# Cross-country skiing at the 2002 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.
Seventy-two skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitors advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skier each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.

## Results

    Q — qualified for next round

### Qualifying

72 competitors started the qualification race.
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
| 1 | 9 | Håvard Bjerkeli | Norway | 02:50.07 | – | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Cristian Zorzi | Italy | 02:50.34 | +0.27 | Q |
| 3 | 24 | Janusz Krężelok | Poland | 02:50.67 | +0.60 | Q |
| 4 | 5 | Trond Iversen | Norway | 02:51.09 | +1.02 | Q |
| 5 | 15 | Peter Schlickenrieder | Germany | 02:51.12 | +1.05 | Q |
| 6 | 2 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 02:51.19 | +1.12 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | 02:51.51 | +1.44 | Q |
| 8 | 12 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | 02:52.09 | +2.02 | Q |
| 9 | 16 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 02:52.17 | +2.10 | Q |
| 10 | 13 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 02:52.31 | +2.24 | Q |
| 11 | 10 | Freddy Schwienbacher | Italy | 02:53.03 | +2.96 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Trond Einar Elden | Norway | 02:53.31 | +3.24 | Q |
| 13 | 28 | Matej Soklič | Slovenia | 02:53.42 | +3.35 | Q |
| 14 | 11 | Peter Larsson | Sweden | 02:53.55 | +3.48 | Q |
| 15 | 6 | Markus Hasler | Liechtenstein | 02:53.74 | +3.67 | Q |
| 16 | 62 | Hannu Manninen | Finland | 02:53.67 | +3.80 | Q |
| 17 | 58 | Sergey Novikov | Russia | 02:54.35 | +4.28 | |
| 18 | 3 | Thobias Fredriksson | Sweden | 02:54.45 | +4.38 | |
| 19 | 30 | Christoph Eigenmann | Switzerland | 02:54.76 | +4.69 | |
| 20 | 17 | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | 02:54.87 | +4.80 | |
| 21 | 7 | Ari Palolahti | Finland | 02:55.28 | +5.21 | |
| 22 | 22 | Sami Repo | Finland | 02:55.47 | +5.40 | |
| 23 | 26 | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | 02:55.91 | +5.84 | |
| 24 | 33 | Reinhard Neuner | Austria | 02:56.20 | +6.13 | |
| 25 | 23 | Jörgen Brink | Sweden | 02:56.84 | +6.77 | |
| 26 | 18 | Keijo Kurttila | Finland | 02:56.91 | +6.84 | |
| 27 | 40 | Roman Virolainen | Belarus | 02:57.48 | +7.41 | |
| 28 | 21 | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | 02:57.60 | +7.53 | |
| 29 | 19 | Vasily Rochev | Russia | 02:57.76 | +7.69 | |
| 30 | 32 | Carl Swenson | United States | 02:58.56 | +8.49 | |
| 31 | 20 | Vitaly Denisov | Russia | 02:59.21 | +9.14 | |
| 32 | 31 | Dmitri Tichkine | Russia | 02:59.40 | +9.33 | |
