# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's sprint

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 was held on 22 February 2007 in the Sapporo Dome.

## Results
### Qualification

83 competitors started the qualification race.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 9 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:04.71 | — | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 3:04.93 | +0.22 | Q |
| 3 | 10 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:05.68 | +0.97 | Q |
| 4 | 4 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 3:05.81 | +1.10 | Q |
| 5 | 40 | Mats Larsson | Sweden | 3:06.14 | +1.43 | Q |
| 6 | 17 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:06.25 | +1.54 | Q |
| 7 | 3 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:06.80 | +2.09 | Q |
| | 36 | Yevgeniy Koschevoy | Kazakhstan | DSQ | DSQ | |
| 8 | 5 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:07.40 | +2.69 | Q |
| 9 | 41 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | Russia | 3:07.64 | +2.93 | Q |
| 10 | 27 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:07.71 | +3.00 | Q |
| 11 | 35 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:07.79 | +3.08 | Q |
| 12 | 2 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 3:08.29 | +3.58 | Q |
| 13 | 7 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:08.48 | +3.77 | Q |
| 14 | 11 | Torin Koos | United States | 3:09.24 | +4.53 | Q |
| 15 | 29 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:09.79 | +5.08 | Q |
| 16 | 26 | Lauri Pyykönen | Finland | 3:10.27 | +5.56 | Q |
| 17 | 6 | Petter Myhlback | Sweden | 3:11.20 | +6.49 | Q |
| 18 | 24 | Dusan Kozisek | Czech Republic | 3:11.21 | +6.50 | Q |
| 19 | 14 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:12.04 | +7.33 | Q |
| 20 | 18 | Loris Frasnelli | Italy | 3:12.39 | +7.68 | Q |
| 21 | 43 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 3:12.89 | +8.18 | Q |
| 22 | 51 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:12.99 | +8.28 | Q |
| 23 | 12 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 3:13.07 | +8.36 | Q |
| 24 | 32 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:13.18 | +8.47 | Q |
| 25 | 33 | Thomas Stöggl | Austria | 3:13.76 | +9.05 | Q |
| 26 | 30 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:13.92 | +9.21 | Q |
| 27 | 21 | Priit Narusk | Estonia | 3:14.22 | +9.51 | Q |
| 28 | 37 | Timo Simonlatser | Estonia | 3:14.53 | +9.82 | Q |
| 29 | 8 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:14.55 | +9.84 | Q |
| 30 | 31 | Sean Crooks | Canada | 3:14.75 | +10.04 | |
| 31 | 25 | Chris Cook | United States | 3:14.90 | +10.19 | |
| 32 | 50 | Osamu Yamagishi | Japan | 3:15.42 | +10.71 | |
| 33 | 20 | Christoph Eigenmann | Switzerland | 3:16.10 | +11.39 | |
| 34 | 57 | Olexandr Putsko | Ukraine | 3:17.11 | +12.40 | |
| 35 | 52 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 3:17.44 | +12.73 | |
