The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in
Lillehammer
Lillehammer () is a municipality in Innlandet county, Norway. It is located in the traditional district of Gudbrandsdal. The administrative centre of the municipality is the town of Lillehammer. Some of the more notable villages in the municip ...
, Norway, was held on 19 February at
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium
Birkebeineren Ski Stadium ( no, Birkebeineren skistadion) is a cross-country skiing (sport), cross-country skiing and biathlon venue located in Lillehammer, Norway. Situated from the town center and at above mean sea level, it has two stadium ...
in Lillehammer. The Norwegian
Bjørn Dæhlie
Bjørn Erlend Dæhlie (born 19 June 1967) is a Norwegian businessman and retired cross-country skier. From 1992 to 1999, Dæhlie won the Nordic World Cup six times, finishing second in 1994 and 1998. Dæhlie won a total of 29 medals in the Olym ...
was the
1993 World champion and the
1992 Olympic champion.
Each skier started based on the results from the
10 km classical event, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course after the first-to-finish principle. Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway started first in the race with a gap of 18.2 seconds to
Vladimir Smirnov of Kazakhstan. Dæhlie extended his lead and won over Smirnov with 29.2 seconds; his second consecutive olympic gold medal in the pursuit event.
Results
The time consists the added times for both the 10 km classical and the 15 km freestyle pursuit.
References
External links
Final results (International Ski Federation)
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Men's cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics
Men's pursuit cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics