# FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 – Men's sprint

The men's sprint competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2023 was held on 23 February 2023.

## Results
### Qualification

The qualification was started at 13:27.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 23 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2:55.50 | | Q |
| 2 | 11 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:56.51 | +1.01 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 2:59.15 | +3.65 | Q |
| 4 | 25 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 2:59.28 | +3.78 | Q |
| 5 | 22 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 2:59.54 | +4.04 | Q |
| 6 | 19 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:01.30 | +5.80 | Q |
| 7 | 1 | Jules Chappaz | France | 3:02.42 | +6.92 | Q |
| 8 | 9 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:02.45 | +6.95 | Q |
| 9 | 30 | Niilo Moilanen | Finland | 3:02.57 | +7.07 | Q |
| 10 | 21 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:02.81 | +7.31 | Q |
| 11 | 28 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:02.99 | +7.49 | Q |
| 12 | 16 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:03.17 | +7.67 | Q |
| 13 | 27 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 3:03.26 | +7.76 | Q |
| 14 | 3 | Even Northug | Norway | 3:03.76 | +8.26 | Q |
| 15 | 12 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:03.95 | +8.45 | Q |
| 16 | 13 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:04.21 | +8.71 | Q |
| 17 | 37 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 3:04.50 | +9.00 | Q |
| 18 | 7 | Edvin Anger | Sweden | 3:04.64 | +9.14 | Q |
| 19 | 15 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:04.74 | +9.24 | Q |
| 20 | 17 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:04.95 | +9.45 | Q |
| 21 | 39 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 3:05.42 | +9.92 | Q |
| 22 | 29 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:05.70 | +10.20 | Q |
| 23 | 18 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 3:06.31 | +10.81 | Q |
| 24 | 10 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 3:06.34 | +10.84 | Q |
| 25 | 34 | Ville Ahonen | Finland | 3:06.42 | +10.92 | Q |
| 26 | 41 | Lukas Mrkonjic | Austria | 3:06.42 | +10.92 | Q |
| 27 | 33 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:06.70 | +11.20 | Q |
| 28 | 8 | Graham Ritchie | Canada | 3:07.21 | +11.71 | Q |
| 29 | 42 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 3:07.75 | +12.25 | Q |
| 30 | 35 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:07.84 | +12.34 | Q |
| 31 | 38 | Erwan Käser | Switzerland | 3:07.96 | +12.46 | |
| 32 | 20 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:08.10 | +12.60 | |
| 33 | 31 | Michael Föttinger | Austria | 3:08.30 | +12.80 | |
| 34 | 6 | Benjamin Moser | Austria | 3:08.45 | +12.95 | |
| 35 | 43 | Davide Graz | Italy | 3:09.43 | +13.93 | |
| 35 | 47 | Xavier McKeever | Canada | 3:09.43 | +13.93 | |
| 37 | 48 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 3:10.38 | +14.88 | |
| 38 | 36 | Antoine Cyr | Canada | 3:10.45 | +14.95 | |
| 39 | 2 | Roman Schaad | Switzerland | 3:10.78 | +15.28 | |
| 40 | 51 | Lars Young Vik | Australia | 3:11.13 | +15.63 | |
