# Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

The men's 15 kilometre classical competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. The event was won by Iivo Niskanen of Finland. Alexander Bolshunov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won silver, and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway became the bronze medalist.

## Summary

The 15 km distance event alternates between the Olympics, and in 2018 it was the freestyle event. The defending champion was Dario Cologna, who won this distance three times in a row (in 2010, 2014, and 2018), as well as 30k skiathlon in 2014. He finished in the 44th position. The silver medalist Simen Hegstad Krüger qualified for the Olympics but tested positive for COVID just before the games and was not able to start. The bronze medalist Denis Spitsov qualified as well, but did not start either. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Klæbo, and the distance leader was Bolshunov. The season was dominated by the Norwegians and Russians, who together took 20 podium places in distance events out of 24, and three more podium places were taken Niskanen. Hans Christer Holund was the 2021 World Champion in 15 km freestyle.
Niskanen was consistently leading for the whole distance. Klæbo started the first of the three eventual medalists, but Niskanen was 37.5 seconds faster. Bolshunov, who started after Niskanen, was consistently second.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 64 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 37:54.8 | |
| | 70 | Alexander Bolshunov | ROC | 38:18.0 | +23.2 |
| | 42 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 38:32.3 | +37.5 |
| 4 | 46 | Hans Christer Holund | Norway | 38:44.6 | +49.8 |
| 5 | 68 | Aleksey Chervotkin | ROC | 38:51.7 | +56.9 |
| 6 | 36 | Perttu Hyvärinen | Finland | 39:00.2 | +1:05.4 |
| 7 | 62 | Hugo Lapalus | France | 39:09.6 | +1:14.8 |
| 8 | 39 | Jens Burman | Sweden | 39:26.8 | +1:32.0 |
| 9 | 60 | Ilia Semikov | ROC | 39:34.7 | +1:39.9 |
| 10 | 33 | William Poromaa | Sweden | 39:42.5 | +1:47.7 |
| 11 | 44 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 39:47.4 | +1:52.6 |
| 12 | 38 | Maurice Manificat | France | 39:49.7 | +1:54.9 |
| 13 | 66 | Ivan Yakimushkin | ROC | 39:52.6 | +1:57.8 |
| 14 | 24 | Thomas Maloney Westgård | Ireland | 40:01.5 | +2:06.7 |
| 15 | 58 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 40:06.8 | +2:12.0 |
| 16 | 50 | Jonas Baumann | Switzerland | 40:09.7 | +2:14.9 |
| 17 | 48 | Lucas Bögl | Germany | 40:13.9 | +2:19.1 |
| 18 | 56 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 40:16.4 | +2:21.6 |
| 19 | 37 | Jonas Dobler | Germany | 40:21.0 | +2:26.2 |
| 20 | 26 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 40:24.5 | +2:29.7 |
| 21 | 29 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 40:30.9 | +2:36.1 |
| 22 | 25 | Giandomenico Salvadori | Italy | 40:33.2 | +2:38.4 |
| 23 | 15 | Mika Vermeulen | Austria | 40:37.8 | +2:43.0 |
| 24 | 31 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Andorra | 40:39.4 | +2:44.6 |
| 25 | 23 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Kazakhstan | 40:39.6 | +2:44.8 |
| 26 | 35 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 40:46.8 | +2:52.0 |
| 27 | 16 | Dominik Bury | Poland | 40:48.4 | +2:53.6 |
| 28 | 32 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 40:49.6 | +2:54.8 |
| 29 | 5 | Olivier Léveillé | Canada | 40:52.0 | +2:57.2 |
| 30 | 20 | Paul Pepene | Romania | 40:52.7 | +2:57.9 |
| 31 | 10 | Adam Fellner | Czech Republic | 41:01.0 | +3:06.2 |
| 32 | 14 | Albert Kuchler | Germany | 41:07.1 | +3:12.3 |
| 33 | 7 | Rémi Drolet | Canada | 41:07.7 | +3:12.9 |
| 34 | 22 | Paolo Ventura | Italy | 41:12.2 | +3:17.4 |
| 35 | 63 | Alvar Johannes Alev | Estonia | 41:12.5 | +3:17.7 |
| 36 | 11 | Snorri Einarsson | Iceland | 41:17.6 | +3:22.8 |
| 37 | 19 | Antoine Cyr | Canada | 41:17.7 | +3:22.9 |
| 38 | 27 | Scott Patterson | United States | 41:23.1 | +3:28.3 |
| 39 | 21 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 41:24.2 | +3:29.4 |
| 40 | 6 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 41:27.3 | +3:32.5 |
| 41 | 4 | Shang Jincai | China | 41:29.6 | +3:34.8 |
