1: 12: 26.9
5	CZE	Eva Vrabcová-Nývltová	1: 12: 27.1
6th	FRA	Aurore Jéan	1: 12: 27.5
7th	FRA	Coraline Hugue	1: 12: 29.5
8th	SWE	Emma Wikén	1: 12: 31.6
9	SUI	Seraina Boner	1: 12: 35.0
10	ESP	Laura Orgué	1: 12: 37.3
12	GER	Katrin Zeller	1: 12: 41.4
20th	AUT	Teresa Stadlober	1: 13: 50.1

Date: February 22, 2014, 1.30 p.m.
Elevation difference: 87 m; Maximum ascent: 56 m; Total ascent: 284 m
57 participants from 24 countries, 54 of them in the rating.

4 × 5 km relay

space	Country / athletes	Time (min)
1	Sweden Ida Ingemarsdotter Emma Wikén Anna Haag Charlotte Kalla	53: 02.7 14: 09.8 12: 40.2 12: 10.4 14: 02.3
2	Finland Anne Kyllönen Aino-Kaisa Saarinen Kerttu Niskanen Krista Lähteenmäki	53: 03.2 13: 51.3 14: 21.2 12: 14.1 12: 36.6
3	Germany Nicole Fessel Stefanie Böhler Claudia Nystad Denise Herrmann	53: 03.6 13: 59.9 14: 13.4 12: 19.1 12: 31.2
4th	France Aurore Jéan Célia Aymonier Anouk Faivre-Picon Coraline Hugue	53: 47.7 12: 47.3 12: 34.5 14: 12.1 14: 13.8
5	Norway Heidi Weng Therese Johaug Astrid Jacobsen Marit Bjørgen	53: 56.3 12: 56.3 12: 34.5 14: 13.5 14: 12.0
6th	Poland Kornelia Kubińska Justyna Kowalczyk Sylwia Jaśkowiec Paulina Maciuszek	54: 38.9 13: 47.7 12: 34.2 14: 37.4 13: 39.6
7th	Italy Virginia De Martin Topranin Elisa Brocard Marina Piller Ilaria Debertolis	55: 19.9 14: 49.4 12: 42.9 14: 26.9 13: 20.7
8th	United States Kikkan Randall Elizabeth Stephen Sadie Bjornsen Jessica Diggins	55: 33.4 14: 45.2 12: 44.2 14: 31.8 13: 32.2
12	Austria Kateřina Smutná Nathalie Schwarz Teresa Stadlober Veronika Mayerhofer	57: 04.7 13: 58.9 14: 20.3 13: 08.7 15: 36.8

Date: February 15, 2014, 2:00 p.m.
Difference in altitude: 32 m; Maximum ascent: 32 m; Total ascent: 176 m
14 relays at the start, 13 in the ranking.

The Russian relay team was disqualified for doping offenses.

Web links

Commons : Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)
• Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mastermind confirms doping of Russian medalists. Der Tagesspiegel , May 13, 2016, accessed on May 3, 2017 . 
2. ^ Sochi: Agency admits systematic doping. Spox.com , December 27, 2016, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
3. ^ Russian medal winners under suspicion of doping. faz.net , May 12, 2016, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
4. ↑ Everything for the Olympics, nothing for Sochi. Bayerischer Rundfunk , October 30, 2015, archived from the original on February 5, 2019 ; Retrieved May 3, 2017 . 
5. ^ IOC President Bach: "Subsequent use in Sochi greatly impaired". Spiegel Online , December 6, 2014, accessed May 3, 2017 . 
6. ↑ ^{a b c d} IOC sanctions four Russian athletes and closes one case as part of Oswald Commission findings. International Olympic Committee , November 9, 2017, accessed February 7, 2018 . 
7. ↑ ^{a b c d} The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v. the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld. (PDF (313 kB)) International Sports Court , February 1, 2018, accessed on February 7, 2018 (English). 
8. ↑ ^{a b c} IOC sanctions two Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings. International Olympic Committee, November 1, 2017, accessed November 2, 2017 . 
9. ^ Doping sinner Johannes Dürr banned from FIS for two years. Tiroler Tageszeitung , June 10, 2014, accessed on March 20, 2020 . 
10. ^ Decision of the IOC disciplinary commission. (PDF, 363 kB) International Olympic Committee, December 1, 2017, accessed on August 14, 2018 .