| 36 | 44 | Martin Otcenas | Slovakia | 3:17.51 | +12.80 | |
| 37 | 55 | Paul Murray | Australia | 3:17.54 | +12.83 | |
| 38 | 22 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 3:18.39 | +13.68 | |
| 39 | 38 | Stefan Kuhn | Canada | 3:18.45 | +13.74 | |
| 40 | 23 | Harald Wurm | Austria | 3:18.80 | +14.09 | |
| 41 | 53 | Xia Wan | China | 3:19.03 | +14.32 | |
| 42 | 28 | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | 3:19.24 | +14.53 | |
| 43 | 16 | Martin Stockinger | Austria | 3:20.64 | +15.93 | |
| 44 | 34 | Nejc Brodar | Slovenia | 3:22.03 | +17.32 | |
| 45 | 54 | Mikhail Gumenyak | Ukraine | 3:22.53 | +17.82 | |
| 46 | 45 | Oliver Kraas | South Africa | 3:22.77 | +18.06 | |
| 47 | 42 | Lars Flora | United States | 3:22.97 | +18.26 | |
| 48 | 47 | Qinghai Sun | China | 3:24.68 | +19.97 | |
| 49 | 49 | Ben Sim | Australia | 3:25.34 | +20.63 | |
| 50 | 69 | Aleksey Ivanov | Belarus | 3:26.44 | +21.37 | |
| 51 | 61 | Francesc Soulie | Andorra | 3:26.72 | +22.01 | |
| 52 | 48 | Zoltan Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:28.56 | +23.85 | |
| 53 | 63 | Vitaly Shtun | Ukraine | 3:30.34 | +25.63 | |
| 54 | 83 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | 3:30.50 | +25.79 | |
| 55 | 71 | Hak-Jin Kim | South Korea | 3:30.83 | +26.12 | |
| 56 | 73 | Daniel Kuzmin | Israel | 3:31.00 | +26.29 | |
| 57 | 64 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 3:31.80 | +27.09 | |
| 58 | 62 | Wenyou Bian | China | 3:32.93 | +28.22 | |
| 59 | 58 | Sebahattin Oglago | Turkey | 3:35.88 | +31.17 | |
| 60 | 59 | Kari Peters | Luxembourg | 3:37.10 | +32.39 | |
| 61 | 80 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 3:37.66 | +32.95 | |
| 62 | 60 | Muhammet Kizilarslan | Turkey | 3:38.76 | +34.05 | |
| 63 | 39 | Phil Widmer | Canada | 3:39.05 | +34.34 | |
| 64 | 56 | Wang Songtao | China | 3:39.93 | +35.22 | |
| 65 | 65 | Matyas Hollo | Hungary | 3:42.93 | +39.22 | |
| 66 | 82 | Csaba Cseke | Hungary | 3:44.63 | +39.92 | |
| 67 | 67 | Hovhannes Sargsyan | Armenia | 3:44.87 | +40.16 | |
| 68 | 70 | Karapet Sahradyan | Armenia | 3:45.57 | +40.86 | |
| 69 | 81 | Grigoris Moschovakos | Greece | 3:47.83 | +43.12 | |
| 70 | 72 | Mayis Soghoyan | Armenia | 4:02.52 | +57.81 | |
| 71 | 74 | Nikos Kalofyris | Greece | 4:03.51 | +58.80 | |
| 72 | 75 | Armen Meliqyan | Armenia | 4:05.79 | +1:01.08 | |
| 73 | 66 | Alan Eason | United Kingdom | 4:07.81 | +1:03.10 | |
| 74 | 76 | Robel Teklemariam | Ethiopia | 4:19.95 | +1:15.24 | |
| 75 | 79 | Helio Freitas | Brazil | 4:38.84 | +1:34.13 | |
| 76 | 77 | Rory Morrish | Ireland | 4:40.19 | +1:35.48 | |
| 77 | 68 | Danny Silva | Portugal | 4:45.74 | +1:41.03 | |
| 78 | 78 | Philip Boit | Kenya | 4:59.19 | +1:54.48 | |
| | 13 | Renato Pasini | Italy | DSQ | DSQ | |
| | 15 | Peeter Kummel | Estonia | DSQ | DSQ | |
| | 19 | Roddy Darragon | France | DSQ | DSQ | |
| | 46 | Sergey Shiryayev | Russia | DSQ | DSQ | |