| 42 | 1 | Ben Ogden | United States | 41:29.8 | +3:35.0 |
| 43 | 9 | Ryo Hirose | Japan | 41:30.5 | +3:35.7 |
| 44 | 40 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 41:39.9 | +3:45.1 |
| 45 | 12 | Remi Lindholm | Finland | 41:40.0 | +3:45.2 |
| 46 | 52 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 41:44.7 | +3:49.9 |
| 47 | 49 | Liu Rongsheng | China | 41:51.7 | +3:56.9 |
| 48 | 34 | Gus Schumacher | United States | 41:53.4 | +3:58.6 |
| 49 | 17 | Richard Jouve | France | 41:56.6 | +4:01.8 |
| 50 | 54 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 42:06.6 | +4:11.8 |
| 51 | 30 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 42:24.0 | +4:29.2 |
| 52 | 61 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 42:25.4 | +4:30.6 |
| 53 | 28 | Jason Rüesch | Switzerland | 42:29.8 | +4:35.0 |
| 54 | 13 | Petr Knop | Czech Republic | 42:34.4 | +4:39.6 |
| 55 | 2 | Miha Ličef | Slovenia | 42:43.4 | +4:48.6 |
| 56 | 65 | Martin Himma | Estonia | 42:44.4 | +4:49.6 |
| 57 | 43 | Hadesi Badelihan | China | 42:48.1 | +4:53.3 |
| 58 | 72 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 42:49.9 | +4:55.1 |
| 59 | 79 | Thibaut de Marre | Belgium | 42:56.7 | +5:01.9 |
| 60 | 55 | Mateusz Haratyk | Poland | 43:00.3 | +5:05.5 |
| 61 | 59 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 43:09.1 | +5:14.3 |
| 62 | 8 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 43:10.9 | +5:16.1 |
| 63 | 73 | Ciren Zhandui | China | 43:22.2 | +5:27.4 |
| 64 | 67 | Raul Popa | Romania | 43:25.3 | +5:30.5 |
| 65 | 90 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 43:29.9 | +5:35.1 |
| 66 | 69 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 43:31.6 | +5:36.8 |
| 67 | 18 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 43:47.5 | +5:52.7 |
| 68 | 87 | Yahor Shpuntau | Belarus | 44:05.2 | +6:10.4 |
| 69 | 76 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 44:12.9 | +6:18.1 |
| 70 | 77 | Henri Roos | Estonia | 44:17.8 | +6:23.0 |
| 71 | 74 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 44:20.8 | +6:26.0 |
| 72 | 81 | Seve de Campo | Australia | 44:21.2 | +6:26.4 |
| 73 | 86 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 44:27.0 | +6:32.2 |
| 74 | 75 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 44:44.8 | +6:50.0 |
| 75 | 78 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 44:46.8 | +6:52.0 |
| 76 | 89 | Lars Young Vik | Australia | 44:50.6 | +6:55.8 |
| 77 | 71 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 44:59.8 | +7:05.0 |
| 78 | 47 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 45:05.6 | +7:10.8 |
| 79 | 45 | Kim Min-woo | South Korea | 45:21.6 | +7:26.8 |
| 80 | 80 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 45:48.9 | +7:54.1 |
| 81 | 92 | Hugo Hinckfuss | Australia | 46:05.9 | +8:11.1 |
| 82 | 41 | Jeong Jong-won | South Korea | 46:34.6 | +8:39.8 |
| 83 | 82 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 46:53.1 | +8:58.3 |
| 84 | 96 | Danial Saveh Shemshaki | Iran | 47:26.0 | +9:31.2 |
| 85 | 85 | Marko Skender | Croatia | 48:30.8 | +10:36.0 |
| 86 | 84 | Franco Dal Farra | Argentina | 48:35.5 | +10:40.7 |
| 87 | 53 | Strahinja Erić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 48:38.3 | +10:43.5 |
| 88 | 98 | José Cabeça | Portugal | 49:12.0 | +11:17.2 |
| 89 | 94 | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Bolivia | 49:27.0 | +11:32.2 |
| 90 | 83 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 50:35.1 | +12:40.3 |
| 91 | 88 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 50:36.6 | +12:41.8 |
| 92 | 91 | Elie Tawk | Lebanon | 51:46.5 | +13:51.7 |
| 93 | 93 | Aleksandar Grbović | Montenegro | 52:44.9 | +14:50.1 |
| 94 | 99 | Jonathan Soto | Mexico | 53:30.0 | +15:35.2 |
| 95 | 97 | Carlos Quintana | Colombia | 55:41.9 | +17:47.1 |
| | 51 | Yusuf Emre Fırat | Turkey | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 95 | Samuel Ikpefan | Nigeria | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 3 | Jan Pechoušek | Czech Republic | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 57 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | Did not start | Did not start |