The men’s sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. The event was won by Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway, who defended his 2018 title. The 2018 silver medalist, Federico Pellegrino, won the silver medal again. Alexander Terentyev, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won the bronze medal. This was his first Olympic medal.

Summary The 2018 bronze medalist, Alexander Bolshunov, qualified for the Olympics, but did not start as he focused on distance events. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics, as well as the sprint leader, was Klæbo. He was the 2021 World Champion in individual sprint.

Qualification

Results Qualifying The qualifying was held at 16:45.

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 16 Lucas Chanavat 2:45.03 Q 2 28 Sergey Ustiugov 2:46.51 +1.48 Q 3 22 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:46.74 +1.71 Q 4 10 Richard Jouve 2:47.93 +2.90 Q 5 3 Wang Qiang 2:48.91 +3.88 Q 6 12 Federico Pellegrino 2:49.55 +4.52 Q 7 18 Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:49.93 +4.90 Q 8 45 Johan Häggström 2:50.61 +5.58 Q 9 41 Ondřej Černý 2:50.65 +5.62 Q 10 35 Artem Maltsev 2:50.90 +5.87 Q 11 30 Lauri Vuorinen 2:50.91 +5.88 Q 12 14 Alexander Terentyev 2:50.92 +5.89 Q 13 6 JC Schoonmaker 2:51.15 +6.12 Q 14 26 Pål Golberg 2:51.52 +6.49 Q 15 24 Erik Valnes 2:51.56 +6.53 Q 16 34 Renaud Jay 2:51.86 +6.83 Q 17 37 Oskar Svensson 2:52.07 +7.04 Q 18 4 Marcus Grate 2:52.14 +7.11 Q 19 32 Ben Ogden 2:52.21 +7.18 Q 20 8 Jovian Hediger 2:52.47 +7.44 Q 21 36 Michal Novák 2:52.49 +7.46 Q 22 42 Kevin Bolger 2:52.50 +7.47 Q 23 44 Joni Mäki 2:52.83 +7.80 Q 24 2 Valerio Grond 2:53.17 +8.14 Q 25 17 Davide Graz 2:53.58 +8.55 Q 26 25 Maciej Staręga 2:53.61 +8.58 Q 27 38 Anton Persson 2:53.71 +8.68 Q 28 53 Raimo Vīgants 2:53.98 +8.95 Q 29 29 Luděk Šeller 2:54.09 +9.06 Q 30 11 Luke Jager 2:54.44 +9.41 Q 31 46 Roman Schaad 2:54.57 +9.54 32 48 Hiroyuki Miyazawa 2:54.64 +9.61 33 33 Jan Pechoušek 2:55.03 +10.00 34 23 Graham Ritchie 2:55.04 +10.01 35 40 Francesco De Fabiani 2:55.56 +10.53 36 43 Andrew Young 2:55.60 +10.57 37 52 Jaume Pueyo 2:55.76 +10.73 38 5 Janosch Brugger 2:56.01 +10.98 39 21 Michael Föttinger 2:56.58 +11.55 40 39 James Clugnet 2:56.72 +11.69 41 51 Henri Roos 2:57.15 +12.12 42 47 Vili Črv 2:57.39 +12.36 43 19 Benjamin Moser 2:58.07 +13.04 44 31 Miha Šimenc 2:58.14 +13.11 45 13 Marko Kilp 2:58.95 +13.92 46 60 Ruslan Perekhoda 2:59.34 +14.31 47 63 Raul Popa 2:59.85 +14.82 48 49 Martin Himma 3:00.07 +15.04 49 54 Modestas Vaičiulis 3:01.28 +16.25 50 55 Phillip Bellingham 3:01.57 +16.54 51 27 Maicol Rastelli 3:02.04 +17.01 52 57 Mark Chanloung 3:02.12 +17.09 53 9 Yahor Shpuntau 3:02.17 +17.14 54 56 Olivier Léveillé 3:02.26 +17.23 55 75 Lars Young Vik 3:02.52 +17.49 56 1 Antoine Cyr 3:02.59 +17.56 57 66 Haruki Yamashita 3:02.60 +17.57 58 50 Kamil Bury 3:02.73 +17.70 59 70 Strahinja Erić 3:03.05 +18.02 60 73 Ciren Zhandui 3:03.22 +18.19 61 80 Hugo Hinckfuss 3:04.44 +19.41 62 64 Yevgeniy Velichko 3:04.52 +19.49 63 62 Seve de Campo 3:04.81 +19.78 64 58 Oleksiy Krasovsky 3:05.52 +20.49 65 67 Miha Ličef 3:05.98 +20.95 66 65 Vitaliy Pukhkalo 3:06.31 +21.28 67 59 Shang Jincai 3:06.52 +21.49 68 72 Tautvydas Strolia 3:06.76 +21.73 69 69 Marko Skender 3:06.86 +21.83 70 82 Roberts Slotiņš 3:07.41 +22.38 71 78 Manex Silva 3:08.64 +23.61 72 71 Ádám Kónya 3:09.43 +24.40 73 68 Samuel Ikpefan 3:09.57 +24.54 74 15 Janez Lampič 3:09.95 +24.92 74 74 Franco Dal Farra 3:09.95 +24.92 76 76 Thibaut de Marre 3:10.66 +25.63 77 83 Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh 3:11.60 +26.57 78 61 Isak Stianson Pedersen 3:11.95 +26.92 79 79 Liu Rongsheng 3:12.14 +27.11 80 77 Yusuf Emre Fırat 3:15.96 +30.93 81 81 Jeong Jong-won 3:16.15 +31.12 82 89 Kim Min-woo 3:19.76 +34.73 83 86 Apostolos Angelis 3:20.87 +35.84 84 88 Aleksandar Grbović 3:24.12 +39.09 85 84 Yonathan Jesús Fernández 3:26.12 +41.09 86 87 Stavre Jada 3:29.13 +44.10 87 85 Elie Tawk 3:47.73 88 90 Carlos Quintana 4:08.66 7 Aliaksandr Voranau 20 Alexander Bolshunov

