# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The Men's 15 kilometre freestyle competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 was held on 22 February and 1 March 2023.

## Results
### Final

The race was started at 12:30.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| | 44 | Simen Hegstad Krüger | Norway | 32:17.4 | | |
| | 64 | Harald Østberg Amundsen | Norway | 32:22.7 | +5.3 | |
| | 46 | Hans Christer Holund | Norway | 32:42.0 | +24.6 | |
| 4 | 48 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 32:42.9 | +25.5 | |
| 5 | 42 | William Poromaa | Sweden | 33:06.3 | +48.9 | |
| 6 | 50 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 33:10.2 | +52.8 | |
| 7 | 30 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Andorra | 33:24.2 | +1:06.8 | |
| 8 | 52 | Friedrich Moch | Germany | 33:25.5 | +1:08.1 | |
| 9 | 68 | Andrew Musgrave | United Kingdom | 33:34.4 | +1:17.0 | |
| 10 | 60 | Clément Parisse | France | 33:38.6 | +1:21.2 | |
| 11 | 56 | Hugo Lapalus | France | 33:39.5 | +1:22.1 | |
| 12 | 62 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 33:47.7 | +1:30.3 | |
| 13 | 54 | Perttu Hyvärinen | Finland | 33:49.3 | +1:31.9 | |
| 14 | 40 | Naoto Baba | Japan | 33:49.7 | +1:32.3 | |
| 15 | 70 | Scott Patterson | United States | 33:50.4 | +1:33.0 | |
| 16 | 58 | Jules Lapierre | France | 33:52.4 | +1:35.0 | |
| 17 | 35 | Maurice Manificat | France | 33:57.2 | +1:39.8 | |
| 18 | 25 | Jonas Dobler | Germany | 33:58.3 | +1:40.9 | |
| 19 | 33 | Gus Schumacher | United States | 34:00.3 | +1:42.9 | |
| 20 | 22 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 34:01.0 | +1:43.6 | |
| 21 | 66 | Jens Burman | Sweden | 34:04.4 | +1:47.0 | |
| 22 | 69 | Snorri Einarsson | Iceland | 34:09.8 | +1:52.4 | |
| 23 | 18 | Paolo Ventura | Italy | 34:12.1 | +1:54.7 | |
| 24 | 8 | Niko Anttola | Finland | 34:16.4 | +1:59.0 | |
| 25 | 31 | Lucas Bögl | Germany | 34:19.0 | +2:01.6 | |
| 26 | 21 | Thomas Maloney Westgård | Ireland | 34:24.1 | +2:06.7 | |
| 27 | 36 | Ben Ogden | United States | 34:25.1 | +2:07.7 | |
| 28 | 32 | Olivier Léveillé | Canada | 34:29.9 | +2:12.5 | |
| 29 | 17 | Andrew Young | United Kingdom | 34:41.3 | +2:23.9 | |
| 30 | 4 | Joe Davies | United Kingdom | 34:42.5 | +2:25.1 | |
| 31 | 23 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 34:46.0 | +2:28.6 | |
| 32 | 39 | Remi Lindholm | Finland | 34:48.9 | +2:31.5 | |
| 33 | 37 | Hunter Wonders | United States | 34:58.8 | +2:41.4 | |
| 34 | 26 | Simone Dapra | Italy | 34:59.4 | +2:42.0 | |
| 35 | 14 | Davide Graz | Italy | 35:03.5 | +2:46.1 | |
| 36 | 13 | Adam Fellner | Czech Republic | 35:04.7 | +2:47.3 | |
| 37 | 38 | Beda Klee | Switzerland | 35:07.1 | +2:49.7 | |
| 38 | 53 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 35:09.1 | +2:51.7 | |
| 39 | 15 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 35:20.5 | +3:03.1 | |
| 40 | 6 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 35:22.5 | +3:05.1 | |
