title: Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1994 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit
  
  The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1994 Winter Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway, was held on 19 February at Birkebeineren Ski Stadium in Lillehammer. The Norwegian Bjørn Dæhlie 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.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 1:00:08.8 | – |
  | | 2 | Vladimir Smirnov | Kazakhstan | 1:00:38.0 | +29.2 |
  | | 8 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 1:01:48.6 | +1:39.8 |
  | 4 | 6 | Mika Myllylä | Finland | 1:01:55.9 | +1:47.1 |
  | 5 | 4 | Mikhail Botvinov | Russia | 1:01:57.8 | +1:49.0 |
  | 6 | 12 | Jari Räsänen | Finland | 1:02:03.7 | +1:54.9 |
  | 7 | 5 | Sture Sivertsen | Norway | 1:02:09.7 | +2:00.9 |
  | 8 | 17 | Johann Mühlegg | Germany | 1:02:31.2 | +2:22.4 |
  | 9 | 15 | Giorgio Vanzetta | Italy | 1:02:31.6 | +2:22.8 |
  | 10 | 3 | Marco Albarello | Italy | 1:02:34.1 | +2:25.3 |
  | 11 | 10 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 1:02:57.1 | +2:48.3 |
  | 12 | 20 | Alexey Prokourorov | Russia | 1:03:07.8 | +2:59.0 |
  | 13 | 21 | Jeremias Wigger | Switzerland | 1:03:07.9 | +2:59.1 |
  | 14 | 11 | Jochen Behle | Germany | 1:03:32.1 | +3:23.3 |
  | 15 | 14 | Jan Ottosson | Sweden | 1:03:32.4 | +3:23.6 |
  | 16 | 13 | Andrey Kirilov | Russia | 1:03:59.7 | +3:50.9 |
  | 17 | 18 | Vladimir Legotine | Russia | 1:04:00.1 | +3:51.3 |
  | 18 | 25 | Kazunari Sasaki | Japan | 1:04:00.5 | +3:51.7 |
  | 19 | 16 | Nikolay Ivanov | Kazakhstan | 1:04:10.5 | +4:01.7 |
  | 20 | 22 | Patrick Rémy | France | 1:04:20.5 | +4:11.7 |
  | 21 | 53 | Viatscheslav Plaksunov | Belarus | 1:04:35.2 | +4:26.4 |
  | 22 | 29 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 1:04:36.3 | +4:27.5 |
  | 23 | 19 | Christer Majbäck | Sweden | 1:04:42.5 | +4:33.7 |
  | 24 | 26 | Luboš Buchta | Czech Republic | 1:04:54.0 | +4:45.2 |
  | 25 | 33 | Elmo Kassin | Estonia | 1:04:54.9 | +4:46.1 |
  | 26 | 34 | Pavel Ryabinin | Kazakhstan | 1:05:05.6 | +4:56.8 |
  | 27 | 31 | Mitsuo Horigome | Japan | 1:05:07.0 | +4:58.2 |
  | 28 | 47 | Juan Jesús Gutiérrez | Spain | 1:05:20.0 | +5:11.2 |
  | 29 | 39 | Philippe Sanchez | France | 1:05:31.8 | +5:23.0 |
  | 30 | 46 | Hans Diethelm | Switzerland | 1:05:32.4 | +5:23.6 |
  | 31 | 37 | Andrey Nevzorov | Kazakhstan | 1:05:32.9 | +5:24.1 |
  | 32 | 44 | Carles Vicente | Spain | 1:05:33.3 | +5:24.5 |
  | 33 | 45 | John Aalberg | United States | 1:05:33.4 | +5:24.6 |
  | 34 | 43 | Ivan Bátory | Slovakia | 1:05:34.3 | +5:25.5 |
  | 35 | 61 | Janko Neuber | Germany | 1:05:39.6 | +5:30.8 |
  | 36 | 65 | Pavel Benc | Czech Republic | 1:05:44.1 | +5:35.3 |
  | 37 | 59 | Václav Korunka | Czech Republic | 1:06:02.0 | +5:53.2 |
  | 38 | 32 | Torald Rein | Germany | 1:06:02.3 | +5:53.5 |
  | 39 | 55 | Markus Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:06:05.4 | +5:56.6 |
  | 40 | 35 | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 1:06:06.0 | +5:57.2 |
