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Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical

men's 10 kilometre classical events at the Olympics

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionFeb 15, 2026
Entity authorityQ1004935 ↗
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The men's 10 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was held on Thursday 13 February at Les Saisies. Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 10 kilometre course. The Norwegian Terje Langli was the 1991 World champion. Men's 10 kilometre classical was not a part of the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada.

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The public source identifies “Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical” as men's 10 kilometre classical events at the Olympics. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Cross-country, skiing and Winter.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1992, 1991, 1988—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Cross-country, skiing and Winter providing the first useful test.
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This entry incorporates text from “Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 10 kilometre classical” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.