# Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST.
Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu is both the two-time defending Olympic and World champion in this event, though all three were held in the classical event. Norway's Lars Berger won the 2007 world championships when it was in freestyle. The final World Cup event in men's 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa.
Veerpalu did not participate to the event being in freestyle while Berger did not participate to the fact that the biathlon men's 12.5 km pursuit would take place the next day. Di Centa finished tenth in the event. Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 33 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 33:36.3 | +0.00 |
| | 25 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Italy | 34:00.9 | +24.6 |
| | 34 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 34:12.0 | +35.7 |
| 4 | 35 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 34:13.5 | +37.2 |
| 5 | 26 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 34:16.2 | +39.9 |
| 6 | 13 | Maurice Manificat | France | 34:27.4 | +51.1 |
| 7 | 18 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 34:28.5 | +52.2 |
| 8 | 20 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 34:30.0 | +53.7 |
| 9 | 24 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 34:31.6 | +55.3 |
| 10 | 31 | Giorgio Di Centa | Italy | 34:36.2 | +59.9 |
| 11 | 19 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 34:39.3 | +1:03.0 |
| 12 | 6 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 34:43.3 | +1:07.0 |
| 13 | 1 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 34:45.5 | +1:09.2 |
| 14 | 2 | Alexey Poltaranin | Kazakhstan | 34:50.5 | +1:14.2 |
| 15 | 5 | Remo Fischer | Switzerland | 34:51.1 | +1:14.8 |
| 15 | 28 | Dmitry Sidorov | Russia | 34:51.1 | +1:14.8 |
| 17 | 17 | Curdin Perl | Switzerland | 34:51.8 | +1:15.5 |
| 18 | 10 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 34:53.5 | +1:17.2 |
| 19 | 21 | Valerio Checchi | Italy | 34:53.7 | +1:17.4 |
| 20 | 4 | Emmanuel Jonnier | France | 34:55.1 | +1:18.8 |
| 21 | 11 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 34:55.6 | +1:19.3 |
| 22 | 23 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 34:58.7 | +1:22.4 |
| 23 | 9 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 34:59.3 | +1:23.0 |
| 24 | 14 | Thomas Moriggl | Italy | 34:59.9 | +1:23.6 |
| 25 | 3 | Anders Södergren | Sweden | 35:01.2 | +1:24.9 |
| 26 | 44 | Petr Sedov | Russia | 35:06.2 | +1:29.9 |
| 27 | 37 | Teemu Kattilakoski | Finland | 35:06.8 | +1:30.5 |
| 28 | 7 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | Norway | 35:10.5 | +1:34.2 |
| 29 | 42 | George Grey | Canada | 35:13.0 | +1:36.7 |
| 29 | 47 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 35:13.0 | +1:36.7 |
| 31 | 22 | Sergey Shiryayev | Russia | 35:14.5 | +1:38.2 |
| 32 | 27 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 35:20.5 | +1:44.2 |
| 33 | 16 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 35:26.3 | +1:50.0 |
| 34 | 38 | Juha Lallukka | Finland | 35:28.8 | +1:52.5 |
| 35 | 8 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 35:29.4 | +1:53.1 |
| 36 | 29 | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | 35:31.3 | +1:55.0 |
| 37 | 46 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 35:33.7 | +1:57.4 |
| 38 | 40 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 35:34.1 | +1:57.8 |
| 39 | 32 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 35:37.1 | +2:00.8 |
| 40 | 48 | Ivan Batory | Slovakia | 35:38.1 | +2:01.8 |
| 41 | 36 | Petter Northug | Norway | 35:39.5 | +2:03.2 |
| 42 | 12 | Ronny Hafsås | Norway | 35:41.8 | +2:05.5 |
