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Sports > Olympics > Salt Lake City: 2002 Winter Olympics > Medal Sports > Cross Country Skiing

Men

1.5–km Sprint

		Time
1	Tor Arne Hetland, NOR	2:56.9
2	Peter Schlickenrieder, GER	2:57.0
3	Cristian Zorzi, ITA	2:57.2

Best USA: No American skier qualified for the elimination heats.

15–km Classical

		Time
1	Andrus Veerpalu, EST	37:07.4
2	Frode Estil, NOR	37:43.4
3	Jaak Mae, EST	37:50.8

Best USA: 12th, John Bauer (38:55.7); 16th, Patrick Weaver (39:24.4).

Combined Pursuit

		Time
1	Johann Muehlegg, SPA	49:20.4
2	Frode Estil, NOR	49:48.9
2	Thomas Alsgaard, NOR	49:48.9

Best USA: 15th, Kris Freeman (50:32.0).

30–km Freestyle

		Time
1	Johann Muehlegg, SPA	1:09:28.9
2	Christian Hoffmann, AUT	1:11:31.0
3	Mikhail Botvinov, AUT	1:11:32.3

Best USA: 22nd, Andrew Johnson (1:14:26.9).

50–km Classical

		Time
1	Mikhail Ivanov, RUS*	2:06:20.8
2	Andrus Veerpalu, EST	2:06:44.5
3	Odd-Bjoern Hjelmeset, NOR	2:08.41.5

*Ivanov finished second to Spain's Johann Muehlegg, who was stripped of his gold medal after test results revealed he failed a pre-race drug test. Muehlegg tested positive for darbepoetin, a drug that can enhance performance in endurance sports by increasing oxygen capacity through greater red blood cell production. He was ordered to leave the Games but allowed to keep the two gold medals he won earlier.

Best USA: 34th, John Bauer (2:19:35.7).

4 x 10–km Mixed Relay

		Time
1	Norway	1:32:45.5
2	Italy	1:32:45.8
3	Germany	1:33:34.5

NOR—Anders Aukland, Frode Estil, Kristen Skjeldal, Thomas Alsgaard; ITA—Fabio Maj, Giorgio di Centa, Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi; GER—Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schluetter, Tobias Angerer, Rene Sommerfeldt.

USA entry: 5th; John Bauer, Kris Freeman, Justin Wadsworth, Carl Swenson (1:34:05.5).

Cross Country Skiing

Women