# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 25 February 2021.

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification was held at 09:50.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:00.08 | | Q |
| 2 | 20 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:03.56 | +3.48 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:05.47 | +5.39 | Q |
| 4 | 25 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:06.06 | +5.98 | Q |
| 5 | 6 | Gleb Retivykh | Russian Ski Federation | 3:06.19 | +6.11 | Q |
| 6 | 17 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:06.62 | +6.54 | Q |
| 7 | 15 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:07.34 | +7.26 | Q |
| 8 | 11 | Alexander Terentyev | Russian Ski Federation | 3:07.52 | +7.44 | Q |
| 9 | 23 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:07.59 | +7.51 | Q |
| 10 | 18 | Alexander Bolshunov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:08.05 | +7.97 | Q |
| 11 | 61 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:08.18 | +8.10 | Q |
| 12 | 21 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:08.30 | +8.22 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:08.95 | +8.87 | Q |
| 14 | 31 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:09.39 | +9.31 | Q |
| 15 | 26 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 3:09.45 | +9.37 | Q |
| 16 | 8 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:09.63 | +9.55 | Q |
| 17 | 24 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:09.64 | +9.56 | Q |
| 18 | 1 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 3:09.74 | +9.66 | Q |
| 19 | 16 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:10.10 | +10.02 | Q |
| 20 | 30 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:10.18 | +10.10 | Q |
| 21 | 32 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:10.56 | +10.48 | Q |
| 22 | 35 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 3:10.69 | +10.61 | Q |
| 23 | 19 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 3:10.77 | +10.69 | Q |
| 24 | 9 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 3:10.85 | +10.77 | Q |
| 25 | 41 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:10.96 | +10.88 | Q |
| 26 | 29 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:10.98 | +10.90 | Q |
| 27 | 50 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 3:11.17 | +11.09 | Q |
| 28 | 7 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:11.43 | +11.35 | Q |
| 29 | 14 | Valentin Chauvin | France | 3:12.06 | +11.98 | Q |
| 30 | 27 | Anton Persson | Sweden | 3:12.18 | +12.10 | Q |
| 31 | 57 | Antoine Cyr | Canada | 3:12.53 | +12.45 | |
| 32 | 28 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:12.57 | +12.49 | |
| 33 | 36 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:13.96 | +13.88 | |
| 34 | 40 | Graham Ritchie | Canada | 3:14.18 | +14.10 | |
| 35 | 22 | Kevin Bolger | United States | 3:15.15 | +15.07 | |
| 36 | 2 | Valerio Grond | Switzerland | 3:15.29 | +15.21 | |
| 37 | 42 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:15.65 | +15.57 | |
| 38 | 44 | Anian Sossau | Germany | 3:15.94 | +15.86 | |
| 39 | 12 | Logan Hanneman | United States | 3:16.11 | +16.03 | |
| 40 | 4 | James Clugnet | Great Britain | 3:16.38 | +16.30 | |
| 41 | 33 | Jan Pechoušek | Czech Republic | 3:16.60 | +16.52 | |
| 42 | 49 | Martin Himma | Estonia | 3:16.69 | +16.61 | |
| 43 | 37 | Benjamin Moser | Austria | 3:16.84 | +16.76 | |
| 44 | 65 | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Ireland | 3:16.88 | +16.80 | |
| 45 | 45 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 3:17.39 | +17.31 | |
| 46 | 54 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:17.53 | +17.45 | |
| 47 | 51 | Yahor Shpuntau | Belarus | 3:18.10 | +18.02 | |
| 48 | 53 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 3:18.22 | +18.14 | |