| 41 | 20 | Haruki Yamashita | Japan | 35:23.8 | +3:06.4 | |
| 42 | 27 | Cyril Fähndrich | Switzerland | 35:24.2 | +3:06.8 | |
| 43 | 34 | Markus Vuorela | Finland | 35:25.9 | +3:08.5 | |
| 44 | 24 | Dominik Bury | Poland | 35:32.1 | +3:14.7 | |
| 45 | 9 | Elia Barp | Italy | 35:33.5 | +3:16.1 | |
| 46 | 12 | Graham Ritchie | Canada | 35:33.7 | +3:16.3 | |
| 47 | 16 | Martin Himma | Estonia | 35:37.8 | +3:20.4 | |
| 48 | 28 | Candide Pralong | Switzerland | 35:40.3 | +3:22.9 | |
| 49 | 63 | Miha Ličef | Slovenia | 35:41.0 | +3:23.6 | |
| 50 | 19 | Edvin Anger | Sweden | 35:53.2 | +3:35.8 | |
| 51 | 11 | Alvar Johannes Alev | Estonia | 35:53.6 | +3:36.2 | |
| 52 | 5 | Raul Mihai Popa | Romania | 35:55.8 | +3:38.4 | |
| 53 | 65 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 35:58.5 | +3:41.1 | |
| 54 | 67 | Olzhas Klimin | Kazakhstan | 35:58.5 | +3:41.1 | |
| 55 | 41 | Kaarel Kasper Kõrge | Estonia | 36:00.0 | +3:42.6 | |
| 56 | 59 | Mikayel Mikayelyan | Armenia | 36:09.2 | +3:51.8 | |
| 57 | 7 | Nail Bashmakov | Kazakhstan | 36:10.6 | +3:53.2 | |
| 58 | 2 | Philipp Leodolter | Austria | 36:20.7 | +4:03.3 | |
| 59 | 81 | Lars Young Vik | Australia | 36:24.4 | +4:07.0 | |
| 60 | 61 | Xavier McKeever | Canada | 36:24.5 | +4:07.1 | |
| 61 | 75 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 36:26.9 | +4:09.5 | |
| 62 | 79 | Ruslan Denysenko | Ukraine | 36:30.9 | +4:13.5 | |
| 63 | 43 | Seve De Campo | Australia | 36:37.5 | +4:20.1 | |
| 64 | 1 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 36:50.5 | +4:33.1 | |
| 65 | 49 | Sebastian Bryja | Poland | 36:53.1 | +4:35.7 | |
| 66 | 87 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 36:55.8 | +4:38.4 | |
| 67 | 80 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 37:00.4 | +4:43.0 | |
| 68 | 74 | Dmytro Drahun | Ukraine | 37:07.8 | +4:50.4 | |
| 69 | 55 | Daniel Peshkov | Bulgaria | 37:24.2 | +5:06.8 | |
| 70 | 45 | Tomáš Lukeš | Czech Republic | 37:24.3 | +5:06.9 | |
| 71 | 47 | Indulis Bikše | Latvia | 37:25.0 | +5:07.6 | |
| 72 | 82 | Albert Jonsson | Iceland | 37:36.5 | +5:19.1 | |
| 73 | 85 | Jošt Mulej | Slovenia | 37:41.7 | +5:24.3 | |
| 74 | 78 | Oleksandr Lisohor | Ukraine | 37:43.0 | +5:25.6 | |
| 75 | 83 | Dagur Benediktsson | Iceland | 38:05.6 | +5:48.2 | |
| 76 | 84 | Andrej Renda | Slovakia | 38:13.8 | +5:56.4 | |
| 77 | 77 | Lauris Kaparkalējs | Latvia | 38:15.1 | +5:57.7 | |
| 78 | 89 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 38:18.0 | +6:00.6 | |
| 79 | 86 | Robin Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 38:22.4 | +6:05.0 | |
| 80 | 73 | Franco Dal Farra | Argentina | 38:23.3 | +6:05.9 | |
| 81 | 99 | Apostolos Angelis | Greece | 38:54.7 | +6:37.3 | |
| 82 | 90 | Kristóf Lágler | Hungary | 39:13.5 | +6:56.1 | |
| 83 | 71 | Strahinja Erić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 39:15.5 | +6:58.1 | |
| 84 | 93 | Spartak Voskanyan | Armenia | 39:16.0 | +6:58.6 | |
| 85 | 98 | Adam Buki | Hungary | 39:49.7 | +7:32.3 | |
