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Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics

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Athletes compete at Soldier Hollow on February 14, 2002.
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A Russian commemorative coin depicting 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 International Olympic Committee's (IOC) list of banned substances, but the Olympic rules generally prohibit doping of any kind, in accordance with its charter. After two years and several lawsuits in Olympic and Swiss courts, the skiers in question (Johann Mühlegg of Spain, and Larissa Lazutina and Olga Danilova of Russia) were stripped of all their medals from the 2002 Games.<ref name="SR">Template:Cite web</ref>

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.

Medal summary

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Medal table

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Men's events

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2 × 10 km pursuit
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49:48.9 Not awarded Template:FlagIOCmedalist 49:52.9
15 km classical
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 37:07.4 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 37:43.4 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 37:50.8
30 km freestyle mass start
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11:31.0 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11:32.3 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:11:42.7
50 km classical
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:06:20.8 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:06:44.5 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:08:41.5
4 × 10 km relay
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Anders Aukland
Frode Estil
Kristen Skjeldal
Thomas Alsgaard
1:32.45.4 Template:FlagIOC
Fabio Maj
Giorgio Di Centa
Pietro Piller Cottrer
Cristian Zorzi
1:32:45.8 Template:FlagIOC
Jens Filbrich
Andreas Schlütter
Tobias Angerer
René Sommerfeldt
1:33:34.5
Sprint
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:56.9 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:57.0 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 2:57.2

Women's events

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2 × 5 km pursuit
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 25:09.9 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 25:10.0 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 25:11.1
10 km classical
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 28:05.6 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 28:09.9 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 28:45.8
15 km freestyle mass start
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 39:54.4 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 40:01.3 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 40:02.7
30 km classical
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:30:57.1 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:31:01.6 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 1:31:36.3
4 × 5 km relay
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Manuela Henkel
Viola Bauer
Claudia Künzel
Evi Sachenbacher
49:30.6 Template:FlagIOC
Marit Bjørgen
Bente Skari
Hilde G. Pedersen
Anita Moen
49:31.9 Template:FlagIOC
Andrea Huber
Laurence Rochat
Brigitte Albrecht-Loretan
Natascia Leonardi Cortesi
50:03.6
Sprint
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Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:10.6 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:12.2 Template:FlagIOCmedalist 3:12.7

Participating NOCs

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Forty-four nations competed in the cross-country skiing events at Salt Lake City.

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See also

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References

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