| 43 | 52 | Milan Šperl | Czech Republic | 35:46.4 | +2:10.1 |
| 44 | 30 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 35:47.0 | +2:10.7 |
| 45 | 50 | Ben Sim | Australia | 35:48.6 | +2:12.3 |
| 46 | 39 | Tom Reichelt | Germany | 35:50.4 | +2:14.1 |
| 47 | 43 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 35:50.8 | +2:14.5 |
| 48 | 51 | James Southam | United States | 35:58.2 | +2:21.9 |
| 49 | 45 | Nobu Naruse | Japan | 36:01.6 | +2:25.3 |
| 50 | 62 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 36:11.7 | +2:35.4 |
| 51 | 41 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 36:13.5 | +2:37.2 |
| 52 | 64 | Gordon Jewett | Canada | 36:17.9 | +2:41.6 |
| 53 | 56 | Vicenc Vilarrubla | Spain | 36:22.7 | +2:46.4 |
| 54 | 66 | Michal Malak | Slovakia | 36:22.8 | +2:46.5 |
| 55 | 60 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 36:32.4 | +2:56.1 |
| 56 | 53 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 36:33.0 | +2:56.7 |
| 57 | 67 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 36:39.5 | +3:03.2 |
| 58 | 59 | Garrott Kuzzy | United States | 36:41.5 | +3:05.2 |
| 59 | 15 | Kris Freeman | United States | 36:41.6 | +3:05.3 |
| 60 | 54 | Aliaksei Ivanou | Belarus | 36:48.2 | +3:11.9 |
| 61 | 55 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 36:49.7 | +3:13.4 |
| 62 | 61 | Olexandr Putsko | Ukraine | 37:09.8 | +3:33.5 |
| 63 | 80 | Leanid Karneyenka | Belarus | 37:29.2 | +3:52.9 |
| 64 | 69 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 37:30.5 | +3:54.2 |
| 65 | 57 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 37:31.8 | +3:55.5 |
| 66 | 49 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 37:38.0 | +4:01.7 |
| 67 | 58 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 37:38.4 | +4:02.1 |
| 68 | 65 | Xu Wenlong | China | 37:39.5 | +4:03.2 |
| 69 | 63 | Javier Gutierrez | Spain | 37:55.7 | +4:19.4 |
| 70 | 76 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 37:58.9 | +4:22.6 |
| 71 | 68 | Aleksei Novoselski | Lithuania | 38:01.6 | +4:25.3 |
| 72 | 74 | Jānis Paipals | Latvia | 38:18.0 | +4:41.7 |
| 73 | 70 | Francesc Soulie | Andorra | 38:36.0 | +4:59.7 |
| 74 | 71 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 38:45.1 | +5:08.8 |
| 75 | 77 | Andrej Burić | Croatia | 38:51.0 | +5:14.7 |
| 76 | 73 | Jonas Thor Olsen | Denmark | 39:01.8 | +5:25.5 |
| 77 | 78 | Sebahattin Oğlago | Turkey | 39:03.0 | +5:26.7 |
| 78 | 83 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39:41.4 | +6:05.1 |
| 79 | 75 | Lee Jun-gil | South Korea | 39:51.6 | +6:15.3 |
| 80 | 82 | Amar Garibović | Serbia | 40:12.0 | +6:35.7 |
| 81 | 84 | Zoltán Tagscherer | Hungary | 41:15.0 | +7:38.7 |
| 82 | 85 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 41:34.9 | +7:58.6 |
| 83 | 90 | Tashi Lundup | India | 41:36.8 | +8:00.5 |
| 84 | 94 | Mehdi-Selim Khelifi | Algeria | 41:38.5 | +8:02.2 |
| 85 | 79 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 41:48.2 | +8:11.9 |
| 86 | 87 | Sergiu Balan | Moldova | 42:12.1 | +8:35.8 |
| 87 | 91 | Khash-Erdene Khurelbataar | Mongolia | 42:27.4 | +8:51.1 |
| 88 | 88 | Tucker Murphy | Bermuda | 42:39.1 | +9:02.8 |
| 89 | 81 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 42:41.1 | +9:04.8 |
| 90 | 89 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 43:36.2 | +9:59.9 |
| 91 | 86 | Peter-James Barron | Ireland | 43:50.4 | +10:14.1 |
| 92 | 93 | Dachhiri Sherpa | Nepal | 44:26.5 | +10:50.2 |
| 93 | 96 | Robel Teklemariam | Ethiopia | 45:18.9 | +11:42.6 |
| 94 | 92 | Roberto Carcelen | Peru | 45:53.6 | +12:17.3 |
| 95 | 95 | Danny Silva | Portugal | 49:31.4 | +15:55.1 |
| | 72 | Benjamin Koons | New Zealand | DNS | |