| Date | 22 February 2010 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Whistler Olympic Park, Whistler | |
| Participants | 44 from 22 countries | |
| Format | Two-man teams, each skiing three alternate legs of approximately 1,500 metres. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,580 m Height Differential: 25 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Total Climbing: 51 m | |
Norway had won the 2009 World Championship, but that team was Ola Vigen Hattestad and Johan Kjølstad, while in Vancouver they were represented by Petter Northug and Øystein Pettersen, as Pettersen stood in for Hattestad, who withdew on the morning of the race with a sore throat. The drama in this event started in the second semi-final heat when Teodor Peterson (SWE) slipped and broke his ski pole in the closing stages, thus eliminating Sweden, one of the favorites, when they could only finish eighth. The drama didn’t finish there as Leonid Korneyenko (BLR), leading in the approach to the finish line, took the wrong course, which resulted in the elimination of the Belarus team. The final itself was also exciting, coming down to Germany, Russia, and Norway contesting the race for the medals. Axel Teichmann (GER) made a break for home on the last lap, only to be caught by Aleksey Petukhov (RUS) and Norway’s Northug. Just before the final straight Northug overtook and pulled away from the other two skiers to win relatively comfortably. In a close contest for the silver and bronze medals, Teichmann just held on from Petukhov to claim the silver medal by 0.2 seconds. Northug was the men’s cross-country star in Vancouver, winning two golds and four medals.
| Date | 22 February 2010 — 11:35 |
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| Format | First 3 teams in each heat plus the four fastest losers qualify for final. |
| Time | 11:35 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Russian Federation |  RUS | 18:47.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Morilov | – | 3:11.3 | 3:10.5 | 2:59.6 | ||||
| Aleksey Petukhov | – | 3:07.9 | 3:04.2 | 3:14.1 | ||||
| 2 | Norway |  NOR | 18:48.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Øystein Pettersen | – | 3:11.7 | 3:10.9 | 3:00.0 | ||||
| Petter Northug | – | 3:06.7 | 3:04.7 | 3:14.5 | ||||
| 3 | Germany |  GER | 18:48.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Tim Tscharnke | – | 3:11.6 | 3:09.2 | 2:59.6 | ||||
| Axel Teichmann | – | 3:07.5 | 3:06.4 | 3:14.6 | ||||
| 4 | Canada |  CAN | 18:49.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Devon Kershaw | – | 3:12.1 | 3:10.1 | 2:58.9 | ||||
| Alex Harvey | – | 3:06.7 | 3:05.6 | 3:15.8 | ||||
| 5 | Finland |  FIN | 18:54.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Lasse Paakkonen | – | 3:12.8 | 3:11.4 | 3:04.6 | ||||
| Ville Nousiainen | – | 3:07.3 | 3:04.0 | 3:14.2 | ||||
| 6 | Poland |  POL | 19:07.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Maciej Kreczmer | – | 3:12.4 | 3:10.5 | 3:14.2 | ||||
| Janusz Krężelok | – | 3:07.3 | 3:05.6 | 3:17.2 | ||||
| 7 | Slovakia |  SVK | 19:07.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Ivan Bátory | – | 3:12.8 | 3:10.0 | 3:04.2 | ||||
| Michal Malák | – | 3:08.3 | 3:07.3 | 3:24.9 | ||||
| 8 | Estonia |  EST | 19:27.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Anti Saarepuu | – | 3:13.0 | 3:10.7 | 3:18.4 | ||||
| Peeter Kümmel | – | 3:07.3 | 3:04.8 | 3:33.4 | ||||
| 9 | Lithuania |  LTU | 19:43.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Modestas Vaičiulis | – | 3:13.7 | 3:11.9 | 3:16.5 | ||||
| Mantas Strolia | – | 3:06.6 | 3:15.4 | 3:39.0 | ||||
| 10 | People's Republic of China |  CHN | 19:43.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Sun Qinghai | – | 3:13.3 | 3:09.9 | 3:28.3 | ||||
| Xu Wenlong | – | 3:07.7 | 3:07.2 | 3:37.2 | ||||
| Great Britain |  GBR | – | – | – | – | |||
| Andrew Musgrave | – | 3:12.3 | 3:07.0 | 3:18.0 | ||||
