# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The Men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2013 was held on 27 February 2013. A 10 km qualifying event took place on 20 February.

## Results
### Race

The race started at 12:45.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 89 | Petter Northug | Norway | 34:37.1 | |
| | 77 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 34:48.9 | +11.8 |
| | 71 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | Norway | 34:59.4 | +22.3 |
| 4 | 69 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 35:30.7 | +53.6 |
| 5 | 87 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 35:40.1 | +1:03.0 |
| 6 | 63 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 35:46.6 | +1:09.5 |
| 7 | 39 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 35:49.5 | +1:12.4 |
| 8 | 95 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 35:58.2 | +1:21.1 |
| 9 | 37 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 36:02.8 | +1:25.7 |
| 10 | 50 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 36:03.9 | +1:26.8 |
| 11 | 67 | Curdin Perl | Switzerland | 36:12.6 | +1:35.5 |
| 12 | 65 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 36:16.8 | +1:39.7 |
| 13 | 55 | David Hofer | Italy | 36:25.0 | +1:47.9 |
| 14 | 59 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 36:25.9 | +1:48.8 |
| 15 | 48 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 36:27.1 | +1:50.0 |
| 16 | 36 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 36:34.0 | +1:56.9 |
| 17 | 83 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 36:46.3 | +2:09.2 |
| 18 | 79 | Maurice Manificat | France | 36:49.2 | +2:12.1 |
| 19 | 73 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 36:50.8 | +2:13.7 |
| 20 | 34 | Lari Lehtonen | Finland | 36:56.2 | +2:19.1 |
| 21 | 75 | Roland Clara | Italy | 37:01.1 | +2:24.0 |
| 22 | 19 | Aliaksei Ivanou | Belarus | 37:04.1 | +2:27.0 |
| 23 | 41 | Aleš Razým | Czech Republic | 37:04.5 | +2:27.4 |
| 24 | 61 | Hannes Dotzler | Germany | 37:04.8 | +2:27.7 |
| 25 | 93 | Alexander Legkov | Russia | 37:05.8 | +2:28.7 |
| 26 | 16 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 37:11.3 | +2:34.2 |
| 27 | 32 | Jiří Magál | Czech Republic | 37:12.8 | +2:35.7 |
| 28 | 22 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 37:16.3 | +2:39.2 |
| 29 | 42 | Mathias Wibault | France | 37:17.6 | +2:40.5 |
| 30 | 47 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 37:21.4 | +2:44.3 |
| 31 | 49 | Finn Haagen Krogh | Norway | 37:28.3 | +2:51.2 |
| 32 | 40 | Fabio Clementi | Italy | 37:29.7 | +2:52.6 |
| 33 | 51 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 37:31.1 | +2:54.0 |
| 34 | 38 | Remo Fischer | Switzerland | 37:32.3 | +2:55.2 |
| 34 | 28 | Tad Elliott | United States | 37:32.3 | +2:55.2 |
| 36 | 17 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 37:35.6 | +2:58.5 |
| 37 | 29 | Tero Similä | Finland | 37:36.8 | +2:59.7 |
| 38 | 46 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 37:40.3 | +3:03.2 |
| 39 | 44 | Graham Nishikawa | Canada | 37:40.7 | +3:03.6 |
| 40 | 91 | Ilia Chernousov | Russia | 37:45.8 | +3:08.7 |
| 41 | 84 | Philipp Hälg | Liechtenstein | 37:48.5 | +3:11.4 |
| 42 | 81 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 37:48.9 | +3:11.8 |
| 43 | 53 | Johannes Dürr | Austria | 37:49.3 | +3:12.2 |
| 44 | 35 | Robin Duvillard | France | 37:51.4 | +3:14.3 |
| 45 | 13 | Max Hauke | Austria | 37:56.2 | +3:19.1 |
| 46 | 15 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 37:57.8 | +3:20.7 |
| 47 | 45 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 38:02.9 | +3:25.8 |
| 48 | 25 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 38:04.6 | +3:27.5 |
| 49 | 94 | Vitaliy Shtun | Ukraine | 38:05.8 | +3:28.7 |
| 50 | 18 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 38:07.0 | +3:29.9 |
| 51 | 26 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 38:08.6 | +3:31.5 |
| 52 | 30 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 38:26.2 | +3:49.1 |
