# Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 16 February 2018 at 15:00 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
In the victory ceremony, the medals were presented by Gian-Franco Kasper, member of the Executive Board of the International Olympic Committee, accompanied by Urs Lehmann, President of the Swiss Ski Association.

## Qualification

A total of up to 310 cross-country skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 100 or less FIS Points or meeting the B standard, which meant 300 or less FIS points in the distance classification. Countries not meeting the A standard were allowed to enter a maximum of one B standard athlete per gender. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the FIS Olympics Points list (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). Countries also received an additional quota (one per gender maximum) if an athlete was ranked in the top 300 of the FIS Olympics Points list. After the distribution of B standard quotas, the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.

## Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+9).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 16 February | 15:00 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 15:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 68 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 33:43.9 | — |
| | 60 | Simen Hegstad Krüger | Norway | 34:02.2 | +18.3 |
| | 48 | Denis Spitsov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 34:06.9 | +23.0 |
| 4 | 62 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 34:08.8 | +24.9 |
| 5 | 70 | Maurice Manificat | France | 34:10.9 | +27.0 |
| 6 | 64 | Hans Christer Holund | Norway | 34:18.4 | +34.5 |
| 7 | 66 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 34:19.4 | +35.5 |
| 8 | 52 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 34:22.6 | +38.7 |
| 9 | 44 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 34:44.5 | +1:00.6 |
| 10 | 42 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 34:45.4 | +1:01.5 |
| 11 | 50 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 34:55.1 | +1:11.2 |
| 12 | 20 | Roman Furger | Switzerland | 34:56.3 | +1:12.4 |
| 13 | 38 | Keishin Yoshida | Japan | 34:59.1 | +1:15.2 |
| 14 | 31 | Andrey Melnichenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 35:02.1 | +1:18.2 |
| 15 | 33 | Lucas Bögl | Germany | 35:04.7 | +1:20.8 |
| 16 | 39 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 35:05.2 | +1:21.3 |
| 17 | 29 | Adrien Backscheider | France | 35:12.0 | +1:28.1 |
| 18 | 46 | Finn Hågen Krogh | Norway | 35:14.4 | +1:30.5 |
| 19 | 36 | Jens Burman | Sweden | 35:15.7 | +1:31.8 |
| 20 | 54 | Andrey Larkov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 35:25.1 | +1:41.2 |
| 21 | 27 | Scott Patterson | United States | 35:28.0 | +1:44.1 |
| DSQ | 25 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 35:29.4 | +1:45.5 |
| 22 | 58 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 35:35.2 | +1:51.3 |
| 23 | 55 | Petr Knop | Czech Republic | 35:35.5 | +1:51.6 |
| 24 | 28 | Andreas Katz | Germany | 35:38.3 | +1:54.4 |
| 25 | 40 | Clément Parisse | France | 35:39.0 | +1:55.1 |
| 26 | 22 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Andorra | 35:40.7 | +1:56.8 |
| 27 | 56 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 35:51.0 | +2:07.1 |
| DSQ | 23 | Max Hauke | Austria | 35:57.5 | +2:13.6 |
| 28 | 6 | Aleš Razým | Czech Republic | 35:59.0 | +2:15.1 |
| 29 | 37 | Lari Lehtonen | Finland | 36:01.8 | +2:17.9 |
| 30 | 7 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 36:03.8 | +2:19.9 |
| 31 | 69 | Dominik Bury | Poland | 36:11.1 | +2:27.2 |
| 32 | 34 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 36:14.5 | +2:30.6 |
| 33 | 21 | Perttu Hyvärinen | Finland | 36:17.2 | +2:33.3 |
| 34 | 13 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 36:17.3 | +2:33.4 |
| 35 | 19 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 36:19.1 | +2:35.2 |
| 36 | 5 | Graeme Killick | Canada | 36:23.3 | +2:39.4 |
| 37 | 49 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 36:24.7 | +2:40.8 |
| 38 | 15 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 36:25.8 | +2:41.9 |
| 39 | 35 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 36:28.6 | +2:44.7 |
| DSQ | 9 | Dominik Baldauf | Austria | 36:31.2 | +2:47.3 |
| 40 | 74 | Alin Florin Cioancă | Romania | 36:31.9 | +2:48.0 |
| 41 | 4 | Mirco Bertolina | Italy | 36:33.5 | +2:49.6 |
| 42 | 71 | Kim Magnus | South Korea | 36:39.0 | +2:55.1 |
| 43 | 1 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 36:42.4 | +2:58.5 |
| 44 | 89 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 36:44.7 | +3:00.8 |
| 45 | 14 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 36:45.2 | +3:01.3 |
| 46 | 32 | Alexey Vitsenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 36:46.4 | +3:02.5 |
