# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The Men's 15 kilometre freestyle event of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2015 was held on 25 February 2015. A 10 km qualification race was held on 18 February.

## Results
### Race

The race was started at 13:30.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 17 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 35:01.6 | |
| | 63 | Maurice Manificat | France | 35:19.4 | +17.8 |
| | 43 | Anders Gløersen | Norway | 35:20.8 | +19.2 |
| 4 | 55 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 35:41.4 | +39.8 |
| 5 | 53 | Finn Hågen Krogh | Norway | 35:49.2 | +47.6 |
| 6 | 25 | Bernhard Tritscher | Austria | 35:55.0 | +53.4 |
| 7 | 21 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 35:56.3 | +54.7 |
| 8 | 61 | Chris Jespersen | Norway | 35:58.8 | +57.2 |
| 9 | 45 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 36:02.8 | +1:01.2 |
| 10 | 69 | Evgeniy Belov | Russia | 36:06.3 | +1:04.7 |
| 11 | 39 | Robin Duvillard | France | 36:10.2 | +1:08.6 |
| 12 | 3 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 36:12.3 | +1:10.7 |
| 13 | 57 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 36:13.8 | +1:12.2 |
| 14 | 49 | Alexander Legkov | Russia | 36:20.7 | +1:19.1 |
| 15 | 41 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 36:21.5 | +1:19.9 |
| 16 | 35 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 36:27.2 | +1:25.4 |
| 17 | 37 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 36:35.7 | +1:34.1 |
| 18 | 71 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 36:38.2 | +1:36.6 |
| 19 | 6 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 36:42.9 | +1:41.3 |
| 20 | 29 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 36:47.0 | +1:45.4 |
| 21 | 59 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 36:49.8 | +1:48.2 |
| 22 | 19 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 36:57.2 | +1:55.6 |
| 23 | 15 | Lari Lehtonen | Finland | 37:04.4 | +2:02.8 |
| 24 | 9 | Clément Parisse | France | 37:06.9 | +2:05.3 |
| 25 | 2 | Perttu Hyvärinen | Finland | 37:09.8 | +2:08.2 |
| 26 | 33 | Andrey Larkov | Russia | 37:15.0 | +2:13.4 |
| 27 | 51 | Roland Clara | Italy | 37:17.1 | +2:15.5 |
| 28 | 27 | Sergey Ustiugov | Russia | 37:19.0 | +2:17.4 |
| 29 | 40 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 37:19.6 | +2:18.0 |
| 30 | 47 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 37:21.5 | +2:19.9 |
| 31 | 23 | Jonas Dobler | Germany | 37:27.8 | +2:26.2 |
| 32 | 4 | Graeme Killick | Canada | 37:28.3 | +2:26.7 |
| 33 | 66 | Takatsugu Uda | Japan | 37:29.8 | +2:28.2 |
| 34 | 7 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 37:37.2 | +2:35.6 |
| 35 | 11 | Florian Notz | Germany | 37:39.3 | +2:37.7 |
| 36 | 31 | Jonas Baumann | Switzerland | 37:41.2 | +2:39.6 |
| 37 | 28 | Yury Astapenka | Belarus | 37:42.6 | +2:41.0 |
| 38 | 56 | Max Hauke | Austria | 37:49.3 | +2:47.7 |
| 39 | 68 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 37:53.5 | +2:51.9 |
| 40 | 60 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 37:58.2 | +2:56.6 |
| 41 | 32 | Dušan Kožíšek | Czech Republic | 38:00.8 | +2:59.2 |
| 42 | 54 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 38:03.2 | +3:01.6 |
| 43 | 10 | David Hofer | Italy | 38:15.2 | +3:13.6 |
| 44 | 5 | Akira Lenting | Japan | 38:15.9 | +3:14.3 |
| 45 | 38 | Dominik Baldauf | Austria | 38:17.3 | +3:15.7 |
| 46 | 70 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 38:18.6 | +3:17.0 |
| 47 | 64 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 38:21.1 | +3:19.5 |
| 48 | 44 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 38:28.3 | +3:26.7 |
