title: Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
  
  The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 22 February at Snow Harp. The competitors started with a 30-second interval.
  
  ## Results
  
  The results:
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 3 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 2:05:08.2 | — |
  | | 2 | Niklas Jonsson | Sweden | 2:05:16.3 | +8.1 |
  | | 4 | Christian Hoffmann | Austria | 2:06:01.8 | +53.6 |
  | 4 | 18 | Alexey Prokourorov | Russia | 2:06:41.5 | +1:33.3 |
  | 5 | 6 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 2:06:44.3 | +1:36.1 |
  | 6 | 5 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | 2:07:21.5 | +2:13.3 |
  | 7 | 7 | Johann Mühlegg | Germany | 2:07:25.3 | +2:17.1 |
  | 8 | 1 | Vladimir Smirnov | Kazakhstan | 2:07:26.4 | +2:18.2 |
  | 9 | 15 | Maurizio Pozzi | Italy | 2:08:13.2 | +3:05.0 |
  | 10 | 14 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 2:08:44.3 | +3:36.1 |
  | 11 | 9 | Anders Eide | Norway | 2:11:06.9 | +5:58.7 |
  | 12 | 8 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 2:11:22.4 | +6:14.2 |
  | 13 | 12 | Luboš Buchta | Czech Republic | 2:11:34.8 | +6:26.6 |
  | 14 | 25 | Hervé Balland | France | 2:11:55.9 | +6:47.7 |
  | 15 | 24 | Andrei Noutrikhine | Russia | 2:12:21.9 | +7:13.7 |
  | 16 | 16 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Italy | 2:12:37.9 | +7:29.7 |
  | 17 | 47 | Petr Michl | Czech Republic | 2:13:08.3 | +8:00.1 |
  | 18 | 21 | Jeremias Wigger | Switzerland | 2:13:50.5 | +8:42.3 |
  | 19 | 20 | Ivan Batory | Slovakia | 2:13:54.5 | +8:46.3 |
  | 20 | 17 | Mathias Fredriksson | Sweden | 2:14:05.9 | +8:57.7 |
  | 21 | 26 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 2:14:16.2 | +9:08.0 |
  | 22 | 34 | Wilhelm Aschwanden | Switzerland | 2:14:18.0 | +9:09.8 |
  | 23 | 35 | Andrey Nevzorov | Kazakhstan | 2:15:14.7 | +10:06.5 |
  | 24 | 13 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 2:15:21.7 | +10:13.5 |
  | 25 | 27 | Jordi Ribo | Spain | 2:16:04.8 | +10:56.6 |
  | 26 | 59 | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | 2:16:19.9 | +11:11.7 |
  | 27 | 50 | Alexander Sannikov | Belarus | 2:16:34.4 | +11:26.2 |
  | 28 | 31 | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | 2:16:36.2 | +11:28.0 |
  | 29 | 46 | Donghai Qu | China | 2:16:42.3 | +11:34.1 |
  | 30 | 33 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 2:16:49.5 | +11:41.3 |
  | 31 | 64 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 2:17:07.5 | +11:59.3 |
  | 32 | 79 | Mitsuo Horigome | Japan | 2:17:09.2 | +12:01.0 |
  | 33 | 65 | Kazutoshi Nagahama | Japan | 2:17:24.4 | +12:16.2 |
  | 34 | 10 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 2:17:28.8 | +12:20.6 |
  | 35 | 45 | Marcus Nash | United States | 2:17:37.8 | +12:29.6 |
  | 36 | 41 | Andreas Schlütter | Germany | 2:17:52.1 | +12:43.9 |
  | 37 | 76 | Maxim Pitchouguine | Russia | 2:18:19.1 | +13:10.9 |
  | 38 | 43 | Achim Walcher | Austria | 2:18:31.7 | +13:23.5 |
  | 39 | 42 | Katsuhito Ebisawa | Japan | 2:18:52.5 | +13:44.3 |
  | 40 | 39 | Janusz Krężelok | Poland | 2:19:04.4 | +13:56.2 |
  | 41 | 37 | Michael Binzer | Denmark | 2:19:20.7 | +14:12.5 |
  | 42 | 52 | Alvaro Gijon | Spain | 2:20:24.7 | +15:16.5 |
  | 43 | 71 | Olexander Zarovnyi | Ukraine | 2:20:31.0 | +15:22.8 |
  | 44 | 22 | Patrick Weaver | United States | 2:20:37.7 | +15:29.5 |
  | 45 | 75 | Vladimir Bortsov | Kazakhstan | 2:20:39.3 | +15:31.1 |
  | 46 | 66 | Mikhailo Artyukhov | Ukraine | 2:20:59.2 | +15:51.0 |
  | 47 | 67 | Jiri Magal | Czech Republic | 2:21:30.5 | +16:22.3 |
  | 48 | 32 | Anthony Evans | Australia | 2:21:44.4 | +16:36.2 |
  | 49 | 63 | Reto Burgermeister | Switzerland | 2:22:28.3 | +17:20.1 |
  | 50 | 36 | Nikolay Popovich | Ukraine | 2:22:48.0 | +17:39.8 |
  | 51 | 57 | Vladislavas Zybailo | Lithuania | 2:23:34.6 | +18:26.4 |
  | 52 | 68 | Marc Gilbertson | United States | 2:24:37.5 | +19:29.3 |
  | 53 | 53 | John Bauer | United States | 2:24:45.4 | +19:37.2 |
  | 54 | 38 | Juha Alm | Finland | 2:25:00.2 | +19:52.0 |
  | 55 | 54 | Vitaly Lilitchenko | Kazakhstan | 2:25:58.0 | +20:49.8 |
  | 56 | 30 | Chris Blanchard | Canada | 2:26:58.9 | +21:50.7 |
  | 57 | 19 | Aleksandr Ushkalenko | Ukraine | 2:27:09.1 | +22:00.9 |
  | 58 | 58 | Robin McKeever | Canada | 2:28:19.0 | +23:10.8 |
  | 59 | 62 | Paul Gray | Australia | 2:29:08.2 | +24:00.0 |
  | 60 | 44 | Roberts Raimo | Latvia | 2:30:49.9 | +25:41.7 |
  | 61 | 23 | Doo Sun Sin | South Korea | 2:33:27.3 | +28:19.1 |
  | 62 | 77 | Guido Visser | Canada | 2:33:49.7 | +28:41.5 |
  | DNF | 11 | Henrik Forsberg | Sweden | — | — |
  | DNF | 28 | Melis Aasmäe | Estonia | — | — |
  | DNF | 29 | Ricardas Panavas | Lithuania | — | — |
  | DNF | 40 | Juan Jesús Gutiérrez | Spain | — | — |
  | DNF | 48 | Donald Farley | Canada | — | — |
  | DNF | 49 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | — | — |
  | DNF | 51 | Viatscheslav Plaksunov | Belarus | — | — |
  | DNF | 56 | Gerhard Urain | Austria | — | — |
  | DNF | 60 | Martin Bajcicak | Slovakia | — | — |
  | DNF | 61 | Grigory Menshenin | Russia | — | — |
  | DNF | 69 | Nikolai Semeniako | Belarus | — | — |
  | DNF | 74 | Ivan Hudac | Slovakia | — | — |
  | DNF | 78 | Haritz Zunzunegui | Spain | — | — |
  | DNS | 55 | Patrick Remy | France | — | — |
  | DNS | 70 | Lukas Bauer | Czech Republic | — | — |
  | DNS | 72 | Beat Koch | Switzerland | — | — |
  | DNS | 73 | Philippe Sanchez | France | — | — |
  