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Cross country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start

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Venue
  
Soldier Hollow

Competitors
  
78 from 31 nations

Dates
  
9 February

Winning time
  
1:11:31.0

The men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on9 February at Soldier Hollow.

All skier started at once, making it the first mass start in cross-country skiing in Olympic history. The defending Olympic champion was the Finnish Mika Myllylä, who won in Nagano, but the 30 kilometre event was held in an interval start.

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Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre freestyle mass start Wikipedia