The defending world champions were Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad and Johan Kjølstad while the defending Olympic champion were Norway's Øystein Pettersen and Petter Northug.
Sigurd Pettersen | Øystein Sunde | Øystein Bache | Øystein Pettersen | Øystein Djupedal | Einar Pettersen |