# Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Ola Vigen Hattestad won the gold medal.

## Qualification

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the events (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.

## Results

    Q — qualified for next round
    LL — lucky loser
    PF — photo finish
In November 2017, Alexey Petukhov was disqualified from the event.

### Qualifying

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:28.35 | — | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:30.26 | +1.91 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:30.38 | +2.03 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 3:30.41 | +2.06 | Q |
| 5 | 9 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:30.77 | +2.42 | Q |
| 6 | 20 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:31.43 | +3.08 | Q |
| 7 | 8 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:32.53 | +4.18 | Q |
| 8 | 26 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:32.60 | +4.25 | Q |
| 9 | 18 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:32.67 | +4.32 | Q |
| 10 | 17 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:33.11 | +4.76 | Q |
| 11 | 13 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:34.04 | +5.69 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:34.49 | +6.14 | Q |
| 13 | 38 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 3:35.03 | +6.68 | Q |
| 14 | 28 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:35.16 | +6.81 | Q |
| 15 | 56 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:35.38 | +7.03 | Q |
| 16 | 3 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:35.44 | +7.09 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:35.52 | +7.17 | Q |
| 18 | 44 | David Hofer | Italy | 3:35.68 | +7.33 | Q |
| 19 | 14 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:36.08 | +7.73 | Q |
| 20 | 22 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:36.10 | +7.75 | Q |
| 21 | 15 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:36.12 | +7.77 | Q |
| 22 | 36 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:36.59 | +8.24 | Q |
| 23 | 2 | Jöri Kindschi | Switzerland | 3:36.89 | +8.54 | Q |
| 24 | 30 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:37.18 | +8.83 | Q |
| 25 | 37 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 3:37.52 | +9.17 | Q |
| 26 | 39 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:37.71 | +9.36 | Q |
| 27 | 27 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:37.75 | +9.40 | Q |
| 28 | 19 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:37.75 | +9.40 | Q |
| 29 | 35 | Cyril Gaillard | France | 3:37.86 | +9.51 | Q |
| 30 | 25 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:37.88 | +9.53 | Q |
| 31 | 12 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:38.10 | +9.75 | |
| 32 | 61 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 3:38.30 | +9.95 | |
| 33 | 52 | Roman Ragozin | Kazakhstan | 3:38.56 | +10.21 | |
| 34 | 24 | Anssi Pentsinen | Finland | 3:38.66 | +10.31 | |
| 35 | 16 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:39.00 | +10.65 | |
| 36 | 32 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:39.87 | +11.52 | |
| 37 | 42 | Torin Koos | United States | 3:40.27 | +11.92 | |
| 37 | 48 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | 3:40.27 | +11.92 | |
| 39 | 54 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 3:40.39 | +12.04 | |
| 40 | 31 | Baptiste Gros | France | 3:40.54 | +12.19 | |
| 41 | 50 | Dušan Kožíšek | Czech Republic | 3:40.56 | +12.21 | |
| 42 | 49 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 3:40.68 | +12.33 | |
| 43 | 43 | Juho Mikkonen | Finland | 3:40.72 | +12.37 | |
| 44 | 41 | Enrico Nizzi | Italy | 3:40.89 | +12.54 | |
| 45 | 33 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:40.98 | +12.63 | |
| 46 | 55 | Max Hauke | Austria | 3:41.55 | +13.20 | |
| 47 | 7 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:42.34 | +13.99 | |
| 48 | 58 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 3:42.93 | +14.58 | |
| 49 | 29 | Aleš Razym | Czech Republic | 3:43.24 | +14.89 | |
| 50 | 62 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 3:43.61 | +15.26 | |
| 51 | 45 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 3:43.82 | +15.47 | |
| 52 | 34 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 3:44.03 | +15.68 | |
| 53 | 51 | Jesse Cockney | Canada | 3:44.36 | +16.01 | |
| 54 | 64 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 3:44.38 | +16.03 | |
| 55 | 53 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:45.65 | +17.30 | |
| 56 | 40 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 3:45.77 | +17.42 | |
| 57 | 63 | Sebastian Gazurek | Poland | 3:46.12 | +17.77 | |
| 58 | 46 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 3:46.92 | +18.57 | |
| 59 | 47 | Siim Sellis | Estonia | 3:48.06 | +19.71 | |
| 60 | 69 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 3:48.44 | +20.09 | |
| 61 | 65 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 3:49.28 | +20.93 | |
| 62 | 77 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 3:50.13 | +21.78 | |
| 63 | 78 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | 3:50.20 | +21.85 | |
| 64 | 68 | Andrey Gridin | Bulgaria | 3:50.57 | +22.22 | |
| 65 | 71 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 3:51.54 | +23.19 | |
| 66 | 57 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 3:51.76 | +23.41 | |
| 67 | 21 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:51.84 | +23.49 | |
| 68 | 74 | Florin Daniel Pripici | Romania | 3:52.68 | +24.33 | |
| 69 | 75 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 3:52.89 | +24.54 | |
| 70 | 73 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:55.48 | +27.13 | |
| 71 | 60 | Jānis Paipals | Latvia | 3:56.21 | +27.86 | |
| 72 | 72 | Sævar Birgisson | Iceland | 3:59.50 | +31.15 | |
| 73 | 67 | Milán Szabó | Hungary | 3:59.68 | +31.33 | |
| 74 | 80 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 4:01.87 | +33.52 | |
| 75 | 79 | Sabahattin Oğlago | Turkey | 4:02.03 | +33.68 | |
| 76 | 81 | Rejhan Šmrković | Serbia | 4:02.28 | +33.93 | |
| 77 | 83 | Victor Pînzaru | Moldova | 4:04.91 | +36.56 | |
| 78 | 86 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 4:08.56 | +40.21 | |
| 79 | 66 | Kari Peters | Luxembourg | 4:13.08 | +44.73 | |
| 80 | 82 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 4:21.12 | +52.77 | |
| 81 | 70 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 4:35.08 | +1:06.73 | |
| 82 | 85 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4:40.64 | +1:12.29 | |
| 83 | 23 | Roman Schaad | Switzerland | 4:56.63 | +1:28.28 | |
| 84 | 84 | Yonathan Fernandez | Chile | 4:58.63 | +1:30.28 | |
| 85 | 76 | Callum Watson | Australia | 5:29.62 | +2:01.27 | |
| | 59 | Xu Wenlong | China | DNF | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:37.99 | — | Q |
| 2 | 20 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:38.52 | +0.53 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:39.10 | +1.11 | PF |
| 4 | 10 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:39.13 | +1.14 | PF |
| 5 | 30 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:39.66 | +1.67 | |
| 6 | 21 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:39.83 | +1.84 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 3:36.28 | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:36.59 | +0.31 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:37.00 | +0.72 | |
| 4 | 17 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:37.12 | +0.84 | |
| 5 | 24 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:38.32 | +2.04 | |
| 6 | 27 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:48.69 | +12.41 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:33.20 | — | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:33.34 | +0.14 | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:33.62 | +0.42 | LL |
| 4 | 17 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:36.70 | +3.50 | LL |
| 5 | 25 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 3:40.84 | +7.64 | |
| 6 | 26 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:47.26 | +14.06 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:36.14 | — | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:36.39 | +0.25 | Q |
| 3 | 22 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:37.57 | +1.43 | |
| 4 | 19 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:37.89 | +1.75 | |
| 5 | 12 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:37.98 | +1.84 | |
| 6 | 29 | Cyril Gaillard | France | 3:40.77 | +4.63 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:43.97 | — | Q, PF |
| 2 | 8 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:44.01 | +0.04 | Q, PF |
| 3 | 18 | David Hofer | Italy | 3:44.87 | +0.90 | |
| 4 | 28 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:46.81 | +2.84 | |
| 5 | 23 | Jöri Kindschi | Switzerland | 3:47.94 | +3.97 | |
| 6 | 13 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 4:39.69 | +55.72 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:36.33 | — | Q |
| 2 | 6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:36.48 | +0.15 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 3:36.95 | +0.62 | LL, PF |
| 4 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:36.98 | +0.65 | LL, PF |
| 5 | 7 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:37.09 | +0.76 | |
| 6 | 20 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 6:25.95 | +2:49.62 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:37.37 | — | Q, PF |
| 2 | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:37.43 | +0.06 | Q, PF |
| 3 | 8 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:37.64 | +0.27 | |
| 4 | 9 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:37.89 | +0.52 | |
| 5 | 16 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:54.28 | +16.91 | |
| 6 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:55.99 | +18.62 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:40.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 1 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:38.39 | — |
| | 6 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:39.61 | +1.22 |
| | 5 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:58.13 | +19.74 |
| 4 | 4 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 4:02.05 | +23.66 |
| 5 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 4:32.48 | +54.09 |
| 6 | 15 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 5:24.31 | +1:45.92 |