### Quarterfinals

Q - Qualified for next round PF - Photo Finish LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 11 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:08.2 | — | Q |
| 2 | 1 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:09.1 | +0.9 | Q |
| 3 | 30 | Josef Wenzl | Germany | 3:09.2 | +1.0 | 14th |
| 4 | 10 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | Russia | 3:09.6 | +1.4 | 15th |
| 5 | 21 | Loris Frasnelli | Italy | 3:12.9 | +4.7 | 23rd |
| 6 | 20 | Yuichi Onda | Japan | 3:58.7 | +50.5 | 25th |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 7 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:03.8 | — | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 3:04.1 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 17 | Lauri Pyykönen | Finland | 3:06.1 | +2.3 | 13th |
| 4 | 24 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 3:06.6 | +2.8 | 18th |
| 5 | 14 | Nikolay Morilov | Russia | 3:08.4 | +4.6 | 20th |
| 6 | 27 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 3:11.1 | +7.3 | 28th |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 6 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:02.3 | — | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Mats Larsson | Sweden | 3:02.5 | +0.3 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Cyril Miranda | France | 3:06.7 | +4.4 | 12th |
| 4 | 25 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 3:07.1 | +4.8 | 19th |
| 5 | 15 | Torin Koos | United States | 3:12.9 | +10.6 | 21st |
| 6 | 26 | Thomas Stöggl | Austria | 3:15.2 | +12.9 | 27th |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 3:03.8 | — | Q PF |
| 2 | 9 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:03.8 | +0.0 | Q PF |
| 3 | 12 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:04.9 | +1.1 | LL |
| 4 | 19 | Dusan Kozisek | Czech Republic | 3:06.1 | +2.3 | 16th |
| 5 | 29 | Timo Simonlatser | Estonia | 3:06.3 | +2.5 | 24th |
| 6 | 22 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 3:10.7 | +6.9 | 26th |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:05.0 | — | Q |
| 2 | 8 | Yevgeniy Koschevoy | Kazakhstan | 3:05.9 | +0.4 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 3:05.6 | +0.6 | LL |
| 4 | 23 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 3:08.2 | +3.2 | 17th |
| 5 | 18 | Petter Myhlback | Sweden | 3:09.9 | +4.9 | 22nd |
| 6 | 28 | Priit Narusk | Estonia | 3:10.3 | +5.3 | 29th |

### Semifinals
#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 5 | Mats Larsson | Sweden | 3:01.2 | — | QA PF |
| 2 | 7 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:01.3 | +0.1 | QA PF |
| 3 | 1 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:02.4 | +1.2 | QA LL |
| 4 | 4 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 3:03.2 | +2.0 | QA LL |
| 5 | 12 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:18.9 | +17.7 | QB PF |
| 6 | 11 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:18.9 | +17.7 | QB PF |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 3 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:05.7 | — | QA |
| 2 | 6 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:06.4 | +0.7 | QA |
| 3 | 2 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 3:07.7 | +2.2 | QB |
| 4 | 9 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:09.5 | +3.8 | QB |
| 5 | 13 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 3:12.0 | +6.3 | QB |
| 6 | 8 | Yevgeniy Koschevoy | Kazakhstan | 3:12.5 | +6.8 | QB |

### Finals
#### Final A

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| | 7 | Jens Arne Svartedal | Norway | 3:03.8 | — | 1st |
| | 5 | Mats Larsson | Sweden | 3:04.0 | +0.2 | 2nd |
| | 4 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 3:04.6 | +0.8 | 3rd |
| 4 | 6 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 3:05.0 | +1.2 | 4th |
| 5 | 1 | Andrew Newell | United States | 3:09.4 | +5.6 | 5th |
| 6 | 3 | Emil Jönsson | Sweden | 3:47.6 | +43.8 | 6th |

#### Final B

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 2 | Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset | Norway | 3:09.9 | — | 7th PF |
| 2 | 9 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 3:10.0 | +0.1 | 8th PF |
| 3 | 12 | Matias Strandvall | Finland | 3:11.0 | +1.1 | 9th PF |
| 4 | 13 | Janusz Krezelok | Poland | 3:11.0 | +1.1 | 10th PF |
| 5 | 11 | Kalle Lassila | Finland | 3:12.8 | +2.9 | 11th |
| 6 | 8 | Yevgeniy Koschevoy | Kazakhstan | 3:14.4 | +4.5 | DSQ |