# Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's individual sprint classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 13 February 2018 at 17:30 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The sprint distance was 1.4 km.

## Qualification

A total of up to 310 cross-country skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 100 or less FIS Points or meeting the B standard, which meant 120 or less FIS points in the sprint classification. Countries not meeting the A standard were allowed to enter a maximum of one B standard athlete per gender. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the FIS Olympics Points list (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). Countries also received an additional quota (one per gender maximum) if an athlete was ranked in the top 300 of the FIS Olympics Points list. After the distribution of B standard quotas, the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.

## Results

    Q — qualified for next round
    LL — lucky loser
    PF — photo finish
    DSQ — disqualified

### Qualifying

The qualifying was held at 18:15.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 9 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:08.54 | — | Q |
| 2 | 19 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:08.73 | +0.19 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Alexander Bolshunov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:10.20 | +1.66 | Q |
| 4 | 27 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:11.32 | +2.78 | Q |
| 5 | 12 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:11.55 | +3.01 | Q |
| 6 | 22 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:11.63 | +3.09 | Q |
| 7 | 13 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:12.02 | +3.48 | Q |
| 8 | 30 | Viktor Thorn | Sweden | 3:12.19 | +3.65 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:13.18 | +4.64 | Q |
| 10 | 1 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:13.27 | +4.73 | Q |
| 11 | 17 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:13.71 | +5.17 | Q |
| 12 | 8 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:14.36 | +5.82 | Q |
| 13 | 24 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:14.43 | +5.89 | Q |
| 14 | 25 | Alexey Vitsenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:14.56 | +6.02 | Q |
| 15 | 32 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:15.05 | +6.51 | Q |
| 16 | 31 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:15.06 | +6.52 | Q |
| 17 | 11 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:15.86 | +7.32 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:15.95 | +7.41 | Q |
| 19 | 2 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:16.13 | +7.59 | Q |
| 20 | 4 | Baptiste Gros | France | 3:16.27 | +7.73 | Q |
| 21 | 10 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 3:16.37 | +7.83 | Q |
| 22 | 45 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 3:16.66 | +8.12 | Q |
| 23 | 14 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:16.69 | +8.15 | Q |
| 24 | 6 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:16.79 | +8.25 | Q |
| 25 | 51 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 3:16.82 | +8.28 | Q |
| 26 | 39 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:17.11 | +8.57 | Q |
| 27 | 41 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 3:17.12 | +8.58 | Q |
| 28 | 53 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:17.15 | +8.61 | Q |
| 29 | 3 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:17.69 | +9.15 | Q |
| 30 | 34 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 3:17.69 | +9.15 | Q |
| 31 | 33 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 3:17.88 | +9.34 | |
| 32 | 15 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:17.95 | +9.41 | |
| 32 | 29 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 3:17.95 | +9.41 | |
| 34 | 20 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:18.46 | +9.92 | |
| 35 | 23 | Dominik Baldauf | Austria | 3:18.54 | +10.00 | |
| 35 | 52 | Jesse Cockney | Canada | 3:18.54 | +10.00 | |
| 37 | 21 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:19.36 | +10.82 | |
| 38 | 26 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:19.42 | +10.88 | |
| 39 | 60 | Ueli Schnider | Switzerland | 3:19.47 | +10.93 | |
| 40 | 50 | Mirco Bertolina | Italy | 3:20.07 | +11.53 | |
| 41 | 38 | Stefan Zelger | Italy | 3:20.18 | +11.64 | |
| 42 | 44 | Logan Hanneman | United States | 3:20.74 | +12.20 | |
| 43 | 58 | Aleš Razým | Czech Republic | 3:21.05 | +12.51 | |
| 44 | 47 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:21.10 | +12.56 | |
| 45 | 18 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 3:21.50 | +12.96 | |
| 46 | 28 | Janez Lampič | Slovenia | 3:22:03 | +13.49 | |
| 47 | 59 | Alin Florin Cioancă | Romania | 3:22.22 | +13.68 | |
| 48 | 37 | Andrey Melnichenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:22.27 | +13.73 | |
| 49 | 56 | Kim Magnus | South Korea | 3:22.36 | +13.82 | |
| 50 | 35 | Erwan Käser | Switzerland | 3:22.48 | +13.94 | |
| 51 | 43 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 3:22.52 | +13.98 | |
| 52 | 49 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 3:22.68 | +14.14 | |
| 53 | 36 | Luis Stadlober | Austria | 3:23.01 | +14.47 | |
| 54 | 46 | Russell Kennedy | Canada | 3:23.37 | +14.83 | |
| 55 | 71 | Isak Stianson Pedersen | Iceland | 3:24.57 | +16.03 | |
| 56 | 62 | Andrej Segeč | Slovakia | 3:24.84 | +16.30 | |
| 57 | 63 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 3:26.12 | +17.58 | |
| 58 | 55 | Miroslav Rypl | Czech Republic | 3:27.46 | +18.92 | |
| 59 | 68 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 3:28.19 | +19.65 | |
| 60 | 40 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 3:28.33 | +19.79 | |
| 61 | 61 | Miroslav Šulek | Slovakia | 3:28.74 | +20.20 | |
| 62 | 70 | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Ireland | 3:29.16 | +21.07 | |
| 63 | 57 | Indulis Bikše | Latvia | 3:30.53 | +21.99 | |
| 64 | 67 | Mantas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:31.11 | +22.57 | |
| 65 | 42 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:31.54 | +23.00 | |
| 66 | 54 | Wang Qiang | China | 3:31.56 | +23.02 | |
| 67 | 65 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 3:31.84 | +23.30 | |
| 68 | 75 | Yordan Chuchuganov | Bulgaria | 3:32.62 | +24.08 | |
| 69 | 66 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 3:33.17 | +24.63 | |
| 70 | 48 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 3:33.40 | +24.86 | |
| 71 | 73 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 3:36.53 | +27.99 | |
| 72 | 74 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 3:37.40 | +28.86 | |
| 73 | 69 | Andriy Orlyk | Ukraine | 3:39.18 | +30.64 | |
| 74 | 80 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 3:47.10 | +38.56 | |
| 75 | 72 | Damir Rastić | Serbia | 3:50.65 | +42.11 | |
| 76 | 78 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 3:56.08 | +47.54 | |
| 77 | 77 | Ömer Ayçiçek | Turkey | 3:57.91 | +49.37 | |
| 78 | 76 | Tariel Zharkymbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 4:05.99 | +57.45 | |
| 79 | 79 | Stavre Jada | Macedonia | 4:23.85 | +1:15.31 | |
| | 64 | Sun Qinghai | China | DSQ | | |