| 53 | 80 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 38:29.9 | +3:52.8 |
| 54 | 27 | Nobu Naruse | Japan | 38:40.2 | +4:03.1 |
| 55 | 86 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 38:40.7 | +4:03.6 |
| 56 | 24 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 38:43.7 | +4:06.6 |
| 57 | 85 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 38:52.2 | +4:15.1 |
| 57 | 70 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 38:52.2 | +4:15.1 |
| 59 | 33 | Thomas Moriggl | Italy | 38:52.7 | +4:15.6 |
| 60 | 14 | Myroslav Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 38:58.2 | +4:21.1 |
| 61 | 43 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 38:58.7 | +4:21.6 |
| 62 | 62 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 38:59.1 | +4:22.0 |
| 63 | 23 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 39:12.2 | +4:35.1 |
| 64 | 7 | Andrew Pohl | New Zealand | 39:17.5 | +4:40.4 |
| 65 | 54 | Xu Wenlong | China | 39:23.4 | +4:46.3 |
| 66 | 31 | Mark Starostin | Kazakhstan | 39:23.6 | +4:46.5 |
| 67 | 56 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 39:24.9 | +4:47.8 |
| 68 | 6 | Viorel Andrei Palici | Romania | 39:31.1 | +4:54.0 |
| 69 | 90 | Nils Koons | New Zealand | 39:37.2 | +5:00.1 |
| 70 | 21 | Akira Lenting | Japan | 39:48.2 | +5:11.1 |
| 71 | 82 | Ioseba Rojo | Spain | 40:24.3 | +5:47.2 |
| 72 | 10 | Callum Watson | Australia | 40:26.5 | +5:49.4 |
| 73 | 60 | Sebastian Gazurek | Poland | 40:27.7 | +5:50.6 |
| 74 | 88 | Javier Gutiérrez | Spain | 40:28.0 | +5:50.9 |
| 75 | 64 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 40:28.2 | +5:51.1 |
| 76 | 8 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 40:29.0 | +5:51.9 |
| 77 | 78 | Oleksiy Shvidkiy | Ukraine | 40:33.0 | +5:55.9 |
| 78 | 12 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 40:39.2 | +6:02.1 |
| 79 | 76 | Lasse Mølgård | Denmark | 40:51.2 | +6:14.1 |
| 80 | 11 | Eeri Vahtra | Estonia | 40:51.9 | +6:14.8 |
| 81 | 74 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 40:53.7 | +6:16.6 |
| 82 | 58 | Jan Antolec | Poland | 41:01.8 | +6:24.7 |
| 83 | 5 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 41:15.2 | +6:38.1 |
| 84 | 68 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 41:41.6 | +7:04.5 |
| 85 | 66 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 41:44.3 | +7:07.2 |
| 86 | 92 | Vicenç Vilarrubla | Spain | 41:49.1 | +7:12.0 |
| 87 | 72 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 42:03.9 | +7:26.8 |
| 88 | 1 | Øystein Slettemark | Denmark | 42:08.5 | +7:31.4 |
| 89 | 52 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 42:28.1 | +7:51.0 |
| 90 | 4 | Zhou Hu | China | 42:43.3 | +8:06.2 |
| 91 | 2 | Alexander Standen | Great Britain | 42:54.9 | +8:17.8 |
| 92 | 3 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | 44:39.9 | +10:02.8 |
| | 9 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | DNF | |
| | 20 | Aurelius Herburger | Austria | DNF | |
| | 57 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | DNF | |

### Qualification

The Qualification was held at 10:45.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 69 | Viorel Andrei Palici | Romania | 24:53.2 | | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Pavel Andreiv | Kyrgyzstan | 25:17.3 | +24.1 | Q |
| 3 | 67 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 25:28.8 | +35.6 | Q |
| 4 | 55 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | 25:35.2 | +42.0 | Q |
| 5 | 71 | Andrew Pohl | New Zealand | 25:37.7 | +44.5 | Q |
| 6 | 36 | Karolis Zlatkauskas | Lithuania | 25:40.4 | +47.2 | Q |
| 7 | 65 | Zhou Hu | China | 25:42.5 | +49.3 | Q |
| 8 | 51 | Alexander Standen | Great Britain | 25:44.5 | +51.3 | Q |
| 9 | 48 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 25:51.3 | +58.1 | Q |
| 10 | 46 | Øystein Slettemark | Denmark | 26:05.4 | +1:12.2 | Q |
| 11 | 47 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 26:06.4 | +1:13.2 | |
