# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 – Men's sprint

The men's sprint was held on 24 February 2011. Sprint qualifying at 13:00 CET with finals at 15:00 CET. The defending world champion was Norway's Ola Vigen Hattestad while the defending Olympic champion was Russia's Nikita Kriukov.

## Results
### Qualification

| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 36 | Jesper Modin | Sweden | 2:57.17 | | Q |
| 2 | 35 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 2:57.41 | +0.24 | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 2:57.64 | +0.47 | Q |
| 4 | 37 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 2:58.82 | +1.65 | Q |
| 5 | 25 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 2:59.20 | +2.03 | Q |
| 6 | 21 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 2:59.49 | +2.32 | Q |
| 7 | 24 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 2:59.80 | +2.63 | Q |
| 8 | 42 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:00.20 | +3.03 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:00.46 | +3.29 | Q |
| 10 | 17 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:00.50 | +3.33 | Q |
| 11 | 27 | David Hofer | Italy | 3:00.91 | +3.74 | Q |
| 12 | 31 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:01.07 | +3.90 | Q |
| 13 | 39 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 3:01.21 | +4.04 | Q |
| 14 | 43 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:01.66 | +4.49 | Q |
| 15 | 23 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:02.12 | +4.95 | Q |
| 16 | 38 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:02.32 | +5.15 | Q |
| 17 | 40 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 3:02.32 | +5.15 | Q |
| 18 | 46 | Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. | Russia | 3:02.51 | +5.34 | Q |
| 19 | 29 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:02.85 | +5.68 | Q |
| 20 | 10 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 3:03.01 | +5.84 | Q |
| 21 | 44 | Len Valjas | Canada | 3:03.09 | +5.92 | Q |
| 22 | 12 | Daniel Heun | Germany | 3:03.15 | +5.98 | Q |
| 23 | 45 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:03.53 | +6.36 | Q |
| 24 | 28 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:03.67 | +6.50 | Q |
| 25 | 18 | Dušan Kožíšek | Czech Republic | 3:03.75 | +6.58 | Q |
| 26 | 6 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:03.88 | +6.71 | Q |
| 27 | 48 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:03.97 | +6.80 | Q |
| 28 | 34 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:04.24 | +7.07 | Q |
| 29 | 53 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 3:04.29 | +7.12 | Q |
| 30 | 26 | Renato Pasini | Italy | 3:04.60 | +7.43 | Q |
| 31 | 30 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 3:04.67 | +7.50 | |
| 32 | 13 | Anssi Pentsinen | Finland | 3:04.82 | +7.65 | |
| 33 | 4 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:04.85 | +7.68 | |
| 34 | 49 | Anti Saarepuu | Estonia | 3:04.86 | +7.69 | |
| 35 | 9 | Alexis Bœuf | France | 3:05.09 | +7.92 | |
| 36 | 11 | Torin Koos | United States | 3:05.36 | +8.19 | |
| 37 | 7 | Evgeniy Belov | Russia | 3:05.68 | +8.51 | |
| 38 | 50 | Jöri Kindschi | Switzerland | 3:05.75 | +8.58 | |
| 39 | 19 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:05.89 | +8.72 | |
| 40 | 20 | Christoph Eigenmann | Switzerland | 3:06.18 | +9.01 | |
| 41 | 22 | Øystein Pettersen | Norway | 3:06.27 | +9.10 | |
| 42 | 47 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:06.42 | +9.25 | |
| 43 | 33 | Fulvio Scola | Italy | 3:06.68 | +9.51 | |
| 44 | 41 | Kein Einaste | Estonia | 3:07.31 | +10.14 | |
| 45 | 3 | Hannes Dotzler | Germany | 3:08.07 | +10.90 | |
| 46 | 57 | Ivan Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 3:08.18 | +11.01 | |
| 47 | 32 | Timo Simonlatser | Estonia | 3:08.36 | +11.19 | |
| 48 | 8 | Nobu Naruse | Japan | 3:08.45 | +11.28 | |
| 49 | 54 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:08.48 | +11.31 | |
| 49 | 55 | Boštjan Klavžar | Slovenia | 3:08.48 | +11.31 | |
| 51 | 51 | Stefan Kuhn | Canada | 3:09.16 | +11.99 | |
| 52 | 61 | Petr Novák | Czech Republic | 3:09.28 | +12.11 | |