| 49 | 67 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 38:37.5 | +3:35.9 |
| 50 | 58 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | Germany | 38:58.0 | +3:56.4 |
| 51 | 26 | Jan Antolec | Poland | 38:59.8 | +3:58.2 |
| 52 | 62 | Kyle Bratrud | United States | 39:00.3 | +3:58.7 |
| 53 | 42 | Rinat Mukhin | Kazakhstan | 39:05.3 | +4:03.7 |
| 54 | 73 | Petrică Hogiu | Romania | 39:06.3 | +4:04.7 |
| 55 | 52 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 39:14.1 | +4:12.5 |
| 56 | 46 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 39:14.5 | +4:12.9 |
| 57 | 48 | Jesse Cockney | Canada | 39:16.1 | +4:14.5 |
| 58 | 18 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 39:22.0 | +4:20.4 |
| 59 | 8 | Kris Freeman | United States | 39:27.5 | +4:25.9 |
| 60 | 50 | Jan Šrail | Czech Republic | 39:30.1 | +4:28.5 |
| 61 | 34 | Sebastian Gazurek | Poland | 39:39.1 | +4:37.5 |
| 62 | 65 | Petter Northug | Norway | 39:45.7 | +4:44.1 |
| 63 | 80 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39:47.1 | +4:45.5 |
| 64 | 1 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 39:53.7 | +4:52.1 |
| 65 | 30 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 39:55.6 | +4:54.0 |
| 66 | 24 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 39:59.2 | +4:57.6 |
| 67 | 13 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 39:59.6 | +4:58.0 |
| 68 | 85 | Aliaksandr Voranau | Belarus | 40:05.3 | +5:03.7 |
| 69 | 20 | Andrew Pohl | New Zealand | 40:21.5 | +5:19.9 |
| 70 | 84 | Stanimir Belomazhev | Bulgaria | 40:36.3 | +5:34.7 |
| 71 | 36 | Denis Volotka | Kazakhstan | 40:39.8 | +5:38.2 |
| 72 | 14 | Callum Watson | Australia | 40:40.3 | +5:38.7 |
| 73 | 16 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 40:47.0 | +5:45.4 |
| 74 | 22 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 40:59.4 | +5:57.8 |
| 75 | 12 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 41:02.9 | +6:01.3 |
| 76 | 83 | Shang Jincai | China | 41:07.0 | +6:05.4 |
| 77 | 75 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | 41:10.0 | +6:08.4 |
| 78 | 81 | Brynjar Kristinsson | Iceland | 41:18.0 | +6:16.4 |
| 79 | 72 | Indulis Bikše | Latvia | 41:27.9 | +6:26.3 |
| 80 | 86 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 41:33.6 | +6:32.0 |
| 81 | 79 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 41:34.0 | +6:32.4 |
| 82 | 78 | Kostyantyn Yaremenko | Ukraine | 41:35.4 | +6:33.8 |
| 83 | 76 | Stepan Terentjev | Lithuania | 42:18.3 | +7:16.7 |
| 84 | 82 | Florin Daniel Pripici | Romania | 42:49.0 | +7:47.4 |
| 85 | 74 | Paul Kovacs | Australia | 44:53.2 | +9:51.6 |
| | 77 | Yordan Chuchuganov | Bulgaria | DNF | |

### Qualification

The race was held at 15:00.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 63 | Stanimir Belomazhev | Bulgaria | 23:56.8 | | Q |
| 2 | 66 | Mladen Plakalović | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 24:13.4 | +16.6 | Q |
| 3 | 68 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 24:28.2 | +31.4 | Q |
| 4 | 64 | Lasse Hulgård | Denmark | 24:44.4 | +47.6 | Q |
| 5 | 54 | Roberts Slotiņš | Latvia | 24:51.3 | +54.5 | Q |
| 6 | 67 | Rejhan Šmrković | Serbia | 24:54.6 | +57.8 | Q |
| 7 | 57 | Jānis Paipals | Latvia | 25:01.9 | +1:05.1 | Q |
| 8 | 55 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 25:08.2 | +1:11.4 | Q |
| 9 | 62 | Dževad Hadžifejzović | Serbia | 25:20.1 | +1:23.3 | Q |
| 10 | 59 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 25:27.7 | +1:30.9 | Q |
| 11 | 69 | Lukas Jakeliūnas | Lithuania | 25:30.6 | +1:33.8 | |
| 12 | 37 | Boldyn Byambadorj | Mongolia | 25:38.2 | +1:41.4 | |
