# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The Men's 50 km freestyle mass start was the final event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011. It was held at 6 March 2011 at 13:00 CET. Norway's Petter Northug is both the defending world and Olympic champion.

## Results

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 4 | Petter Northug | Norway | 2:08:09.0 | |
| | 6 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 2:08:10.7 | +1.7 |
| | 15 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | Norway | 2:08:15.3 | +6.3 |
| 4 | 34 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 2:08:17.0 | +8.0 |
| 5 | 14 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 2:08:17.2 | +8.2 |
| 6 | 19 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 2:08:17.2 | +8.2 |
| 7 | 2 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 2:08:17.5 | +8.5 |
| 8 | 38 | Juha Lallukka | Finland | 2:08:19.4 | +10.4 |
| 9 | 11 | Giorgio Di Centa | Italy | 2:08:33.9 | +24.9 |
| 10 | 37 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 2:08:35.9 | +26.9 |
| 11 | 33 | Petter Eliassen | Norway | 2:08:36.9 | +27.9 |
| 12 | 8 | Ilia Chernousov | Russia | 2:08:40.5 | +31.5 |
| 13 | 3 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 2:08:41.1 | +32.1 |
| 14 | 16 | Anders Södergren | Sweden | 2:08:41.5 | +32.5 |
| 15 | 5 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 2:08:47.4 | +38.4 |
| 16 | 20 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 2:08:47.4 | +38.4 |
| 17 | 22 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 2:08:59.2 | +50.2 |
| 18 | 17 | Tom Reichelt | Germany | 2:09:31.2 | +1:22.2 |
| 19 | 21 | Pietro Piller Cottrer | Italy | 2:09:31.5 | +1:22.5 |
| 20 | 1 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 2:09:58.7 | +1:49.7 |
| 21 | 31 | Thomas Moriggl | Italy | 2:10:18.6 | +2:09.6 |
| 22 | 18 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 2:10:40.9 | +2:31.9 |
| 23 | 36 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 2:10:45.7 | +2:36.7 |
| 24 | 12 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 2:11:12.0 | +3:03.0 |
| 25 | 28 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 2:11:25.1 | +3:16.1 |
| 26 | 25 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 2:11:31.3 | +3:22.3 |
| 27 | 35 | Franz Göring | Germany | 2:11:49.4 | +3:40.4 |
| 28 | 10 | Roland Clara | Italy | 2:12:00.8 | +3:51.8 |
| 29 | 23 | Konstantin Glavatskikh | Russia | 2:12:46.0 | +4:37.0 |
| 30 | 43 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 2:12:47.7 | +4:38.7 |
| 31 | 45 | Tero Similae | Finland | 2:13:28.3 | +5:19.3 |
| 32 | 46 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 2:13:28.4 | +5:19.4 |
| 33 | 29 | Robin Duvillard | France | 2:13:29.9 | +5:20.9 |
| 34 | 27 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 2:14:07.3 | +5:58.3 |
| 35 | 48 | Teemu Kattilakoski | Finland | 2:14:56.6 | +6:47.6 |
| 36 | 26 | Keishin Yoshida | Japan | 2:15:27.3 | +7:18.3 |
| 37 | 30 | Remo Fischer | Switzerland | 2:15:29.3 | +7:20.3 |
| 38 | 50 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 2:15:42.0 | +7:33.0 |
| 39 | 39 | Lars Flora | United States | 2:15:42.4 | +7:33.4 |
| 40 | 44 | Tad Elliot | United States | 2:15:45.8 | +7:36.8 |
| 41 | 24 | Sergey Shiryayev | Russia | 2:15:55.6 | +7:46.6 |
| 42 | 62 | Eeri Vahtra | Estonia | 2:16:11.4 | +8:02.4 |
| 43 | 41 | Jiří Magál | Czech Republic | 2:17:08.9 | +8:59.9 |
| 44 | 9 | Curdin Perl | Switzerland | 2:17:27.0 | +9:18.0 |
| 45 | 13 | Maurice Manificat | France | 2:17:36.6 | +9:27.6 |
| 46 | 56 | Vicenç Vilarrubla | Spain | 2:18:11.2 | +10:02.2 |
| 47 | 40 | Juergen Pinter | Austria | 2:18:19.8 | +10:10.8 |
| 48 | 65 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 2:19:00.7 | +10:51.7 |
| 49 | 47 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 2:20:01.1 | +11:52.1 |
| 50 | 51 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 2:20:01.4 | +11:52.4 |
| 51 | 84 | Bill Demong | United States | 2:20:06.9 | +11:57.9 |
| 52 | 60 | Gennadiy Matviyenko | Kazakhstan | 2:20:12.6 | +12:03.6 |
| 53 | 71 | Yerdos Akhmadiyev | Kazakhstan | 2:20:13.0 | +12:04.0 |
| 54 | 58 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 2:21:00.1 | +12:51.1 |
| 55 | 32 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 2:21:12.2 | +13:03.2 |
| 56 | 42 | Nobu Naruse | Japan | 2:22:16.6 | +14:07.6 |
| 57 | 66 | Ioseba Rojo | Spain | 2:23:00.1 | +14:51.1 |
| 58 | 53 | Javier Gutiérrez | Spain | 2:23:07.4 | +14:58.4 |
| 59 | 49 | Andrew Musgrave | United Kingdom | 2:23:54.5 | +15:45.5 |
| 60 | 63 | Thomas Grader | Austria | 2:24:18.2 | +16:09.2 |
| 61 | 67 | Oleksiy Shvidkiy | Ukraine | 2:25:04.7 | +16:55.7 |
| 62 | 76 | Benjamin Koons | New Zealand | 2:26:54.2 | +18:45.2 |
| 63 | 55 | Ben Sim | Australia | 2:28:16.2 | +20:07.2 |
| 64 | 54 | Johannes Duerr | Austria | 2:30:05.1 | +21:56.1 |
| 65 | 64 | Ivan Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 2:30:10.5 | +22:01.5 |
| 66 | 68 | Callum Watson | Australia | 2:30:43.9 | +22:34.9 |
| 67 | 78 | Raivis Zīmelis | Latvia | 2:31:05.8 | +22:56.8 |
| 68 | 69 | Francois Soulie | Andorra | 2:32:33.7 | +24:24.7 |
| 69 | 72 | Jonas Thor Olsen | Denmark | 2:36:06.1 | +27:57.1 |
| 70 | 73 | Asger Fischer Moelgaard | Denmark | LAP | |
| 71 | 70 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | LAP | |
| 72 | 75 | Ewan Watson | Australia | LAP | |
| 73 | 74 | Chris Darlington | Australia | LAP | |
| 74 | 79 | Pavles Ribakovs | Latvia | LAP | |
| 75 | 77 | Jens Hulgaard | Denmark | LAP | |
| 76 | 80 | Simon James Platt | United Kingdom | LAP | |
| 77 | 81 | Janis Teteris | Latvia | LAP | |
| 78 | 82 | Leonardo Lutz | Brazil | LAP | |
| 79 | 83 | Cesar Baena | Venezuela | LAP | |
| | 7 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | DNF | |
| | 57 | Masaya Kimura | Japan | DNF | |
| | 61 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | DNF | |
| | 52 | Petr Novák | Czech Republic | DNS | |
| | 59 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | DNS | |
| | 85 | Bernardo Baena | Venezuela | DNS | |