Olympic Winter Games 2018 / cross-country skiing - 50 kilometers (men)

sport	Cross-country skiing
discipline	50 km mass start classic
gender	Men
Attendees	69 from 31 countries
Competition location	Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Center
Competition phase	February 24, 2018
Medalist Iivo Niskanen ( FIN ) Alexander Bolshunov ( OAR ) Andrei Larkow ( OAR )

Cross-country skiing competitions at the 2018 Olympic Winter Games
competition	Women	Men
Single sprint	Classic	Classic
Team sprint	Freestyle	Freestyle
Free style	10 km	15 km
Skiathlon	15 km	30 km
Mass start	30 km	50 km
Season	4 × 5 km	4 × 10 km

The men's 50 km cross-country skiing mass start race in classic style at the 2018 Winter Olympics took place on February 24, 2018 at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Center . The Olympic champion was Iivo Niskanen from Finland ahead of Alexander Bolschunow from the Russian Olympic athletes . Bronze went to his team colleague Andrei Larkow .

Data

• Date: February 24, 2018, 2 p.m.
• Route length: 6 × 8.430 km
• Difference in altitude: 58 m
• Maximum ascent: 35 m
• Total ascent: 6 × 311 m
• 69 participants from 31 countries, 60 of them in the evaluation

Results

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
01	Iivo Niskanen	Finland	2: 08: 22.1
02	Alexander Bolshunov	Olympic athletes from Russia	2: 08: 40.8
03	Andrei Larkow	Olympic athletes from Russia	2: 10: 59.6
04th	Alex Harvey	Canada	2: 11: 05.7
05	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Norway	2: 11: 05.8
06th	Hans Christer Holund	Norway	2: 11: 12.2
07th	Daniel Richardsson	Sweden	2: 12: 12.5
08th	Martin Jakš	Czech Republic	2: 12: 32.6
09	Dario Cologna	Switzerland	2: 12: 43.2
10	Emil Iversen	Norway	2: 12: 59.0
11	Scott Patterson	United States	2: 13: 14.2
12	Alexei Chervotkin	Olympic athletes from Russia	2: 13: 19.0
13	Niklas Dyrhaug	Norway	2: 13: 20.5
14th	Andreas Katz	Germany	2: 13: 32.3
15th	Alexei Poltoranin	Kazakhstan	2: 13: 37.1
16	Giandomenico Salvadori	Italy	2: 13: 45.4
17th	Algo Kärp	Estonia	2: 13: 45.7
18th	Jean-Marc Gaillard	France	2: 14: 31.4
19th	Maicol Rastelli	Italy	2: 15: 10.0
20th	Denis Spizow	Olympic athletes from Russia	2: 16: 24.6
21st	Dietmar Nöckler	Italy	2: 16: 29.2
22nd	Francesco De Fabiani	Italy	2: 17: 14.3
23	Keishin Yoshida	Japan	2: 17: 21.9
24	Clement Parisse	France	2: 17: 25.4
25th	Matti Heikkinen	Finland	2: 17: 34.8
26th	Devon Kershaw	Canada	2: 17: 49.4
27	Graeme Killick	Canada	2: 18: 28.8
28	Jens Burman	Sweden	2: 18: 34.5
29	Perttu Hyvärinen	Finland	2: 18: 38.5
30th	Thomas Bing	Germany	2: 18: 41.1
31	Candide Pralong	Switzerland	2: 18: 41.5
32	Paul Constantin Pepene	Romania	2: 18: 44.0
33	Noah Hoffman	United States	2: 19: 04.1
34	Irineu Esteve Altimiras	Andorra	2: 19: 08.3
35	Imanol Rojo	Spain	2: 19: 10.1
36	Max Hauke	Austria	2: 20: 39.9
37	Andrew Musgrave	Great Britain	2: 20: 57.9
38	Andreas Veerpalu	Estonia	2: 21: 13.2
39	Yevgeny Velichko	Kazakhstan	2: 21: 43.2
40	Viktor Thorn	Sweden	2: 21: 53.8
41	Aleš Razým	Czech Republic	2: 22: 06.8
42	Bernhard Tritscher	Austria	2: 22: 47.7
43	Ristomatti Hakola	Finland	2: 22: 50.1
44	Mikhail Sjamonau	Belarus	2: 22: 51.2
45	Ueli Schnider	Switzerland	2: 23: 17.3
46	Lucas Bögl	Germany	2: 23: 42.8
47	Kim Magnus	South Korea	2: 24: 14.0
48	Tyler Kornfield	United States	2: 24: 36.5
49	Russell Kennedy	Canada	2: 25: 16.6
50	Oleksiy Krassowskyj	Ukraine	2: 25: 36.4
51	Peter Mlynár	Slovakia	2: 26: 14.7
52	Witali Puchkalo	Kazakhstan	2: 27: 10.6
53	Andrej Segeč	Slovakia	2: 27: 44.3
54	Callum Smith	Great Britain	2: 27: 56.3
55	Petr Knop	Czech Republic	2: 29: 20.9
56	Phillip Bellingham	Australia	2: 30: 39.7
57	Indulis Bikše	Latvia	2: 31: 07.5
58	Callum Watson	Australia	2: 33: 28.6
59	Wang Qiang	China	2: 34: 43.0
60	Martin Møller	Denmark	2: 36: 10.8
61	Mantas Strolia	Lithuania	LAP
62	Mark Chanloung	Thailand	LAP
63	Kim Eun-ho	South Korea	LAP
	Jonas Dobler	Germany	DNF
	Wesselin Zinsow	Bulgaria	DNF
	Miroslav Rypl	Czech Republic	DNF
	Miroslav Šulek	Slovakia	DNF
	Calle Halfvarsson	Sweden	DNF
	Snorri Einarsson	Iceland	DNF
	Denis Wolotka	Kazakhstan	DNS
	Thomas Hjalmar Westgård	Ireland	DNS

Web links

• Results in the database of the International Ski Federation (English)