Event Format: Cross Country skiing at the Olympic Games consists of twelve events, six for women and six for men. The events are individual start, mass start, pursuit, team relay, sprint and team sprint. The
Individual Sprint races start with an qualifying round. The 30 fastest skiers in the qualifying round run quarterfinals, semifinals and finals on an about 1,5 km long course. The two fastest skiers in each heat and two "lucky loosers" advance to the next round. Six skiers compete in the final and the winner is the skier to finish first in the final. Event facts: Men's Sprint competition was held at the Tesero Cross-country Centre |