| 33 | 57 | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | 03:00.02 | +9.95 | |
| 34 | 46 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 03:00.31 | +10.24 | |
| 35 | 29 | Pavo Raudsepp | Estonia | 03:01.04 | +10.97 | |
| 36 | 34 | Torin Koos | United States | 03:01.32 | +11.25 | |
| 37 | 42 | Lars Flora | United States | 03:01.41 | +11.34 | |
| 38 | 35 | Daichi Azegami | Japan | 03:01.47 | +11.40 | |
| 39 | 27 | Priit Narusk | Estonia | 03:01.75 | +11.68 | |
| 40 | 47 | Zoltan Tagscherer | Hungary | 03:01.90 | +11.83 | |
| 41 | 38 | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | 03:01.98 | +11.91 | |
| 42 | 41 | Kris Freeman | United States | 03:02.68 | +12.61 | |
| 43 | 60 | Denis Krivushkin | Kazakhstan | 03:02.73 | +12.66 | |
| 44 | 44 | Donald Farley | Canada | 03:03.02 | +12.95 | |
| 45 | 36 | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | 03:03.21 | +13.14 | |
| 46 | 43 | Zsolt Antal | Romania | 03:05.24 | +15.17 | |
| 47 | 37 | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | 03:05.90 | +15.83 | |
| = | 53 | Damir Jurcevic | Croatia | 03:05.90 | +15.83 | |
| 49 | 64 | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | 03:05.98 | +15.91 | |
| 50 | 45 | Vladimir Bortsov | Kazakhstan | 03:06.03 | +15.96 | |
| 51 | 59 | Maxim Odnodvortsev | Kazakhstan | 03:06.83 | +16.76 | |
| 52 | 54 | Dawei Han | China | 03:07.00 | +16.93 | |
| 53 | 61 | Vladislavas Zybailo | Lithuania | 03:07.25 | +17.18 | |
| = | 52 | Vadim Gusev | Lithuania | 03:07.25 | +17.18 | |
| 55 | 39 | Alexij Tregobov | Belarus | 03:08.05 | +17.98 | |
| 56 | 48 | Denis Vorobiev | Belarus | 03:08.79 | +18.72 | |
| 57 | 63 | Sin Doo-Sun | South Korea | 03:11.89 | +21.82 | |
| 58 | 50 | Aleksandr Schalak | Belarus | 03:13.63 | +23.56 | |
| 59 | 51 | Slavtscho Batinkov | Bulgaria | 03:14.21 | +24.14 | |
| 60 | 55 | Mátyás Holló | Hungary | 03:15.11 | +25.04 | |
| 61 | 65 | Sabahattin Oglago | Turkey | 03:18.24 | +28.17 | |
| 62 | 56 | Ivan Bariakov | Bulgaria | 03:18.97 | +28.90 | |
| 63 | 49 | Aram Hajiyan | Armenia | 03:24.89 | +34.82 | |
| 64 | 66 | Gokio Dineski | Macedonia | 03:29.29 | +39.22 | |
| 65 | 67 | Philip Boit | Kenya | 03:51.49 | +1:01.42 | |
| 66 | 68 | Isaac Menyoli | Cameroon | 04:10.07 | +1:20.00 | |
| 67 | 71 | Prawat Nagvajara | Thailand | 04:14.55 | +1:24.48 | |
| 68 | 69 | Arturo Kinch | Costa Rica | 04:22.72 | +1:32.65 | |
| 69 | 70 | Paul O'Connor | Ireland | 04:33.82 | +1:43.75 | |
| 70 | 72 | Jayaram Khadka | Nepal | 04:48.42 | +1:58.35 | |
| DNS | 25 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | DNS | DNS | |
| DSQ | 8 | Marc Mayer | Austria | DSQ | DSQ | |

