The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing

Cross-country skiing is a winter sport in which participants propel themselves across snow-covered terrain using skis and poles...

competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics

2006 Winter Olympics

The 2006 Winter Olympics, officially known as the XX Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in Turin, Italy from February 10, 2006, through February 26, 2006. This marked the second time Italy hosted the Olympic Winter Games, the first being the VII Olympic Winter...

in Turin

Turin

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, Italy

Italy

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, was held on 17 February at Pragelato

Pragelato

Pragelato is a comune in the Province of Turin in the Italian region Piedmont, located about 60 km west of Turin, in the upper Val Chisone. The name Pragelato, meaning ‘icy meadow’, has been derived from the harsh climate and the fact that the ground is covered with ice for long periods...

.

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Pietro Piller Cottrer

Pietro Piller Cottrer

Pietro Piller Cottrer is an Italian cross-country skier who won gold medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He was born at Sappada, province of Belluno....

 was the 2005 World champion, though he did it in freestyle. The defending Olympic champion was the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu is a former and so far the most successful Estonian male cross country skier.On 17 February 2006 he won his second Winter Olympics gold medal , becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971 in Pärnu) is a former and so far...

, who won in Salt Lake

2002 Winter Olympics

The 2002 Winter Olympics, officially the XIX Olympic Winter Games, were a winter multi-sport event that was celebrated in February 2002 in and around Salt Lake City, Utah, United States. Approximately 2,400 athletes from 77 nations participated in 78 events in fifteen disciplines, held throughout...

. There had been three World Cup events in this competition: German Tobias Angerer

Tobias Angerer

Tobias Angerer is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier"...

 won the first in November, Vasili Rotchev

Vasili Rotchev

Vasily Vasilyevich Rochev is a Russian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won the bronze medal in the Team sprint event at the 2006 Winter Olympics at Turin....

 of Russia won in Estonia in January, and Jens Arne Svartedal

Jens Arne Svartedal

Jens Arne Svartedal is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 1996. He represents Trøsken IL from Sarpsborg in Norway. His greatest achievement is winning the individual sprint gold medal at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo...

 won in Davos

Davos

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 a week and a half before the games. However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds.

Results

Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 8th, but was disqualified after the IOC

International Olympic Committee

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 declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations.

Rank	Name	Country	Time
	Andrus Veerpalu Andrus Veerpalu Andrus Veerpalu is a former and so far the most successful Estonian male cross country skier.On 17 February 2006 he won his second Winter Olympics gold medal , becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971 in Pärnu) is a former and so far...		38:01.3
	Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996.On February 17, 2006, he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical....		38:15.8
	Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier"...		38:20.5
4	Vassili Rotchev		38:24.4
5	Jaak Mae Jaak Mae Jaak Mae is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. He won a bronze in the 15km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		38:35.2
6	Johan Olsson		38:38.8
7	Andreas Schlütter Andreas Schlütter Andreas Schlütter is a German cross-country skier who has been competing since 1993. He won 2 medals in the 4 × 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002...		38:44.7
8	Sergei Novikov Sergei Novikov (cross-country skier) Sergei Vladimirovich Novikov is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 1999. His lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 10 km event in Switzerland in 2007 while Novikov's best individual finish was third in a 15 km event in Estonia the previous year.Competing in three Winter Olympics,...		39:15.0
9	Sami Jauhojärvi Sami Jauhojärvi Sami Jauhojärvi is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Vancouver in 2010....		39:15.3
10	Anders Södergren Anders Södergren Hans Anders Södergren is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4x10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 5th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at those same Olympics...		39:17.1
11	René Sommerfeldt René Sommerfeldt René Sommerfeldt is a German cross-country skier who competed from 1994 to 2010. He won 2 medals in the 4 x 10 km relays at the Winter Olympics with a silver in 2006 and a bronze in 2002...		39:17.2
12	Fulvio Valbusa Fulvio Valbusa Fulvio Valbusa is an Italian cross country skier who competed from 1992 to 2006. He won two medals in the 4 x 10 km relay at the Winter Olympics with a gold in 2006 and a silver in 1998...		39:18.8
13	Mathias Fredriksson Mathias Fredriksson Mathias Fredriksson is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 1993. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin...		39:19.1
14	Vincent Vittoz Vincent Vittoz Vincent Vittoz is a French cross-country skier. He grew up in the town of La Clusaz in the Northern French Alps and has been competing since 1982...		39:27.3
15	Alexander Lasutkin		39:35.3
16	Frode Estil Frode Estil Frode Estil is a retired Norwegian cross-country skier. He currently lives in Meråker with his wife Grete whom he married in the summer of 2001. They have two sons, Bernhard, born in August 2002, and Konrad. Estil was classical specialist and also a specialist at succeeding in World Championships...		39:39.6
17	Roman Leybyuk Roman Leybyuk Roman Leybyuk is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Salt Lake City in 2002....		39:48.1
18	Alexandre Rousselet Alexandre Rousselet Alexandre Rousselet is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His best individual finish at the Winter Olympics was 19th in the 15 km event at Turin in 2006....		39:48.4
19	Mats Larsson Mats Larsson Mats Larsson is a Swedish cross country skier who raced since 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 20th in the 15 km event at those same Olympics.Larsson won a silver medal in the Individual sprint event at the 2007 FIS Nordic...		39:51.7
20	Anders Aukland Anders Aukland Anders Aukland is a professional Norwegian cross-country skier who has won both Olympic and World Championship gold medals. He lives in Oslo....		39:53.6
21	Kris Freeman Kris Freeman Kris Freeman is one of the United States's most elite cross-country skiers. Born October 14, 1980 in Concord, New Hampshire, he is a member of the U.S. Ski Team, along with his older brother Justin Freeman....		39:57.4
22	Ivan Babikov Ivan Babikov Ivan Babikov is a Russian-born Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 2002...		39:59.5
23	Jean Marc Gaillard Jean Marc Gaillard Jean Marc Gaillard is a French cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 7th in the 50 km event at Sapporo in 2007...		40:09.2
24	Christophe Perrillat Christophe Perrillat Christophe Perrillat is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 10 km event in France in 2004 while Perrillat's best individual finish was eighth in a 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at Whistler Olympic Park in January 2009.Competing in...		40:12.0
25	Janusz Krężelok Janusz Krezelok Janusz Adam Krężelok is a Polish cross country skier who has competed since 1994. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was a seventh in the individual sprint in 2005 while his best overall finish was fifth in the team sprint event in 2007.Krężelok's best individual...		40:24.5
