Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's team sprint

The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex.^[1] The race was won by Finland's Iivo Niskanen and Sami Jauhojärvi, followed by Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin and Nikita Kriukov second (+0.97 seconds) and Sweden's Emil Jönsson and Teodor Peterson third (+15.12 seconds). Teamed up with Hannes Dotzler, Germany's anchor Tim Tscharnke clashed with Jauhojärvi's skis in the last leg, as Jauhojärvi changed his line. The results were protested by Germany, but the protest was rejected and the results were confirmed.^[2] Yelena Välbe, president of the Russian Ski Federation, told reporters: "Finland should be disqualified but the protest has already been rejected".^[2]

Men's team sprint at the XXII Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex
Dates	19 February 2014
Competitors	46 from 23 nations
Winning time	23:14.89
Medalists
Iivo Niskanen Sami Jauhojärvi  Finland Maxim Vylegzhanin Nikita Kryukov  Russia Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson  Sweden
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In November 2017 Maxim Vylegzhanin was disqualified for doping offenses, as a result Russia lost its silver medal.^[3] On 22 December, Nikita Kryukov was disqualified as well.^[4] On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.^[5]

Results

The races were started at 14:05.^[6]

Semifinals

Rank	Heat	Bib	Country	Athletes	Time	Note
1	1	2	Germany	Hannes Dotzler Tim Tscharnke	23:36.23	Q
2	1	6	Czech Republic	Martin Jakš Aleš Razým	23:39.06	Q
3	1	5	Switzerland	Dario Cologna Gianluca Cologna	23:42.31	LL
4	1	1	Norway	Ola Vigen Hattestad Petter Northug	23:43.63	LL
5	1	3	Italy	Federico Pellegrino Dietmar Nöckler	23:58.12
6	1	4	Canada	Devon Kershaw Alex Harvey	24:20.37
7	1	9	Estonia	Peeter Kümmel Raido Ränkel	24:26.49
8	1	7	Austria	Harald Wurm Max Hauke	25:01.23
9	1	10	Romania	Daniel Pripici Paul Constantin Pepene	26:06.80
	1	8	Great Britain	Andrew Young Andrew Musgrave	DNF
	1	11	China	Sun Qinghai Xu Wenlong	DNS
1	2	16	Finland	Iivo Niskanen Sami Jauhojärvi	23:26.13	Q
2	2	13	Russia	Maxim Vylegzhanin Nikita Kryukov	23:26.91	Q
3	2	15	Sweden	Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson	23:28.22	LL
4	2	14	Kazakhstan	Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin	23:28.50	LL
5	2	17	United States	Simi Hamilton Erik Bjornsen	23:29.14	LL
6	2	12	France	Cyril Miranda Jean-Marc Gaillard	23:41.79	LL
7	2	19	Japan	Hiroyuki Miyazawa Yuichi Onda	23:49.41
8	2	18	Poland	Maciej Kreczmer Maciej Staręga	23:53.09
9	2	20	Slovakia	Peter Mlynár Martin Bajčičák	24:58.06
10	2	21	Bulgaria	Andrey Gridin Veselin Tsinzov	25:11.06
11	2	23	Ukraine	Ruslan Perekhoda Oleksiy Krasovsky	25:31.13
12	2	22	Australia	Phil Bellingham Callum Watson	25:54.31

Final

Rank	Bib	Country	Athletes	Time	Deficit
	16	Finland	Iivo Niskanen Sami Jauhojärvi	23:14.89	—
	13	Russia	Maxim Vylegzhanin Nikita Kryukov	23:15.86	+0.97
	15	Sweden	Emil Jönsson Teodor Peterson	23:30.01	+15.12
4	1	Norway	Ola Vigen Hattestad Petter Northug	23:33.55	+18.66
5	5	Switzerland	Dario Cologna Gianluca Cologna	23:35.90	+21.01
6	17	United States	Simi Hamilton Erik Bjornsen	23:49.95	+35.06
7	2	Germany	Hannes Dotzler Tim Tscharnke	23:57.02	+42.13
8	14	Kazakhstan	Nikolay Chebotko Alexey Poltoranin	24:01.38	+46.49
9	6	Czech Republic	Martin Jakš Aleš Razým	24:01.83	+46.94
10	12	France	Cyril Miranda Jean-Marc Gaillard	DNS

References

1. "Cross-country Skiing Schedule and Results". SOOC. Archived from the original on 20 March 2014. Retrieved 11 January 2014.
2. Rogovitskiy, Dmitriy (19 February 2014). "Norway women win, Finns cross first in men's race". Reuters. Archived from the original on March 6, 2016. Retrieved 19 February 2014.
3. IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings
4. "Russian doping: IOC bans 11 Winter Olympic athletes". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
5. "The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) delivers its decisions in the matter of 39 Russian athletes v/the IOC: 28 appeals upheld, 11 partially upheld" (PDF). Court of Arbitration for Sport. Retrieved 1 February 2018.
6. "Final Results" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-02-27. Retrieved 2014-02-19.