Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint
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The men's team sprint 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 in the freestyle technique at the 2010 Winter Olympics
2010 Winter Olympics
The 2010 Winter Olympics, officially the XXI Olympic Winter Games or the 21st Winter Olympics, were a major international multi-sport event held from February 12–28, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with some events held in the suburbs of Richmond, West Vancouver and the University...

in Vancouver
Vancouver
Vancouver is a coastal seaport city on the mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It is the hub of Greater Vancouver, which, with over 2.3 million residents, is the third most populous metropolitan area in the country,...

, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...

 was held on 22 February at Whistler Olympic Park
Whistler Olympic Park
The Whistler Olympic Park is the location of the Nordic events facilities for the 2010 Winter Olympics and is located in the Madeley Creek basin in the Callaghan Valley, west of Whistler, British Columbia, Canada. The facility hosted the biathlon, cross-country skiing, nordic combined, and ski...

 in Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler, British Columbia
Whistler is a Canadian resort town in the southern Pacific Ranges of the Coast Mountains in the province of British Columbia, Canada, approximately north of Vancouver...

.

The Swedish
Sweden
Sweden , officially the Kingdom of Sweden , is a Nordic country on the Scandinavian Peninsula in Northern Europe. Sweden borders with Norway and Finland and is connected to Denmark by a bridge-tunnel across the Öresund....

 team of Björn Lind
Björn Lind
Björn Lind is a Swedish cross country skier who has competed since 2000. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he won gold medals in both the Individual and Team sprint events at Turin in 2006....

 and Thobias Fredriksson
Thobias Fredriksson
Thobias Fredriksson is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. He won two medals at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin with a gold in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint events.Fredriksson also won two medals in the individual sprint events at the FIS Nordic...

 were the defending Olympic
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...

 champions when the technique was classical. The defending world champions
Cross-country skiing at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009
At the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 in Liberec, Czech Republic, twelve cross-country skiing events were held with six for men and six for women. The format of the program has been unchanged since the 2005 World Championships in Oberstdorf, Germany...

 were the Norwegian
Norway
Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

 duo of Ola Vigen Hattestad
Ola Vigen Hattestad
Ola Vigen Hattestad is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, hea earned his best finish of fourth in the individual sprint event at Vancouver in 2010....

 and Johan Kjølstad
Johan Kjølstad
Johan Kjølstad is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002.Born in Levanger, he represents the sports club Skogn IL....

 when the technique was also classical. Sweden's team of Emil Jönsson
Emil Jönsson
Greger superEmil Jönsson is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competing since 2004...

 and Robin Bryntesson
Robin Bryntesson
Robin Bryntesson is a Swedish cross country skier who has been competing since 2003. His only World Cup victory took place at Whistler Olympic Park in the team sprint event on 17 January 2009....

 won the test event that took place at the Olympic venue on 18 January 2009. The last World Cup event in this format prior to the 2010 Games took place in Rybinsk
Rybinsk
Rybinsk is the second largest city of Yaroslavl Oblast, Russia, which lies at the confluence of the Volga and Sheksna Rivers. Population: It is served by Rybinsk Staroselye airport.-Early history:...

, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

 on 24 January 2010 and was won by the Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...

n duo of Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Sergeyevich Morilov is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint .Morilov has two individual victories at the junior level of cross...

 and Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Yevgenyevich Petukhov is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. His best World Cup finish was second twice, both in sprint events in 2009....

.

Semifinals

The semifinals took place at 11:35 and 12:00 PST.
Rank Heat Bib Country Athlete Time Note
1 1 Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Sergeyevich Morilov is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint .Morilov has two individual victories at the junior level of cross...


Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Yevgenyevich Petukhov is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. His best World Cup finish was second twice, both in sprint events in 2009....

 
18:47.6 Q
1 2 Øystein Pettersen
Øystein Pettersen
Øystein "Sausage" Pettersen is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. He has four World Cup podiums, his best finish being second in individual sprint events . He and Petter Northug won gold in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada...


Petter Northug
Petter Northug
Petter Northug Jr. is a Norwegian cross country skier and double Olympic champion. He has 9 World Championship and Winter Olympic gold medals with 13 medals overall, and nine individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup wins with 20 podium places...

 
18:48.5 Q
1 5 Tim Tscharnke
Tim Tscharnke
Tim Tscharnke is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was 21st in a 15 km event in Beitostølen in November 2009. His club is SV Biberau...


Axel Teichmann
Axel Teichmann
Axel Teichmann is a German cross-country skier.- Background :...

 
18:48.9 Q
1 4 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:...


Alex Harvey
Alex Harvey (skier)
Alex Harvey is a Canadian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. Harvey is also a member of the Quebec National Cycling Team.-Athletic career:...

 
18:49.2 q
1 6 Lasse Paakkonen
Lasse Paakkonen
Lasse Paakkonen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since he was seven years old. He finished tenth in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....


Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

 
18:54.3 q
1 7 Maciej Kreczmer
Maciej Kreczmer
Maciej Kreczmer is a Polish cross country skier who has competed since 1999. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 17th in the sprint event in 2005 while his best overall finish was fifth in the team sprint event in 2007.Kreczmer's best individual finish at the...


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...

 
19:07.2
1 11 Ivan Bátory
Ivan Bátory
Ivan Bátory is a Slovak cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level of cross-country skiing since 1993...


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....

 
19:07.5
1 3 Anti Saarepuu
Anti Saarepuu
Anti Saarepuu is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2003. He competed at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin. He represents Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver...


Peeter Kümmel
Peeter Kümmel
Peeter Kümmel is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2001.Kümmel competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics, the 2006–07, 2007–08 Tour de Ski, the 2007, 2009 and 2011 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships....

 
19:27.6
1 9 Modestas Vaičiulis
Modestas Vaičiulis
Modestas Vaičiulis is a Lithuanian cross-country skier since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the team sprint and 54th in the individual sprint events....


Mantas Strolia
Mantas Strolia
Mantras Strolia is a Lithuanian cross-country skier since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the team sprint and 46th in the individual sprint events....

 
19:43.1
10 1 8 Sun Qinghai
Sun Qinghai
Sun Qinghai is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2006. He competed for China at the 2010 Winter Olympics in the team sprint and individual sprint events where he finished 19th and 21st, respectively....


Xu Wenlong
Xu Wenlong
Xu Wenlong is a Chinese cross country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 19th in the team sprint and 68th in the individual sprint event....

 
19:43.6
} || 1 || 10 || align="left"| || align="left"| Andrew Musgrave
Andrew Musgrave
Andrew Musgrave is a British cross-country skier. Musgrave was born in Dorset, England, and he has also lived in Shetland, Alaska, Aberdeenshire and Norway...


Andrew Young
Andrew Young (skier)
Andrew Young is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15 km freestyle. In 2008 he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team...

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| || 2 || 16 || align="left"| || align="left"| Dušan Kožíšek
Dusan Kozisek
Dušan Kožíšek is a Czech cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 38th in the individual sprint in those same games...


Martin Koukal
Martin Koukal
Martin Koukal is a Czech cross country skier and mountaineer who has been competing since 1996. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 50 km and a bronze in the team sprint...

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| || 2 || 19 || align="left"| || align="left"| 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...


Cyril Miranda
Cyril Miranda
Cyril Miranda is a French cross country skier who has competed since 2003. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the individual sprint, and 38th in the 50 km events....

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| || 2 || 15 || align="left"| || align="left"| Cristian Zorzi
Cristian Zorzi
Cristian Zorzi is an Italian cross country skier who excels at sprint ski races. He is nicknamed Zorro, for his exuberant character....


Renato Pasini
Renato Pasini
Renato Pasini is an Italian cross country skier who has been competing since 1996. He won the gold medal in the team sprint at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo...

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| || 2 || 13 || align="left"| || align="left"| Torin Koos
Torin Koos
Torin Koos is an American cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His best World Cup finish was third in a sprint event in Estonia in 2007....


Andrew Newell
Andrew Newell
Andrew "Andy" Newell is an American cross country skier who has been competing on the international level since 2001.- Career :...

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| || 2 || 17 || align="left"| || align="left"| Nikolay Chebotko
Nikolay Chebotko
Nikolay Chebotko is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has competed since 2000. His best individual World Cup finish was seventh in a sprint event in Germany in 2006....


Alexey Poltaranin
Alexey Poltaranin
Alexey Poltoranin is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004...

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| || 2 || 12 || align="left"| || align="left"| Eligius Tambornino
Eligius Tambornino
Eligius Tambornino is a Swiss cross country skier who has been competing since 2003. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 11th in the team sprint and 49th in the individual sprint events....


Dario Cologna
Dario Cologna
Dario Cologna is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has two overall World Cup victories, one Olympic medal, and two Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.-Athletic career:...

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| || 2 || 18 || align="left"| || align="left"| 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....


Yuichi Onda
Yuichi Onda
is a Japanese cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 12th in the team sprint event at Turin in 2006 while his best individual finish was 17th in the individual sprint event at Vancouver four years later.Onda's best finish at...

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| || 2 || 14 || align="left"| || align="left"| Marcus Hellner
Marcus Hellner
Marcus Hellner is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2003.-Athletic career:Hellner had a total of seven victories in the junior levels of cross-country skiing up to 30 km from 2003 to 2005...


Teodor Peterson
Teodor Peterson
Teodor Peterson is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 15th in the team sprint and 11th in the individual sprint events....

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| || 2 || 22 || align="left"| || align="left"| Paul Constantin Pepene
Paul Constantin Pepene
Paul Constantin Pepene is a Romanian cross-country skier. Pepene won the 30 km pursuit at the U-23 World Championships in January 2010, and competed in the 2009 World Ski Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the 2010 Olympics, Pepene competed at three events, notably finishing...


