# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's 15 kilometre classical

The Men's 15 km classical interval start was part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011's events held in Oslo, Norway. The race went underway on 1 March 2011 at 13:00 CET. A 10 km qualifying race took place on 23 February at 11:00 CET. The defending world champion was Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu while the defending Olympic champion was Switzerland's Dario Cologna.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 68 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 38:14.7 | |
| | 71 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 38:28.0 | +13.3 |
| | 70 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 38:46.6 | +31.9 |
| 4 | 48 | Stanislav Volzhentsev | Russia | 38:51.3 | +36.6 |
| 5 | 62 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 38:58.9 | +44.2 |
| 6 | 69 | Maurice Manificat | France | 39:03.5 | +48.8 |
| 7 | 75 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 39:09.7 | +55.0 |
| 8 | 56 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 39:11.0 | +56.3 |
| 9 | 61 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 39:24.8 | +1:10.1 |
| 10 | 73 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 39:25.7 | +1:11.0 |
| 11 | 35 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 39:35.0 | +1:20.3 |
| 12 | 55 | Keishin Yoshida | Japan | 39:40.9 | +1:26.2 |
| 13 | 66 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 39:42.8 | +1:28.1 |
| 14 | 44 | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 39:43.4 | +1:28.7 |
| 15 | 52 | Petter Eliassen | Norway | 39:45.0 | +1:30.3 |
| 16 | 41 | Tero Similä | Finland | 39:47.6 | +1:32.9 |
| 17 | 60 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 39:53.1 | +1:38.4 |
| 18 | 72 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 39:55.0 | +1:40.3 |
| 19 | 54 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 40:11.5 | +1:56.8 |
| 20 | 77 | Alexander Legkov | Russia | 40:13.9 | +1:59.2 |
| 21 | 51 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 40:14.5 | +1:59.8 |
| 22 | 65 | Anders Södergren | Sweden | 40:22.5 | +2:07.8 |
| 23 | 38 | Algo Kärp | Estonia | 40:22.9 | +2:08.2 |
| 24 | 67 | Kris Freeman | United States | 40:24.4 | +2:09.7 |
| 25 | 78 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 40:26.5 | +2:11.8 |
| 26 | 37 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 40:29.8 | +2:15.1 |
| 27 | 40 | Giovanni Gullo | Italy | 40:32.8 | +2:18.1 |
| 28 | 29 | Kouhei Shimizu | Japan | 40:40.6 | +2:25.9 |
| 29 | 43 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 40:42.8 | +2:28.1 |
| 30 | 59 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 40:42.9 | +2:28.2 |
| 31 | 64 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 40:44.6 | +2:29.9 |
| 32 | 58 | Christophe Perrillat | France | 40:50.5 | +2:35.8 |
| 33 | 53 | Thomas Moriggl | Italy | 40:56.9 | +2:42.2 |
| 34 | 74 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 41:00.6 | +2:45.9 |
| 35 | 34 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 41:04.9 | +2:50.2 |
| 36 | 25 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 41:05.2 | +2:50.5 |
| 37 | 63 | Evgeniy Belov | Russia | 41:05.4 | +2:50.7 |
| 38 | 47 | David Hofer | Italy | 41:08.5 | +2:53.8 |
| 39 | 46 | Lars Flora | United States | 41:09.5 | +2:54.8 |
| 40 | 26 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 41:12.8 | +2:58.1 |
| 41 | 49 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | 41:21.6 | +3:06.9 |
| 42 | 76 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 41:27.1 | +3:12.4 |
| 43 | 33 | Ivan Bátory | Slovakia | 41:31.5 | +3:16.8 |
| 44 | 27 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 41:34.8 | +3:20.1 |
| 45 | 45 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 41:37.0 | +3:22.3 |
| 46 | 24 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 41:40.4 | +3:25.7 |
| 47 | 50 | Hannes Dotzler | Germany | 41:43.9 | +3:29.2 |
| 48 | 23 | Len Väljas | Canada | 41:45.9 | +3:31.2 |
| 49 | 42 | Benoit-Gilles Dufourd | France | 41:51.5 | +3:36.8 |
| 50 | 36 | Andrew Musgrave | United Kingdom | 42:00.2 | +3:45.5 |
| 51 | 14 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 42:08.3 | +3:53.6 |
| 52 | 39 | Stefan Kuhn | Canada | 42:10.6 | +3:55.9 |
| 53 | 13 | Andrey Golovko | Kazakhstan | 42:17.7 | +4:03.0 |
| 54 | 18 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 42:20.5 | +4:05.8 |
| 55 | 28 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 42:23.8 | +4:09.1 |
| 56 | 8 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 42:38.9 | +4:24.2 |
| 57 | 57 | George Grey | Canada | 42:42.3 | +4:27.6 |