| 12 | 63 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 26:07.8 | +1:14.6 | |
| 13 | 60 | Lukas Jakeliunas | Lithuania | 26:07.9 | +1:14.7 | |
| 14 | 58 | Lasse Hulgaard | Denmark | 26:13.9 | +1:20.7 | |
| 15 | 64 | Tadevos Poghosyan | Armenia | 26:14.5 | +1:21.3 | |
| 16 | 56 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 26:15.4 | +1:22.2 | |
| 16 | 54 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 26:15.4 | +1:22.2 | |
| 18 | 35 | Nemanja Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 26:21.5 | +1:28.3 | |
| 19 | 37 | Milan Szabó | Hungary | 26:24.4 | +1:31.2 | |
| 20 | 53 | Dzevad Hadzifejzović | Serbia | 26:27.5 | +1:34.3 | |
| 21 | 41 | Mark van der Ploeg | Australia | 26:30.9 | +1:37.7 | |
| 22 | 27 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 26:32.1 | +1:38.9 | |
| 23 | 45 | Sanjin Dezdarević | Serbia | 26:35.3 | +1:42.1 | |
| 24 | 62 | Brynjar Leo Kristinsson | Iceland | 26:40.1 | +1:46.9 | |
| 25 | 28 | Apostolos Aggelis | Greece | 26:41.6 | +1:48.4 | |
| 26 | 61 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 26:58.9 | +2:05.7 | |
| 27 | 57 | Arnis Pētersons | Latvia | 27:02.3 | +2:09.1 | |
| 28 | 72 | Andrej Burić | Croatia | 27:03.7 | +2:10.5 | |
| 29 | 24 | Thorsten Langer | Belgium | 27:07.9 | +2:14.7 | |
| 30 | 40 | Olegs Andrejevs | Latvia | 27:09.7 | +2:16.5 | |
| 31 | 49 | Paul Kovacs | Australia | 27:10.4 | +2:17.2 | |
| 32 | 59 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 27:19.5 | +2:26.3 | |
| 33 | 52 | Federico Pablo Cichero | Argentina | 27:25.2 | +2:32.0 | |
| 34 | 4 | Evgeni Kirilov | Kyrgyzstan | 27:31.1 | +2:37.9 | |
| 35 | 14 | Marijus Butrimavicius | Lithuania | 27:45.4 | +2:52.2 | |
| 36 | 17 | Dimitrios Kappas | Greece | 27:47.6 | +2:54.4 | |
| 37 | 38 | Goran Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27:49.5 | +2:56.3 | |
| 38 | 66 | Pavels Ribakovs | Latvia | 27:57.0 | +3:03.8 | |
| 38 | 44 | Ajlan Rastić | Serbia | 27:57.0 | +3:03.8 | |
| 40 | 23 | Victor Pinzaru | Moldova | 27:58.6 | +3:05.4 | |
| 41 | 39 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 28:00.3 | +3:07.1 | |
| 42 | 31 | Myasnik Gharibyan | Armenia | 28:06.9 | +3:13.7 | |
| 43 | 21 | Stephan Langer | Belgium | 28:15.2 | +3:22.0 | |
| 44 | 25 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Greece | 28:20.8 | +3:27.6 | |
| 45 | 30 | Alexis Gkounko | Greece | 28:25.6 | +3:32.4 | |
| 46 | 43 | Reinis Korsunovs | Latvia | 28:27.4 | +3:34.2 | |
| 47 | 3 | Marijus Rindzevicius | Lithuania | 28:27.9 | +3:34.7 | |
| 48 | 26 | Abolfazl Savei | Iran | 28:39.5 | +3:46.3 | |
| 49 | 29 | Toni Stanoeski | Macedonia | 28:40.8 | +3:47.6 | |
| 50 | 42 | Sævar Birgisson | Iceland | 28:48.3 | +3:55.1 | |
| 51 | 6 | Bayaraagiin Gerelt-Od | Mongolia | 28:59.4 | +4:06.2 | |
| 52 | 32 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 28:59.6 | +4:06.4 | |
| 53 | 22 | Tumur Dorjgotov | Mongolia | 29:01.9 | +4:08.7 | |
| 54 | 34 | Marko Starčević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29:16.1 | +4:22.9 | |
| 55 | 19 | Alireza Moghdid | Iran | 29:23.1 | +4:29.9 | |
| 56 | 33 | Marton Pálfy | Hungary | 29:37.5 | +4:44.3 | |
| 57 | 8 | Bold Byambadorj | Mongolia | 29:39.7 | +4:46.5 | |
| 58 | 20 | Toso Stanoeski | Macedonia | 29:56.0 | +5:02.8 | |
| 59 | 18 | Sote Andreski | Macedonia | 30:20.4 | +5:27.2 | |
| 60 | 10 | Sveatoslav Maliutin | Moldova | 30:31.0 | +5:37.8 | |
| 61 | 5 | Dachhiri Sherpa | Nepal | 30:53.0 | +5:59.8 | |
| 62 | 11 | Jagdish Singh | India | 31:13.6 | +6:20.4 | |
| 63 | 1 | Colum O'Farrell | Ireland | 31:14.5 | +6:21.3 | |
| 64 | 16 | Nadeem Iqbal | India | 31:32.4 | +6:39.2 | |
| 65 | 15 | Roberto Carcelen | Peru | 31:53.7 | +7:00.5 | |
| 66 | 50 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 33:01.1 | +8:07.9 | |
| | 2 | Conor McLaughlin | Ireland | DNS | | |
| | 9 | Liviu Dubalari | Moldova | DNS | | |
| | 12 | Nicolae Gaiduc | Moldova | DNS | | |
| | 13 | César Baena | Venezuela | DNS | | |
| | 68 | Sun Qinghai | China | DNS | | |
| | 70 | Rejhan Smrkovic | Serbia | DNF | | |