# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 was held on 19 February 2015.

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification was held at 13:35.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 2:59.92 | | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 2:59.94 | +0.02 | Q |
| 3 | 7 | Tomas Northug | Norway | 3:00.06 | +0.14 | Q |
| 4 | 27 | Ueli Schnider | Switzerland | 3:00.19 | +0.27 | Q |
| 5 | 11 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:02.32 | +2.40 | Q |
| 6 | 13 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:03.20 | +3.28 | Q |
| 7 | 29 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:03.23 | +3.31 | Q |
| 8 | 26 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:03.42 | +3.50 | Q |
| 9 | 20 | Anssi Pentsinen | Finland | 3:03.49 | +3.57 | Q |
| 10 | 14 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:03.56 | +3.64 | Q |
| 11 | 23 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:03.67 | +3.75 | Q |
| 12 | 9 | Toni Ketelä | Finland | 3:04.02 | +4.10 | Q |
| 13 | 5 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:04.33 | +4.41 | Q |
| 14 | 6 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:04.68 | +4.76 | Q |
| 15 | 17 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:04.89 | +4.97 | Q |
| 16 | 24 | Gianluca Cologna | Switzerland | 3:05.23 | +5.31 | Q |
| 17 | 28 | Carl Quicklund | Sweden | 3:05.32 | +5.40 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:05.62 | +5.70 | Q |
| 19 | 21 | Peeter Kummel | Estonia | 3:05.71 | +5.79 | Q |
| 20 | 18 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:05.72 | +5.80 | Q |
| 21 | 22 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:05.73 | +5.81 | Q |
| 22 | 25 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:06.08 | +6.16 | Q |
| 23 | 42 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:06.11 | +6.19 | Q |
| 24 | 39 | Dominik Baldauf | Austria | 3:06.20 | +6.28 | Q |
| 25 | 30 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 3:06.23 | +6.31 | Q |
| 26 | 12 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:06.30 | +6.38 | Q |
| 27 | 34 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:06.37 | +6.45 | Q |
| 28 | 16 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 3:06.56 | +6.64 | Q |
| 29 | 4 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:07.11 | +7.19 | Q |
| 30 | 41 | Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess | United States | 3:07.25 | +7.33 | Q |
| 31 | 1 | Andrey Parfenov | Russia | 3:08.83 | +7.91 | |
| 32 | 48 | Jan Bartoň | Czech Republic | 3:08.13 | +8.21 | |
| 33 | 49 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:08.25 | +8.33 | |
| 34 | 10 | Alexander Panzhinskiy | Russia | 3:08.34 | +8.42 | |
| 35 | 33 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:08.36 | +8.44 | |
| 36 | 38 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:08.64 | +8.72 | |
| 37 | 53 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:08.87 | +8.95 | |
| 38 | 2 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:09.45 | +9.53 | |
| 39 | 37 | Konrad Motor | Poland | 3:09.54 | +9.62 | |
| 40 | 32 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 3:09.79 | +9.87 | |
| 41 | 57 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 3:10.28 | +10.36 | |
| 42 | 50 | Sebastian Gazurek | Poland | 3:10.36 | +10.44 | |
| 43 | 19 | Johan Edin | Sweden | 3:10.57 | +10.65 | |
| 44 | 40 | Siim Sellis | Estonia | 3:10.87 | +10.95 | |
| 45 | 44 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 3:11.84 | +11.92 | |
| 46 | 36 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 3:12.87 | +12.95 | |
| 47 | 52 | Markus Bader | Austria | 3:13.05 | +13.13 | |
| 48 | 45 | Aleš Razým | Czech Republic | 3:13.07 | +13.15 | |
| 49 | 35 | Jesse Cockney | Canada | 3:13.52 | +13.60 | |
| 50 | 46 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 3:13.78 | +13.86 | |
| 51 | 31 | Dušan Kožíšek | Czech Republic | 3:14.70 | +14.78 | |
| 52 | 70 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 3:15.15 | +15.33 | |
| 52 | 51 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 3:15.25 | +15.33 | |
| 54 | 47 | Benjamin Saxton | United States | 3:16.13 | +16.21 | |
| 55 | 55 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 3:17.09 | +17.17 | |
| 56 | 54 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 3:19.18 | +19.26 | |
| 57 | 58 | Andrej Segeč | Slovakia | 3:19.83 | +19.91 | |
| 58 | 64 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 3:21.34 | +21.42 | |
| 59 | 60 | Martin Kapso | Slovakia | 3:22.09 | +22.17 | |
| 60 | 63 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 3:22.47 | +22.55 | |
