# Cross-country skiing at the 1998 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit

The men's 15 kilometre freestyle pursuit cross-country skiing competition at the 1998 Winter Olympics in Nagano, Japan, was held on 14 February at Snow Harp.
The startlist for this race was based on the 10 km classical event from earlier in the games. The winner of the 10 km classical event, Bjørn Dæhlie of Norway, was the first starter in the pursuit. The rest of the competitors started behind Dæhlie with the same number of seconds that they were behind him at the 10 km classical event. The winner of the race was the first competitor to finish the pursuit.

## Results

The time reflects the combined time from both the 10 km classical and the 15 km freestyle pursuit.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 5 | Thomas Alsgaard | Norway | 1:07:01.7 | — |
| | 1 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 1:07:02.8 | +1.1 |
| | 4 | Vladimir Smirnov | Kazakhstan | 1:07:31.5 | +29.8 |
| 4 | 10 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 1:07:48.9 | +47.2 |
| 5 | 11 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 1:07:49.1 | +47.4 |
| 6 | 3 | Mika Myllylä | Finland | 1:07:50.6 | +48.9 |
| 7 | 2 | Markus Gandler | Austria | 1:08:14.2 | +1:12.5 |
| 8 | 15 | Jari Isometsä | Finland | 1:08:19.4 | +1:17.7 |
| 9 | 22 | Sergei Tchepikov | Russia | 1:08:24.3 | +1:22.6 |
| 10 | 25 | Niklas Jonsson | Sweden | 1:08:25.7 | +1:24.0 |
| 11 | 23 | Achim Walcher | Austria | 1:08:26.9 | +1:25.2 |
| 12 | 16 | Andreas Schlütter | Germany | 1:08:32.3 | +1:30.6 |
| 13 | 28 | Fabio Maj | Italy | 1:08:55.4 | +1:53.7 |
| 14 | 12 | Alois Stadlober | Austria | 1:08:57.1 | +1:55.4 |
| 15 | 6 | Jaak Mae | Estonia | 1:09:02.7 | +2:01.0 |
| 16 | 14 | Gerhard Urain | Austria | 1:09:04.8 | +2:03.1 |
| 17 | 27 | Johann Mühlegg | Germany | 1:09:12.3 | +2:10.6 |
| 18 | 31 | Alexey Prokourorov | Russia | 1:09:48.1 | +2:46.4 |
| 19 | 24 | Vincent Vittoz | France | 1:09:55.9 | +2:54.2 |
| 20 | 18 | Sami Repo | Finland | 1:10:02.9 | +3:01.2 |
| 21 | 34 | Katsuhito Ebisawa | Japan | 1:10:10.0 | +3:08.3 |
| 22 | 36 | Mitsuo Horigome | Japan | 1:10:11.1 | +3:09.4 |
| 23 | 32 | Petr Michl | Czech Republic | 1:10:11.5 | +3:09.8 |
| 24 | 29 | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | 1:10:23.9 | +3:22.2 |
| 25 | 42 | Sergey Kriyanin | Russia | 1:10:33.4 | +3:31.7 |
| 26 | 39 | Alexander Sannikov | Belarus | 1:10:40.9 | +3:39.2 |
| 27 | 9 | Sture Sivertsen | Norway | 1:10:53.3 | +3:51.6 |
| 28 | 19 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 1:10:55.0 | +3:53.3 |
| 29 | 38 | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | 1:11:13.5 | +4:11.8 |
| 30 | 20 | Patrick Remy | France | 1:11:20.8 | +4:19.1 |
| 31 | 56 | Henrik Forsberg | Sweden | 1:11:28.9 | +4:27.2 |
| 32 | 45 | Lukas Bauer | Czech Republic | 1:11:40.3 | +4:38.6 |
| 33 | 60 | Ivan Batory | Slovakia | 1:11:42.2 | +4:40.5 |
| 34 | 57 | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | 1:11:42.9 | +4:41.2 |
| 35 | 21 | Markus Hasler | Liechtenstein | 1:11:55.9 | +4:54.2 |