### Final results

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Round |
| | 6 | Tor Arne Hetland | Norway | 02:56.9 | A Final |
| | 5 | Peter Schlickenrieder | Germany | 02:57.0 | A Final |
| | 2 | Cristian Zorzi | Italy | 02:57.2 | A Final |
| 4 | 9 | Björn Lind | Sweden | 02:58.1 | A Final |
| 5 | 11 | Freddy Schwienbacher | Italy | 02:56.1 | B Final |
| 6 | 4 | Trond Iversen | Norway | 02:56.6 | B Final |
| 7 | 10 | Tobias Angerer | Germany | 02:58.8 | B Final |
| 8 | 16 | Hannu Manninen | Finland | 02:59.5 | B Final |
| 9 | 3 | Janusz Krężelok | Poland | | Semifinal |
| 10 | 8 | Martin Koukal | Czech Republic | | Quarterfinal |
| 11 | 13 | Matej Soklič | Slovenia | | Quarterfinal |
| 12 | 15 | Markus Hasler | Liechtenstein | | Quarterfinal |
| 13 | 1 | Håvard Bjerkeli | Norway | | Quarterfinal |
| 14 | 7 | Silvio Fauner | Italy | | Quarterfinal |
| 15 | 12 | Trond Einar Elden | Norway | | Quarterfinal |
| 16 | DNQ | Serguey Novikov | Russia | | Qualification |
| 17 | DNQ | Thobias Fredriksson | Sweden | | Qualification |
| 18 | DNQ | Christoph Eigenmann | Switzerland | | Qualification |
| 19 | DNQ | René Sommerfeldt | Germany | | Qualification |
| 20 | DNQ | Ari Palolahti | Finland | | Qualification |
| 21 | DNQ | Sami Repo | Finland | | Qualification |
| 22 | DNQ | Stephan Kunz | Liechtenstein | | Qualification |
| 23 | DNQ | Reinhard Neuner | Austria | | Qualification |
| 24 | DNQ | Joergen Brink | Sweden | | Qualification |
| 25 | DNQ | Keijo Kurttila | Finland | | Qualification |
| 26 | DNQ | Roman Virolainen | Belarus | | Qualification |
| 27 | DNQ | Fulvio Valbusa | Italy | | Qualification |
| 28 | DNQ | Vasily Rochev | Russia | | Qualification |
| 29 | DNQ | Carl Swenson | United States | | Qualification |
| 30 | DNQ | Vitaly Denisov | Russia | | Qualification |
| 31 | DNQ | Dmitry Tishkin | Russia | | Qualification |
| 32 | DNQ | Indrek Tobreluts | Estonia | | Qualification |
| 33 | DNQ | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | | Qualification |
| 34 | DNQ | Pavo Raudsepp | Estonia | | Qualification |
| 35 | DNQ | Torin Koos | United States | | Qualification |
| 36 | DNQ | Lars Flora | United States | | Qualification |
| 37 | DNQ | Daichi Azegami | Japan | | Qualification |
| 38 | DNQ | Priit Narusk | Estonia | | Qualification |
| 39 | DNQ | Zoltan Tagscherer | Hungary | | Qualification |
| 40 | DNQ | Lefteris Fafalis | Greece | | Qualification |
| 41 | DNQ | Kris Freeman | United States | | Qualification |
| 42 | DNQ | Denis Krivushkin | Kazakhstan | | Qualification |
| 43 | DNQ | Donald Farley | Canada | | Qualification |
| 44 | DNQ | Roman Leybyuk | Ukraine | | Qualification |
| 45 | DNQ | Zsolt Antal | Romania | | Qualification |
| 46 | DNQ | Masaaki Kozu | Japan | | Qualification |
| 47 | DNQ | Damir Jurcevic | Croatia | | Qualification |
| 48 | DNQ | Imre Tagscherer | Hungary | | Qualification |
| 49 | DNQ | Vladimir Bortsov | Kazakhstan | | Qualification |
| 50 | DNQ | Maxim Odnodvortsev | Kazakhstan | | Qualification |
| 51 | DNQ | Dawei Han | China | | Qualification |
| 52 | DNQ | Vladislavas Zybailo | Lithuania | | Qualification |
| 53 | DNQ | Vadim Gusev | Lithuania | | Qualification |
| 54 | DNQ | Alexij Tregobov | Belarus | | Qualification |
| 55 | DNQ | Denis Vorobyov | Belarus | | Qualification |
| 56 | DNQ | Sin Doo-Sun | South Korea | | Qualification |
| 57 | DNQ | Aleksandr Shalak | Belarus | | Qualification |
| 58 | DNQ | Slavtscho Batinkov | Bulgaria | | Qualification |
| 59 | DNQ | Mátyás Holló | Hungary | | Qualification |
| 60 | DNQ | Sabahattin Oglago | Turkey | | Qualification |
| 61 | DNQ | Ivan Bariakov | Bulgaria | | Qualification |
| 62 | DNQ | Aram Hajiyan | Armenia | | Qualification |
| 63 | DNQ | Gokio Dineski | Macedonia | | Qualification |
| 64 | DNQ | Philip Boit | Kenya | | Qualification |
| 65 | DNQ | Isaac Menyoli | Cameroon | | Qualification |
| 66 | DNQ | Prawat Nagvajara | Thailand | | Qualification |
| 67 | DNQ | Arturo Kinch | Costa Rica | | Qualification |
| 68 | DNQ | Paul O'Connor | Ireland | | Qualification |
| 69 | DNQ | Jayaram Khadka | Nepal | | Qualification |
| DNS | DNQ | Axel Teichmann | Germany | | Qualification |
| DSQ | 14 | Peter Larsson | Sweden | | Quarterfinal |
| DSQ | DNQ | Marc Mayer | Austria | | Qualification |