Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical
| Men's 50 kilometre classical at the XIX Olympic Winter Games
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| Venue | Soldier Hollow | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 23 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 61 from 24 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:06:20.8 | ||||||||||||
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Mikhail Ivanov |
 Russia
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Andrus Veerpalu |
 Estonia
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Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset |
 Norway
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The Men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 23 February at Soldier Hollow.
All skiers started at 30 second intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie, who won in Nagano, but he retired after accident 2 years before the Olympics.
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