26	Ivan Batory Ivan Bátory Ivan Bátory is a Slovak cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level of cross-country skiing since 1993...		40:26.1
27	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset is a Norwegian cross-country skier who has competed since 1993.A classical technique specialist, Hjelmeset's biggest success is the gold medal in the 50 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 in Sapporo...		40:31.3
28	Martin Bajčičák Martin Bajcicák Martin Bajčičák is a Slovakian cross country skier who has been competing since 1994. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005....		40:35.6
29	Christian Stebler		40:38.6
30	Dmitrij Eremenko		40:42.8
31	George Grey George Grey (skier) George Grey is a Canadian cross-country skier.Grey made his World Cup debut in 2001, with his best finish coming in early 2009, when he teamed with Alex Harvey to win a bronze medal in the team sprint. His best individual performance thus far is 16th place, which he achieved at Canmore in 2005 and...		40:43.9
32	Tero Similae		40:44.5
33	Fabio Santus Fabio Santus Fabio Santus is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 1995. His best World Cup finish was second in a 4 x 10 km event in Switzerland in 2007 while Santus's best individual finish was fifth in a 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event in Sweden in 2004.Competing in two Winter Olympics,...		40:47.0
34	Ivan Arteev		40:49.1
35	Kaspar Kokk Kaspar Kokk Kaspar Kokk is an Estonian cross-country skier. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represents Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Kokk's best finish was 14th in the 4 x 10 km relay at the 2010 Games.His best finish was the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was...		40:51.7
36	Maxim Odnodvortsev		40:53.2
37	Andrey Golovko Andrey Golovko Andrey Golovko is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier. He competed at the Winter Olympics in 2002 in Salt Lake City, and in Turin in 2006, placing 29th in the 30 km and 29th in the 50 km.-References:...		40:58.0
38	Valerio Checchi Valerio Checchi Valerio Checchi is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 1999. He has two World Cup victories with one in 2006 and another in 2008....		41:01.5
39	Alexey Poltaranin Alexey Poltaranin Alexey Poltoranin is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004...		41:09.7
40	Cristian Saracco		41:12.0
41	Nobu Naruse Nobu Naruse is a Japanese cross-country skier. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represented Japan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		41:22.0
42	Katsuhito Ebisawa Katsuhito Ebisawa is a Japanese cross country skier who has competed since 1995. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best career and individual finishes at Nagano in 1998 with a seventh in the 4 x 10 km relay and 21st in the 10 km + 15 km combined pursuit, respectively.Ebisawa's best finish at the FIS...		41:25.8
43	Franz Göring Franz Göring Franz Göring is a German cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a silver medal in the 4 x 10 km event at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec and had his best individual finish of sixth in the 15 km at the 2007 championships in Sapporo.Göring also...		41:29.9
44	Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Arne Svartedal Jens Arne Svartedal is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 1996. He represents Trøsken IL from Sarpsborg in Norway. His greatest achievement is winning the individual sprint gold medal at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo...		41:32.4
45	Priit Narusk Priit Narusk Priit Narusk is an Estonian cross-country skier. He represented Estonia at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, and at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin.-References:...		41:35.8
46	Diego Ruiz Diego Ruiz (skier) Diego Ruiz Asín is a Spanish cross-country skier who has competed in the World Cup since 1998. Ruiz competed at three Winter Olympics and in four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 2003 to 2009. His best Olympic result is a 23rd place in the 50 km event in 2006...		41:37.9
47	Devon Kershaw Devon Kershaw Devon Kershaw is a Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. Growing up in Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, he split his time between several sports before choosing to focus on his skiing career.-Early life and career:...		41:42.7
48	Olli Ohtonen		41:47.4
49	Xia Wan		41:48.0
50	Lars Flora		41:53.1
51	Andrew Johnson Andrew Johnson (skier) Andrew Johnson is a cross-country skier from the United States. He was born and raised in Greensboro, Vermont, and is a member of the U.S. 2006 Olympic Cross-Country Ski Team. He has been a Junior National Champ, an Overall "Supertour Champ," and a 3-Time All American...		41:53.9