| 58 | 30 | Vicenç Vilarrubla | Spain | 42:45.1 | +4:30.4 |
| 59 | 31 | Ben Sim | Australia | 42:45.5 | +4:30.8 |
| 60 | 16 | Oleksiy Shvidkiy | Ukraine | 42:55.1 | +4:40.4 |
| 61 | 20 | Myroslav Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 42:59.2 | +4:44.5 |
| 62 | 10 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 43:17.7 | +5:03 |
| 63 | 32 | Javier Gutiérrez | Spain | 43:19.8 | +5:05.1 |
| 64 | 7 | Sabahattin Oğlago | Turkey | 43:21.6 | +5:06.9 |
| 65 | 12 | Francois Soulie | Andorra | 43:40.7 | +5:26.0 |
| 66 | 15 | Callum Watson | Australia | 43:56.4 | +5:41.7 |
| 67 | 3 | Ewan Watson | Australia | 43:58.7 | +5:44.0 |
| 68 | 2 | Benjamin Koons | New Zealand | 44:00.4 | +5:45.7 |
| 69 | 19 | Nils Koons | New Zealand | 44:16.8 | +6:02.1 |
| 70 | 4 | Callum Smith | United Kingdom | 44:26.9 | +6:12.2 |
| 71 | 1 | Mark van der Ploeg | Australia | 44:40.5 | +6:25.8 |
| 72 | 22 | Ivan Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 44:43.3 | +6:28.6 |
| 73 | 5 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 44:57.1 | +6:42.4 |
| 74 | 6 | Asger Fischer Moelgaard | Denmark | 45:19.1 | +7:04.4 |
| 75 | 9 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 45:31.7 | +7:17.0 |
| 76 | 11 | Kristian Wulff | Denmark | 45:49.9 | +7:35.2 |
| | 17 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | DNF | |
| | 21 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | DNS | |

## Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 36 | Benjamin Koons | New Zealand | 29:59.0 | | Q |
| 2 | 39 | Callum Smith | United Kingdom | 30:15.9 | +16.9 | Q |
| 3 | 47 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 30:20.6 | +21.6 | Q |
| 4 | 35 | Mark van der Ploeg | Australia | 30:24.6 | +25.6 | Q |
| 5 | 31 | Janis Paipals | Latvia | 30:28.3 | +29.3 | Q |
| 6 | 37 | Ewan Watson | Australia | 30:38.5 | +39.5 | Q |
| 7 | 40 | Aleksei Novoselski | Lithuania | 30:41.5 | +42.5 | Q |
| 8 | 44 | Asger Fischer Moelgaard | Denmark | 30:42.3 | +43.3 | Q |
| 9 | 41 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 30:49.8 | +50.8 | Q |
| 10 | 45 | Sabahattin Oğlago | Turkey | 30:50.4 | +51.4 | Q |
| 11 | 30 | Nick Grimmer | Australia | 30:53.4 | +54.4 | |
| 12 | 46 | Jonas Thor Olsen | Denmark | 30:57.3 | +58.3 | |
| 13 | 27 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 31:07.4 | +1:08.4 | |
| 14 | 22 | Artem Rojin | Kyrgyzstan | 31:27.1 | +1:28.1 | |
| 15 | 42 | Chris Darlington | Australia | 31:45.3 | +1:46.3 | |
| 16 | 34 | Jens Hulgaard | Denmark | 31:51.4 | +1:52.4 | |
| 17 | 28 | Nauris Bikernieks | Latvia | 31:56.3 | +1:57.3 | |
| 18 | 43 | Andrej Burić | Croatia | 31:57.5 | +1:58.5 | |
| 19 | 19 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 32:05.2 | +2:06.2 | |
| 20 | 26 | Adam Konya | Hungary | 32:10.3 | +2:11.3 | |
| 21 | 29 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 32:16.3 | +2:17.3 | |
| 22 | 25 | Simon James Platt | United Kingdom | 32:18.9 | +2:19.9 | |
| 23 | 16 | Alexis Gkounko | Greece | 32:26.6 | +2:27.6 | |
| 24 | 20 | Tadevos Poghosyan | Armenia | 32:30.0 | +2:31.0 | |
| 25 | 32 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 32:31.5 | +2:32.5 | |
| 26 | 23 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 32:38.5 | +2:39.5 | |
| 27 | 21 | Federico Cichero | Argentina | 32:45.1 | +2:46.1 | |
| 28 | 18 | Bijan Kangarloo | Iran | 33:10.2 | +3:11.2 | |
| 29 | 33 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 33:10.7 | +3:11.7 | |
| 30 | 13 | Daniel Kuzmin | Israel | 33:19.0 | +3:20.0 | |
| 30 | 38 | Ha Tae Bok | South Korea | 33:19.0 | +3:20.0 | |
| 32 | 15 | Shavarsh Gasparyan | Armenia | 33:37.5 | +3:38.5 | |
| 33 | 9 | Csaba Cseke | Hungary | 34:33.9 | +4:34.9 | |
| 34 | 14 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 34:38.5 | +4:39.5 | |
| 35 | 12 | Dimitrios Kappas | Greece | 34:44.5 | +4:45.5 | |
| 36 | 11 | Georgios Nakas | Greece | 34:47.7 | +4:48.7 | |
| 37 | 24 | Karoly Gombos | Hungary | 34:48.5 | +4:49.5 | |
| 38 | 10 | Peter-James Barron | Ireland | 35:16.6 | +5:17.6 | |
| 39 | 6 | Mate Palfy | Hungary | 35:24.3 | +5:25.3 | |
| 40 | 8 | Hovhannes Sargsyan | Armenia | 36:35.9 | +6:36.9 | |
| 41 | 7 | Abolfazl Savei | Iran | 36:48.8 | +6:49.8 | |
| 42 | 2 | Philip Boit | Kenya | 37:08.0 | +7:09.0 | |
| 43 | 5 | Leonardo Lutz | Brazil | 39:04.4 | +9:05.4 | |
| 44 | 17 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 39:10.7 | +9:11.7 | |
| 45 | 4 | Cesar Baena | Venezuela | 39:33.4 | +9:34.4 | |
| 46 | 3 | Rory Morrish | Ireland | 41:38.8 | +11:39.8 | |
| 47 | 1 | Bernardo Baena | Venezuela | 44:22.6 | +14:23.6 | |
| | 48 | Andrew Young | United Kingdom | DNS | | |