Quarterfinals Quarterfinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:51.57 Q 2 2 Sergey Ustiugov 2:51.94 +0.37 Q 3 17 Oskar Svensson 2:52.26 +0.69 LL 4 19 Ben Ogden 2:53.00 +1.43 LL 5 27 Anton Persson 2:53.35 +1.78 6 16 Renaud Jay 3:35.80 +44.23

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 6 Federico Pellegrino 2:53.08 Q 2 1 Lucas Chanavat 2:53.43 +0.35 Q 3 18 Marcus Grate 2:53.71 +0.63 4 24 Valerio Grond 2:54.12 +1.04 5 21 Michal Novák 2:55.36 +2.28 6 25 Davide Graz 2:56.09 +3.01

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 4 Richard Jouve 2:57.92 Q 2 7 Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:57.93 +0.01 Q 3 8 Johan Häggström 2:58.01 +0.09 4 22 Kevin Bolger 2:58.54 +0.62 5 30 Luke Jager 2:59.14 +1.22 6 29 Luděk Šeller 3:01.83 +3.91

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 15 Erik Valnes 2:49.31 Q 2 10 Artem Maltsev 2:50.37 +1.06 Q 3 11 Lauri Vuorinen 2:54.64 +5.33 4 28 Raimo Vīgants 3:06.63 +17.32 5 14 Pål Golberg 3:14.81 +25.50 5 Wang Qiang Disqualified

Quarterfinal 5 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 23 Joni Mäki 2:57.59 Q 2 12 Alexander Terentyev 2:57.93 +0.34 Q 3 13 JC Schoonmaker 2:58.13 +0.54 4 26 Maciej Staręga 2:58.56 +0.97 5 20 Jovian Hediger 2:58.87 +1.28 6 9 Ondřej Černý 3:10.62 +13.03

Semifinals Semifinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 6 Federico Pellegrino 2:52.17 Q 2 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:52.23 +0.06 Q 3 4 Richard Jouve 2:52.31 +0.14 4 2 Sergey Ustiugov 2:52.35 +0.18 5 1 Lucas Chanavat 2:52.92 +0.75 6 19 Ben Ogden 2:53.41 +1.24

Semifinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 1 12 Alexander Terentyev 2:50.67 Q 2 23 Joni Mäki 2:51.10 +0.43 Q 3 17 Oskar Svensson 2:51.22 +0.55 LL 4 10 Artem Maltsev 2:51.50 +0.83 LL 5 7 Håvard Solås Taugbøl 2:52.46 +1.79 6 15 Erik Valnes 3:13.28 +22.61

Final The final was held at 20:11.

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo 2:58.06 6 Federico Pellegrino 2:58.32 +0.26 12 Alexander Terentyev 2:59.37 +1.31 4 23 Joni Mäki 3:00.18 +2.12 5 10 Artem Maltsev 3:01.65 +3.59 6 17 Oskar Svensson 3:04.23 +6.17

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