Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit

Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit
at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit; at the XVI Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Les Saisies
Dates	15 February 1992
Competitors	102 from 25 nations
Winning time	38:01.9
Medalists
	1994 →

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was held on Saturday 15 February at Les Saisies. This was the first time a pursuit race was held in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.^[1]

Each skier started based on the results from the 10 km classical event on 13 February, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Vegard Ulvang won the 10 km classical race with 19.2 seconds to Marco Albarello of Italy. Fourth-placed in the 10 km, Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway took over the lead and won over Ulvang with 53.4 seconds.

Results

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Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Start	Time	Deficit
	4	Bjørn Dæhlie	Norway	0:25	38:01.9
	1	Vegard Ulvang	Norway	0:00	38:55.3	+53.4
	7	Giorgio Vanzetta	Italy	0:50	38:56.2	+54.3
4	2	Marco Albarello	Italy	0:19	38:57.3	+55.4
5	9	Torgny Mogren	Sweden	1:01	39:01.4	+59.5
6	3	Christer Majbäck	Sweden	0:20	39:41.0	+1:39.1
7	10	Silvio Fauner	Italy	1:17	39:58.9	+1:57.0
8	13	Vladimir Smirnov	Unified Team	1:37	39:59.8	+1:57.9
9	12	Henrik Forsberg	Sweden	1:33	40:16.4	+2:14.5
10	8	Alois Stadlober	Austria	0:51	40:21.6	+2:19.7
11	6	Harri Kirvesniemi	Finland	0:47	40:34.4	+2:32.5
12	16	Jari Isometsä	Finland	1:58	40:50.0	+2:48.1
13	5	Niklas Jonsson	Sweden	0:27	41:02.1	+3:00.2
14	17	Václav Korunka	Czechoslovakia	2:07	41:03.5	+3:01.6
15	11	Mikhail Botvinov	Unified Team	1:19	41:07.1	+3:05.2
16	31	Johann Mühlegg	Germany	2:53	41:11.8	+3:09.9
17	30	Andrey Kirilov	Unified Team	2:51	41:14.9	+3:13.0
18	22	Elmo Kassin	Estonia	2:16	41:16.1	+3:14.2
19	15	Jari Räsänen	Finland	1:49	41:29.9	+3:28.0
20	14	Mika Myllylä	Finland	1:41	41:33.1	+3:31.2
21	29	Torald Rein	Germany	2:49	41:48.1	+3:46.2
22	36	Patrick Rémy	France	3:09	42:08.5	+4:06.6
23	32	Janko Neuber	Germany	2:53	42:10.4	+4:08.5
24	35	Andreas Ringhofer	Austria	3:06	42:13.9	+4:12.0
25	33	Radim Nyč	Czechoslovakia	2:55	42:16.0	+4:14.1
26	18	John Aalberg	United States	2:11	42:19.2	+4:17.3
27	19	Alexander Marent	Austria	2:13	42:20.2	+4:18.3
28	34	Markus Gandler	Austria	2:59	42:31.8	+4:29.9
29	27	Hiroyuki Imai	Japan	2:41	42:32.8	+4:30.9
30	51	Philippe Sanchez	France	4:06	42:34.3	+4:32.4
31	49	André Jungen	Switzerland	4:05	42:56.3	+4:54.4
32	23	John Bauer	United States	2:22	43:01.7	+4:59.8
33	41	Pavel Benc	Czechoslovakia	3:37	43:02.0	+5:00.1
34	44	Giachem Guidon	Switzerland	3:47	43:06.1	+5:04.2
35	46	Kazunari Sasaki	Japan	3:55	43:08.6	+5:06.7
36	45	Markus Hasler	Liechtenstein	3:51	43:10.6	+5:08.7
37	39	Juan Jesús Gutiérrez	Spain	3:26	43:17.5	+5:15.6
38	43	Stéphane Azambre	France	3:46	43:26.9	+5:25.0
39	37	Anthony Evans	Australia	3:18	43:29.2	+5:27.3
40	25	Dany Bouchard	Canada	2:27	43:31.1	+5:29.2
41	28	Urmas Välbe	Estonia	2:44	43:38.4	+5:36.5
42	21	Andrus Veerpalu	Estonia	2:15	43:41.7	+5:39.8
43	62	German Karachevsky	Unified Team	4:36	44:09.5	+6:07.6
44	50	Hans Diethelm	Switzerland	4:05	44:16.4	+6:14.5
