# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's sprint

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 was held on 24 February 2009. The Sprint qualifying began at 11:35 CET with finals at 13:30 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Jens Arne Svartedal, but he was eliminated in the quarterfinals at these championships. It was the first individual medal for all three finishers.

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 25 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | 3:02.05 | — | Q |
| 2 | 30 | Andrew Newell | USA | 3:03.95 | +1.90 | Q |
| 3 | 36 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:03.97 | +1.92 | Q |
| 4 | 35 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:04.30 | +2.25 | Q |
| 5 | 26 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:04.97 | +2.92 | Q |
| 6 | 27 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:05.16 | +3.11 | Q |
| 7 | 20 | Eligius Tambornino | Switzerland | 3:05.79 | +3.74 | Q |
| 8 | 28 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 3:06.08 | +4.03 | Q |
| 9 | 37 | Renato Pasini | Italy | 3:06.25 | +4.20 | Q |
| 10 | 23 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 3:06.60 | +4.55 | Q |
| 11 | 29 | Cristian Zorzi | Italy | 3:06.70 | +4.65 | Q |
| 12 | 19 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:06.82 | +4.77 | Q |
| 13 | 44 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | 3:06.84 | +4.79 | Q |
| 14 | 18 | Ales Razym | Czech Republic | 3:06.95 | +4.90 | Q |
| 15 | 5 | Anti Saarepuu | Estonia | 3:06.98 | +4.93 | Q |
| 16 | 32 | Fabio Pasini | Italy | 3:07.25 | +5.20 | Q |
| 17 | 40 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:07.54 | +5.49 | Q |
| 18 | 34 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:07.56 | +5.51 | Q |
| 19 | 24 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:08.10 | +6.05 | Q |
| 20 | 39 | John Kristian Dahl | Norway | 3:08.18 | +6.13 | Q |
| 21 | 1 | Franz Göring | Germany | 3:08.27 | +6.22 | Q |
| 22 | 6 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:08.28 | +6.23 | Q |
| 23 | 21 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:08.34 | +6.29 | Q |
| 24 | 38 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:08.77 | +6.72 | Q |
| 25 | 16 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:08.79 | +6.74 | Q |
| 26 | 10 | Peeter Kummel | Estonia | 3:09.04 | +6.99 | Q |
| 27 | 51 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:09.39 | +7.34 | Q |
| 28 | 12 | Thobias Fredriksson | Sweden | 3:09.67 | +7.62 | Q |
| 29 | 31 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:09.73 | +7.68 | Q |
| 30 | 43 | Phil Widmer | Canada | 3:09.78 | +7.73 | Q |
| 31 | 13 | Valerio Leccardi | Switzerland | 3:09.79 | +7.74 | |
| 32 | 47 | Tom Reichelt | Germany | 3:10.35 | +8.30 | |
| 33 | 17 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:10.61 | +8.56 | |
| 34 | 11 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 3:10.95 | +8.90 | |
| 35 | 7 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 3:10.97 | +8.92 | |
| 36 | 14 | Damien Ambrosetti | France | 3:11.51 | +9.46 | |
| 37 | 46 | Chris Cook | USA | 3:11.84 | +9.79 | |
| 38 | 33 | Roddy Darragon | France | 3:12.08 | +10.03 | |
| 39 | 4 | Timo Simonlatser | Estonia | 3:12.23 | +10.18 | |
| 40 | 50 | Leanid Karneyenka | Belarus | 3:12.34 | +10.29 | |
| 41 | 42 | Dusan Kozisek | Czech Republic | 3:12.48 | +10.43 | |
| 42 | 9 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:12.57 | +10.52 | |
| 43 | 22 | Torin Koos | USA | 3:12.76 | +10.71 | |
| 44 | 53 | Garrott Kuzzy | USA | 3:13.21 | +11.16 | |
| 45 | 3 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:13.28 | +11.23 | |
| 46 | 2 | Priit Narusk | Estonia | 3:13.63 | +11.58 | |
| 47 | 54 | Manuel Hirner | Austria | 3:13.90 | +11.85 | |