| 86 | 3 | Stavre Jada | North Macedonia | 39:53.4 | +7:36.0 | |
| 87 | 95 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 39:58.7 | +7:41.3 | |
| 88 | 92 | Nikolaos Tsourekas | Greece | 40:14.6 | +7:57.2 | |
| 89 | 76 | Niks Saulītis | Lithuania | 40:29.9 | +8:12.5 | |
| 90 | 91 | Miloš Stević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 40:39.1 | +8:21.7 | |
| 91 | 100 | Stevenson Savart | Haiti | 41:29.6 | +9:12.2 | |
| 92 | 96 | Danyal Saveh Shemshaki | Iran | 41:48.1 | +9:30.7 | |
| 93 | 97 | Yusuf Emre Fırat | Turkey | 42:18.1 | +10:00.7 | |
| 94 | 94 | Yusuf Talay | Turkey | 43:07.8 | +10:50.4 | |
| | 10 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo | Kazakhstan | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |
| | 72 | Todor Malchov | Bulgaria | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 51 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 29 | Roman Furger | Switzerland | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 88 | Darko Damjanovski | North Macedonia | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |
| | 57 | Fedor Karpov | Kazakhstan | Did not finish | Did not finish | Did not finish |

### Qualification

The qualification was started on 22 February at 13:30.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 71 | Albert Jónsson | Iceland | 26:47.1 | | Q |
| 2 | 59 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 27:39.9 | +52.8 | Q |
| 3 | 62 | Spartak Voskanyan | Armenia | 27:50.3 | +1:03.2 | Q |
| 4 | 22 | Stevenson Savart | Haiti | 27:56.9 | +1:09.8 | Q |
| 5 | 70 | Dagur Benediktsson | Iceland | 27:58.9 | +1:11.8 | Q |
| 6 | 32 | Ádám Büki | Hungary | 28:03.4 | +1:16.3 | Q |
| 7 | 66 | Fredrik Fodstad | Colombia | 28:07.2 | +1:20.1 | Q |
| 8 | 46 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 28:25.6 | +1:38.5 | Q |
| 9 | 58 | Danial Saveh-Shemshaki | Iran | 28:32.0 | +1:44.9 | Q |
| 10 | 67 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 28:44.0 | +1:56.9 | Q |
| 11 | 57 | Gonzalo Ángel Gómez | Argentina | 29:05.2 | +2:18.1 | |
| 12 | 43 | Samuel Maes | Belgium | 29:27.6 | +2:40.5 | |
| 13 | 53 | Aleksandar Grbović | Montenegro | 29:30.6 | +2:43.5 | |
| 14 | 69 | Rainers Paeglis | Latvia | 29:31.9 | +2:44.8 | |
| 15 | 54 | Miloš Čolić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 29:35.5 | +2:48.4 | |
| 16 | 65 | Jēkabs Skolnieks | Latvia | 29:49.6 | +3:02.5 | |
| 17 | 63 | Tadevos Poghosyan | Armenia | 29:50.0 | +3:02.9 | |
| 18 | 28 | Mathis Poutot | Belgium | 29:51.8 | +3:04.7 | |
| 19 | 55 | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Bolivia | 30:00.5 | +3:13.4 | |
| 20 | 60 | Bruno Krampe | Latvia | 30:01.9 | +3:14.8 | |
| 21 | 34 | Milos Milosavljević | Serbia | 30:08.2 | +3:21.1 | |
| 22 | 45 | José Cabeça | Portugal | 30:21.5 | +3:34.4 | |
| 23 | 56 | Dimitris Velivassis | Greece | 30:46.4 | +3:59.3 | |
| 24 | 51 | Hamit Tarık Aydın | Turkey | 30:53.1 | +4:06.0 | |