| 49 | 59 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 3:18.52 | +18.44 | |
| 50 | 55 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:18.55 | +18.47 | |
| 51 | 67 | Kaarel Kasper Kõrge | Estonia | 3:18.64 | +18.56 | |
| 52 | 34 | Erwan Käser | Switzerland | 3:18.79 | +18.71 | |
| 53 | 10 | Roman Schaad | Switzerland | 3:19.00 | +18.92 | |
| 54 | 48 | Konstantin Bortsov | Kazakhstan | 3:19.02 | +18.94 | |
| 55 | 39 | Janez Lampič | Slovenia | 3:19.03 | +18.95 | |
| 56 | 79 | Rémi Drolet | Canada | 3:19.68 | +19.60 | |
| 57 | 47 | Juho Mikkonen | Finland | 3:20.34 | +20.26 | |
| 58 | 58 | Jaume Pueyo | Spain | 3:20.65 | +20.57 | |
| 59 | 38 | Michael Föttinger | Austria | 3:21.28 | +21.20 | |
| 60 | 56 | Olzhas Klimin | Kazakhstan | 3:21.47 | +21.39 | |
| 61 | 73 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Kazakhstan | 3:21.60 | +21.52 | |
| 62 | 46 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 3:21.86 | +21.78 | |
| 63 | 77 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 3:22.60 | +22.52 | |
| 64 | 60 | Mika Vermeulen | Austria | 3:23.28 | +23.20 | |
| 65 | 43 | Lukas Mrkonjic | Austria | 3:23.85 | +23.77 | |
| 66 | 63 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:24.35 | +24.27 | |
| 67 | 83 | Marko Skender | Croatia | 3:25.48 | +25.40 | |
| 68 | 80 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 3:25.90 | +25.82 | |
| 69 | 64 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 3:26.32 | +26.24 | |
| 70 | 62 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 3:26.55 | +26.47 | |
| 71 | 69 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:26.84 | +26.76 | |
| 72 | 71 | Raul Mihai Popa | Romania | 3:27.33 | +27.25 | |
| 73 | 86 | Dmytro Drahun | Ukraine | 3:27.81 | +27.73 | |
| 74 | 101 | Thibaut De Marre | Belgium | 3:28.25 | +28.17 | |
| 75 | 75 | Indulis Bikše | Latvia | 3:28.60 | +28.52 | |
| 76 | 68 | Isak Stianson Pedersen | Iceland | 3:28.76 | +28.68 | |
| 77 | 85 | Kim Eun-ho | South Korea | 3:29.45 | +29.37 | |
| 77 | 90 | Titouan Serot | Belgium | 3:29.45 | +29.37 | |
| 79 | 66 | Alvar Johannes Alev | Estonia | 3:29.85 | +29.77 | |
| 80 | 76 | Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan | Nigeria | 3:30.04 | +29.96 | |
| 81 | 82 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 3:31.68 | +31.60 | |
| 82 | 84 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 3:32.01 | +31.93 | |
| 83 | 88 | Niks Saulītis | Latvia | 3:32.24 | +32.16 | |
| 84 | 81 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:32.47 | +32.39 | |
| 85 | 70 | Seve de Campo | Australia | 3:32.53 | +32.45 | |
| 86 | 99 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 3:35.19 | +35.11 | |
| 87 | 87 | Dagur Benediktsson | Iceland | 3:35.40 | +35.32 | |
| 88 | 150 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 3:35.66 | +35.58 | |
| 89 | 98 | Jeong Jong-won | South Korea | 3:36.28 | +36.20 | |
| 90 | 159 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 3:37.79 | +37.71 | |
| 91 | 119 | Hjalmar Michelsen | Denmark | 3:37.85 | +37.77 | |
| 92 | 105 | Amed Oğlağo | Turkey | 3:38.84 | +38.76 | |
| 93 | 92 | Yusuf Emre Fırat | Turkey | 3:39.19 | +39.11 | |
| 94 | 89 | Mark Pollock | Australia | 3:39.25 | +39.17 | |
| 95 | 91 | Franco Dal Farra | Argentina | 3:39.59 | +39.51 | |
| 96 | 94 | Ömer Ayçiçek | Turkey | 3:42.37 | +42.29 | |
| 97 | 95 | Miloš Milosavljević | Serbia | 3:43.93 | +43.85 | |
| 98 | 127 | Kim Min-woo | South Korea | 3:44.40 | +44.32 | |
| 99 | 96 | Edvinas Simonutis | Lithuania | 3:45.80 | +45.72 | |
| 100 | 74 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 3:45.86 | +45.78 | |
| 101 | 107 | Lauris Kaparkalējs | Latvia | 3:46.48 | +46.40 | |
| 102 | 104 | Daniel Peshkov | Bulgaria | 3:47.08 | +47.00 | |
| 103 | 115 | Kristiyan Bozhilov | Bulgaria | 3:47.55 | +47.47 | |
| 104 | 111 | Mathis Poutot | Belgium | 3:48.34 | +48.26 | |