### Quarterfinals
#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:11.09 | — | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:12.23 | +1.14 | Q |
| 3 | 29 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:12.40 | +1.31 | |
| 4 | 13 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:12.60 | +1.51 | |
| 5 | 30 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 3:12.72 | +1.63 | |
| 6 | 4 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:14.38 | +3.29 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 9 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:10.55 | — | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:11.07 | +0.52 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:11.95 | +1.40 | PF |
| 4 | 15 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:12.00 | +1.45 | PF |
| 5 | 18 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:18.25 | +7.70 | |
| 6 | 28 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:25.79 | +15.24 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Alexander Bolshunov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:08.45 | — | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:09.41 | +0.96 | Q |
| 3 | 21 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 3:12.20 | +3.75 | |
| 4 | 17 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:14.25 | +5.80 | |
| 5 | 27 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 3:14.95 | +6.50 | |
| 6 | 8 | Viktor Thorn | Sweden | 3:17.33 | +8.88 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:08.77 | — | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:10.21 | +1.44 | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:10.87 | +2.10 | LL |
| 4 | 6 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:11.15 | +2.38 | LL |
| 5 | 25 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 3:15.77 | +7.00 | |
| 6 | 16 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:16.22 | +7.45 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 24 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:17.46 | — | Q |
| 2 | 20 | Baptiste Gros | France | 3:18.62 | +1.16 | Q, PF |
| 3 | 22 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 3:18.64 | +1.18 | PF |
| 4 | 19 | Simi Hamilton | United States | 3:27.89 | +10.43 | |
| 5 | 14 | Alexey Vitsenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:30.72 | +13.26 | |
| 6 | 23 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:33.13 | +15.67 | |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:06.01 | — | Q |
| 2 | 9 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:06.17 | +0.16 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Alexander Bolshunov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:06.63 | +0.62 | LL |
| 4 | 11 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:07.24 | +1.23 | LL |
| 5 | 5 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:11.02 | +5.01 | |
| 6 | 6 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:19.05 | +13.04 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:09.93 | — | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:10.61 | +0.68 | Q |
| 3 | 26 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:13.91 | +3.98 | |
| 4 | 12 | Emil Iversen | Norway | 3:14.09 | +4.16 | |
| 5 | 24 | Martti Jylhä | Finland | 3:14.93 | +5.00 | |
| 6 | 20 | Baptiste Gros | France | 3:27.44 | +17.51 | |

### Final

The final was held at 21:37.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:05.75 | — | |
| | 9 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:07.09 | +1.34 | PF |
| | 3 | Alexander Bolshunov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 3:07.11 | +1.36 | PF |
| 4 | 11 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:09.56 | +3.81 | |
| 5 | 7 | Oskar Svensson | Sweden | 3:13.48 | +7.73 | |
| 6 | 1 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:26.47 | +20.72 | |