| Andrew Young | – | 3:24.3 | 3:54.1 | – |
| Time | 12:00 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Czech Republic |  CZE | 18:43.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Dušan Kožíšek | – | 3:10.4 | 3:06.4 | 3:01.0 | ||||
| Martin Koukal | – | 3:01.9 | 3:06.8 | 3:16.6 | ||||
| 2 | United States |  USA | 18:43.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Torin Koos | – | 3:09.1 | 3:07.3 | 2:58.8 | ||||
| Andy Newell | – | 3:02.8 | 3:07.3 | 3:18.4 | ||||
| 3 | France |  FRA | 18:43.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Vincent Vittoz | – | 3:08.1 | 3:05.8 | 2:58.8 | ||||
| Cyril Miranda | – | 3:03.6 | 3:08.4 | 3:19.1 | ||||
| 4 | Italy |  ITA | 18:43.9 | – | – | – | ||
| Cristian Zorzi | – | 3:08.4 | 3:06.9 | 2:59.4 | ||||
| Renato Pasini | – | 3:02.5 | 3:08.4 | 3:18.3 | ||||
| 5 | Kazakhstan |  KAZ | 18:45.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Chebotko | – | 3:08.7 | 3:06.1 | 2:58.9 | ||||
| Aleksey Poltoranin | – | 3:03.6 | 3:08.6 | 3:19.4 | ||||
| 6 | Switzerland |  SUI | 18:54.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Eligius Tambornino | – | 3:10.1 | 3:10.7 | 3:25.7 | ||||
| Dario Cologna | – | 2:59.5 | 3:02.4 | 3:06.2 | ||||
| 7 | Japan |  JPN | 18:54.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Nobu Naruse | – | 3:08.4 | 3:05.0 | 3:05.6 | ||||
| Yuichi Onda | – | 3:04.8 | 3:12.3 | 3:18.7 | ||||
| 8 | Sweden |  SWE | 19:06.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Marcus Hellner | – | 3:07.8 | 2:57.1 | 2:55.8 | ||||
| Teodor Peterson | – | 3:14.4 | 3:11.0 | 3:40.4 | ||||
| 9 | Romania |  ROU | 19:09.2 | – | – | – | ||
| Paul Pepene | – | 3:09.8 | 3:06.1 | 3:12.5 | ||||
| Petrică Hogiu | – | 3:03.8 | 3:11.5 | 3:25.5 | ||||
| 10 | Australia |  AUS | 19:57.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Ben Sim | – | 3:09.9 | 3:04.0 | 3:09.6 | ||||
| Paul Murray | – | 3:05.7 | 3:21.4 | 4:06.4 | ||||
| Belarus |  BLR | – | – | – | – | |||
| Siarhei Dalidovich | – | 3:09.0 | 3:06.1 | 2:56.9 | ||||
| Leanid Karniyenka | – | 3:03.9 | 3:11.0 | – |
| Date | 22 February 2010 — 13:29 |
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| Pos | Competitors | NOC | Time | Leg 1 | Leg 2 | Leg 3 | ||
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| 1 | Norway | NOR | 19:01.0 | – | – | – | ||
| Øystein Pettersen | – | 3:18.9 | 3:05.0 | 3:07.0 | ||||
| Petter Northug | – | 3:14.7 | 3:11.9 | 3:03.5 | ||||
| 2 | Germany | GER | 19:02.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Tim Tscharnke | – | 3:18.5 | 3:03.0 | 3:04.7 | ||||
| Axel Teichmann | – | 3:16.1 | 3:12.6 | 3:07.4 | ||||
| 3 | Russian Federation | RUS | 19:02.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Morilov | – | 3:17.5 | 3:04.7 | 3:07.3 | ||||
| Aleksey Petukhov | – | 3:17.3 | 3:11.3 | 3:04.4 | ||||
| 4 | Canada | CAN | 19:07.3 | – | – | – | ||
| Devon Kershaw | – | 3:17.8 | 3:04.0 | 3:05.5 | ||||
| Alex Harvey | – | 3:17.3 | 3:12.2 | 3:10.5 | ||||
| 5 | Kazakhstan | KAZ | 19:07.5 | – | – | – | ||
| Nikolay Chebotko | – | 3:18.3 | 3:03.8 | 3:08.0 | ||||
| Aleksey Poltoranin | – | 3:15.9 | 3:12.3 | 3:09.2 | ||||
| 6 | Czech Republic | CZE | 19:13.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Dušan Kožíšek | – | 3:19.6 | 3:08.3 | 3:10.0 | ||||
| Martin Koukal | – | 3:15.9 | 3:07.4 | 3:12.6 | ||||
| 7 | France | FRA | 19:18.7 | – | – | – | ||
| Vincent Vittoz | – | 3:19.1 | 3:02.4 | 3:01.2 | ||||
| Cyril Miranda | – | 3:15.8 | 3:20.5 | 3:19.7 | ||||
| 8 | Italy | ITA | 19:21.1 | – | – | – | ||
| Cristian Zorzi | – | 3:17.7 | 3:04.4 | 3:06.7 | ||||
| Renato Pasini | – | 3:17.9 | 3:11.9 | 3:22.5 | ||||
| 9 | United States | USA | 19:21.6 | – | – | – | ||
| Torin Koos | – | 3:18.6 | 3:03.1 | 3:10.2 | ||||
| Andy Newell | – | 3:16.9 | 3:12.1 | 3:20.7 | ||||
| 10 | Finland | FIN | 19:50.8 | – | – | – | ||
| Lasse Paakkonen | – | 3:17.6 | 3:09.3 | 3:25.9 | ||||
| Ville Nousiainen | – | 3:17.8 | 3:06.9 | 3:33.3 |