| 36 | 50 | Pavel Riabinine | Kazakhstan | 1:12:05.7 | +5:04.0 |
| 37 | 35 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 1:12:05.8 | +5:04.1 |
| 38 | 67 | Martin Bajcicak | Slovakia | 1:12:18.6 | +5:16.9 |
| 39 | 62 | Vladimir Legotine | Russia | 1:12:19.5 | +5:17.8 |
| 40 | 43 | Patrick Weaver | United States | 1:12:31.1 | +5:29.4 |
| 41 | 46 | Michael Binzer | Denmark | 1:12:36.0 | +5:34.3 |
| 42 | 30 | Ricardas Panavas | Lithuania | 1:12:36.3 | +5:34.6 |
| 43 | 58 | Elmo Kassin | Estonia | 1:12:37.2 | +5:35.5 |
| 44 | 47 | Justin Wadsworth | United States | 1:12:42.0 | +5:40.3 |
| 45 | 69 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | 1:12:43.9 | +5:42.2 |
| 46 | 60 | Gennadiy Nikon | Ukraine | 1:12:44.1 | +5:42.4 |
| 47 | 41 | John Bauer | United States | 1:12:48.6 | +5:46.9 |
| 48 | 68 | Andrey Nevzorov | Kazakhstan | 1:12:54.7 | +5:53.0 |
| 49 | 63 | Wilhelm Aschwanden | Switzerland | 1:12:56.8 | +5:55.1 |
| 50 | 52 | Lubos Buchta | Czech Republic | 1:13:00.6 | +5:58.9 |
| 51 | 44 | Vladislavas Zybailo | Lithuania | 1:13:36.9 | +6:35.2 |
| 52 | 72 | Mikhailo Artyukhov | Ukraine | 1:13:52.5 | +6:50.8 |
| 53 | 76 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 1:14:37.3 | +7:35.6 |
| 54 | 54 | Jordi Ribo | Spain | 1:14:51.3 | +7:49.6 |
| 55 | 66 | Anthony Evans | Australia | 1:15:07.4 | +8:05.7 |
| 56 | 51 | Chris Blanchard | Canada | 1:15:08.3 | +8:06.6 |
| 57 | 64 | Stanislav Jezik | Slovakia | 1:15:54.3 | +8:52.6 |
| 58 | 71 | Guido Visser | Canada | 1:16:07.5 | +9:05.8 |
| 59 | 80 | Vitaly Lilitchenko | Kazakhstan | 1:16:22.1 | +9:20.4 |
| 60 | 73 | Nikolai Semeniako | Belarus | 1:16:55.3 | +9:53.6 |
| 61 | 84 | Slavtscho Batinkov | Bulgaria | 1:17:05.5 | +10:03.8 |
| 62 | 82 | Alvaro Gijon | Spain | 1:17:13.2 | +10:11.5 |
| 63 | 65 | Janis Hermanis | Latvia | 1:17:19.1 | +10:17.4 |
| 64 | 85 | Ivan Hudac | Slovakia | 1:17:38.7 | +10:37.0 |
| 65 | 87 | Diego Ruiz | Spain | 1:18:33.2 | +11:31.5 |
| 66 | 74 | Jin Soo Ahn | South Korea | 1:18:51.4 | +11:49.7 |
| 67 | 79 | Park Byeong-ju | South Korea | 1:19:19.8 | +12:18.1 |
| 68 | 81 | Jintao Wu | China | 1:19:52.1 | +12:50.4 |
| DNF | 33 | Juan J. Gutiérrez | Spain | — | — |
| DNF | 53 | Byung-Chul Park | South Korea | — | — |
| DNF | 55 | Nikolay Popovich | Ukraine | — | — |
| DNF | 70 | Aleksey Tregubov | Belarus | — | — |
| DNF | 77 | Juris Germanis | Latvia | — | — |
| DNF | 88 | Paul Gray | Latvia | — | — |
| DNS | 7 | Erling Jevne | Norway | — | — |
| DNS | 8 | Andrus Veerpalu | Estonia | — | — |
| DNS | 13 | Harri Kirvesniemi | Finland | — | — |
| DNS | 17 | Beat Koch | Switzerland | — | — |
| DNS | 26 | Marco Albarello | Italy | — | — |
| DNS | 37 | Raul Olle | Estonia | — | — |
| DNS | 40 | Jochen Behle | Germany | — | — |
| DNS | 48 | Robin McKeever | Canada | — | — |
| DNS | 49 | Jeremias Wigger | Switzerland | — | — |
| DNS | 59 | Philippe Sanchez | France | — | — |
| DNS | 75 | Yves Bilodeau | Canada | — | — |
| DNS | 78 | Marcus Nash | United States | — | — |
| DNS | 83 | Roberts Raimo | Latvia | — | — |