| 13 | 65 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 25:42.6 | +1:45.8 | |
| 14 | 51 | Raivo Kivlenieks | Latvia | 25:52.5 | +1:55.7 | |
| 15 | 56 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 25:52.8 | +1:56.0 | |
| 16 | 14 | Thorsten Langer | Belgium | 25:53.3 | +1:56.5 | |
| 17 | 47 | Xin Detao | China | 26:10.0 | +2:13.2 | |
| 18 | 27 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 26:13.8 | +2:17.0 | |
| 19 | 46 | Savaş Ateş | Turkey | 26:14.7 | +2:17.9 | |
| 20 | 38 | Tue Rømer | Denmark | 26:18.4 | +2:21.6 | |
| 21 | 43 | Marijus Butrimavičius | Lithuania | 26:22.9 | +2:26.1 | |
| 22 | 60 | Jackson Bursill | Australia | 26:24.5 | +2:27.7 | |
| 23 | 61 | Karl Peter Kristensen | Denmark | 26:27.4 | +2:30.6 | |
| 24 | 25 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 26:27.5 | +2:30.7 | |
| 25 | 53 | Toni Stanoeski | Macedonia | 26:30.0 | +2:33.2 | |
| 26 | 50 | Yasin Shemshaki | Iran | 26:38.2 | +2:41.4 | |
| 27 | 33 | Mirsad Pejčinović | Serbia | 26:46.7 | +2:49.9 | |
| 28 | 41 | Kristóf Lagler | Hungary | 26:46.8 | +2:50.0 | |
| 29 | 48 | Ömer Ayçiçek | Turkey | 26:51.2 | +2:54.4 | |
| 30 | 52 | Carlos Lannes | Argentina | 26:51.7 | +2:54.9 | |
| 31 | 40 | Kleanthis Karamichas | Greece | 26:56.1 | +2:59.3 | |
| 32 | 39 | Georgios Nakas | Greece | 27:02.7 | +3:05.9 | |
| 33 | 28 | Stefan Anić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27:03.2 | +3:06.4 | |
| 34 | 3 | Liviu Dubalari | Moldova | 27:04.5 | +3:07.7 | |
| 35 | 49 | Deividas Kliševičius | Lithuania | 27:04.9 | +3:08.1 | |
| 36 | 36 | Stavrus Jada | Macedonia | 27:26.8 | +3:30.0 | |
| 37 | 30 | Jan Rossiter | Ireland | 27:34.8 | +3:38.0 | |
| 38 | 44 | Marko Starčević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 27:44.9 | +3:48.1 | |
| 39 | 31 | Milancho Krsteski | Macedonia | 27:54.9 | +3:58.1 | |
| 40 | 26 | Balázs Gond | Hungary | 27:55.7 | +3:58.9 | |
| 41 | 34 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 27:59.8 | +4:03.0 | |
| 42 | 45 | Gjorgji Icoski | Macedonia | 28:10.1 | +4:13.3 | |
| 43 | 58 | Mark Pollock | Australia | 28:11.4 | +4:14.6 | |
| 44 | 29 | Jean-Loup Grégoire | Belgium | 28:21.9 | +4:25.1 | |
| 45 | 23 | Mohamed Iliyas | India | 28:24.0 | +4:27.2 | |
| 46 | 9 | Cristian Bocancea | Moldova | 28:32.8 | +4:36.0 | |
| 47 | 35 | Georgios Papasis | Greece | 28:33.5 | +4:36.7 | |
| 48 | 17 | Yonathan Fernandez | Chile | 28:40.0 | +4:43.2 | |
| 49 | 42 | Ture Lange Nielsen | Denmark | 28:58.3 | +5:01.5 | |
| 50 | 32 | Artush Mkrtchyan | Armenia | 29:17.9 | +5:21.1 | |
| 51 | 5 | Juan Agurto | Chile | 29:19.3 | +5:22.5 | |
| 52 | 12 | Felipe Arias | Chile | 29:32.8 | +5:36.0 | |
| 53 | 22 | Kuldeep Dimri | India | 29:49.4 | +5:52.6 | |
| 54 | 21 | Leonardo Lutz | Brazil | 30:05.3 | +6:08.5 | |
| 55 | 8 | Sveatoslav Maliutin | Moldova | 30:31.9 | +6:35.1 | |
| 56 | 24 | Aleksandar Jelić | Serbia | 31:32.4 | +7:35.6 | |
| 57 | 13 | Fabrizio Bourguignon | Brazil | 31:41.2 | +7:44.4 | |
| 58 | 20 | Radovan Radović | Montenegro | 32:27.1 | +8:30.3 | |
| 59 | 19 | Mark Rajack | Trinidad and Tobago | 35:28.8 | +11:32.0 | |
| 60 | 1 | Sergei Trelevskii | Kyrgyzstan | 36:20.9 | +12:24.1 | |
| 61 | 18 | Nikola Anđelić | Montenegro | 37:14.7 | +13:17.9 | |
| 62 | 16 | Samir Azzimani | Morocco | 38:15.7 | +14:18.9 | |
| 63 | 4 | Rory Morrish | Ireland | 39:39.3 | +15:42.5 | |
| 64 | 10 | Mansour Bazouni | Lebanon | 39:49.0 | +15:52.2 | |
| 65 | 7 | Sarkis Draybi | Lebanon | 40:31.9 | +16:35.1 | |
| 66 | 2 | César Baena | Venezuela | 41:07.1 | +17:10.3 | |
| | 6 | Dominic McAleenan | Ireland | DNS | | |
| | 11 | Victor Pînzaru | Moldova | DNS | | |
| | 15 | Nemanja Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | DNF | | |