| 47 | 26 | Candide Pralong | Switzerland | 36:47.7 | +3:03.8 |
| 48 | 18 | Anssi Pentsinen | Finland | 36:54.9 | +3:11.0 |
| 49 | 90 | Martin Vögeli | Liechtenstein | 36:57.0 | +3:13.1 |
| 50 | 65 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 36:57.2 | +3:13.3 |
| 51 | 11 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Kazakhstan | 36:57.4 | +3:13.5 |
| 52 | 16 | Yury Astapenka | Belarus | 37:04.0 | +3:20.1 |
| 53 | 12 | Snorri Einarsson | Iceland | 37:05.6 | +3:21.7 |
| 54 | 57 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 37:13.1 | +3:29.2 |
| DSQ | 10 | Andreas Veerpalu | Estonia | 37:16.2 | +3:32.3 |
| 55 | 3 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 37:21.9 | +3:38.0 |
| 56 | 67 | Stefan Zelger | Italy | 37:27.9 | +3:44.0 |
| 57 | 17 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 37:28.6 | +3:44.7 |
| 58 | 61 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 37:35.5 | +3:51.6 |
| 59 | 76 | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Ireland | 37:36.6 | +3:52.7 |
| 60 | 59 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 37:39.8 | +3:55.9 |
| 61 | 72 | Indulis Bikše | Latvia | 37:44.7 | +4:00.8 |
| 62 | 94 | Thierry Langer | Belgium | 37:45.0 | +4:01.1 |
| 63 | 73 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 37:46.2 | +4:02.3 |
| 64 | 2 | Damir Rastić | Serbia | 37:47.5 | +4:03.6 |
| 65 | 80 | Knute Johnsgaard | Canada | 37:48.5 | +4:04.6 |
| 66 | 83 | Callum Watson | Australia | 37:53.9 | +4:10.0 |
| 67 | 24 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 38:01.5 | +4:17.6 |
| 68 | 8 | Sergio Rigoni | Italy | 38:03.0 | +4:19.1 |
| 69 | 53 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 38:05.5 | +4:21.6 |
| 70 | 43 | Tyler Kornfield | United States | 38:17.9 | +4:34.0 |
| 71 | 87 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 38:20.9 | +4:37.0 |
| 72 | 82 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 38:27.7 | +4:43.8 |
| 73 | 81 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 38:36.2 | +4:52.3 |
| 74 | 77 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 38:38.7 | +4:54.8 |
| 75 | 98 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 38:40.8 | +4:56.9 |
| 76 | 85 | Miroslav Šulek | Slovakia | 38:44.0 | +5:00.1 |
| 77 | 79 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 38:56.4 | +5:12.5 |
| 78 | 97 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 38:58.9 | +5:15.0 |
| 79 | 91 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 39:01.4 | +5:17.5 |
| 80 | 47 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 39:05.3 | +5:21.4 |
| 81 | 95 | Kim Eun-ho | South Korea | 39:07.9 | +5:24.0 |
| 82 | 45 | Andriy Orlyk | Ukraine | 39:11.3 | +5:27.4 |
| 83 | 84 | Andrej Segeč | Slovakia | 39:13.4 | +5:29.5 |
| 84 | 86 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 39:16.9 | +5:33.0 |
| 85 | 96 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 39:27.2 | +5:43.3 |
| 86 | 99 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 39:35.4 | +5:51.5 |
| 87 | 78 | Seyed Sattar Seyd | Iran | 39:39.1 | +5:55.2 |
| 88 | 63 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 40:05.3 | +6:21.4 |
| 89 | 51 | Ömer Ayçiçek | Turkey | 40:28.7 | +6:44.8 |
| 90 | 92 | Mantas Strolia | Lithuania | 40:31.4 | +6:47.5 |
| 91 | 41 | Yordan Chuchuganov | Bulgaria | 40:39.6 | +6:55.7 |
| 92 | 102 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 40:53.0 | +7:09.1 |
| 93 | 100 | Achbadrakh Batmunkh | Mongolia | 41:40.4 | +7:56.5 |
| 94 | 104 | Sun Qinghai | China | 41:55.7 | +8:11.8 |
| 95 | 93 | Stavre Jada | Macedonia | 42:14.2 | +8:30.3 |
| 96 | 103 | Matías Zuloaga | Argentina | 42:27.5 | +8:43.6 |
| 97 | 117 | Han Chun-gyong | North Korea | 42:29.2 | +8:45.3 |
| 98 | 101 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 42:49.9 | +9:06.0 |
| 99 | 116 | Jagdish Singh | India | 43:00.3 | +9:16.4 |
| 100 | 106 | Tucker Murphy | Bermuda | 43:05.7 | +9:21.8 |
| 101 | 111 | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Bolivia | 43:18.4 | +9:34.5 |
| 102 | 109 | Nicolae Gaiduc | Moldova | 43:43.3 | +9:59.4 |
| 103 | 118 | Pak Il-chol | North Korea | 43:43.4 | +9:59.5 |
| 104 | 119 | Syed Human | Pakistan | 45:19.1 | +11:35.2 |
| 105 | 108 | Samer Tawk | Lebanon | 47:03.4 | +13:19.5 |
| 106 | 105 | Victor Santos | Brazil | 47:09.9 | +13:26.0 |
| 107 | 113 | Samir Azzimani | Morocco | 47:39.9 | +13:56.0 |
| 108 | 107 | Klaus Jungbluth | Ecuador | 53:30.1 | +19:46.2 |
| 109 | 112 | Kequyen Lam | Portugal | 54:34.1 | +20:50.2 |
| 110 | 110 | Pita Taufatofua | Tonga | 56:41.1 | +22:57.2 |
| 111 | 114 | Sebastián Uprimny | Colombia | 58:08.1 | +24:24.2 |
| 112 | 115 | Germán Madrazo | Mexico | 59:35.4 | +25:51.5 |
| | 30 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | DNF | |
| | 75 | Martí Vigo del Arco | Spain | DNF | |
| | 88 | Wang Qiang | China | DSQ | |