52	Justin Freeman		42:00.9
53	Drew Goldsack Drew Goldsack Drew Goldsack is a Canadian cross country skier who has competed since 2001. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was sixth in the team sprint in 2007 while his best individual finish was 21st in the sprint in 2005.Competing in two Winter Olympics, Goldsack's best individual...		42:09.3
54	Lauri Pyykonen Lauri Pyykönen Lauri Pyykönen is a Finnish cross country skier who competed from 1998 to 2008. His best World Cup finish was second twice, both in sprint events with one each in 2002 and in 2003....		42:10.4
55	Sabahattin Oglago		42:18.9
56	Vladimir Olschanski		42:39.6
57	Dan Roycroft Dan Roycroft Dan Roycroft is a Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 1998. He has competed in the 2003, 2005, and 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with his best placings being 29th in the 50 km event in 2007 and 31st in the 50 km in 2005.Roycroft competed in the 2006 Winter...		42:39.7
58	Petr Michl		42:54.0
59	Joze Mehle		42:56.9
60	Vitaly Martsyv		42:57.4
61	Zsolt Antal		43:10.0
62	Li Geliang		43:14.7
63	Alexander Batyuk		43:17.4
64	Tian Ye Tian Ye Tian Ye is a Chinese cross-country skier and biathlete.He participated as a cross-country skier at the 2006 Winter Olympics in the classical 15 kilometre race , in the...		43:32.2
65	Vicente Vilarrubla		43:47.2
66	Denis Klobucar		43:55.4
67	Ivan Bariakov		44:06.3
68	Valts Eiduks		44:12.0
69	Wang Songtao		44:12.2
70	Damir Jurcevic		44:20.8
71	Francesc Soulie		44:42.6
72	Mihai Galiceanu		44:52.0
73	Michal Malak Michal Malák Michal Malák is a Slovak cross-country skier who has been competing since 1998. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 12th in the 4 x 10 km relay at Vancouver in 2010....		44:52.9
74	Muhammet Kızılarslan Muhammet Kizilarslan Muhammet Kızılarslan is an Olympic skier competing in the cross-country discipline.Born 1986 in Sungurlu, a town in the province of Çorum, Turkey, Kızılarslan started skiing in Ankara, where he lives now. He entered the Turkish national ski team in 2003...		45:06.8
75	Intars Spalvins		45:13.4
76	Zoltan Tagscherer Zoltán Tagscherer Zoltán Tagscherer is a Hungarian cross country skier who has competed since 2001. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he finished 39th in the individual sprint at Salt Lake City in 2002....		45:20.3
77	Olegs Andrejevs		45:44.2
78	Choi Im-Heon		46:21.7
79	Park Byung Joo		46:38.9
80	Jung Eui Myung		46:40.8
81	Alen Abramovic		46:52.1
82	Edmond Khachatryan		47:37.8
83	Robel Teklemariam Robel Teklemariam Robel Zeimichael Teklemariam is an Ethiopian cross country skier who has competed since 2006. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 83rd in the 15 km event at Turin in 2006....		47:53.8
84	Darko Damjanovski Darko Damjanovski Darko Damjanovski is a Macedonian biathlete and cross-country skier who has competed since 1999 and 2005, respectively. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 84th in the 15 km event at Turin in 2006 Winter Olympics....		48:33.7
85	Khash Erdene Khurelbaatar		48:47.2
86	Martin Bianchi		49:08.0
87	Rory Morrish Rory Morrish Rory Michael Morrish is an Irish cross-country skier who participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics, as well as multiple world championships. During the 2011 World Championships, Morrish received attention for racing with wooden skis.-References:...		50:28.1
88	Hovhannes Sargsyan		50:45.7
89	Bojan Samardija		51:28.8
90	Mojtaba Mirhashemi		52:27.0
91	Phillip Kimely Boit		53:32.4
92	Helio Freitas		54:06.8
93	Danny Silva Danny Silva Danny Silva is a Portuguese cross-country skier who has competed since 2004. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 93rd in the 15 km event at Turin in 2006....		54:34.1
94	Dachhiri Sherpa Dachhiri Sherpa Dachhiri Sherpa is a Nepali cross-country skier who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 92nd in the 15 km event at Vancouver in 2010.- Skiing Achievements :...		56:47.1
95	Arturo Kinch Arturo Kinch Arturo Kinch is a customer service representative for United Airlines who has won fame for his inspiring performances as Costa Rica's only skier in Winter Olympic Games history, most recently as a 49-year-old cross-country skier in the 2006 XX Olympic Winter Games.Born the seventh child in a...		66:50.3
96	Prawat Nagvajara Prawat Nagvajara Prawat Nagvajara is a Thai academic and cross-country skier. He is the only person ever to have represented Thailand at the Winter Olympic Games, having taken part in the 2002 and 2006 Winter Olympics. Unsurprisingly, he was therefore his country's flagbearer at the Games' Opening Ceremonies on...		67:15.9
	Oliver Kraas Oliver Kraas Oliver Martin Kraas is a South African cross-country skier who has competed since 2003. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 57th in the individual sprint event at Turin in 2006....		DNF
	Aleksej Novoselkij		DNF
DQ	Martin Tauber		38:49.5