# Cross-country skiing at the 2010 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 km Free

The Men's 20 km Free competition of the Vancouver 2010 Paralympics was held at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia. The competition took place on Sunday, March 14, and Monday, March 15.

## Medal summary
### Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russia (RUS) | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 3 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 4 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |

### Medalists

| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| 20 km Free – visually impaired | Canada (CAN) Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | Russia (RUS) Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev | Belarus (BLR) Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski |
| 15 km – Sitting | Russia (RUS) Irek Zaripov | Russia (RUS) Roman Petushkov | Italy (ITA) Enzo Masiello |
| 20 km Free – Standing | Russia (RUS) Kirill Mikhaylov | Norway (NOR) Nils-Erik Ulset | Russia (RUS) Vladimir Kononov |

## Visually impaired

In the cross-country skiing 20 km Free visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 7 | Brian McKeever Guide: Robin McKeever | Canada | 51:14.7 | |
| | 11 | Nikolay Polukhin Guide: Andrey Tokarev | Russia | 51:55.6 | +40.9 |
| | 14 | Vasili Shaptsiaboi Guide: Mikalai Shablouski | Belarus | 52:22.5 | +1:07.8 |
| 4 | 4 | Wilhelm Brem Guide: Florian Grimm | Germany | 52:28.9 | +1:14.2 |
| 5 | 12 | Frank Höfle Guide: Johannes Wachlin | Germany | 52:38.8 | +1:24.1 |
| 6 | 5 | Thomas Clarion Guide: Stephane Passeron | France | 52:39.8 | +1:25.1 |
| 7 | 9 | Oleg Munts Guide: Borys Babar | Ukraine | 53:03.8 | +1:49.1 |
| 8 | 6 | Helge Flo Guide: Thomas Losnegard | Norway | 54:22.7 | +3:08.0 |
| 9 | 10 | Hak-Su Im Guide: Yoon-Bae Park | South Korea | 55:53.6 | +4:28.9 |
| 10 | 13 | Valery Kupchinskiy Guide: Viacheslav Dubov | Russia | 57:03.8 | +5:49.1 |
| 11 | 8 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Albin Ackerot | Sweden | 58:30.8 | +7:16.1 |
| 12 | 1 | Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Lasse Torpo | Finland | 1:02:35.6 | +11:20.9 |
| 13 | 3 | Alexei Novikov Guide: Jamie Stirling | Canada | 1:08:47.6 | +17:32.9 |
| | 2 | Hakan Axelsson | Sweden | DNF | |

## Sitting (15 km)

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 22 | Irek Zaripov | Russia | 41:01.1 | |
| | 25 | Roman Petushkov | Russia | 41:11.1 | +10.0 |
| | 24 | Enzo Masiello | Italy | 41:54.9 | +43.8 |
| 4 | 21 | Trygve Toskedal Larsen | Norway | 42:17.3 | +1:16.2 |
| 5 | 23 | Iurii Kostiuk | Ukraine | 42:17.7 | +1:16.6 |
| 6 | 26 | Aliaksandr Davidovich | Belarus | 42:43.1 | +1:42.0 |
| 7 | 19 | Kozo Kubo | Japan | 42:55.5 | +1:54.4 |
| 8 | 20 | Chris Klebl | United States | 43:13.7 | +2:12.6 |
| 9 | 28 | Sean Halsted | United States | 43:25.6 | +2:24.5 |
| 10 | 27 | Andy Soule | United States | 43:32.8 | +2:31.7 |
| 11 | 30 | Dzmitry Loban | Belarus | 43:53.5 | +2:52.4 |
| 12 | 29 | Romain Rosique | France | 43:56.6 | +2:55.5 |
| 13 | 3 | Sergey Shilov | Russia | 44:15.5 | +3:14.4 |
| 14 | 18 | Fu Chunshan | China | 44:19.1 | +3:18.0 |
| 15 | 7 | Yauheni Lukyanenka | Belarus | 44:22.0 | +3:20.9 |
| 16 | 1 | Vladimir Gajdiciar | Slovakia | 44:39.0 | +3:37.9 |
| 17 | 17 | Dominic Monypenny | Australia | 44:55.7 | +3:54.6 |
| 18 | 13 | Alain Marguerettaz | France | 44:55.8 | +3:54.7 |
| 19 | 2 | Ivan Goncharov | Russia | 45:19.2 | +4:18.1 |
| 20 | 31 | Kamil Rosiek | Poland | 45:21.2 | +4:20.1 |
| 21 | 10 | Robert Wator | Poland | 45:25.9 | +4:24.8 |
| 22 | 4 | Barys Pronka | Belarus | 45:57.7 | +4:56.6 |
| 23 | 15 | Roland Rüpp | Italy | 46:08.7 | +5:07.6 |
| 24 | 11 | Georges Bettega | France | 46:16.7 | +5:15.6 |
| 25 | 14 | Per Fagerhoi | Norway | 46:23.0 | +5:21.9 |
| 26 | 12 | Greg Mallory | United States | 46:30.6 | +5:29.5 |
| 27 | 8 | Lou Gibson | Canada | 47:53.8 | +6:52.7 |
| 28 | 5 | Fabrizio Bove | Italy | 49:15.2 | +8:14.1 |
| 29 | 16 | Sebastien Fortier | Canada | 51:33.6 | +10:32.5 |
| | 6 | Manfred Lehner | Austria | DNF | |
| | 9 | Thierry Raoux | France | DNS | |

## Standing

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
| | 20 | Kirill Mikhaylov | Russia | 52:07.7 | |
| | 7 | Nils-Erik Ulset | Norway | 53:34.1 | +1:26.4 |
| | 6 | Vladimir Kononov | Russia | 53:53.4 | +1:45.7 |
| 4 | 18 | Siarhei Silchanka | Belarus | 54:51.6 | +2:43.9 |
| 5 | 2 | Rushan Minnegulov | Russia | 54:59.8 | +2:52.1 |
| 6 | 17 | Michael Kurz | Austria | 55:06.8 | +2:59.1 |
| 7 | 5 | Du Haitao | China | 55:29.9 | +3:22.2 |
| 8 | 16 | Vegard Dahle | Norway | 55:42.9 | +3:35.2 |
| 9 | 11 | Yannick Bourseaux | France | 55:55.7 | +3:48.0 |
| 10 | 1 | Thomas Oelsner | Germany | 58:02.6 | +5:54.9 |
| 11 | 19 | Ilkka Tuomisto | Finland | 58:29.6 | +6:21.9 |
| 12 | 15 | Tino Uhlig | Germany | 59:00.8 | +6:53.1 |
| 13 | 12 | Zou Dexin | China | 59:37.4 | +7:29.7 |
| 14 | 10 | Oleh Leshchyshyn | Ukraine | 59:44.9 | +7:37.2 |
| 15 | 21 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 59:50.6 | +7:42.9 |
| 16 | 8 | Cheng Shishuai | China | 59:52.1 | +7:44.4 |
| 17 | 4 | Keiichi Sato | Japan | 1:01:34.5 | +9:26.8 |
| 18 | 9 | James Millar | Australia | 1:02:33.5 | +10:25.8 |
| 19 | 22 | Svein Lilleberg | Norway | 1:06:33.0 | +14:25.3 |
| | 3 | Tyler Mosher | Canada | DNF | |
| | 14 | Alfis Makamedinov | Russia | DNF | |
| | 13 | Mark Arendz | Canada | DNS | |