| 41 | 44 | Martin Himma | Estonia | 3:11.30 | +15.80 | |
| 42 | 40 | Svyatoslav Matassov | Kazakhstan | 3:11.47 | +15.97 | |
| 43 | 26 | Janik Riebli | Switzerland | 3:11.79 | +16.29 | |
| 44 | 32 | Kevin Bolger | United States | 3:12.03 | +16.53 | |
| 45 | 49 | Konstantin Bortsov | Kazakhstan | 3:12.17 | +16.67 | |
| 46 | 14 | Andrew Young | United Kingdom | 3:12.32 | +16.82 | |
| 47 | 50 | Thomas Maloney Westgård | Ireland | 3:13.28 | +17.78 | |
| 48 | 24 | James Clugnet | United Kingdom | 3:13.66 | +18.16 | |
| 49 | 4 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:14.42 | +18.92 | |
| 51 | 45 | Karl Sebastian Dremljuga | Estonia | 3:15.43 | +19.59 | |
| 52 | 54 | Anže Gros | Slovenia | 3:15.47 | +19.93 | |
| 53 | 53 | Takanori Ebina | Japan | 3:16.10 | +19.97 | |
| 54 | 61 | Raul Mihai Popa | Romania | 3:16.41 | +20.60 | |
| 55 | 62 | Sebastian Bryja | Poland | 3:16.77 | +20.91 | |
| 56 | 55 | Julian Smith | Canada | 3:17.46 | +21.27 | |
| 57 | 60 | Dmytro Drahun | Ukraine | 3:18.03 | +21.96 | |
| 58 | 68 | Jáchym Cenek | Slovakia | 3:18.75 | +22.53 | |
| 59 | 46 | Raimo Vīgants | Latvia | 3:19.05 | +23.25 | |
| 60 | 79 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:19.16 | +23.66 | |
| 61 | 67 | Fedor Karpov | Kazakhstan | 3:20.00 | +24.50 | |
| 62 | 70 | Samuel Ikpefan | Nigeria | 3:20.57 | +25.07 | |
| 63 | 57 | Boštjan Korošec | Slovenia | 3:20.89 | +25.39 | |
| 64 | 63 | Seve De Campo | Australia | 3:21.84 | +26.34 | |
| 65 | 74 | Franco Dal Farra | Argentina | 3:22.13 | +26.63 | |
| 66 | 58 | Olzhas Klimin | Kazakhstan | 3:22.38 | +26.88 | |
| 67 | 59 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 3:23.22 | +27.72 | |
| 68 | 65 | Robin Frommelt | Liechtenstein | 3:23.23 | +27.73 | |
| 69 | 56 | Lauris Kaparkalējs | Latvia | 3:23.50 | +28.00 | |
| 70 | 69 | Marko Skender | Croatia | 3:23.91 | +28.41 | |
| 71 | 76 | Andrej Renda | Slovakia | 3:24.58 | +29.08 | |
| 72 | 72 | Fredrik Fodstad | Colombia | 3:24.59 | +29.09 | |
| 73 | 73 | Modestas Vaičiulis | Lithuania | 3:25.85 | +30.35 | |
| 74 | 80 | Ádám Kónya | Hungary | 3:27.17 | +31.67 | |
| 75 | 66 | Dagur Benediktsson | Iceland | 3:27.55 | +32.05 | |
| 76 | 77 | Oleksandr Lisohor | Ukraine | 3:28.13 | +32.63 | |
| 77 | 75 | Strahinja Erić | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:29.06 | +33.56 | |
| 78 | 71 | Manex Silva | Brazil | 3:29.38 | +33.88 | |
| 79 | 95 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh | Mongolia | 3:29.62 | +34.12 | |
| 80 | 130 | Hamit Tarık Aydin | Turkey | 3:30.03 | +34.53 | |
| 81 | 101 | Yusuf Emre Fırat | Turkey | 3:32.54 | +37.04 | |
| 82 | 81 | Sebastian Endrestad | Chile | 3:33.17 | +37.67 | |
| 83 | 86 | Bruno Krampe | Latvia | 3:33.40 | +37.90 | |
| 84 | 82 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:33.92 | +38.42 | |
| 85 | 91 | Stevenson Savart | Haiti | 3:33.93 | +38.43 | |
| 86 | 102 | Ruslan Denysenko | Ukraine | 3:34.19 | +38.69 | |
| 87 | 109 | Spartak Voskanyan | Armenia | 3:35.52 | +40.02 | |
| 88 | 78 | Mark Chanloung | Thailand | 3:35.73 | +40.23 | |
| 89 | 85 | Daniel Peshkov | Bulgaria | 3:36.33 | +40.83 | |
| 90 | 90 | Mathis Poutot | Belgium | 3:36.52 | +41.02 | |
| 91 | 100 | Mateo Lorenzo Sauma | Argentina | 3:38.14 | +42.64 | |
