# Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1.5 km sprint classical

The men's 1.5 kilometre sprint classic competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Alpensia Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang. The competition took place on 14 March 2018.

## Medal table

| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 1 | United States (USA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | Kazakhstan (KAZ) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Belarus (BLR) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 4 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Finland (FIN) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 7 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (8 entries) | Totals (8 entries) | 3 | 3 | 4 | 10 |

## Visually impaired
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 121 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson | Sweden | 3:56.32 | 3:27.96 | – | Q |
| 2 | 122 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy | Canada | 3:33.81 | 3:33.81 | +5.85 | Q |
| 3 | 123 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim | United States | 3:42.13 | 3:42.13 | +14.17 | Q |
| 4 | 130 | Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann | Germany | 3:48.83 | 3:46.54 | +18.58 | Q |
| 5 | 126 | Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson | Norway | 3:49.66 | 3:49.66 | +21.70 | Q |
| 6 | 127 | Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Vasyl Potapenko | Ukraine | 3:53.01 | 3:50.68 | +22.72 | Q |
| 7 | 132 | Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen | Finland | 3:52.10 | 3:52.10 | +24.14 | Q |
| 8 | 124 | Thomas Clarion Guide: Antoine Bollet | France | 4:27.68 | 3:55.56 | +27.60 | Q |
| 9 | 125 | Yury Holub Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich | Belarus | 3:58.43 | 3:58.43 | +30.47 | |
| 10 | 131 | Piotr Garbowski Guide: Jakub Twardowski | Poland | 3:59.34 | 3:59.34 | +31.38 | |
| 11 | 134 | Thomas Dubois Guide: Bastien Sauvage | France | 4:40.73 | 4:06.73 | +38.77 | |
| 12 | 128 | Iurii Utkin Guide: Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 4:09.46 | 4:06.97 | +39.01 | |
| 13 | 133 | Mikita Ladzesau Guide: Aliaksei Lukyanau | Belarus | 4:20.83 | 4:18.22 | +50.26 | |
| 14 | 135 | Kairat Kanafin Guide: Anton Zhdanovich | Kazakhstan | 4:21.77 | 4:19.15 | +51.19 | |
| 15 | 136 | Kazuto Takamura Guide: Yuhei Fujita | Japan | 5:02.08 | 4:25.83 | +57.87 | |
| 16 | 137 | Lukasz Kubica Guide: Wojciech Suchwałko | Poland | 4:26.23 | 4:26.23 | +58.27 | |
| 17 | 139 | Rudolf Klemetti Guide: Jaakko Kallunki | Finland | 4:28.36 | 4:28.36 | +1:00.40 | |
| 18 | 140 | Svetoslav Georgiev Guide: Ivan Birnikov | Bulgaria | 4:32.46 | 4:29.74 | +1:01.78 | |
| 19 | 138 | Choi Bo-gue Guide: Kim Hyun-woo | South Korea | 4:33.13 | 4:33.13 | +1:05.17 | |
| 20 | 141 | Siyovush Iliasov Guide: Ilkhomiddin Abdulloev | Tajikistan | 9:31.34 | 8:22.78 | +4:54.82 | |
| | 129 | Oleksandr Kazik Guide: Sergiy Kucheryaviy | Ukraine | DNS | DNS | DNS | |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 181 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson | Sweden | 0:00 | 4:21.4 | – | Q |
| 2 | 185 | Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson | Norway | 0:28 | 4:35.5 | +14.1 | Q |
| 3 | 184 | Nico Messinger Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann | Germany | 0:26 | 4:43.0 | +21.6 | |
| 4 | 188 | Thomas Clarion Guide: Antoine Bollet | France | 0:00 | 4:43.8 | +22.4 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 182 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy | Canada | 0:02 | 4:10.3 | – | Q |
| 2 | 183 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim | United States | 0:02 | 4:10.3 | +0.0 | Q |
| 3 | 186 | Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Vasyl Potapenko | Ukraine | 0:00 | 4:12.6 | +2.3 | |
| 4 | 187 | Inkki Inola Guide: Vili Sormunen | Finland | 0:02 | 4:17.6 | +7.3 | |

#### Final

Source:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference |
| | 182 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy | Canada | 0:28 | 4:03.2 | – |
| | 181 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Robin Bryntesson | Sweden | 0:00 | 4:05.7 | +2.5 |
| | 185 | Eirik Bye Guide: Arvid Nelson | Norway | 0:28 | 4:32.7 | +29.5 |
| 4 | 183 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim | United States | 0:28 | RAL | |