| 61 | 65 | Erik Urgela | Slovakia | 3:23.28 | +23.36 | |
| 62 | 71 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 3:23.57 | +23.65 | |
| 63 | 59 | Veselin Tsinzov | Bulgaria | 3:24.43 | +24.51 | |
| 64 | 43 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:25.22 | +25.30 | |
| 65 | 73 | Lasse Hulgaard | Denmark | 3:25.26 | +25.34 | |
| 66 | 56 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:25.94 | +26.02 | |
| 67 | 80 | Sævar Birgisson | Iceland | 3:26.25 | +26.33 | |
| 68 | 90 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 3:28.02 | +28.10 | |
| 69 | 68 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 3:29.94 | +30.02 | |
| 70 | 62 | Kari Peters | Luxembourg | 3:30.42 | +30.50 | |
| 71 | 91 | Boldyn Byambadorj | Mongolia | 3:31.67 | +31.75 | |
| 72 | 72 | Florin Daniel Pripic | Romania | 3:32.42 | +32.50 | |
| 73 | 74 | Stanimir Belomazhev | Bulgaria | 3:32.54 | +32.62 | |
| 74 | 75 | Kostyantyn Yaremenko | Ukraine | 3:35.00 | +35.08 | |
| 75 | 88 | Andriy Orlyk | Ukraine | 3:36.09 | +36.17 | |
| 76 | 78 | Yordan Chuchuganov | Bulgaria | 3:36.48 | +36.56 | |
| 77 | 97 | Karl-Peter Kristensen | Denmark | 3:38.55 | +38.63 | |
| 78 | 83 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | 3:39.85 | +39.93 | |
| 79 | 79 | Xin Detao | China | 3:41.21 | +41.29 | |
| 80 | 76 | Shang Jincai | China | 3:41.23 | +41.31 | |
| 81 | 67 | Jānis Paipals | Latvia | 3:42.73 | +42.81 | |
| 82 | 69 | Paul Kovacs | Australia | 3:43.04 | +43.12 | |
| 83 | 77 | Arturs Ivanovs | Latvia | 3:43.97 | +44.05 | |
| 84 | 84 | Jaunius Drūsys | Lithuania | 3:44.97 | +45.05 | |
| 85 | 96 | Batmunkh Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 3:46.83 | +46.91 | |
| 86 | 66 | Jackson Bursill | Australia | 3:47.75 | +47.83 | |
| 87 | 99 | Rokas Vaitkus | Lithuania | 3:49.23 | +49.31 | |
| 88 | 98 | Savaş Ateş | Turkey | 3:50.52 | +50.60 | |
| 89 | 86 | Andrew Pohl | New Zealand | 3:50.66 | +50.74 | |
| 90 | 81 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 3:51.27 | +51.35 | |
| 91 | 106 | filip Ružič | Croatia | 3:55.07 | +55.15 | |
| 92 | 61 | Pāvels Ribakovs | Latvia | 3:55.13 | +55.21 | |
| 93 | 108 | Jean-Loup Gregoire | Belgium | 3:55.52 | +55.60 | |
| 94 | 85 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 3:56.01 | +56.09 | |
| 95 | 104 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 3:56.10 | +56.18 | |
| 96 | 94 | Tue Rømer | Denmark | 3:56.55 | +56.63 | |
| 97 | 95 | Daumantas Petrovas | Lithuania | 3:56.74 | +56.82 | |
| 98 | 102 | Jens Hulgaard | Denmark | 3:59.82 | +59.90 | |
| 99 | 82 | Mark Pollock | Australia | 4:00.53 | +1:00.61 | |
| 100 | 92 | Cho Yong-jin | South Korea | 4:01.02 | +1:01.10 | |
| 101 | 119 | Jan Rossiter | Ireland | 4:02.22 | +1:02.30 | |
| 102 | 127 | Bence Banszki | Hungary | 4:02.82 | +1:02.90 | |
| 103 | 128 | András Csúcs | Hungary | 4:03.60 | +1:03.68 | |
| 103 | 120 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 4:03.60 | +1:03.68 | |
| 105 | 129 | Károly Gombos | Hungary | 4:08.19 | +1:08.27 | |
| 106 | 105 | Georgios Papasis | Greece | 4:09.32 | +1:09.40 | |
| 107 | 93 | Georgios Nakas | Greece | 4:09.70 | +1:09.78 | |
| 108 | 107 | Ömer Ayçiçek | Turkey | 4:10.91 | +1:10.99 | |
| 109 | 130 | Márton Pálfy | Hungary | 4:12.50 | +1:12.58 | |
| 110 | 101 | Artush Mkrtchyan | Armenia | 4:13.20 | +1:13.28 | |
| 111 | 87 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 4:13.75 | +1:13.83 | |
| 112 | 118 | Tošo Stanoeski | Macedonia | 4:20.51 | +1:20.59 | |
| 113 | 89 | Victor Pînzaru | Moldova | 4:26.14 | +1:26.22 | |
| 114 | 111 | Sote Andreski | Macedonia | 4:28.54 | +1:28.62 | |
| 115 | 116 | Fabrizio Bourguignon | Brazil | 4:39.93 | +1:40.01 | |
| 116 | 114 | Liviu Dubalari | Moldova | 4:42.85 | +1:42.93 | |
| 117 | 115 | Cristian Bocancea | Moldova | 4:46.28 | +1:46.36 | |
| 118 | 125 | Sveatoslav Maliutin | Moldova | 4:48.28 | +1:48.36 | |
| 119 | 103 | Konstantinos Kyriakidis | Greece | 4:54.08 | +1:54.16 | |
| 120 | 126 | Dominic McAleenan | Ireland | 4:54.32 | +1:54.40 | |
| 121 | 110 | Mark Rajack | Trinidad and Tobago | 5:01.03 | +2:01.11 | |
| 122 | 123 | Sergei Trelevskii | Kyrgyzstan | 5:02.46 | +2:02.54 | |
| 123 | 100 | Leandro Ribela | Brazil | 5:08.57 | +2:08.65 | |
| 124 | 109 | Dimitrios Batsis | Greece | 5:31.10 | +2:31.18 | |
| 125 | 121 | Samir Azzimani | Morocco | 5:37.19 | +2:37.27 | |
| 126 | 117 | Cesar Baena | Venezuela | 5:41.87 | +2:41.95 | |
| 127 | 122 | Mansour Bazouni | Lebanon | 6:16.52 | +3:16.60 | |
| | 124 | Joseph-Antonio Zavala | Venezuela | DNF | | |
| | 112 | Bernardo Baena | Venezuela | DNS | | |
| | 113 | Jorge-Ernesto Crespo | Venezuela | DNS | | |

### Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals were started at 15:45.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 20 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:07.06 | | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:07.23 | +0.17 | Q |
| 3 | 21 | Len Väljas | Canada | 3:07.74 | +0.68 | |
| 4 | 10 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:08.12 | +1.06 | |
| 5 | 11 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 3:09.41 | +2.35 | |
| 6 | 30 | Dakota Blackhorse-von Jess | United States | 3:09.96 | +2.90 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 4 | Ueli Schnider | Switzerland | 3:05.75 | | Q |
| 2 | 7 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:06.26 | +0.51 | Q |
| 3 | 27 | Maicol Rastelli | Italy | 3:06.46 | +0.71 | |
| 4 | 24 | Dominik Baldauf | Austria | 3:06.94 | +1.19 | |
| 5 | 17 | Carl Quicklund | Sweden | 3:07.03 | +1.28 | |
| 6 | 14 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:11.62 | +5.87 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:03.91 | | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:04.18 | +0.27 | Q |
| 3 | 6 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:04.57 | +0.66 | |
| 4 | 26 | Alexey Petukhov | Russia | 3:05.21 | +1.30 | |
| 5 | 25 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 3:07.01 | +3.10 | |
| 6 | 16 | Gianluca Cologna | Switzerland | 3:21.28 | +17.37 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:03.94 | | Q |
| 2 | 12 | Toni Ketelä | Finland | 3:05.29 | +1.35 | Q |
| 3 | 29 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 3:05.75 | +1.81 | |
| 4 | 19 | Peeter Kümmel | Estonia | 3:07.00 | +3.06 | |
| 5 | 9 | Anssi Pentsinen | Finland | 3:09.25 | +5.31 | |
| 6 | 22 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 3:17.29 | +13.35 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Tomas Northug | Norway | 3:00.42 | | Q |
| 2 | 18 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:00.51 | +0.09 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:01.13 | +0.71 | q |
| 4 | 28 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 3:03.16 | +2.74 | q |
| 5 | 8 | Jovian Hediger | Switzerland | 3:03.67 | +3.25 | |
| 6 | 23 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:08.28 | +7.86 | |

### Semifinals

The semifinals were started at 16:35.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 1 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:05.89 | | Q |
| 2 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:06.03 | +0.14 | Q |
| 3 | 20 | Teodor Peterson | Sweden | 3:06.66 | +0.77 | |
| 4 | 4 | Ueli Schnider | Switzerland | 3:06.94 | +1.05 | |
| 5 | 7 | Ristomatti Hakola | Finland | 3:08.07 | +2.18 | |
| 6 | 28 | Simeon Hamilton | United States | 3:14.03 | +8.14 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:02.35 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Tomas Northug | Norway | 3:03.07 | +0.72 | Q |
| 3 | 18 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:03.34 | +0.99 | q |
| 4 | 5 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:03.51 | +1.16 | q |
| 5 | 12 | Toni Ketelä | Finland | 3:05.08 | +2.73 | |
| 6 | 13 | Eirik Brandsdal | Norway | 3:08.61 | +6.26 | |

### Final

The final was held at 17:10.
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 18 | Petter Northug | Norway | 3:02.35 | |
| | 5 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 3:02.40 | +0.05 |
| | 2 | Ola Vigen Hattestad | Norway | 3:02.70 | +0.35 |
| 4 | 1 | Nikita Kryukov | Russia | 3:02.73 | +0.38 |
| 5 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:03.02 | +0.67 |
| 6 | 3 | Tomas Northug | Norway | 3:19.63 | +17.28 |