Cross-country skiing at the 1984 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

The 15 kilometre cross-country skiing event was part of the cross-country skiing programme at the 1984 Winter Olympics, in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. It was the eighth appearance of the event at its length of 15 km. The competition was held on Monday, 13 February 1984 at Veliko Polje, Igman. Of the 91 athletes who started the race, 8 did not finish or were disqualified.[1]

Men's 15 kilometre
at the XIV Olympic Winter Games
VenueIgman
Date13 February
Competitors91 from 31 nations
Winning time41:25.6
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunde Svan
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aki Karvonen
 Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Harri Kirvesniemi
 Finland
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Gunde Svan of Sweden won gold, his first Olympic gold medal, being the youngest ever Olympic cross-country gold medallist. Defending Olympic champion and fellow Swede, Thomas Wassberg did not defend his title preferring to concentrate on other events. Ove Aunli of Norway was disqualified after finishing fifth for using illegal skate strokes at the climax of the race.

Results

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Rank Bib Name Country Time
1 73 Gunde Svan   Sweden 41:25.6
2 63 Aki Karvonen   Finland 41:34.9
3 37 Harri Kirvesniemi   Finland 41:45.6
4 88 Juha Mieto   Finland 42:05.8
5 8 Vladimir Nikitin   Soviet Union 42:31.6
6 86 Nikolay Zimyatov   Soviet Union 42:34.5
7 74 Uwe Bellmann   East Germany 42:35.8
8 54 Tor Håkon Holte   Norway 42:37.4
9 72 Maurilio De Zolt   Italy 42:40.0
10 33 Oleksandr Batyuk   Soviet Union 42:42.2
11 89 Andi Grünenfelder   Switzerland 42:45.7
12 35 Giachem Guidon   Switzerland 42:45.9
13 5 Kari Härkönen   Finland 42:49.3
14 46 Giorgio Vanzetta   Italy 42:54.9
15 17 Sven-Erik Danielsson   Sweden 42:55.9
16 62 Aleksandr Zavyalov   Soviet Union 42:59.0
17 27 Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass   Norway 42:59.7
18 70 Dan Simoneau   United States 43:03.4
19 42 Benny Kohlberg   Sweden 43:21.5
20 13 Geir Holte   Norway 43:23.3
21 49 Pierre Harvey   Canada 43:36.4
22 52 Torgny Mogren   Sweden 43:39.4
23 56 Uwe Wünsch   East Germany 43:49.9
24 1 Giulio Capitanio   Italy 43:50.8
25 79 Alois Stadlober   Austria 43:51.6
26 4 Frank Schröder   East Germany 43:52.1
27 77 Bill Koch   United States 43:53.7
28 59 Konrad Hallenbarter   Switzerland 44:00.3
29 91 Miloš Bečvář   Czechoslovakia 44:00.8
30 57 Stefan Dotzler   West Germany 44:02.6
31 69 Dominique Locatelli   France 44:07.5
32 19 Markus Fähndrich   Switzerland 44:08.0
33 44 Franz Schöbel   West Germany 44:11.1
34 32 Gianfranco Polvara   Italy 44:35.7
35 22 Ivo Čarman   Yugoslavia 45:04.0
36 87 Józef Łuszczek   Poland 45:04.8
37 7 Josef Schneider   West Germany 45:08.7
38 80 Atanas Simidchiev   Bulgaria 45:17.0
39 45 Tim Caldwell   United States 45:21.2
40 82 Dušan Đurišič   Yugoslavia 45:24.6
41 21 Karsten Brandt   East Germany 45:40.1
42 20 Konstantin Ritter   Liechtenstein 45:41.5
43 65 Hideaki Yamada   Japan 45:42.3
44 26 Jean-Denis Jaussaud   France 45:44.4
45 50 José Giro   Spain 45:50.3
46 67 Pavel Benc   Czechoslovakia 46:03.8
47 84 Kazunari Sasaki   Japan 46:04.8
48 2 Sašo Grajf   Yugoslavia 46:21.1
49 68 Einar Ólafsson   Iceland 46:21.7
50 38 Satoshi Sato   Japan 46:25.5
51 25 Svetoslav Atanasov   Bulgaria 46:28.9
52 61 Milush Ivanchev   Bulgaria 46:30.1
53 47 Andreas Gumpold   Austria 46:34.5
54 3 Todd Boonstra   United States 46:36.5
55 23 Gottlieb Konráðsson   Iceland 46:37.8
56 9 Yusei Nakazawa   Japan 46:38.6
57 85 John Spotswood   Great Britain 46:53.7
58 60 Mark Moore   Great Britain 47:03.2
59 53 David Hislop   Australia 47:25.5
60 31 Mike Dixon   Great Britain 48:18.6
61 24 Miguel Prat   Spain 48:30.6
62 83 Park Ki-ho   South Korea 48:55.6
63 15 Marty Watkins   Great Britain 49:08.7
64 40 Chris Allen   Australia 49:14.5
65 58 Luvsandashiin Dorj   Mongolia 49:17.8
66 71 Song Shi   China 49:42.1
67 90 Li Xiaoming   China 50:03.3
68 28 Lin Guanghao   China 50:26.1
69 16 Zhu Dianfa   China 50:42.3
70 6 Nihattin Koca   Turkey 51:58.7
71 48 Kim Bo-nam   South Korea 52:04.4
72 75 Norberto von Baumann   Argentina 52:08.9
73 64 Julio Moreschi   Argentina 52:19.1
74 55 Erhan Dursun   Turkey 53:40.3
75 41 Ricardo Holler   Argentina 54:34.6
76 18 Martín Pearson   Argentina 54:50.0
77 14 Dimitrios Biliouris   Greece 56:07.7
78 43 Lazaros Tosounidis   Greece 57:09.7
79 29 Arturo Kinch   Costa Rica 58:42.9
80 66 Ueng Ming-yih   Chinese Taipei 1:00:10.6
81 12 Chang Kun-shung   Chinese Taipei 1:02:57.7
82 11 Andrea Sammaritani   San Marino 1:03:05.3
83 36 Wang Chi-hing   Chinese Taipei 1:03:17.0
34 Muzaffer Selçuk   Turkey DNF
78 Jochen Behle   West Germany DNF
DQ 10 Dondogiin Gankhuyag   Mongolia DQ
DQ 30 Vangansürengiin Renchinkhorol   Mongolia DQ
DQ 39 Cho Sung-hoon   South Korea DQ
DQ 51 Jože Klemenčič   Yugoslavia DQ
DQ 81 Ove Aunli   Norway DQ
DQ 76 Pürevjavyn Batsükh   Mongolia DQ

References

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  1. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 30 June 2019.
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