cross-country skiing at the 2002 winter olympics

The cross-country skiing events at the 2002 Winter Olympics were marred by drug problems. The winners of three races were disqualified after blood tests showed that three skiers had overly high red blood cell counts indicating the use of darbepoetin, a drug used to treat anemia. At the time, the drug was not specifically listed in the IOC's list of banned substances, but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind, in accordance to its charter. After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question (Johann Mhlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia) were stripped of all their Olympic medals from the 2002 Salt Lake City Games. See the external links below for the official IOC press releases containing detailed information of the doping cases and their resolution, including initial, intermediate, and final amended results. This article gives the final medalists as decided on by the IOC in early 2004. 10 km Freestyle Pursuit Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Thomas Alsgaard (NOR)	49:48.9
Gold	20px Frode Estil (NOR)	49:48.9
Bronze	20px Per Elofsson (SWE)	49:52.9

Johann Mühlegg won his second gold of the Games, dominating both parts of the pursuit race. Alsgaard and Estil tied for the silver medal. However, Mhlegg was disqualified by the IOC in February 2004, and so the Norwegians got the gold and Elofsson the bronze. 15 km Classical Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Andrus Veerpalu (EST)	37:07.4
Silver	20px Frode Estil (NOR)	37:43.4
Bronze	20px Jaak Mae (EST)	37:50.8

First Olympic medals at the Winter Games for Estonia. 50 km Classical Men:

Medals awarded Saturday, February 23

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Mikhail Ivanov (RUS)	2:06:20.8
Silver	20px Andrus Veerpalu (EST)	2:06:44.5
Bronze	20px Odd-Bjrn Hjelmeset (NOR)	2:08:41.5

First-place finisher Mühlegg was disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin. 30 km Freestyle Mass Start Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Christian Hoffmann (AUT)	1:11:31.0
Silver	20px Mikhail Botvinov (AUT)	1:11:32.3
Bronze	20px Kristen Skjeldal (NOR)	1:11:42.7

Johann Mühlegg won his first and Spain's second ever Olympic winter gold, but was disqualified by the IOC in February 2004. This gave a much delayed Austrian double victory, and a bronze for veteran Skjeldal. 1.5 km Sprint Men:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Tor Arne Hetland (NOR)	2:56.9
Silver	20px Peter Schlickenrieder (GER)	2:57.0
Bronze	20px Cristian Zorzi (ITA)	2:57.2

4 × 10 km Relay Men:

Medal	Team	Time
Gold	20px Norway (Thomas Alsgaard, Kristen Skjeldal, Frode Estil, Anders Aukland)	1:32:45.5
Silver	20px Italy (Pietro Piller Cottrer, Cristian Zorzi, Giorgio di Centa, Fabio Maj)	1:32:45.8
Bronze	20px Germany (Tobias Angerer, Jens Filbrich, Andreas Schltter, Rene Sommerfeldt)	1:33:34.5

In the third-in-a-row close Italy-Norway finish, the Norwegians beat Italy, like in 1998. 5 km Freestyle Pursuit Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Beckie Scott (CAN)	25:09.9
Silver	20px Katerina Neumannov (CZE)	25:10.0
Bronze	20px Viola Bauer (GER)	25:11.1

Danilova surprisingly beat Lazutina, and Scott won a close finish for the bronze; Canada's first cross-country skiing Olympic medal. After both Russians were later disqualified (in 2004, 2003, respectively) Scott and Canada ended up with their first Olympic gold instead. 10 km Classical Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Bente Skari (NOR)	28:05.6
Silver	20px Julija Tchepalova (RUS)	28:09.9
Bronze	20px Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	28:45.8

Bente Skari came from behind to beat the favourite Russians Danilova and Tchepalova in the last kilometers. Then Danilova was disqualified in the IOC 2004 decision, and so the runners-up advanced one step on the result list. 30 km Classical Women:

Medals awarded Sunday, February 24

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Gabriella Paruzzi (ITA)	1:30:57.1
Silver	20px Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	1:31:01.6
Bronze	20px Bente Skari (NOR)	1:31:36.3

Russian skiers Lazutina, who finished first, and Danilova, who finished eighth, were disqualified after blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin. 15 km Freestyle Mass Start Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Stefania Belmondo (ITA)	39:54.4
Silver	20px Katerina Neumannov (CZE)	40:01.3
Bronze	20px Julija Tchepalova (RUS)	40:02.7

After breaking a ski pole, the little Italian still managed to win the gold. Lazutina was disqualified in 2003, leading to Neumannova getting the silver and Tchepalova the bronze. 1.5 km Sprint Women:

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Julija Tchepalova (RUS)	3:10.6
Silver	20px Evi Sachenbacher (GER)	3:12.2
Bronze	20px Anita Moen (NOR)	3:12.7

4 × 5 km Relay Women:

Medals awarded Thursday, February 21

Medal	Athlete	Time
Gold	20px Germany (Evi Sachenbacher, Viola Bauer, Manuela Henkel, Claudia Knzel)	49:30.6
Silver	20px Norway (Bente Skari, Hilde G. Pedersen, Marit Bjrgen, Anita Moen)	49:31.9
Bronze	20px Switzerland (Andrea Huber, Laurence Rochat, Brigitte Albrecht Loretan, Natascia Leonardi Cortesi)	50:03.6

The Russian team was disqualified and wasn't allowed to start, after Lazutina's blood tests indicated the use of darbepoetin.

External links

IOC (...) annul(s) the results of (...) Lazutina from the (...) Salt Lake City (...) Games (...) – IOC press release, 29 June 2003
IOC Executive Board disqualifies Muehlegg and Danilova from the Salt Lake City Games – IOC press release, 28 February 2004

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