| 92 | 129 | Ahmed Oglago | Turkey | 3:38.68 | +43.18 | |
| 93 | 64 | Niks Saulītis | Lithuania | 3:38.81 | +43.31 | |
| 94 | 84 | Gonzalo Ángel Gómez | Argentina | 3:38.83 | +43.33 | |
| 95 | 94 | Aleksandar Grbović | Montenegro | 3:39.52 | +44.02 | |
| 96 | 114 | Yusuf Talay | Turkey | 3:40.56 | +45.06 | |
| 97 | 89 | Todor Malchov | Bulgaria | 3:41.80 | +46.30 | |
| 98 | 97 | Petar Perušić | Croatia | 3:41.98 | +46.48 | |
| 99 | 92 | Kristóf Lágler | Hungary | 3:42.06 | +46.56 | |
| 100 | 108 | Nahuel Torres | Argentina | 3:42.51 | +47.01 | |
| 101 | 83 | Victor Santos | Brazil | 3:42.64 | +47.14 | |
| 102 | 106 | Miloš Milosavljević | Serbia | 3:44.20 | +48.70 | |
| 103 | 117 | Danial Saveh-Shemshaki | Iran | 3:49.68 | +54.18 | |
| 104 | 111 | Samuel Maes | Belgium | 3:54.63 | +59.13 | |
| 105 | 98 | Ernest Tretjakov | Lithuania | 3:54.96 | +59.46 | |
| 106 | 107 | Timo Juhani Grönlund | Bolivia | 3:56.31 | +1:00.81 | |
| 107 | 105 | Miloš Stević | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:57.58 | +1:02.08 | |
| 108 | 88 | Stavre Jada | North Macedonia | 3:58.56 | +1:03.06 | |
| 109 | 110 | Theo Mallett | Haiti | 4:00.22 | +1:04.72 | |
| 110 | 103 | Matas Gražys | Lithuania | 4:01.59 | +1:06.09 | |
| 111 | 118 | Darko Damjanovski | North Macedonia | 4:03.63 | +1:08.13 | |
| 112 | 93 | Yonathan Jesús Fernández | Chile | 4:04.52 | +1:09.02 | |
| 113 | 112 | Athanasios Gastis | Greece | 4:08.58 | +1:13.08 | |
| 114 | 135 | Rodrigo Ideus | Colombia | 4:10.25 | +1:14.75 | |
| 115 | 132 | Ahmad Reza Seid | Iran | 4:17.52 | +1:22.02 | |
| 116 | 87 | Paul Keyrouz | Lebanon | 4:18.22 | +1:22.72 | |
| 117 | 131 | José Cabeça | Portugal | 4:22.13 | +1:26.63 | |
| 118 | 121 | Juan Luis Uberuaga | Chile | 4:23.98 | +1:28.48 | |
| 119 | 126 | Juan Carlos Ayala | Mexico | 4:26.14 | +1:30.64 | |
| 120 | 134 | Jaime Luis Huerta | Peru | 4:28.59 | +1:33.09 | |
| 121 | 124 | Carlos Andrés Quintana | Colombia | 4:28.70 | +1:33.20 | |
| 122 | 115 | Musa Rakhmanberdi Uulu | Kyrgyzstan | 4:40.38 | +1:44.88 | |
| 123 | 122 | Đorđe Paunović | Serbia | 4:40.51 | +1:45.01 | |
| 124 | 116 | Eldar Kadyrov | Kyrgyzstan | 4:40.78 | +1:45.28 | |
| 125 | 99 | Klaus Jungbluth | Ecuador | 4:42.20 | +1:46.70 | |
| 126 | 119 | Ioannis Karamichos | Greece | 4:43.63 | +1:48.13 | |
| 127 | 125 | Islam Turganbaev | Kyrgyzstan | 4:43.89 | +1:48.39 | |
| 128 | 120 | Mehdi Tir | Iran | 4:48.90 | +1:53.40 | |
| 129 | 104 | Salim Lozom | Lebanon | 4:48.98 | +1:53.48 | |
| 130 | 137 | Filipe Cabrita | Portugal | 4:57.80 | +2:02.30 | |
| 131 | 127 | Guillermo Racero | Venezuela | 5:01.46 | +2:05.96 | |
| 132 | 133 | Antonio Pineyro | Mexico | 5:16.07 | +2:20.57 | |
| 133 | 138 | Nicholas Lau | Trinidad and Tobago | 5:45.22 | +2:49.72 | |
| | 113 | Elie Tawk | Lebanon | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 123 | Artur Saparbekov | Kyrgyzstan | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 128 | Tadevos Poghosyan | Armenia | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 136 | Ricardo Jay Lung | Panama | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 139 | Rakan Alireza | Saudi Arabia | Did not start | Did not start | Did not start |
| | 96 | Joe Tawk | Lebanon | Disqualified | Disqualified | Disqualified |

### Quarterfinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the semifinals.

#### Quarterfinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 1 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 2:59.30 | | Q |
| 2 | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:59.73 | +0.43 | Q |
| 3 | 25 | Ville Ahonen | Finland | 2:59.85 | +0.55 | q |
| 4 | 28 | Graham Ritchie | Canada | 3:04.16 | +4.86 | |
| 5 | 23 | Luděk Šeller | Czech Republic | 3:08.33 | +9.03 | |
| 6 | 18 | Edvin Anger | Sweden | 3:49.32 | +50.02 | |

#### Quarterfinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 5 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 2:59.83 | | Q |
| 2 | 14 | Even Northug | Norway | 3:00.19 | +0.36 | Q |
| 3 | 19 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:01.16 | +1.33 | |
| 4 | 16 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:02.07 | +2.24 | |
| 5 | 26 | Lukas Mrkonjic | Austria | 3:05.35 | +5.52 | |
| 6 | 29 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 3:05.79 | +5.96 | |

#### Quarterfinal 3

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 8 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:01.00 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 3:01.10 | +0.10 | Q |
| 3 | 27 | Kamil Bury | Poland | 3:01.50 | +0.50 | |
| 4 | 12 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:01.79 | +0.79 | |
| 5 | 30 | Marko Kilp | Estonia | 3:04.55 | +3.55 | |
| 6 | 6 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:05.21 | +4.21 | |

#### Quarterfinal 4

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Jules Chappaz | France | 2:58.81 | | Q |
| 2 | 4 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 2:58.94 | +0.13 | Q |
| 3 | 24 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 2:59.00 | +0.19 | q |
| 4 | 17 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 3:00.15 | +1.34 | |
| 5 | 21 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 3:26.33 | +27.52 | |
| 6 | 10 | Håvard Solås Taugbøl | Norway | 3:56.09 | +57.28 | |

#### Quarterfinal 5

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 20 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:03.67 | | Q |
| 2 | 15 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:06.09 | +2.42 | Q |
| 3 | 13 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 3:07.39 | +3.72 | |
| 4 | 22 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:10.42 | +6.75 | |
| 5 | 9 | Niilo Moilanen | Finland | 3:11.66 | +7.99 | |
| 6 | 11 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:18.97 | +15.30 | |

### Semifinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the final.

#### Semifinal 1

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:58.95 | | Q |
| 2 | 5 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 2:59.38 | +0.43 | Q |
| 3 | 8 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 2:59.60 | +0.65 | q |
| 4 | 14 | Even Northug | Norway | 3:01.09 | +2.14 | |
| 5 | 25 | Ville Ahonen | Finland | 3:06.23 | +7.28 | |
| 6 | 1 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 4:43.29 | +1:44.34 | |

#### Semifinal 2

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
| 1 | 7 | Jules Chappaz | France | 2:59.05 | | Q |
| 2 | 3 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 2:59.23 | +0.18 | Q |
| 3 | 4 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 2:59.33 | +0.28 | q |
| 4 | 20 | Renaud Jay | France | 3:03.06 | +4.01 | |
| 5 | 15 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:06.76 | +7.71 | |
| 6 | 24 | Marcus Grate | Sweden | 3:10-41 | +11.36 | |

### Final

| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 2 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 2:56.07 | |
| | 3 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 2:58.29 | +2.22 |
| | 7 | Jules Chappaz | France | 2:58.31 | +2.24 |
| 4 | 4 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 3:01.97 | +5.90 |
| 5 | 5 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | 3:07.71 | +11.64 |
| 6 | 8 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:28.34 | +32.27 |