45	42	Yves Bilodeau	Canada	3:43	44:22.4	+6:20.5
46	26	Benjamin Husaby	United States	2:30	44:41.1	+6:39.2
47	57	Andrzej Piotrowski	Poland	4:20	44:52.9	+6:51.0
48	63	Wiesław Cempa	Poland	4:37	44:53.2	+6:51.3
49	60	John Farra	United States	4:30	44:54.3	+6:52.4
50	54	Ričardas Panavas	Lithuania	4:12	44:54.5	+6:52.6
51	40	Park Byung-chul	South Korea	3:34	45:20.4	+7:18.5
52	52	Al Pilcher	Canada	4:08	45:44.6	+7:42.7
53	48	Ebbe Hartz	Denmark	3:58	45:47.6	+7:45.7
54	72	Viorel Şotropa	Romania	5:21	45:56.4	+7:54.5
55	66	Martin Petrásek	Czechoslovakia	4:51	45:57.1	+7:55.2
56	64	Wayne Dustin	Canada	4:40	46:04.6	+8:02.7
57	61	David Belam	Great Britain	4:32	46:11.0	+8:09.1
58	56	Carles Vicente	Spain	4:20	46:11.4	+8:09.5
59	69	Michael Binzer	Denmark	5:09	46:12.2	+8:10.3
60	67	Taivo Kuus	Estonia	4:52	46:18.6	+8:16.7
61	68	Jordi Ribó	Spain	4:57	46:27.7	+8:25.8
62	71	Jožko Kavalar	Slovenia	5:13	46:36.9	+8:35.0
63	53	Slavcho Batinkov	Bulgaria	4:11	46:41.6	+8:39.7
64	47	John Read	Great Britain	3:56	46:52.4	+8:50.5
65	73	Paul Gray	Australia	5:36	47:08.9	+9:07.0
66	59	Rögnvaldur Ingþórsson	Iceland	4:28	47:48.8	+9:46.9
67	74	Robert Kerštajn	Slovenia	6:01	48:05.3	+10:03.4
68	79	Cédric Vallet	France	6:59	48:10.2	+10:08.3
69	75	Siniša Vukonić	Croatia	6:25	48:45.5	+10:43.6
70	76	Antonio Cascos	Spain	6:42	49:00.8	+10:58.9
71	86	Petar Zografov	Bulgaria	8:06	50:15.6	+12:13.7
72	80	Wu Jintao	China	7:09	51:30.6	+13:28.7
73	89	Son Chol-u	North Korea	8:32	52:35.5	+14:33.6
74	90	Mark Croasdale	Great Britain	8:37	52:36.8	+14:34.9
75	87	Aleksandar Milenković	Yugoslavia	8:11	52:38.8	+14:36.9
76	78	Chang Song-rok	North Korea	6:58	52:43.4	+14:41.5
77	82	Gongoryn Myeryei	Mongolia	7:29	53:11.9	+15:10.0
78	88	Jānis Hermanis	Latvia	8:13	53:12.9	+15:11.0
79	77	An Jin-soo	South Korea	6:50	53:14.2	+15:12.3
80	81	Haukur Eiríksson	Iceland	7:16	53:40.3	+15:38.4
81	85	Kim Kwang-rae	South Korea	7:50	53:51.4	+15:49.5
82	99	Nikos Anastassiadis	Greece	9:50	54:36.2	+16:34.3
83	96	Fikret Ören	Turkey	9:27	54:40.1	+16:38.2
84	83	Ziitsagaany Ganbat	Mongolia	7:34	54:48.4	+16:46.5
85	100	István Oláh Nelu	Hungary	10:01	54:49.2	+16:47.3
86	95	Wi Jae-wook	South Korea	9:17	55:39.1	+17:37.2
87	92	Luis Argel	Argentina	8:57	55:56.0	+17:54.1
88	91	Timoleon Tsourekas	Greece	8:50	56:04.6	+18:02.7
89	101	Bekim Babić	Yugoslavia	10:19	56:34.8	+18:32.9
90	103	Celal Şener	Turkey	10:49	57:47.5	+19:45.6
91	98	Dimitris Tsourekas	Greece	9:39	58:23.9	+20:22.0
92	97	Guillermo Alder	Argentina	9:35	58:33.2	+20:31.3
93	104	Sébastian Menci	Argentina	12:24	1:04:24.0	+26:22.1
94	105	Roberto Alvárez	Mexico	12:52	1:07:38.2	+29:36.3
95	106	Diego Prado	Argentina	14:10	1:09:05.2	+31:03.3
96	107	Mustapha Tourki	Morocco	18:39	1:21:33.1	+43:31.2
97	109	Andrea Sammaritani	San Marino	20:01	1:22:39.4	+44:37.5
98	108	Mohamed Oubahim	Morocco	19:56	1:35:32.2	+57:30.3
99	110	Faissal Cherradi	Morocco	43:31	2:27:37.8	+1:49:35.9
DNF	58	Maurilio De Zolt	Italy	4:24	Did not finish
	65	Glen Scott	Great Britain	4:44
	94	Momo Skokić	Yugoslavia	9:12
DNS	20	Terje Langli	Norway	2:15	Did not start
	24	Jochen Behle	Germany	2:22
	38	Kristen Skjeldal	Norway	3:26
	55	Ivan Smilenov	Bulgaria	4:18
	70	Iskren Plankov	Bulgaria	5:13
	84	Giannis Mitroulas	Greece	7:49
	93	Mithat Yildrim	Turkey	9:00
	102	Abdullah Yilmaz	Turkey	10:46