title: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical
  
  The men's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 12 February at Snow Harp in Nozawa Onsen.
  
  Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. Bjørn Dæhlie was the 1997 World champion. Dæhlie was also defending Olympic champion due to his win in 1994 Olympics in Lillehammer.
  
  Bjørn Dæhlie won the race, and memorably insisted that the medals ceremony be delayed as he waited at the finish line to greet the final athlete to complete the race, Philip Boit of Kenya, who was the first Kenyan to compete in a Winter Olympics.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 45 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 27:24.5 | |
  | | 53 | Markus Gandler | Austria | 27:32.5 | +8.0 |
  | | 39 | Mika Myllylä | Finland | 27:40.1 | +15.6 |
  | 4 | 47 | Vladimir Smirnov | Kazakhstan | 27:45.1 | +20.6 |
  | 5 | 43 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | 27:48.1 | +23.6 |
  | 6 | 56 | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 27:56.0 | +31.5 |
  | 7 | 33 | Erling Jevne | Norway | 27:58.7 | +34.2 |
  | 8 | 57 | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | 28:00.7 | +36.2 |
  | 9 | 38 | Sture Sivertsen | Norway | 28:10.6 | +46.1 |
  | 10 | 46 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 28:15.5 | +51.0 |
  | 11 | 37 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 28:17.0 | +52.5 |
  | 12 | 41 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 28:21.2 | +56.7 |
  | 13 | 67 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | 28:22.5 | +58.0 |
  | 14 | 82 | Gerhard Urain | Austria | 28:25.2 | +1:00.7 |
  | 15 | 36 | Jari Isometsä | Finland | 28:36.7 | +1:12.2 |
  | 16 | 24 | Andreas Schlütter | Germany | 28:48.0 | +1:23.5 |
  | 17 | 59 | Beat Koch | Switzerland | 28:49.6 | +1:25.1 |
  | 18 | 92 | Sami Repo | Finland | 28:51.3 | +1:26.8 |
  | 19 | 85 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 28:51.5 | +1:51.5 |
  | 20 | 55 | Markus Hasler | Liechtenstein | 28:55.2 | +1:30.7 |
  | 20 | 54 | Patrick Remy | France | 28:55.2 | +1:30.7 |
  | 22 | 66 | Sergey Tchepikov | Russia | 28:55.9 | +1:31.4 |
  | 23 | 30 | Achim Walcher | Austria | 28:58.6 | +1:34.1 |
  | 24 | 11 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 29:03.5 | +1:39.0 |
  | 25 | 31 | Niklas Jonsson | Sweden | 29:04.9 | +1:40.4 |
  | 26 | 20 | Marco Albarello | Italy | 29:10.1 | +1:45.6 |
  | 27 | 35 | Johann Mühlegg | Germany | 29:12.3 | +1:47.8 |
  | 28 | 44 | Fabio Maj | Italy | 29:13.8 | +1:49.3 |
  | 29 | 28 | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | 29:23.1 | +1:58.6 |
  | 30 | 15 | Ricardas Panavas | Lithuania | 29:24.1 | +1:59.6 |
  | 31 | 40 | Alexey Prokourorov | Russia | 29:27.3 | +2:02.8 |
  | 32 | 93 | Petr Michl | Czech Republic | 29:28.5 | +2:04.0 |
  | 33 | 61 | Juan Jesús Gutiérrez | Spain | 29:29.0 | +2:04.5 |
  | 34 | 71 | Katsuhito Ebisawa | Japan | 29:30.0 | +2:05.5 |
  | 35 | 64 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 29:41.8 | +2:17.3 |
  | 36 | 49 | Mitsuo Horigome | Japan | 29:44.8 | +2:20.3 |
  | 37 | 76 | Raul Olle | Estonia | 29:52.3 | +2:27.8 |
  | 38 | 77 | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | 29:52.5 | +2:28.0 |
  | 39 | 73 | Alexander Sannikov | Belarus | 29:54.7 | +2:30.2 |
  | 40 | 74 | Jochen Behle | Germany | 29:55.9 | +2:31.4 |
  | 41 | 69 | John Bauer | United States | 29:58.4 | +2:33.9 |
  | 42 | 78 | Sergey Kriyanin | Russia | 30:03.2 | +2:38.7 |
  | 43 | 81 | Patrick Weaver | United States | 30:04.4 | +2:39.9 |
  | 44 | 65 | Vladislavas Zybailo | Lithuania | 30:09.9 | +2:45.4 |
  | 45 | 25 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 30:11.1 | +2:46.6 |
  | 46 | 7 | Michael Binzer | Denmark | 30:14.2 | +2:49.7 |
  | 47 | 1 | Justin Wadsworth | United States | 30:26.3 | +3:01.8 |
  | 48 | 50 | Robin McKeever | Canada | 30:32.2 | +3:07.7 |
  | 49 | 14 | Jeremias Wigger | Switzerland | 30:33.4 | +3:08.9 |
  | 50 | 68 | Pavel Riabinine | Kazakhstan | 30:37.0 | +3:12.5 |
  | 51 | 70 | Chris Blanchard | Canada | 30:37.1 | +3:12.6 |
  | 52 | 32 | Lubos Buchta | Czech Republic | 30:38.4 | +3:13.9 |
  | 53 | 13 | Park Byung-chul | South Korea | 30:42.1 | +3:17.6 |
  | 54 | 58 | Jordi Ribo | Spain | 30:45.0 | +3:20.5 |
  | 55 | 87 | Nikolay Popovich | Ukraine | 30:51.2 | +3:26.7 |
  | 56 | 34 | Henrik Forsberg | Sweden | 30:55.7 | +3:31.2 |
  | 57 | 12 | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | 30:56.8 | +3:32.3 |
  | 58 | 9 | Elmo Kassin | Estonia | 30:57.8 | +3:33.3 |
  | 59 | 83 | Philippe Sanchez | France | 31:03.5 | +3:39.0 |
  | 60 | 22 | Gennadiy Nikon | Ukraine | 31:07.6 | +3:43.1 |
  | 60 | 48 | Ivan Bátory | Slovakia | 31:07.6 | +3:43.1 |
  | 62 | 17 | Vladimir Legotine | Russia | 31:10.3 | +3:45.8 |
  | 63 | 3 | Wilhelm Aschwanden | Switzerland | 31:10.5 | +3:46.0 |
  | 64 | 8 | Stanislav Jezik | Slovakia | 31:11.2 | +3:46.7 |
  | 65 | 51 | Janis Hermanis | Latvia | 31:12.1 | +3:47.6 |
  | 66 | 4 | Anthony Evans | Australia | 31:12.7 | +3:48.2 |
  | 67 | 60 | Martin Bajcicak | Slovakia | 31:29.0 | +4:04.5 |
  | 68 | 10 | Andrei Nevzorov | Kazakhstan | 31:30.4 | +4:05.9 |
  | 69 | 16 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | 31:41.0 | +4:16.5 |
  | 70 | 19 | Aleksey Tregubov | Belarus | 31:43.9 | +4:19.4 |
  | 71 | 18 | Guido Visser | Canada | 31:50.8 | +4:26.3 |
  | 72 | 29 | Mikhailo Artyukhov | Ukraine | 31:52.8 | +4:28.3 |
  | 73 | 89 | Nikolay Semeniako | Belarus | 31:54.5 | +4:30.0 |
  | 74 | 63 | Ahn Jin-soo | South Korea | 31:55.5 | +4:31.0 |
  | 75 | 75 | Yves Bilodeau | Canada | 31:56.9 | +4:32.4 |
  | 76 | 62 | Janusz Krezolok | Poland | 32:02.8 | +4:38.3 |
  | 77 | 90 | Juris Germanis | Latvia | 32:05.8 | +4:41.3 |
  | 78 | 2 | Marcus Nash | United States | 32:11.9 | +4:47.4 |
  | 79 | 88 | Park Byeong-ju | South Korea | 32:46.1 | +5:21.6 |
  | 80 | 91 | Vitaly Lilichenko | Kazakhstan | 32:54.5 | +5:30.0 |
  | 81 | 52 | Wu Jintao | China | 32:57.7 | +5:33.2 |
  | 82 | 79 | Alvaro Gijon | Spain | 33:02.7 | +5:38.2 |
  | 83 | 26 | Roberts Raimo | Latvia | 33:09.9 | +5:45.4 |
  | 84 | 5 | Slavtscho Batinkov | Bulgaria | 33:23.2 | +5:58.7 |
  | 85 | 86 | Ivan Hudač | Slovakia | 33:41.9 | +6:17.4 |
  | 86 | 95 | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | 34:13.7 | +6:49.2 |
  | 87 | 21 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 34:17.3 | +6:52.8 |
  | 88 | 80 | Paul Gray | Australia | 34:45.1 | +7:20.6 |
  | 89 | 96 | Balazs Latrompette | Hungary | 35:30.9 | +8:06.4 |
  | 90 | 98 | Dashzevegiin Ochirsükh | Mongolia | 39:38.6 | +12:14.1 |
  | 91 | 94 | Gjoko Dineski | Macedonia | 39:39.3 | +12:14.8 |
  | 92 | 97 | Philip Boit | Kenya | 47:25.5 | +20:01.0 |
  | | 6 | Antonio Racki | Croatia | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | | 23 | Qu Donghai | China | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | | 27 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | | 72 | Oleksandr Zarovniy | Ukraine | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | | 84 | Patrick Mächler | Switzerland | Did not finish | Did not finish |
  | | 42 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | Did not start | Did not start |
  