title: Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
  
  The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 12 February at Soldier Hollow.
  
  Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Per Elofsson was the 2001 World champion. The defending Olympic champion was the Norwegian Thomas Alsgaard, who won in Nagano, but the 15 kilometre event was held as a pursuit.
  
  ## Results
  
  | Rank | Name | Country | Time |
  | - | - | - | - |
  | | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | 37:07.4 |
  | | Frode Estil | Norway | 37:43.4 |
  | | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 37:50.8 |
  | 4 | Anders Aukland | Norway | 38:08.3 |
  | 5 | Per Elofsson | Sweden | 38:10.8 |
  | 6 | Erling Jevne | Norway | 38:13.6 |
  | 7 | Vitaly Denisov | Russia | 38:17.9 |
  | 8 | Magnus Ingesson | Sweden | 38:38.5 |
  | 9 | Reto Burgermeister | Switzerland | 38:49.2 |
  | 10 | Sergey Novikov | Russia | 38:49.3 |
  | 11 | Mikhail Ivanov | Russia | 38:51.3 |
  | 12 | John Bauer | United States | 38:55.7 |
  | 13 | Roman Virolaynen | Belarus | 39:02.4 |
  | 14 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 39:05.3 |
  | 15 | Andreas Schlütter | Germany | 39:19.2 |
  | 16 | Patrick Weaver | United States | 39:24.4 |
  | 17 | Urban Lindgren | Sweden | 39:24.8 |
  | 18 | Andrey Golovko | Kazakhstan | 39:28.1 |
  | 19 | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | 39:28.3 |
  | 20 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 39:31.4 |
  | 21 | Ivan Bátory | Slovakia | 39:32.0 |
  | 22 | Kris Freeman | United States | 39:34.3 |
  | 23 | Alexander Marent | Austria | 39:36.2 |
  | 24 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 39:39.4 |
  | 25 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 39:42.1 |
  | 26 | Freddy Schwienbacher | Italy | 39:44.9 |
  | 27 | Morgan Göransson | Sweden | 39:45.7 |
  | 28 | Cristian Saracco | Italy | 39:48.4 |
  | 29 | Jiří Magál | Czech Republic | 39:48.6 |
  | 30 | Kuisma Taipale | Finland | 39:50.3 |
  | 31 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 39:50.6 |
  | 32 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 39:50.9 |
  | 33 | Jens Filbrich | Germany | 39:57.0 |
  | 34 | Petr Michl | Czech Republic | 40:00.2 |
  | 35 | Giorgio Di Centa | Italy | 40:22.6 |
  | 36 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 40:27.1 |
  | 37 | Denis Krivushkin | Kazakhstan | 40:27.7 |
  | 38 | Hiroshi Kudo | Japan | 40:29.9 |
  | 39 | Ričardas Panavas | Lithuania | 40:31.0 |
  | 40 | Meelis Aasmäe | Estonia | 40:31.2 |
  | 41 | Gerhard Urain | Austria | 40:38.0 |
  | 42 | Pavel Ryabinin | Kazakhstan | 41:03.2 |
  | 43 | Karri Hietamäki | Finland | 41:13.6 |
  | 44 | Igor Zubrilin | Kazakhstan | 41:15.5 |
  | 45 | Milan Šperl | Czech Republic | 41:16.7 |
  | 46 | Donald Farley | Canada | 41:26.6 |
  | 47 | Aleksandr Shalak | Belarus | 41:44.5 |
  | 48 | Nikolay Semenyako | Belarus | 41:48.0 |
  | 49 | Juris Ģērmanis | Latvia | 41:50.1 |
  | 50 | Katsuhito Ebisawa | Japan | 41:51.4 |
  | 51 | Aleksey Tregubov | Belarus | 42:00.7 |
  | 52 | Vladislavas Zybaila | Lithuania | 42:07.9 |
  | 53 | Ari Palolahti | Finland | 42:10.7 |
  | 54 | Lars Flora | United States | 42:11.5 |
  | 55 | Peter Schlickenrieder | Germany | 42:34.0 |
  | 56 | Han Dawei | China | 42:34.5 |
  | 57 | Priit Narusk | Estonia | 43:03.2 |
  | 58 | Denis Klobučar | Croatia | 43:45.0 |
  | 59 | Vadim Gusevas | Lithuania | 43:56.2 |
  | 60 | Ivan Bayrakov | Bulgaria | 45:41.2 |
  | 61 | Damir Jurčević | Croatia | 45:49.6 |
  | 62 | Park Byeong-Ju | South Korea | 45:51.4 |
  | 63 | Jargalyn Erdenetülkhüür | Mongolia | 45:54.7 |
  | 64 | Choi Im-heon | South Korea | 46:13.3 |
  | 65 | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | 46:17.9 |
  | 66 | Aram Hadzhiyan | Armenia | 46:42.9 |
  | | Slavcho Batinkov | Bulgaria | DNF |
  