| 105 | 123 | Petar Perušić | Croatia | 3:49.45 | +49.37 | |
| 106 | 133 | Jacob Weel Rosbo | Denmark | 3:49.95 | +49.87 | |
| 107 | 102 | Seyed Sattar Seyd | Iran | 3:50.12 | +50.04 | |
| 108 | 103 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 3:50.25 | +50.17 | |
| 109 | 78 | Strahinja Erić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:50.73 | +50.65 | |
| 110 | 122 | Aleksandar Grbović | Montenegro | 3:50.79 | +50.71 | |
| 111 | 97 | Victor Santos | Brazil | 3:50.92 | +50.84 | |
| 112 | 113 | Todor Malchov | Bulgaria | 3:51.77 | +51.69 | |
| 113 | 72 | Jaunius Drūsys | Lithuania | 3:51.81 | +51.73 | |
| 114 | 109 | Gonzalo Ángel Gómez | Argentina | 3:51.99 | +51.91 | |
| 115 | 128 | Otgonlkhagvayn Zolbayar | Mongolia | 3:54.03 | +53.95 | |
| 116 | 114 | Ivan Zaharija | Croatia | 3:55.15 | +55.07 | |
| 117 | 130 | Mario Matikanov | Bulgaria | 3:55.34 | +55.26 | |
| 118 | 112 | Steve Hiestand | Brazil | 3:56.22 | +56.14 | |
| 119 | 116 | Kristóf Lágler | Hungary | 3:56.39 | +56.31 | |
| 120 | 106 | Matheus Vasconcellos | Brazil | 3:56.78 | +56.70 | |
| 121 | 125 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 3:56.86 | +56.78 | |
| 122 | 137 | Spartak Voskanyan | Armenia | 3:59.30 | +59.22 | |
| 123 | 108 | Danial Saveh Shemshaki | Iran | 3:59.55 | +59.47 | |
| 124 | 151 | Rejhan Šmrković | Serbia | 4:00.86 | +1:00.78 | |
| 125 | 135 | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Bolivia | 4:02.01 | +1:01.93 | |
| 126 | 120 | Mateo Lorenzo Sauma | Argentina | 4:04.06 | +1:03.98 | |
| 127 | 110 | Stavre Jada | North Macedonia | 4:05.10 | +1:05.02 | |
| 128 | 100 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 4:06.99 | +1:06.91 | |
| 129 | 118 | Dashdondogiin Mönkhgerel | Mongolia | 4:08.18 | +1:08.10 | |
| 130 | 136 | Brian Kennedy | Ireland | 4:09.39 | +1:09.31 | |
| 131 | 124 | Miloš Čolić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:10.39 | +1:10.31 | |
| 132 | 153 | Joachim Weel Rosbo | Denmark | 4:11.43 | +1:11.35 | |
| 133 | 93 | Stefan Anić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:14.74 | +1:14.66 | |
| 134 | 129 | Alireza Moghdid | Iran | 4:14.82 | +1:14.74 | |
| 135 | 121 | Angelos Antoniadis | Greece | 4:17.09 | +1:17.01 | |
| 136 | 152 | Soma Gyallai | Hungary | 4:23.17 | +1:23.09 | |
| 137 | 126 | Miloš Stević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:28.39 | +1:28.31 | |
| 138 | 138 | Dimitris Velivassis | Greece | 4:29.38 | +1:29.30 | |
| 139 | 145 | Rodrigo Rangel | Mexico | 4:30.30 | +1:30.22 | |
| 140 | 148 | Carlos Andrés Quintana | Colombia | 4:31.85 | +1:31.77 | |
| 141 | 154 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Greece | 4:32.54 | +1:32.46 | |
| 142 | 132 | Elie Tawk | Lebanon | 4:32.64 | +1:32.56 | |
| 143 | 143 | Hrachya Panoyan | Armenia | 4:35.09 | +1:35.01 | |
| 144 | 131 | Juan Luis Uberuaga | Chile | 4:41.09 | +1:41.01 | |
| 145 | 141 | Miloš Đorđević | Serbia | 4:41.46 | +1:41.38 | |
| 146 | 134 | Martín Flores | Chile | 4:44.62 | +1:44.54 | |
| 147 | 155 | Đorđe Paunović | Serbia | 4:49.74 | +1:49.66 | |
| 148 | 156 | Filipe Cabrita | Portugal | 4:54.64 | +1:54.56 | |
| 149 | 117 | Paul Keyrouz | Lebanon | 4:55.82 | +1:55.74 | |
| 150 | 142 | Tomás Díaz | Chile | 5:15.22 | +2:15.14 | |
| 151 | 147 | José Cabeça | Portugal | 5:25.16 | +2:25.08 | |
| 152 | 146 | Pedro Montes | Mexico | 5:31.32 | +2:31.24 | |
| 153 | 149 | Nicholas Lau | Trinidad and Tobago | 5:52.67 | +2:52.59 | |
| 154 | 144 | Charbel Neemeh | Lebanon | 5:53.46 | +2:53.38 | |
| 155 | 140 | Nikola Petkovski | North Macedonia | 6:00.40 | +3:00.32 | |
| 156 | 158 | Eduardo Arteaga | Venezuela | 6:05.74 | +3:05.66 | |
| | 139 | Salim Lozom | Lebanon | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 52 | Russell Kennedy | Canada | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 157 | André Gonçalves | Portugal | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |

### Quarterfinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:58.84 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2.59.08 | +0.24 | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 2:59.59 | +0.75 | |
| 4 | 15 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 2:59.90 | +1.06 | |
| 5 | 29 | Valentin Chauvin | France | 2:59.94 | +1.10 | |
| 6 | 30 | Anton Persson | Sweden | 3.09.90 | +11.06 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 10 | Alexander Bolshunov | Russian Ski Federation | 2:58.20 | | Q |
| 2 | 28 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 2:58.39 | +0.19 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 2:58.62 | +0.42 | LL |
| 4 | 13 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 2:58.71 | +0.51 | LL |
| 5 | 17 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:01.20 | +3.00 | |
| 6 | 20 | James Clinton Schoonmaker | United States | 3:09.89 | +11.69 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 16 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:02.67 | | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:03.31 | +0.64 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Alexander Terentyev | Russian Ski Federation | 3:03.47 | +0.80 | |
| 4 | 23 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 3:03.49 | +0.82 | |
| 5 | 18 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 3:03.64 | +0.97 | |
| 6 | 21 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:05.14 | +2.47 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:01.27 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:01.35 | +0.08 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:01.39 | +0.12 | |
| 4 | 25 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:05.79 | +4.52 | |
| 5 | 22 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 3:10.25 | +8.98 | |
| 6 | 27 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 3:11.27 | +10.00 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Gleb Retivykh | Russian Ski Federation | 3:05.21 | | Q |
| 2 | 19 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:05.45 | +0.24 | Q |
| 3 | 12 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:06.48 | +0.87 | |
| 4 | 11 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:09.15 | +3.94 | |
| 5 | 14 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:19.99 | +14.78 | |
| 6 | 24 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | RAL | +29.78 | |

### Semifinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:59.28 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2:59.40 | +0.12 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Alexander Bolshunov | Russian Ski Federation | 2:59.78 | +0.50 | LL |
| 4 | 28 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 2:59.95 | +0.67 | LL |
| 5 | 16 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:00.36 | +1.08 | |
| 6 | 13 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:09.58 | +10.30 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:04.78 | | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:05.67 | +0.89 | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:05.99 | +1.21 | |
| 4 | 4 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:06.14 | +1.36 | |
| 5 | 5 | Gleb Retivykh | Russian Ski Federation | 3:06.44 | +1.66 | |
| 6 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:06.51 | +1.73 | |

### Final

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:01.30 | |
| | 2 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:01.96 | +0.66 |
| | 6 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:02.10 | +0.80 |
| 4 | 10 | Alexander Bolshunov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:07.22 | +5.92 |
| 5 | 9 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russian Ski Federation | 3:18.71 | +17.41 |
| 6 | 28 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:21.79 | +20.49 |