| 48 | 48 | Sean Crooks | Canada | 3:15.14 | +13.09 | |
| 49 | 58 | Modestas Vaiciulis | Lithuania | 3:15.19 | +13.14 | |
| 50 | 45 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:15.37 | +13.32 | |
| 51 | 77 | Vitaly Shtun | Ukraine | 3:16.19 | +14.14 | |
| 52 | 60 | Michal Malak | Slovakia | 3:16.43 | +14.38 | |
| 53 | 119 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 3:16.56 | +14.51 | |
| 54 | 8 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:16.80 | +14.75 | |
| 55 | 57 | Sergey Kuzmenko | Belarus | 3:17.05 | +15.00 | |
| 56 | 72 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 3:17.09 | +15.04 | |
| 57 | 55 | Paul Murray | Australia | 3:17.47 | +15.42 | |
| 58 | 70 | Mark Van Der Ploeg | Australia | 3:17.61 | +15.56 | |
| 59 | 62 | Aleksei Novoselki | Lithuania | 3:18.28 | +16.23 | |
| 60 | 52 | Mantas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:18.47 | +16.42 | |
| 61 | 41 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:18.59 | +16.54 | |
| 62 | 66 | Davorin Skvaridlo | Slovakia | 3:18.67 | +16.62 | |
| 63 | 49 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 3:18.72 | +16.67 | |
| 64 | 63 | Andrew Mock | Australia | 3:19.04 | +16.99 | |
| 65 | 61 | Andrew Musgrave | United Kingdom | 3:19.17 | +17.12 | |
| 66 | 67 | Wenlong Xu | China | 3:19.30 | +17.25 | |
| 67 | 125 | Janis Paipals | Latvia | 3:21.00 | +18.95 | |
| 68 | 59 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 3:21.07 | +19.02 | |
| 69 | 64 | Zoltan Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:21.49 | +19.44 | |
| 70 | 103 | Olegs Maluhins | Latvia | 3:22.30 | +20.25 | |
| 71 | 65 | Sebastian Sørensen | Denmark | 3:22.31 | +20.26 | |
| 72 | 84 | Aigars Kalnups | Latvia | 3:22.67 | +20.62 | |
| 73 | 76 | Mikhail Gumenyak | Ukraine | 3:22.71 | +20.66 | |
| 74 | 68 | Nick Grimmer | Australia | 3:23.23 | +21.18 | |
| 75 | 15 | Martin Stockinger | Austria | 3:23.40 | +21.35 | |
| 76 | 75 | Oliver Kraas | South Africa | 3:23.77 | +21.72 | |
| 77 | 71 | Kari Peters | Luxembourg | 3:24.17 | +22.12 | |
| 78 | 81 | Asger Fischer Mølgaard | Denmark | 3:26.13 | +24.08 | |
| 79 | 80 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 3:27.01 | +24.96 | |
| 80 | 90 | Jun-Gil Lee | South Korea | 3:27.24 | +25.19 | |
| 81 | 129 | Karoly Gombos | Hungary | 3:28.94 | +26.89 | |
| 82 | 91 | Dimitrios Kappas | Greece | 3:29.84 | +27.79 | |
| 83 | 97 | Daniel Kuzmin | Israel | 3:30.40 | +28.35 | |
| 84 | 131 | Victor Pinzaru | Moldova | 3:30.42 | +28.37 | |
| 85 | 96 | Athanassios Barbagiannis | Greece | 3:30.90 | +28.85 | |
| 86 | 88 | Artem Rojin | Kyrgyzstan | 3:30.94 | +28.89 | |
| 87 | 95 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:31.24 | +29.19 | |
| 88 | 82 | Arvis Liepins | Latvia | 3:31.62 | +29.57 | |
| 89 | 89 | Omer Yusufuoglu | Turkey | 3:31.83 | +29.78 | |
| 90 | 94 | Lyuben Velichkov | Bulgaria | 3:32.66 | +30.61 | |
| 91 | 107 | Milan Szabo | Hungary | 3:32.76 | +30.71 | |
| 92 | 93 | Hovhannes Sargsyan | Armenia | 3:32.94 | +30.89 | |
| 93 | 83 | Filip Kontak | Croatia | 3:33.16 | +31.11 | |
| 94 | 87 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 3:33.43 | +31.38 | |
| 95 | 100 | Simon James Platt | United Kingdom | 3:33.65 | +31.60 | |
| 96 | 92 | Alexis Gkounko | Greece | 3:33.78 | +31.73 | |
| 97 | 74 | Lasse Mølgaard | Denmark | 3:34.56 | +32.51 | |
| 98 | 69 | Andrew Young | United Kingdom | 3:34.89 | +32.84 | |
| 99 | 78 | Andrej Buric | Croatia | 3:36.31 | +34.26 | |
| 100 | 132 | Sergiu Balan | Moldova | 3:36.44 | +34.39 | |
| 132 | 127 | Cesar Baena | Venezuela | 6:32.17 | +3:30.12 | |
| DNS | 56 | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | — | — | |
| DNS | 86 | Vicente Vilarrubla | Spain | — | — | |
| DNS | 118 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | — | — | |

### Quarterfinals

Q - Qualified for next round PF - Photo Finish LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | — | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | | Q |
| 3 | 20 | John Kristian Dahl | Norway | | 15th |
| 4 | 21 | Franz Göring | Germany | | 19th |
| 5 | 11 | Cristian Zorzi | Italy | | 23rd |
| 6 | 30 | Phil Widmer | Canada | | 30th |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | — | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Ales Razym | Czech Republic | | Q |
| 3 | 24 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | | 16th |
| 4 | 17 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | | 18th |
| 5 | 7 | Eligius Tambornino | Switzerland | | 21st |
| 6 | 27 | Alex Harvey | Canada | | 28th |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:03.2 | — | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Anti Saarepuu | Estonia | 3:03.5 | +0.3 | Q PF |
| 3 | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:03.7 | +0.5 | 13th PF |
| 4 | 16 | Fabio Pasini | Italy | 3:04.2 | +1.0 | 17th |
| 5 | 26 | Peeter Kummel | Estonia | 3:05.6 | +2.4 | 25th |
| 6 | 25 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:05.9 | +2.7 | 27th |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Andrew Newell | USA | 3:04.7 | — | Q PF |
| 2 | 29 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:04.7 | +0.0 | Q PF |
| 3 | 9 | Renato Pasini | Italy | 3:04.7 | +0.0 | 14th PF |
| 4 | 22 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:05.9 | +1.2 | 20th |
| 5 | 12 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:06.8 | +2.1 | 24th |
| 6 | 19 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:08.0 | +3.3 | 26th |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 2:59.6 | — | Q |
| 2 | 18 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:00.8 | +1.2 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | 3:01.5 | +1.9 | LL |
| 4 | 23 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:01.6 | +2.0 | LL |
| 5 | 8 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 3:01.7 | +2.1 | 22nd |
| 6 | 28 | Thobias Fredriksson | Sweden | 3:08.3 | +9.7 | 29th |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | 3:03.7 | — | QA |
| 2 | 4 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:04.0 | +0.3 | QA |
| 3 | 14 | Ales Razym | Czech Republic | 3:04.0 | +0.3 | QA LL |
| 4 | 10 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 3:05.0 | +1.3 | QA LL |
| 5 | 13 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | 3:27.1 | +23.4 | QB |
| 6 | 15 | Anti Saarepuu | Estonia | 3:28.7 | +25.0 | QB |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:04.1 | — | QA |
| 2 | 18 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:04.9 | +0.8 | QA |
| 3 | 23 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:05.3 | +1.2 | QB |
| 4 | 29 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:05.6 | +1.5 | QB |
| 5 | 2 | Andrew Newell | USA | 3:05.6 | +1.5 | QB |
| 6 | 3 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:07.6 | +3.5 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final A

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| | 6 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:00.8 | — | 1st |
| | 1 | Johan Kjølstad | Norway | 3:01.2 | +0.4 | 2nd |
| | 4 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:01.9 | +1.1 | 3rd |
| 4 | 10 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 3:02.9 | +2.1 | 4th |
| 5 | 18 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:03.1 | +2.3 | 5th |
| 6 | 14 | Ales Razym | Czech Republic | 3:03.6 | +2.8 | 6th |

#### Final B

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Anti Saarepuu | Estonia | — | 7th |
| 2 | 13 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | | 8th |
| 3 | 3 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | | 9th |
| 4 | 23 | Cyril Miranda | France | | 10th |
| 5 | 29 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | | 11th |
| 6 | 2 | Andrew Newell | USA | | 12th |