  | 41 | 41 | Todd Boonstra | United States | 1:06:07.1 | +5:58.3 |
  | 42 | 40 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 1:06:19.8 | +6:11.0 |
  | 43 | 52 | Benjamin Husaby | United States | 1:06:35.9 | +6:27.1 |
  | 44 | 56 | Siniša Vukonić | Croatia | 1:06:45.3 | +6:36.5 |
  | 45 | 58 | Luke Bodensteiner | United States | 1:06:53.0 | +6:44.2 |
  | 46 | 62 | Igor Obukhov | Belarus | 1:06:53.5 | +6:44.7 |
  | 47 | 57 | Jordi Ribo | Spain | 1:07:07.6 | +6:58.8 |
  | 48 | 38 | Ricardas Panavas | Lithuania | 1:07:12.5 | +7:03.7 |
  | 49 | 50 | Daníel Jakobsson | Iceland | 1:07:17.0 | +7:08.2 |
  | 50 | 66 | Michael Binzer | Denmark | 1:07:17.1 | +7:08.3 |
  | 51 | 70 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 1:07:30.5 | +7:21.7 |
  | 52 | 49 | Dany Bouchard | Canada | 1:07:33.2 | +7:24.4 |
  | 53 | 63 | Cédric Vallet | France | 1:07:44.5 | +7:35.7 |
  | 54 | 72 | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | 1:07:50.1 | +7:41.3 |
  | 55 | 36 | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | 1:08:16.1 | +8:07.3 |
  | 56 | 60 | Wilhelm Aschwanden | Switzerland | 1:08:17.4 | +8:08.6 |
  | 57 | 51 | Anthony Evans | Australia | 1:08:22.9 | +8:14.1 |
  | 58 | 71 | Martin Petrásek | Czech Republic | 1:08:23.8 | +8:15.0 |
  | 59 | 73 | Elemer Tanko | Romania | 1:08:47.1 | +8:38.3 |
  | 60 | 69 | Slavtscho Batinkov | Bulgaria | 1:08:47.5 | +8:38.7 |
  | 61 | 64 | Ebbe Hartz | Denmark | 1:08:52.8 | +8:44.0 |
  | 62 | 80 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | 1:09:04.2 | +8:55.4 |
  | 63 | 68 | David Belam | Great Britain | 1:09:17.8 | +9:09.0 |
  | 64 | 76 | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | 1:09:19.6 | +9:10.8 |
  | 65 | 77 | Byung-Chul Park | South Korea | 1:09:56.3 | +9:47.5 |
  | 66 | 67 | Mark Gray | Australia | 1:10:01.1 | +9:52.3 |
  | 67 | 74 | Iskren Plankov | Bulgaria | 1:10:52.5 | +10:43.7 |
  | 68 | 75 | Jin-Soo Ahn | South Korea | 1:11:16.1 | +11:07.3 |
  | 69 | 78 | Rögnvaldur Ingþórsson | Iceland | 1:11:16.2 | +11:07.4 |
  | 70 | 81 | Petar Zografov | Bulgaria | 1:11:42.2 | +11:33.4 |
  | 71 | 79 | Antonio Rački | Croatia | 1:12:38.8 | +12:30.0 |
  | 72 | 85 | Jānis Hermanis | Croatia | 1:15:17.5 | +15:08.7 |
  | 73 | 86 | Nikos Anastassiadis | Greece | 1:15:43.9 | +15:35.1 |
  | 74 | 84 | Bekim Babic | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:17:43.6 | +17:34.8 |
  | | 42 | Urmas Välbe | Estonia | DNF | |
  | | 82 | Nikos Kalofyris | Greece | DNF | |
  | | 7 | Vegard Ulvang | Norway | DNS | |
  | | 9 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | DNS | |
  | | 23 | Jari Isometsä | Finland | DNS | |
  | | 24 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | DNS | |
  | | 27 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | DNS | |
  | | 28 | Viktor Kamotski | Belarus | DNS | |
  | | 30 | Niklas Jonsson | Sweden | DNS | |
  | | 48 | Giachem Guidon | Switzerland | DNS | |
  | | 54 | Stéphane Azambre | France | DNS | |
  | | 83 | Christos Titas | Greece | DNS | |
  | | 87 | Mithat Yildrim | Turkey | DNS | |
  | | 88 | Rusiate Rogoyawa | Fiji | DNS | |
  