# Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics was held on 9 February 2014 at 14:00 MSK at the Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. The event is split into half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing.

## Summary

Dario Cologna from Switzerland won the gold medal. Marcus Hellner, the defending Olympic champion from Sweden, finished second, and Martin Johnsrud Sundby from Norway came third.
For much of the free skiing half of the course about fifteen athletes were skiing together, and only close to the stadium, a group of four, Cologna, Hellner, Sundby and Maxim Vylegzhanin escaped. At the stadium, Cologna escaped and became the champion. Sundby finished third closely ahead of Vylegzhanin, and the Russian delegation filed a protest because he apparently changed the track in the finish area, impeding Vylegzhanin. Sundby was reprimanded but allowed to keep the bronze medal.

## Qualification

An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on 20 January 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.

## Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+4).
| Date | Time | Event |
| 9 February | 14:00 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 14:00.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 15 km classic | Rank | Pitstop | 15 km free | Rank | Finish time | Deficit |
| | 21 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 36:04.9 | 13 | 30.9 | 31:39.6 | 2 | 1:08:15.4 | — |
| | 11 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 36:03.1 | 9 | 31.3 | 31:41.4 | 3 | 1:08:15.8 | +0.4 |
| | 1 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 35:59.2 | 1 | 29.6 | 31:48.0 | 5 | 1:08:16.8 | +1.4 |
| 4 | 7 | Maxim Vylegzhanin | Russia | 36:01.1 | 5 | 31.8 | 31:44.0 | 4 | 1:08:16.9 | +1.5 |
| 5 | 9 | Ilia Chernousov | Russia | 36:12.8 | 18 | 39.5 | 31:36.7 | 1 | 1:08:29.0 | +13.6 |
| 6 | 14 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 36:03.1 | 9 | 31.5 | 31:55.2 | 7 | 1:08:29.8 | +14.4 |
| 7 | 15 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 35:59.2 | 2 | 29.6 | 32:02.6 | 9 | 1:08:31.7 | +16.3 |
| 8 | 6 | Johannes Dürr | Austria | 36:04.0 | 11 | 32.2 | 31:55.8 | 8 | 1:08:32.0 | +16.6 |
| 9 | 12 | Maurice Manificat | France | 36:07.6 | 16 | 32.0 | 31:54.0 | 6 | 1:08:33.6 | +18.2 |
| 10 | 27 | Lars Nelson | Sweden | 36:00.2 | 3 | 31.2 | 32:06.3 | 10 | 1:08:37.7 | +22.3 |
| 11 | 2 | Alexander Legkov | Russia | 36:02.4 | 7 | 31.2 | 32:09.5 | 12 | 1:08:43.1 | +27.7 |
| 12 | 24 | Giorgio Di Centa | Italy | 36:02.6 | 8 | 30.0 | 32:11.1 | 14 | 1:08:43.7 | +28.3 |
| 13 | 8 | Hannes Dotzler | Germany | 36:04.3 | 12 | 31.3 | 32:09.2 | 11 | 1:08:44.8 | +29.4 |
| 14 | 25 | Anders Södergren | Sweden | 36:05.4 | 14 | 31.9 | 32:09.6 | 13 | 1:08:46.9 | +31.5 |
| 15 | 23 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 36:00.6 | 4 | 31.5 | 32:17.6 | 15 | 1:08:49.7 | +34.3 |
| 16 | 3 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 36:01.5 | 6 | 32.3 | 32:17.7 | 16 | 1:08:51.5 | +36.1 |
| 17 | 5 | Petter Northug | Norway | 36:06.3 | 15 | 30.6 | 33:02.7 | 25 | 1:09:39.6 | +1:24.2 |
| 18 | 4 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 36:46.6 | 27 | 30.1 | 32:43.5 | 17 | 1:10:00.2 | +1:44.8 |
| 19 | 13 | Evgeniy Belov | Russia | 36:11.0 | 17 | 30.5 | 33:19.0 | 31 | 1:10:00.5 | +1:45.1 |
| 20 | 10 | Sjur Røthe | Norway | 36:41.7 | 25 | 30.2 | 32:50.6 | 18 | 1:10:02.5 | +1:47.1 |
| 21 | 20 | Tord Asle Gjerdalen | Norway | 36:36.5 | 21 | 29.4 | 33:00.8 | 23 | 1:10:06.7 | +1:51.3 |
| 22 | 37 | Francesco de Fabiani | Italy | 36:37.6 | 22 | 33.5 | 32:59.6 | 22 | 1:10:10.7 | +1:55.3 |
| 23 | 28 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 36:20.4 | 19 | 31.5 | 33:21.4 | 32 | 1:10:13.3 | +1:57.9 |
| 24 | 33 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 36:48.2 | 29 | 30.6 | 32:54.5 | 19 | 1:10:13.3 | +1:57.9 |
| 25 | 18 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 36:47.6 | 28 | 28.8 | 32:58.2 | 20 | 1:10:14.6 | +1:59.2 |
| 26 | 44 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 36:42.3 | 26 | 31.9 | 33:07.8 | 29 | 1:10:22.0 | +2:06.6 |
| 27 | 31 | Curdin Perl | Switzerland | 36:40.8 | 24 | 36.2 | 33:05.4 | 27 | 1:10:22.4 | +2:07.0 |
| 28 | 30 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 37:20.5 | 39 | 30.7 | 33:00.9 | 24 | 1:10:52.1 | +2:36.7 |
| 29 | 46 | Jonas Baumann | Switzerland | 37:06.1 | 34 | 31.4 | 33:14.8 | 30 | 1:10:52.3 | +2:36.9 |
| 30 | 22 | Roland Clara | Italy | 37:19.9 | 38 | 32.1 | 33:04.3 | 26 | 1:10:56.3 | +2:40.9 |
| 31 | 47 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 37:21.7 | 40 | 31.1 | 33:07.3 | 28 | 1:11:00.1 | +2:44.7 |
| 32 | 38 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 36:53.8 | 30 | 34.8 | 33:37.0 | 35 | 1:11:05.6 | +2:50.2 |
| 33 | 17 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 36:54.3 | 31 | 30.9 | 33:46.8 | 36 | 1:11:12.0 | +2:56.6 |
| 34 | 42 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 36:57.2 | 32 | 35.0 | 33:55.9 | 38 | 1:11:28.1 | +3:12.7 (PF) |
| 35 | 26 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 37:19.3 | 37 | 34.7 | 33:34.1 | 34 | 1:11:28.1 | +3:12.7 (PF) |
| 36 | 32 | Petr Novák | Czech Republic | 37:56.0 | 47 | 33.3 | 32:59.2 | 21 | 1:11:28.5 | +3:13.1 |
| 37 | 19 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 36:27.7 | 20 | 31.1 | 34:34.1 | 46 | 1:11:32.9 | +3.17.5 |
| 38 | 29 | Lari Lehtonen | Finland | 37:30.8 | 42 | 32.0 | 33:31.3 | 33 | 1:11:34.1 | +3:18.7 |
| 39 | 51 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 37:07.5 | 35 | 34.6 | 34:05.5 | 40 | 1:11:47.6 | +3:32.2 |
| 40 | 16 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 36:40.3 | 23 | 33.1 | 34:39.2 | 48 | 1:11:52.6 | +3:37.2 |
| 41 | 34 | Ivan Perrillat Boiteux | France | 37:09.4 | 36 | 30.5 | 34:24.6 | 44 | 1:12:04.5 | +3:49.1 |
| 42 | 45 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 37:05.6 | 33 | 31.2 | 35:05.5 | 50 | 1:12:42.3 | +4:26.9 |