| 25 | 48 | Sebastian Endrestad | Chile | 31:00.2 | +4:13.1 | |
| 26 | 52 | Nahuel Torres | Argentina | 31:04.7 | +4:17.6 | |
| 27 | 44 | Mateo Lorenzo Sauma | Argentina | 31:12.3 | +4:25.2 | |
| 28 | 38 | Samuel Ikpefan | Nigeria | 31:12.8 | +4:25.2 | |
| 29 | 27 | Theo Mallet | Haiti | 31:17.4 | +4:30.3 | |
| 30 | 68 | Victor Santos | Brazil | 31:56.5 | +5:09.4 | |
| 31 | 61 | Amed Oglago | Turkey | 31:57.0 | +5:09.9 | |
| 32 | 49 | David Torevski | North Macedonia | 32:07.8 | +5:20.7 | |
| 33 | 13 | Rodrigo Ideus | Colombia | 32:14.9 | +5:27.8 | |
| 34 | 41 | Blagoja Najdenoski | North Macedonia | 32:16.0 | +5:28.9 | |
| 35 | 39 | Matas Grazys | Lithuania | 32:24.9 | +5:37.8 | |
| 36 | 36 | Ioannis Karamichos | Greece | 32:31.0 | +5:43.9 | |
| 37 | 64 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 32:33.3 | +5:46.2 | |
| 38 | 37 | Iulian Luchin | Moldova | 32:45.4 | +5:58.3 | |
| 39 | 50 | Victor Sendrea | Moldova | 32:56.1 | +6:09.0 | |
| 40 | 31 | Elie Tawk | Lebanon | 33:09.6 | +6:22.5 | |
| 41 | 19 | Jaime Luis Huerta | Peru | 33:38.7 | +6:51.6 | |
| 42 | 40 | Paul Keyrouz | Lebanon | 33:41.4 | +6:54.3 | |
| 43 | 47 | Georgios Anastasiadis | Greece | 33:44.5 | +6:57.4 | |
| 44 | 42 | Ernest Tretjakov | Lithuania | 33:45.2 | +6:58.1 | |
| 45 | 3 | Artur Saparbekov | Kyrgyzstan | 33:47.6 | +7:00.5 | |
| 46 | 33 | Mehdi Tir | Iran | 34:02.4 | +7:15.3 | |
| 47 | 11 | Carlos Andrés Quintana | Colombia | 34:03.9 | +7:16.8 | |
| 48 | 14 | Pedro Montes De Oca | Mexico | 34:18.3 | +7:31.2 | |
| 49 | 29 | Ahmad Reza Seid | Iran | 34:20.8 | +7:33.7 | |
| 50 | 24 | Guillermo Racero | Venezuela | 36:12.3 | +9:25.2 | |
| 51 | 18 | Salim Lozom | Lebanon | 36:25.1 | +9:38.0 | |
| 52 | 9 | Allan Corona | Mexico | 36:26.6 | +9:39.5 | |
| 53 | 17 | Juan Luis Uberuaga | Chile | 36:32.5 | +9:45.4 | |
| 54 | 30 | Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu | Kyrgyzstan | 36:34.8 | +9:47.7 | |
| 55 | 20 | Eldar Kadyrov | Kyrgyzstan | 36:53.8 | +10:06.7 | |
| 56 | 21 | Djordje Paunović | Serbia | 37:24.3 | +10:37.2 | |
| 57 | 7 | Filipe Cabrita | Portugal | 37:26.2 | +10:39.1 | |
| 58 | 23 | Joe Tawk | Lebanon | 37:46.0 | +10:58.9 | |
| 59 | 2 | Rakan Alireza | Saudi Arabia | 38:17.3 | +11:30.2 | |
| 60 | 26 | Antonio Pineyro | Mexico | 38:38.8 | +11:51.7 | |
| 61 | 10 | Tristan Monchablon | Dominica | 39:15.7 | +12:28.6 | |
| 62 | 12 | Islam Turganbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 39:29.6 | +12:42.5 | |
| 63 | 35 | Klaus Jungbluth | Ecuador | 40:02.5 | +13:15.4 | |
| 64 | 16 | Juan Carlos Ayala | Mexico | 40:59.3 | +14:12.2 | |
| 65 | 15 | Jawad Aidaoui | Morocco | 41:10.7 | +14:23.6 | |
| 66 | 1 | Nicholas Lau | Trinidad and Tobago | 41:12.3 | +14:25.2 | |
| 67 | 6 | Warren Aubrey Samberg | Israel | 41:40.7 | +14:53.6 | |
| 68 | 8 | Ricardo Jay Lung | Panama | 42:17.6 | +15:30.5 | |
| 69 | 5 | Tarik Aslani | Serbia | 45:06.0 | +18:18.9 | |
| | 25 | Dani Cholakov | Bulgaria | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |