# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009 – Men's 15 kilometre classical

The Men's 15 km classical interval start was part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2009's events held in Liberec, Czech Republic. The race went underway on 20 February 2009 at 13:00 CET. A 10 km qualifying race took place on 23 February at 11:00 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Lars Berger

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 36 | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | 38:54.4 | — |
| | 48 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 39:00.7 | +6.3 |
| | 38 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 39:10.8 | +16.4 |
| 4 | 21 | Kris Freeman | United States | 39:12.1 | +17.7 |
| 5 | 35 | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 39:25.1 | +30.7 |
| 6 | 50 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 39:27.7 | +33.3 |
| 7 | 41 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 39:35.6 | +41.2 |
| 8 | 46 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 39:36.5 | +42.1 |
| 9 | 39 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 39:44.9 | +50.5 |
| 10 | 15 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 39:51.9 | +57.5 |
| 11 | 9 | Franz Göring | Germany | 39:52.7 | +58.3 |
| 12 | 43 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 39:52.8 | +58.4 |
| 13 | 34 | Jens Filbrich | Germany | 39:56.2 | +1:01.8 |
| 14 | 44 | Jean Marc Gaillard | France | 39:59.0 | +1:04.6 |
| 15 | 22 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 39:59.6 | +1:05.2 |
| 16 | 13 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 39:59.9 | +1:05.5 |
| 17 | 11 | Ivan Batory | Slovakia | 40:13.2 | +1:18.8 |
| 18 | 37 | Anders Södergren | Sweden | 40:13.9 | +1:19.5 |
| 19 | 32 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 40:20.0 | +1:25.6 |
| 20 | 16 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 40:20.2 | +1:25.8 |
| 21 | 10 | George Grey | Canada | 40:20.6 | +1:26.2 |
| 22 | 25 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 40:24.7 | +1:30.3 |
| 23 | 42 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 40:26.3 | +1:31.9 |
| 24 | 28 | Valerio Checchi | Italy | 40:31.7 | +1:37.3 |
| 25 | 14 | Sergey Novikov | Russia | 40:34.8 | +1:40.4 |
| 26 | 30 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 40:37.3 | +1:42.9 |
| 27 | 12 | Alexandre Rousselet | France | 40:41.8 | +1:47.4 |
| 27 | 29 | Roland Clara | Italy | 40:41.8 | +1:47.4 |
| 29 | 45 | Petter Northug | Norway | 40:55.1 | +2:00.7 |
| 30 | 24 | Jiří Magál | Czech Republic | 41:01.0 | +2:06.6 |
| 31 | 17 | Mathias Fredriksson | Sweden | 41:01.7 | +2:07.3 |
| 32 | 20 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 41:04.6 | +2:10.2 |
| 33 | 8 | Giovanni Gullo | Italy | 41:15.5 | +2:21.1 |
| 34 | 47 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 41:17.5 | +2:23.1 |
| 35 | 4 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 41:17.8 | +2:23.4 |
| 36 | 6 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 41:19.4 | +2:25.0 |
| 37 | 40 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 41:23.1 | +2:28.7 |
| 38 | 49 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 41:26.5 | +2:32.1 |
| 39 | 33 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 41:38.0 | +2:43.6 |
| 40 | 1 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 41:49.2 | +2:54.8 |
| 41 | 19 | Christophe Perillat | France | 41:51.3 | +2:56.9 |
| 42 | 58 | Olexandr Putsko | Ukraine | 42:03.1 | +3:08.7 |
| 43 | 23 | Alexander Kuznetsov | Russia | 42:05.4 | +3:11.0 |
| 44 | 53 | Shohei Honda | Japan | 42:06.8 | +3:12.4 |
| 45 | 27 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 42:11.5 | +3:17.1 |
| 46 | 51 | Manuel Hirner | Austria | 42:19.9 | +3:25.5 |
| 47 | 3 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 42:25.2 | +3:30.8 |
| 48 | 55 | Vicente Vilarrubla | Spain | 42:33.3 | +3:38.9 |
| 49 | 57 | James Southam | United States | 42:37.8 | +3:43.4 |
| 50 | 7 | Reto Burgermeister | Switzerland | 42:40.7 | +3:46.3 |
| 51 | 60 | Ben Sim | Australia | 42:45.5 | +3:51.1 |
| 52 | 62 | Chris Cook | United States | 42:49.7 | +3:55.3 |
| 53 | 56 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 42:55.6 | +4:01.2 |
| 54 | 52 | Chris Butler | Canada | 43:00.0 | +4:05.6 |
| 55 | 54 | Vitaly Shtun | Ukraine | 43:02.9 | +4:08.5 |
| 56 | 64 | Andrew Musgrave | United Kingdom | 43:15.6 | +4:21.2 |
| 57 | 5 | Algo Kärp | Estonia | 43:26.6 | +4:32.2 |
| 58 | 18 | David Hofer | Italy | 43:37.0 | +4:42.6 |
| 59 | 31 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 43:38.7 | +4:44.3 |
| 60 | 2 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 43:46.2 | +4:51.8 |
| 61 | 59 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 43:50.9 | +4:56.5 |
| 62 | 63 | Francesc Soulie | Andorra | 44:01.2 | +5:06.8 |
| 63 | 68 | Jonas Thor Olsen | Denmark | 44:25.6 | +5:31.2 |
| 64 | 61 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 44:27.8 | +5:33.4 |
| 65 | 74 | Sebastian Sørensen | Denmark | 44:56.4 | +6:02.0 |
| 66 | 69 | Wenlong Xu | China | 44:58.4 | +6:04.0 |
| 67 | 66 | Javier Gutiérrez | Spain | 45:35.0 | +6:40.6 |
| 68 | 70 | Callum Watson | Australia | 45:35.3 | +6:40.9 |
| 69 | 71 | Arvis Liepins | New Zealand | 46:15.5 | +7:21.1 |
| 70 | 67 | Andrew Mock | Australia | 46:32.4 | +7:38.0 |
| 71 | 73 | Asger Fischer Mølgaard | Denmark | 47:30.3 | +8:35.9 |
| 72 | 72 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 49:20.7 | +10:26.3 |
| 73 | 65 | Mantas Strolia | Lithuania | 50:29.1 | +11:34.7 |
| — | 26 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | DNF | — |
| — | 75 | Aigars Kalnups | Latvia | DNF | — |

## Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 52 | Wenlong Xu | China | 31:22.9 | — | Q |
| 2 | 53 | Jonas Thor Olsen | Denmark | 31:44.5 | +21.6 | Q |
| 3 | 32 | Sebastian Sørensen | Denmark | 31:57.4 | +34.5 | Q |
| 4 | 54 | Andrew Mock | Australia | 32:12.0 | +49.1 | Q |
| 5 | 51 | Callum Watson | Australia | 32:28.1 | +1:05.2 | Q |
| 6 | 56 | Javier Gutiérrez | Spain | 32:35.5 | +1:12.6 | Q |
| 7 | 40 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 32:44.3 | +1:21.4 | Q |
| 8 | 45 | Arvis Liepins | Latvia | 32:56.5 | +1:33.6 | Q |
| 9 | 19 | Aigars Kalnups | Latvia | 33:00.5 | +1:37.6 | Q |
| 10 | 39 | Asger Fischer Moelgaard | Denmark | 33:01.2 | +1:38.3 | Q |
| 11 | 37 | Jun-Gil Lee | South Korea | 33:02.9 | +1:40.0 | |
| 12 | 35 | Artem Rojin | Kyrgyzstan | 33:16.1 | +1:53.2 | |
| 13 | 16 | Janis Paipals | Latvia | 33:23.4 | +2:00.5 | |
| 14 | 38 | Ulrich Ghisler | Denmark | 33:24.0 | +2:01.1 | |
| 15 | 48 | Nick Grimmer | Australia | 33:25.6 | +2:02.7 | |
| 55 | 6 | Cear Baena | Venezuela | 1:08:10.6 | +36:47.7 | |
| — | 34 | Alexander Standen | United Kingdom | DNS | — | |