Vladimir Barchukov from Russia won men’s middle distance with 33:29″. The second was russian athlete Andrey Lamov. He was only 4 seconds after Vladimir. The bronze medal with 34:05″ was won by Hans Jørgen Kvåle from Norway.
In the same discipline among the women the gold medal with 36:56″ was won by Tove Alexandersson from Sweden. Finnish athlete Mira Kaskinen was the second with 37:10″. The bronze medal went to Sonja Mörsky from Finland. Her result was 37:35″.