Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre classical
| Men's 50 kilometre classical at the XXI Olympic Winter Games
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Pictogram for cross country
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| Venue | Whistler Olympic Park | ||||||||||||
| Dates | 28 February | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 55 from 22 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 2:05:35.5 | ||||||||||||
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Petter Northug |
 Norway
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Axel Teichmann |
 Germany
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Johan Olsson |
 Sweden
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The men's 50 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada was held on 28 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia at 09:30 PST. on the final day of the Games.
The 50 kilometre has been skated as a mass start event at the World Championships since 2005 and since the 2006 Winter Olympics. Italy's Giorgio Di Centa was the defending Olympic champion though that event was held in the freestyle technique.Norway's Petter Northug was the reigning world champion though that was also in the freestyle technique. The last World Cup event in the 50 km classical took place in Trondheim, Norway on 14 March 2009 and was won by Sami Jauhojärvi of Finland. All three medalists of the shorter 30 kilometre event were scheduled to participate in the 50 km race; in that race, Marcus Hellner of Sweden came first, Petter Northug was 11th, Giorgio Di Centa was 12th, and Sami Jauhojärvi failed to finish.
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