## Standing
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 83 | Alexandr Kolyadin | Kazakhstan | 3:45.68 | 3:36.65 | – | Q |
| 2 | 72 | Yoshiro Nitta | Japan | 4:00.37 | 3:38.74 | +2.09 | Q |
| 3 | 74 | Mark Arendz | Canada | 4:03.34 | 3:39.01 | +2.36 | Q |
| 4 | 81 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | 3:49.24 | 3:40.07 | +3.42 | Q |
| 5 | 80 | Taiki Kawayoke | Japan | 4:35.58 | 3:40.46 | +3.81 | Q |
| 6 | 75 | Witold Skupień | Poland | 4:35.59 | 3:40.47 | +3.82 | Q |
| 7 | 71 | Ilkka Tuomisto | Finland | 4:03.91 | 3:41.96 | +5.31 | Q |
| 8 | 73 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 4:04.18 | 3:42.20 | +5.55 | Q |
| 9 | 76 | Håkon Olsrud | Norway | 4:10.44 | 3:47.90 | +11.25 | Q |
| 10 | 79 | Alexandr Gerlits | Kazakhstan | 4:15.40 | 3:49.86 | +13.21 | Q |
| 11 | 87 | Luca Tavasci | Switzerland | 4:18.62 | 3:55.34 | +18.69 | Q |
| 12 | 77 | Du Haitao | China | 4:56.03 | 3:56.82 | +20.17 | Q |
| 13 | 78 | Serhii Romaniuk | Ukraine | 4:20.89 | 3:57.41 | +20.76 | |
| 14 | 82 | Ganbold Batmunkh | Mongolia | 4:24.50 | 3:58.05 | +21.40 | |
| 15 | 85 | Ma Mingtao | China | 5:00.73 | 4:00.58 | +23.93 | |
| 16 | 91 | Johannes Birkelund | Norway | 4:32.77 | 4:02.77 | +26.12 | |
| 17 | 84 | Wu Junbao | China | 5:13.19 | 4:10.55 | +33.90 | |
| 18 | 88 | Keigo Iwamoto | Japan | 4:50.07 | 4:12.36 | +35.71 | |
| 19 | 86 | Masaru Hoshizawa | Japan | 4:45.76 | 4:20.04 | +43.39 | |
| 20 | 89 | Ruslan Reiter | United States | 4:51.40 | 4:25.17 | +48.52 | |
| 21 | 93 | Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei | Iran | 4:54.13 | 4:27.66 | +51.01 | |
| 22 | 90 | Wang Chenyang | China | 5:41.58 | 4:33.26 | +56.61 | |
| 23 | 92 | Christian Toninelli | Italy | 5:17.80 | 4:49.20 | +1:12.55 | |
| 24 | 94 | Antun Bošnjaković | Croatia | 5:37.57 | 4:53.69 | +1:17.04 | |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 141 | Alexandr Kolyadin | Kazakhstan | 0:45 | 4:52.2 | – | Q |
| 2 | 148 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 0:33 | 4:58.6 | +6.4 | Q |
| 3 | 144 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | 0:45 | 4:58.7 | +6.5 | Q |
| 4 | 149 | Håkon Olsrud | Norway | 0:33 | 5:05.4 | +13.2 | |
| 5 | 145 | Taiki Kawayoke | Japan | 0:00 | 5:09.4 | +17.2 | |
| 6 | 152 | Du Haitao | China | 0:00 | 5:29.8 | +37.6 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 142 | Yoshiro Nitta | Japan | 0:33 | 4:50.5 | – | Q |
| 2 | 143 | Mark Arendz | Canada | 0:30 | 4:53.7 | +3.2 | Q |
| 3 | 147 | Ilkka Tuomisto | Finland | 0:33 | 4:53.8 | +3.3 | Q |
| 4 | 146 | Witold Skupień | Poland | 0:00 | 4:56.4 | +5.9 | |
| 5 | 150 | Alexandr Gerlits | Kazakhstan | 0:30 | 5:09.5 | +19.0 | |
| 6 | 151 | Luca Tavasci | Switzerland | 0:33 | 5:09.6 | +19.1 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference |
| | 141 | Alexandr Kolyadin | Kazakhstan | 0:15 | 4:19.7 | – |
| | 142 | Yoshiro Nitta | Japan | 0:03 | 4:20.5 | +0.8 |
| | 143 | Mark Arendz | Canada | 0:00 | 4:20.8 | +1.1 |
| | 147 | Ilkka Tuomisto | Finland | 0:03 | 4:20.8 | +1.1 |
| 5 | 144 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | 0:15 | 4:21.7 | +2.0 |
| 6 | 148 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 0:03 | 4:34.5 | +14.8 |