| 43 | 56 | Philipp Haelg | Liechtenstein | 37:51.8 | 44 | 33.3 | 34:22.7 | 41 | 1:12:47.8 | +4:32.4 |
| 44 | 36 | Jiří Magál | Czech Republic | 37:54.6 | 46 | 31.9 | 34:23.0 | 43 | 1:12:49.5 | +4:34.1 |
| 45 | 40 | Graeme Killick | Canada | 38:18.2 | 49 | 35.0 | 34:22.9 | 42 | 1:13:16.1 | +5:00.7 |
| 46 | 52 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 38:43.1 | 51 | 33.7 | 33:59.8 | 39 | 1:13:16.6 | +5:01.2 |
| 47 | 41 | Brian Gregg | United States | 38:57.4 | 53 | 35.6 | 33:53.3 | 37 | 1:13:26.3 | +5:10.9 |
| 48 | 48 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 37:52.5 | 45 | 33.3 | 35:10.4 | 52 | 1:13:36.2 | +5:20.8 |
| 49 | 49 | Sergey Cherepanov | Kazakhstan | 37:36.8 | 43 | 36.5 | 35:26.4 | 55 | 1:13:39.7 | +5:24.3 |
| 50 | 54 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 38:26.5 | 50 | 38.5 | 34:35.4 | 47 | 1:13:40.4 | +5:25.0 |
| 51 | 43 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 38:04.3 | 48 | 33.6 | 35:09.3 | 51 | 1:13:47.2 | +5:31.8 |
| 52 | 62 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 38:59.0 | 56 | 32.8 | 34:33.3 | 45 | 1:14:05.1 | +5:49.7 |
| 53 | 39 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 39:01.1 | 57 | 30.8 | 34:40.1 | 49 | 1:14:12.0 | +5:56.6 |
| 54 | 35 | Kris Freeman | United States | 37:30.5 | 41 | 33.3 | 36:30.8 | 61 | 1:14:34.6 | +6:19.2 |
| 55 | 53 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 38:46.9 | 52 | 40.3 | 35:12.2 | 54 | 1:14:39.4 | +6:24.0 |
| 56 | 50 | Mark Starostin | Kazakhstan | 38:57.8 | 54 | 35.0 | 36:03.8 | 56 | 1:15:36.6 | +7:21.2 |
| 57 | 60 | Andrey Gridin | Bulgaria | 39:56.3 | 58 | 36.5 | 35:11.9 | 53 | 1:15:44.7 | +7:29.3 |
| 58 | 55 | Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas | Spain | 38:58.2 | 55 | 32.2 | 36:30.6 | 60 | 1:16:01.0 | +7:45.6 |
| 59 | 66 | Xu Wenlong | China | 39:57.9 | 60 | 34.4 | 36:21.0 | 58 | 1:16:53.3 | +8:37.9 |
| 60 | 61 | Callum Watson | Australia | 40:09.8 | 62 | 29.0 | 36:21.6 | 59 | 1:17:00.4 | +8:45.0 |
| 61 | 63 | Paweł Klisz | Poland | 40:09.3 | 61 | 29.7 | 36:39.5 | 62 | 1:17:18.5 | +9:03.1 |
| 62 | 59 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 39:57.4 | 59 | 37.2 | 37:02.5 | 64 | 1:17:37.1 | +9:21.7 |
| 63 | 67 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | 40:11.7 | 63 | 41.8 | 36:51.0 | 63 | 1:17:44.5 | +9:29.1 |
| 64 | 58 | Jan Antolec | Poland | 41:32.2 | 68 | 33.8 | 36:12.8 | 57 | 1:18:18.8 | +10:03.4 |
| 65 | 57 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 41:08.0 | 66 | 35.0 | 37:48.5 | 65 | 1:19:31.5 | +11:16.1 |
| 66 | 65 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 40:44.1 | 64 | 36.1 | 38:39.9 | 66 | 1:20:00.1 | +11:44.7 |
| 67 | 64 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 40:54.7 | 65 | 39.1 | 39:03.4 | 67 | 1:20:37.2 | +12.21.8 |
| 68 | 68 | Hwang Jun-Ho | South Korea | 41:22.6 | 67 | 39.9 | LAP | 68 | LAP | +LAP |
PF = Photo Finish