| 53 | 52 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:09.53 | +12.36 | |
| 54 | 14 | Markus Bader | Austria | 3:09.65 | +12.48 | |
| 55 | 59 | Max Hauke | Austria | 3:10.66 | +13.49 | |
| 56 | 56 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 3:11.27 | +14.10 | |
| 57 | 1 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:12.77 | +15.60 | |
| 58 | 5 | Kris Freeman | United States | 3:13.64 | +16.47 | |
| 59 | 83 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 3:13.73 | +16.56 | |
| 60 | 58 | Aleksei Novoselski | Lithuania | 3:13.74 | +16.57 | |
| 61 | 68 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 3:14.42 | +17.25 | |
| 62 | 2 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 3:14.89 | +17.72 | |
| 63 | 63 | Ben Sim | Australia | 3:15.52 | +18.35 | |
| 64 | 62 | Gennadiy Matviyenko | Kazakhstan | 3:18.47 | +21.30 | |
| 65 | 60 | Rinalds Kostjukovs | Latvia | 3:18.51 | +21.34 | |
| 66 | 67 | Myroslav Bilosyuk | Ukraine | 3:18.88 | +21.71 | |
| 67 | 78 | Jens Hulgaard | Denmark | 3:19.13 | +21.96 | |
| 68 | 75 | Juris Damškalns | Latvia | 3:19.19 | +22.02 | |
| 69 | 81 | Lasse Hulgaard | Denmark | 3:19.49 | +22.32 | |
| 70 | 64 | Mark van der Ploeg | Australia | 3:19.86 | +22.69 | |
| 71 | 69 | Nick Grimmer | Australia | 3:19.96 | +22.79 | |
| 72 | 66 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 3:20.32 | +23.15 | |
| 73 | 98 | Ivan Burgov | Bulgaria | 3:20.68 | +23.51 | |
| 74 | 86 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 3:20.97 | +23.80 | |
| 75 | 85 | Yerdos Akhmadiyev | Kazakhstan | 3:21.22 | +24.05 | |
| 76 | 79 | Asger Fischer Mølgaard | Denmark | 3:21.28 | +24.11 | |
| 77 | 72 | Zoltán Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:22.37 | +25.20 | |
| 78 | 84 | Oskars Muižnieks | Latvia | 3:22.92 | +25.75 | |
| 79 | 94 | Artem Rojin | Kyrgyzstan | 3:23.76 | +26.59 | |
| 80 | 96 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 3:23.79 | +26.62 | |
| 81 | 65 | Francesc Soulie | Andorra | 3:23.88 | +26.71 | |
| 82 | 93 | Milán Szabó | Hungary | 3:24.93 | +27.76 | |
| 83 | 87 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 3:25.69 | +28.52 | |
| 84 | 88 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 3:26.35 | +29.18 | |
| 85 | 97 | Kristian Wulff | Denmark | 3:26.41 | +29.24 | |
| 86 | 102 | Dimitrios Kappas | Greece | 3:27.54 | +30.37 | |
| 87 | 105 | Anton Sinapov | Bulgaria | 3:27.57 | +30.40 | |
| 88 | 90 | Victor Pinzaru | Moldova | 3:27.91 | +30.74 | |
| 89 | 77 | Simon James Platt | Great Britain | 3:28.46 | +31.29 | |
| 90 | 80 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 3:28.80 | +31.63 | |
| 91 | 92 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 3:29.44 | +32.27 | |
| 92 | 73 | Aleksandr Ossipov | Kazakhstan | 3:30.41 | +33.24 | |
| 93 | 74 | Chris Darlington | Australia | 3:31.64 | +34.47 | |
| 94 | 76 | Bijan Kangarloo | Iran | 3:31.92 | +34.75 | |
| 95 | 95 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:33.09 | +35.92 | |
| 96 | 89 | Andrej Burić | Croatia | 3:33.20 | +36.03 | |
| 97 | 106 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:34.06 | +36.89 | |
| 98 | 82 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:35.65 | +38.48 | |
| 99 | 122 | Balázs Gond | Hungary | 3:36.98 | +39.81 | |
| 100 | 91 | Daniel Kuzmin | Israel | 3:39.15 | +41.98 | |
| 101 | 108 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 3:40.22 | +43.05 | |
| 102 | 104 | Tadevos Poghosyan | Armenia | 3:43.15 | +45.98 | |
| 103 | 99 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 3:44.77 | +47.60 | |
| 104 | 100 | Alexis Gkounko | Greece | 3:44.97 | +47.80 | |
| 105 | 107 | Peter-James Barron | Ireland | 3:45.87 | +48.70 | |
| 106 | 113 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 3:47.55 | +50.38 | |
| 107 | 109 | Abolfazl Savei | Iran | 3:50.36 | +53.19 | |
| 108 | 101 | Hovhannes Sargsyan | Armenia | 3:51.28 | +54.11 | |
| 109 | 111 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 3:51.41 | +54.24 | |
| 110 | 112 | Andrej Petrov | Macedonia | 3:51.94 | +54.77 | |
| 111 | 103 | Shavarsh Gasparyan | Armenia | 3:52.40 | +55.23 | |
| 112 | 121 | Federico Pablo Cichero | Argentina | 3:52.55 | +55.38 | |
