Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km Free

Men's 20 km Free at the X Paralympic Winter Games
Paralympic cross-country skiing
Venue	Whistler Olympic Park
Dates	March 14, March 15,
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Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics
Sprint
1 km	men	women
Distance
5 km		women
10 km	men
12 / 15 km		women
15 / 20 km	men
Relay
3 x 2.5 km		women
1 x 4 km + 2 x 5 km	men
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The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.^[1]

Medal summary[]

Medal table[]

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Russia (RUS)	2	2	1	5
2	Canada (CAN)	1	0	0	1
3	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
4	Belarus (BLR)	0	0	1	1
	Italy (ITA)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		3	3	3	9

Medalists[]

Games	Gold	Silver	Bronze
20 km Free – Visually Impaired	Canada (CAN) Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Russia (RUS) Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	Belarus (BLR) Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide:
15 km – Sitting	Russia (RUS) Irek Zaripov	Russia (RUS) Roman Petushkov	Italy (ITA) Enzo Masiello
20 km Free – Standing	Russia (RUS) Kirill Mikhaylov	Norway (NOR) Nils-Erik Ulset	Russia (RUS) Vladimir Kononov

Visually Impaired[]

In the cross-country skiing 20 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide.^[2] The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.^[3]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	7	Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever	Canada	51:14.7
	11	Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev	Russia	51:55.6	+40.9
	14	Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide:	Belarus	52:22.5	+1:07.8
4	4	Wilhelm Brem Guide:	Germany	52:28.9	+1:14.2
5	12	Frank Höfle Guide:	Germany	52:38.8	+1:24.1
6	5	Thomas Clarion Guide:	France	52:39.8	+1:25.1
7	9	Guide:	Ukraine	53:03.8	+1:49.1
8	6	Helge Flo Guide:	Norway	54:22.7	+3:08.0
9	10	Guide:	South Korea	55:53.6	+4:28.9
10	13	Guide:	Russia	57:03.8	+5:49.1
11	8	Zebastian Modin Guide:	Sweden	58:30.8	+7:16.1
12	1	Guide:	Finland	1:02:35.6	+11:20.9
13	3	Guide:	Canada	1:08:47.6	+17:32.9
	2		Sweden	DNF

Sitting (15 km)[]

Irek Zaripov after winning his gold medal

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	22	Irek Zaripov	Russia	41:01.1
	25	Roman Petushkov	Russia	41:11.1	+10.0
	24	Enzo Masiello	Italy	41:54.9	+43.8
4	21		Norway	42:17.3	+1:16.2
5	23	Iurii Kostiuk	Ukraine	42:17.7	+1:16.6
6	26		Belarus	42:43.1	+1:42.0
7	19		Japan	42:55.5	+1:54.4
8	20	Chris Klebl	United States	43:13.7	+2:12.6
9	28		United States	43:25.6	+2:24.5
10	27	Andy Soule	United States	43:32.8	+2:31.7
11	30	Dzmitry Loban	Belarus	43:53.5	+2:52.4
12	29		France	43:56.6	+2:55.5
13	3	Sergey Shilov	Russia	44:15.5	+3:14.4
14	18		China	44:19.1	+3:18.0
15	7		Belarus	44:22.0	+3:20.9
16	1		Slovakia	44:39.0	+3:37.9
17	17	Dominic Monypenny	Australia	44:55.7	+3:54.6
18	13	Alain Marguerettaz	France	44:55.8	+3:54.7
19	2		Russia	45:19.2	+4:18.1
20	31	Kamil Rosiek	Poland	45:21.2	+4:20.1
21	10		Poland	45:25.9	+4:24.8
22	4		Belarus	45:57.7	+4:56.6
23	15		Italy	46:08.7	+5:07.6
24	11		France	46:16.7	+5:15.6
25	14		Norway	46:23.0	+5:21.9
26	12		United States	46:30.6	+5:29.5
27	8		Canada	47:53.8	+6:52.7
28	5		Italy	49:15.2	+8:14.1
29	16		Canada	51:33.6	+10:32.5
	6		Austria	DNF
	9		France	DNS

Standing[]

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Difference
	20	Kirill Mikhaylov	Russia	52:07.7
	7	Nils-Erik Ulset	Norway	53:34.1	+1:26.4
	6	Vladimir Kononov	Russia	53:53.4	+1:45.7
4	18		Belarus	54:51.6	+2:43.9
5	2	Rushan Minnegulov	Russia	54:59.8	+2:52.1
6	17		Austria	55:06.8	+2:59.1
7	5		China	55:29.9	+3:22.2
8	16		Norway	55:42.9	+3:35.2
9	11	Yannick Bourseaux	France	55:55.7	+3:48.0
10	1	Thomas Oelsner	Germany	58:02.6	+5:54.9
11	19	Ilkka Tuomisto	Finland	58:29.6	+6:21.9
12	15		Germany	59:00.8	+6:53.1
13	12		China	59:37.4	+7:29.7
14	10		Ukraine	59:44.9	+7:37.2
15	21	Grygorii Vovchynskyi	Ukraine	59:50.6	+7:42.9
16	8		China	59:52.1	+7:44.4
17	4	Keiichi Sato	Japan	1:01:34.5	+9:26.8
18	9		Australia	1:02:33.5	+10:25.8
19	22	Svein Lilleberg	Norway	1:06:33.0	+14:25.3
	3		Canada	DNF
	14		Russia	DNF
	13	Mark Arendz	Canada	DNS

References[]

External links[]

• 2010 Winter Paralympics schedule and results, at the official website of the 2010 Winter Paralympics in Vancouver