The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, Canada, was held on 15 February at Whistler Olympic Park in Whistler, British Columbia, at 12:30 PST.

[1] Each skier starts at 30-second intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course.

[2][3][4] Norway's Lars Berger won the 2007 world championships when it was in freestyle.

[5] The final World Cup event in men's 15 km freestyle prior to the 2010 Games took place on 5 February at Canmore, Alberta, and was won by Italy's Giorgio Di Centa.

Cologna is the first Swiss to win a gold medal in cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics.