# Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men’s sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. The event was won by Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway, who defended his 2018 title. The 2018 silver medalist, Federico Pellegrino, won the silver medal again. Alexander Terentyev, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the bronze medal. This was his first Olympic medal.

## Summary

The 2018 bronze medalist Alexander Bolshunov, qualified for the Olympics, but did not start as he focused on distance events. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics, as well as the sprint leader, was Klæbo. He was the 2021 World Champion in individual sprint.

## Results
### Qualifying

The qualifying was held at 16:45.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 16 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 2:45.03 | | Q |
| 2 | 28 | Sergey Ustiugov | ROC | 2:46.51 | +1.48 | Q |
| 3 | 22 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:46.74 | +1.71 | Q |
| 4 | 10 | Richard Jouve | France | 2:47.93 | +2.90 | Q |
| 5 | 3 | Wang Qiang | China | 2:48.91 | +3.88 | Q |
| 6 | 12 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 2:49.55 | +4.52 | Q |
| 7 | 18 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 2:49.93 | +4.90 | Q |
| 8 | 45 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 2:50.61 | +5.58 | Q |
| 9 | 41 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 2:50.65 | +5.62 | Q |
| 10 | 35 | Artem Maltsev | ROC | 2:50.90 | +5.87 | Q |
| 11 | 30 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 2:50.91 | +5.88 | Q |
| 12 | 14 | Alexander Terentyev | ROC | 2:50.92 | +5.89 | Q |
| 13 | 6 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 2:51.15 | +6.12 | Q |
| 14 | 26 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 2:51.52 | +6.49 | Q |
| 15 | 24 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2:51.56 | +6.53 | Q |
| 16 | 34 | Renaud Jay | France | 2:51.86 | +6.83 | Q |
| 17 | 37 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 2:52.07 | +7.04 | Q |
| 18 | 4 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 2:52.14 | +7.11 | Q |
| 19 | 32 | Ben Ogden | United States | 2:52.21 | +7.18 | Q |
| 20 | 8 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 2:52.47 | +7.44 | Q |
| 21 | 36 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 2:52.49 | +7.46 | Q |
| 22 | 42 | Kevin Bolger | United States | 2:52.50 | +7.47 | Q |
| 23 | 44 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 2:52.83 | +7.80 | Q |
| 24 | 2 | Valerio Grond | Switzerland | 2:53.17 | +8.14 | Q |
| 25 | 17 | Davide Graz | Italy | 2:53.58 | +8.55 | Q |
| 26 | 25 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 2:53.61 | +8.58 | Q |
| 27 | 38 | Anton Persson | Sweden | 2:53.71 | +8.68 | Q |
| 28 | 53 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 2:53.98 | +8.95 | Q |
| 29 | 29 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 2:54.09 | +9.06 | Q |
| 30 | 11 | Luke Jager | United States | 2:54.44 | +9.41 | Q |
| 31 | 46 | Roman Schaad | Switzerland | 2:54.57 | +9.54 | |
| 32 | 48 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 2:54.64 | +9.61 | |
| 33 | 33 | Jan Pechoušek | Czech Republic | 2:55.03 | +10.00 | |
| 34 | 23 | Graham Ritchie | Canada | 2:55.04 | +10.01 | |
| 35 | 40 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 2:55.56 | +10.53 | |
| 36 | 43 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 2:55.60 | +10.57 | |
| 37 | 52 | Jaume Pueyo | Spain | 2:55.76 | +10.73 | |
| 38 | 5 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 2:56.01 | +10.98 | |
| 39 | 21 | Michael Föttinger | Austria | 2:56.58 | +11.55 | |
| 40 | 39 | James Clugnet | Great Britain | 2:56.72 | +11.69 | |
| 41 | 51 | Henri Roos | Estonia | 2:57.15 | +12.12 | |
| 42 | 47 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 2:57.39 | +12.36 | |
| 43 | 19 | Benjamin Moser | Austria | 2:58.07 | +13.04 | |
| 44 | 31 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 2:58.14 | +13.11 | |
| 45 | 13 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 2:58.95 | +13.92 | |
| 46 | 60 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 2:59.34 | +14.31 | |
| 47 | 63 | Raul Popa | Romania | 2:59.85 | +14.82 | |
| 48 | 49 | Martin Himma | Estonia | 3:00.07 | +15.04 | |
| 49 | 54 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:01.28 | +16.25 | |
| 50 | 55 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:01.57 | +16.54 | |
| 51 | 27 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:02.04 | +17.01 | |
| 52 | 57 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 3:02.12 | +17.09 | |
| 53 | 9 | Yahor Shpuntau | Belarus | 3:02.17 | +17.14 | |
| 54 | 56 | Olivier Léveillé | Canada | 3:02.26 | +17.23 | |
| 55 | 75 | Lars Young Vik | Australia | 3:02.52 | +17.49 | |
| 56 | 1 | Antoine Cyr | Canada | 3:02.59 | +17.56 | |
| 57 | 66 | Haruki Yamashita | Japan | 3:02.60 | +17.57 | |
| 58 | 50 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:02.73 | +17.70 | |
| 59 | 70 | Strahinja Erić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:03.05 | +18.02 | |
| 60 | 73 | Ciren Zhandui | China | 3:03.22 | +18.19 | |
| 61 | 80 | Hugo Hinckfuss | Australia | 3:04.44 | +19.41 | |
| 62 | 64 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 3:04.52 | +19.49 | |
| 63 | 62 | Seve de Campo | Australia | 3:04.81 | +19.78 | |
| 64 | 58 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 3:05.52 | +20.49 | |
| 65 | 67 | Miha Ličef | Slovenia | 3:05.98 | +20.95 | |
| 66 | 65 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Kazakhstan | 3:06.31 | +21.28 | |
| 67 | 59 | Shang Jincai | China | 3:06.52 | +21.49 | |
| 68 | 72 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:06.76 | +21.73 | |
| 69 | 69 | Marko Skender | Croatia | 3:06.86 | +21.83 | |
| 70 | 82 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 3:07.41 | +22.38 | |
| 71 | 78 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 3:08.64 | +23.61 | |
| 72 | 71 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 3:09.43 | +24.40 | |
| 73 | 68 | Samuel Ikpefan | Nigeria | 3:09.57 | +24.54 | |
| 74 | 15 | Janez Lampič | Slovenia | 3:09.95 | +24.92 | |
| 74 | 74 | Franco Dal Farra | Argentina | 3:09.95 | +24.92 | |
| 76 | 76 | Thibaut de Marre | Belgium | 3:10.66 | +25.63 | |
| 77 | 83 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 3:11.60 | +26.57 | |
| 78 | 61 | Isak Stianson Pedersen | Iceland | 3:11.95 | +26.92 | |
| 79 | 79 | Liu Rongsheng | China | 3:12.14 | +27.11 | |
| 80 | 77 | Yusuf Emre Fırat | Turkey | 3:15.96 | +30.93 | |
| 81 | 81 | Jeong Jong-won | South Korea | 3:16.15 | +31.12 | |
| 82 | 89 | Kim Min-woo | South Korea | 3:19.76 | +34.73 | |
| 83 | 86 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 3:20.87 | +35.84 | |
| 84 | 88 | Aleksandar Grbović | Montenegro | 3:24.12 | +39.09 | |
| 85 | 84 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 3:26.12 | +41.09 | |
| 86 | 87 | Stavre Jada | North Macedonia | 3:29.13 | +44.10 | |
| 87 | 85 | Elie Tawk | Lebanon | 3:47.73 | +1:02.70 | |
| 88 | 90 | Carlos Quintana | Colombia | 4:08.66 | +1:23.63 | |
| | 7 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | Did not start | Did not start | |
| | 20 | Alexander Bolshunov | ROC | Did not start | Did not start | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:51.57 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | ROC | 2:51.94 | +0.37 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 2:52.26 | +0.69 | LL |
| 4 | 19 | Ben Ogden | United States | 2:53.00 | +1.43 | LL |
| 5 | 27 | Anton Persson | Sweden | 2:53.35 | +1.78 | |
| 6 | 16 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:35.80 | +44.23 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 2:53.08 | | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 2:53.43 | +0.35 | Q |
| 3 | 18 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 2:53.71 | +0.63 | |
| 4 | 24 | Valerio Grond | Switzerland | 2:54.12 | +1.04 | |
| 5 | 21 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 2:55.36 | +2.28 | |
| 6 | 25 | Davide Graz | Italy | 2:56.09 | +3.01 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 4 | Richard Jouve | France | 2:57.92 | | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 2:57.93 | +0.01 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 2:58.01 | +0.09 | |
| 4 | 22 | Kevin Bolger | United States | 2:58.54 | +0.62 | |
| 5 | 30 | Luke Jager | United States | 2:59.14 | +1.22 | |
| 6 | 29 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 3:01.83 | +3.91 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 15 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2:49.31 | | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Artem Maltsev | ROC | 2:50.37 | +1.06 | Q |
| 3 | 11 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 2:54.64 | +5.33 | |
| 4 | 28 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 3:06.63 | +17.32 | |
| 5 | 14 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:14.81 | +25.50 | |
| | 5 | Wang Qiang | China | Disqualified | Disqualified | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 23 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 2:57.59 | | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Alexander Terentyev | ROC | 2:57.93 | +0.34 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 2:58.13 | +0.54 | |
| 4 | 26 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 2:58.56 | +0.97 | |
| 5 | 20 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 2:58.87 | +1.28 | |
| 6 | 9 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:10.62 | +13.03 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 6 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 2:52.17 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:52.23 | +0.06 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Richard Jouve | France | 2:52.31 | +0.14 | |
| 4 | 2 | Sergey Ustiugov | ROC | 2:52.35 | +0.18 | |
| 5 | 1 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 2:52.92 | +0.75 | |
| 6 | 19 | Ben Ogden | United States | 2:53.41 | +1.24 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 12 | Alexander Terentyev | ROC | 2:50.67 | | Q |
| 2 | 23 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 2:51.10 | +0.43 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 2:51.22 | +0.55 | LL |
| 4 | 10 | Artem Maltsev | ROC | 2:51.50 | +0.83 | LL |
| 5 | 7 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 2:52.46 | +1.79 | |
| 6 | 15 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:13.28 | +22.61 | |

### Final

The final was held at 20:11.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 3 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:58.06 | |
| | 6 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 2:58.32 | +0.26 |
| | 12 | Alexander Terentyev | ROC | 2:59.37 | +1.31 |
| 4 | 23 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:00.18 | +2.12 |
| 5 | 10 | Artem Maltsev | ROC | 3:01.65 | +3.59 |
| 6 | 17 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:04.23 | +6.17 |