## Sitting
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Real Time | Calculated Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Maksym Yarovyi | Ukraine | 3:29.95 | 3:00.56 | – | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 3:09.17 | 3:01.60 | +1.04 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Aaron Pike | United States | 3:14.83 | 3:07.04 | +6.48 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Yauheni Lukyanenka | Belarus | 3:08.28 | 3:08.28 | +7.72 | Q |
| 5 | 4 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 3:09.02 | 3:09.02 | +8.46 | Q |
| 6 | 5 | Dzmitry Loban | Belarus | 3:09.25 | 3:09.25 | +8.69 | Q |
| 7 | 14 | Zheng Peng | China | 3:42.34 | 3:11.21 | +10.65 | Q |
| 8 | 2 | Sin Eui-hyun | South Korea | 3:11.33 | 3:11.33 | +10.77 | Q |
| 9 | 6 | Chris Klebl | Canada | 3:26.25 | 3:13.88 | +13.32 | Q |
| 10 | 15 | Derek Zaplotinsky | Canada | 3:36.34 | 3:14.71 | +14.15 | Q |
| 11 | 11 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 3:14.96 | 3:14.96 | +14.40 | Q |
| 12 | 3 | Andrew Soule | United States | 3:15.27 | 3:15.27 | +14.71 | Q |
| 13 | 13 | Denis Petrenko | Kazakhstan | 3:27.81 | 3:15.34 | +14.78 | |
| 14 | 19 | Sean Halsted | United States | 3:25.39 | 3:17.17 | +16.61 | |
| 15 | 16 | Cristian Ribera | Brazil | 3:29.96 | 3:17.36 | +16.80 | |
| 16 | 20 | Scott Meenagh | Great Britain | 3:17.72 | 3:17.72 | +17.16 | |
| 17 | 18 | Sebastien Fortier | Canada | 3:29.03 | 3:20.67 | +20.11 | |
| 18 | 26 | Huang Feixing | China | 3:21.75 | 3:21.75 | +21.19 | |
| 19 | 21 | Arkadz Shykuts | Belarus | 3:24.26 | 3:24.26 | +23.70 | |
| 20 | 22 | Huang Bita | China | 3:28.70 | 3:28.70 | +28.14 | |
| 21 | 27 | Wang Quan | China | 4:04.05 | 3:29.88 | +29.32 | |
| 22 | 12 | Kamil Rosiek | Poland | 3:30.01 | 3:30.01 | +29.45 | |
| 23 | 25 | Jeremy Wagner | United States | 3:39.46 | 3:30.68 | +30.12 | |
| 24 | 17 | Du Mingyuan | China | 3:30.89 | 3:30.89 | +30.33 | |
| 25 | 24 | Sergey Ussoltsev | Kazakhstan | 3:31.63 | 3:31.63 | +31.07 | |
| 26 | 23 | Lu Jingfeng | China | 4:06.55 | 3:41.90 | +41.34 | |
| 27 | 28 | Ethan Hess | Canada | 3:44.53 | 3:44.53 | +43.97 | |
| 28 | 30 | Vadzim Lipinski | Belarus | 3:47.57 | 3:47.57 | +47.01 | |
| 29 | 29 | Yves Bourque | Canada | 4:02.40 | 3:47.86 | +47.30 | |
| 30 | 31 | Temuri Dadiani | Georgia | 3:56.50 | 3:56.50 | +55.94 | |
| 31 | 32 | Ma Yu-chol | North Korea | 3:59.48 | 3:59.48 | +58.92 | |
| 32 | 33 | Kim Jong-hyon | North Korea | 4:23.87 | 4:23.87 | +1:23.31 | |
| 33 | 36 | Stas Nazaryan | Armenia | 4:41.11 | 4:41.11 | +1:40.55 | |
| 34 | 34 | Miloš Zarić | Serbia | 6:02.51 | 5:26.26 | +2:25.70 | |
| 35 | 35 | Josip Zima | Croatia | 10:01.36 | 9:25.28 | +6:24.72 | |
| | 7 | Trygve Steinar Larsen | Norway | | DNF | | |

### Finals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 112 | Andrew Soule | United States | 0:29 | 3:45.0 | – | Q |
| 2 | 108 | Sin Eui-hyun | South Korea | 0:29 | 3:45.8 | +0.8 | Q |
| 3 | 105 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 0:29 | 3:47.1 | +2.1 | Q |
| 4 | 104 | Yauheni Lukyanenka | Belarus | 0:29 | 3:48.3 | +3.3 | |
| 5 | 101 | Maksym Yarovyi | Ukraine | 0:00 | 3:52.4 | +7.4 | |
| 6 | 109 | Chris Klebl | Canada | 0:18 | 3:53.3 | +8.3 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference | Notes |
| 1 | 106 | Dzmitry Loban | Belarus | 0:29 | 3:46.4 | – | Q |
| 2 | 102 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 0:22 | 3:46.4 | +0.0 | Q |
| 3 | 111 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 0:29 | 3:48.6 | +2.2 | Q |
| 4 | 103 | Aaron Pike | United States | 0:22 | 3:49.7 | +3.3 | |
| 5 | 107 | Zheng Peng | China | 0:00 | 3:52.1 | +5.7 | |
| 6 | 110 | Derek Zaplotinsky | Canada | 0:09 | 3:57.7 | +11.3 | |

#### Final

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Start | Time | Difference |
| | 112 | Andrew Soule | United States | 0:07 | 3:31.4 | – |
| | 106 | Dzmitry Loban | Belarus | 0:07 | 3:31.4 | +0.0 |
| | 105 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 0:07 | 3:31.8 | +0.4 |
| 4 | 102 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 0:00 | 3:32.1 | +0.7 |
| 5 | 111 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 0:07 | 3:36.3 | +4.9 |
| 6 | 108 | Sin Eui-hyun | South Korea | 0:07 | 3:38.7 | +7.3 |