| 113 | 117 | Sote Andreski | Macedonia | 3:52.74 | +55.57 | |
| 114 | 110 | Georgios Nakas | Greece | 3:57.27 | +1:00.10 | |
| 115 | 114 | Toni Stanoeski | Macedonia | 4:07.88 | +1:10.71 | |
| 116 | 116 | Cesar Baena | Venezuela | 4:16.43 | +1:19.26 | |
| 117 | 115 | Tošo Stanoeski | Macedonia | 4:19.98 | +1:22.81 | |
| 118 | 119 | Philip Boit | Kenya | 4:25.32 | +1:28.15 | |
| 119 | 118 | Rory Morrish | Ireland | 4:27.95 | +1:30.78 | |
| 120 | 120 | Bernardo Baena | Venezuela | 5:25.80 | +2:28.63 | |
| | 70 | Benjamin Koons | New Zealand | | | |
| | 71 | Nils Koons | New Zealand | | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Jesper Modin | Sweden | 2:59.9 | | Q |
| 2 | 10 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:00.1 | +0.2 | Q |
| 3 | 21 | Len Valjas | Canada | 3:00.2 | +0.3 | |
| 4 | 11 | David Hofer | Italy | 3:00.2 | +0.3 | |
| 5 | 20 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 3:04.7 | +4.8 | |
| 6 | 30 | Renato Pasini | Italy | 3:33.7 | +33.8 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 2:57.0 | | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 2:57.0 | +0.0 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 2:57.2 | +0.2 | LL |
| 4 | 24 | Andrew Newell | United States | 2:57.5 | +0.5 | LL |
| 5 | 14 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 2:57.8 | +0.8 | |
| 6 | 27 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:02.3 | +5.3 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 2:57.2 | | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 2:57.5 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Alexei Petukhov | Russia | 2:58.2 | +1.0 | |
| 4 | 6 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 2:58.4 | +1.2 | |
| 5 | 25 | Dušan Kožíšek | Czech Republic | 3:00.0 | +2.8 | |
| 6 | 26 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 3:02.9 | +5.7 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 12 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 2:57.5 | | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 2:57.5 | +0.0 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 2:57.6 | +0.1 | |
| 4 | 19 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 2:58.6 | +1.1 | |
| 5 | 29 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 2:58.7 | +1.2 | |
| 6 | 22 | Daniel Heun | Germany | 2:59.1 | +1.6 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 2:58.2 | | Q |
| 2 | 28 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 2:58.4 | +0.2 | Q |
| 3 | 23 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 2:58.5 | +0.3 | |
| 4 | 18 | Mikhail Devyatyarov, Jr. | Russia | 2:58.8 | +0.6 | |
| 5 | 13 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 2:59.6 | +1.4 | |
| 6 | 8 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:39.0 | +40.8 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 10 | Petter Northug | Norway | 2:58.6 | | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 2:58.7 | +0.1 | Q |
| 3 | 1 | Jesper Modin | Sweden | 2:58.8 | +0.2 | LL |
| 4 | 17 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 2:59.1 | +0.5 | LL |
| 5 | 4 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 2:59.9 | +0.8 | |
| 6 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:01.6 | +3.0 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 3:02.2 | | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:02.3 | +0.1 | Q |
| 3 | 9 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:02.9 | +0.7 | |
| 4 | 28 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:05.0 | +2.8 | |
| 5 | 24 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:05.2 | +3.0 | |
| 6 | 3 | Martin Jäger | Switzerland | 3:05.3 | +3.1 | |

### Finals

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 5 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 2:57.4 | |
| | 10 | Petter Northug | Norway | 2:58.0 | +0.6 |
| | 12 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 2:58.5 | +1.1 |
| 4 | 7 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 2:59.8 | +2.4 |
| 5 | 1 | Jesper Modin | Sweden | 3:00.4 | +3.0 |
| 6 | 17 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 3:01.4 | +4.0 |