Petrica Hogiu
Petrica Hogiu
Petrică Hogiu is a Romanian cross-country skier who has been competing since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 17th in the team sprint and 57th in the 15 km events....

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| 10 || 2 || 20 || align="left"| || align="left"| Ben Sim
Ben Sim
Ben Sim is an Australian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the team sprint, 45th in the 15 km, and 47th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event.Sim's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 14th twice...


Paul Murray
Paul Murray (skier)
Paul Murray is an Australian cross country skier who has competed since 1997. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 20th in the team sprint event at Vancouver in 2010 while earning his best individual finish of 51st in the individual sprint event at Turin four years...

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| || 2 || 21 || align="left"| || align="left"| Sergei Dolidovich
Sergei Dolidovich
Sergei Dolidovich is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 1994. His lone World Cup victory was in a 60 km event in Finland in 2001....


Leanid Karneyenka
Leanid Karneyenka
Leanid Karneyenka is a Belarusian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. He became the first Belarusian to win a medal at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships by winning a silver medal in the men's 15 km...

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Final

The following are the results of the event.

Neither of the Swedish pair that won at the previous Olympics or at the test event participated and the Swedish team was eliminated in the semifinals. Norway's defending world champions did not participate though the ones who replaced them would win gold. The Russian team that won the last event in this format prior to the Olympics would win bronze.
Rank Bib Country Athlete Time Deficit
2 Øystein Pettersen
Øystein Pettersen
Øystein "Sausage" Pettersen is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. He has four World Cup podiums, his best finish being second in individual sprint events . He and Petter Northug won gold in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada...


Petter Northug
Petter Northug
Petter Northug Jr. is a Norwegian cross country skier and double Olympic champion. He has 9 World Championship and Winter Olympic gold medals with 13 medals overall, and nine individual FIS Cross-Country World Cup wins with 20 podium places...

 
19:01.0 +0.0
5 Tim Tscharnke
Tim Tscharnke
Tim Tscharnke is a German cross-country skier who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was 21st in a 15 km event in Beitostølen in November 2009. His club is SV Biberau...


Axel Teichmann
Axel Teichmann
Axel Teichmann is a German cross-country skier.- Background :...

 
19:02.3 +1.3
1 Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Morilov
Nikolay Sergeyevich Morilov is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2004. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with a silver in the team sprint and a bronze in the individual sprint .Morilov has two individual victories at the junior level of cross...


Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Petukhov
Alexey Yevgenyevich Petukhov is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. His best World Cup finish was second twice, both in sprint events in 2009....

 
19:02.5 +1.5
4 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:...


Alex Harvey
Alex Harvey (skier)
Alex Harvey is a Canadian cross country skier who has competed since 2005. Harvey is also a member of the Quebec National Cycling Team.-Athletic career:...

 
19:07.3 +6.3
17 Nikolay Chebotko
Nikolay Chebotko
Nikolay Chebotko is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has competed since 2000. His best individual World Cup finish was seventh in a sprint event in Germany in 2006....


Alexey Poltaranin
Alexey Poltaranin
Alexey Poltoranin is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level since 2004...

 
19:07.5 +6.5
16 Dušan Kožíšek
Dusan Kozisek
Dušan Kožíšek is a Czech cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He won a bronze medal in the team sprint at the 2005 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Oberstdorf and finished 38th in the individual sprint in those same games...


Martin Koukal
Martin Koukal
Martin Koukal is a Czech cross country skier and mountaineer who has been competing since 1996. He won two medals at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships with gold in 50 km and a bronze in the team sprint...

 
19:13.8 +12.8
19 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...


Cyril Miranda
Cyril Miranda
Cyril Miranda is a French cross country skier who has competed since 2003. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished seventh in the team sprint, 16th in the individual sprint, and 38th in the 50 km events....

 
19:18.7 +17.7
15 Cristian Zorzi
Cristian Zorzi
Cristian Zorzi is an Italian cross country skier who excels at sprint ski races. He is nicknamed Zorro, for his exuberant character....


Renato Pasini
Renato Pasini
Renato Pasini is an Italian cross country skier who has been competing since 1996. He won the gold medal in the team sprint at the 2007 FIS Nordic World Ski Championships in Sapporo...

 
19:21.1 +20.1
13 Torin Koos
Torin Koos
Torin Koos is an American cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His best World Cup finish was third in a sprint event in Estonia in 2007....


Andrew Newell
Andrew Newell
Andrew "Andy" Newell is an American cross country skier who has been competing on the international level since 2001.- Career :...

 
19:21.6 +20.6
10 6 Lasse Paakkonen
Lasse Paakkonen
Lasse Paakkonen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since he was seven years old. He finished tenth in the team sprint event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....


Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen
Ville Nousiainen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....

19:50.8 +49.8

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