Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical

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Men's 15 kilometre classical
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center,
Zhangjiakou
Date11 February
Competitors97 from 50 nations
Winning time37:54.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Iivo Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Silver medal icon.svg Alexander Bolshunov Olympic flag.svg  ROC
Bronze medal icon.svg Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
  2018
2026  

The men's 15 kilometre classical competition in cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February, at the Kuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center in Zhangjiakou. [1] The event was won by Iivo Niskanen of Finland. Alexander Bolshunov, representing the Russian Olympic Committee, won silver, and Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway became the bronze medalist.

Summary

The 15 km distance event alternates between the Olympics, and in 2018 it was the freestyle event. The defending champion was Dario Cologna, who won this distance three times in a row (in 2010, 2014, and 2018), as well as 30k skiathlon in 2014. He finished in the 44th position. The silver medalist Simen Hegstad Krüger qualified for the Olympics but tested positive for COVID just before the games and was not able to start. [2] The bronze medalist Denis Spitsov qualified as well, but did not start either. The overall leader of the 2021–22 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics was Klæbo, and the distance leader was Bolshunov. The season was dominated by the Norwegians and Russians, who together took 20 podium places in distance events out of 24, and three more podium places were taken Niskanen. Hans Christer Holund was the 2021 World Champion in 15 km freestyle.

Niskanen was consistently leading for the whole distance. Klæbo started the first of the three eventual medalists, but Niskanen was 37.5 seconds faster. Bolshunov, who started after Niskanen, was consistently second.

Qualification

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg64 Iivo Niskanen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 37:54.8
Silver medal icon.svg70 Alexander Bolshunov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 38:18.0+23.2
Bronze medal icon.svg42 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 38:32.3+37.5
446 Hans Christer Holund Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 38:44.6+49.8
568 Aleksey Chervotkin Olympic flag.svg  ROC 38:51.7+56.9
636 Perttu Hyvärinen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 39:00.2+1:05.4
762 Hugo Lapalus Flag of France.svg  France 39:09.6+1:14.8
839 Jens Burman Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 39:26.8+1:32.0
960 Ilia Semikov Olympic flag.svg  ROC 39:34.7+1:39.9
1033 William Poromaa Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 39:42.5+1:47.7
1144 Pål Golberg Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 39:47.4+1:52.6
1238 Maurice Manificat Flag of France.svg  France 39:49.7+1:54.9
1366 Ivan Yakimushkin Olympic flag.svg  ROC 39:52.6+1:57.8
1424 Thomas Maloney Westgård Flag of Ireland.svg  Ireland 40:01.5+2:06.7
1558 Erik Valnes Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 40:06.8+2:12.0
1650 Jonas Baumann Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 40:09.7+2:14.9
1748 Lucas Bögl Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40:13.9+2:19.1
1856 Francesco De Fabiani Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40:16.4+2:21.6
1937 Jonas Dobler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40:21.0+2:26.2
2026 Janosch Brugger Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 40:24.5+2:29.7
2129 Johan Häggström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 40:30.9+2:36.1
2225 Giandomenico Salvadori Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 40:33.2+2:38.4
2315 Mika Vermeulen Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 40:37.8+2:43.0
2431 Irineu Esteve Altimiras Flag of Andorra.svg  Andorra 40:39.4+2:44.6
2523 Vitaliy Pukhkalo Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 40:39.6+2:44.8
2635 Calle Halfvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 40:46.8+2:52.0
2716 Dominik Bury Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 40:48.4+2:53.6
2832 Ristomatti Hakola Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 40:49.6+2:54.8
295 Olivier Léveillé Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 40:52.0+2:57.2
3020 Paul Pepene Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 40:52.7+2:57.9
3110 Adam Fellner Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 41:01.0+3:06.2
3214 Albert Kuchler Flag of Germany.svg  Germany 41:07.1+3:12.3
337 Rémi Drolet Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41:07.7+3:12.9
3422 Paolo Ventura Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 41:12.2+3:17.4
3563 Alvar Johannes Alev Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 41:12.5+3:17.7
3611 Snorri Einarsson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 41:17.6+3:22.8
3719 Antoine Cyr Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 41:17.7+3:22.9
3827 Scott Patterson Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41:23.1+3:28.3
3921 Imanol Rojo Flag of Spain.svg  Spain 41:24.2+3:29.4
406 Yevgeniy Velichko Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan 41:27.3+3:32.5
414 Shang Jincai Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41:29.6+3:34.8
421 Ben Ogden Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41:29.8+3:35.0
439 Ryo Hirose Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 41:30.5+3:35.7
4440 Dario Cologna Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 41:39.9+3:45.1
4512 Remi Lindholm Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 41:40.0+3:45.2
4652 Andrew Musgrave Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 41:44.7+3:49.9
4749 Liu Rongsheng Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 41:51.7+3:56.9
4834 Gus Schumacher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 41:53.4+3:58.6
4917 Richard Jouve Flag of France.svg  France 41:56.6+4:01.8
5054 Michal Novák Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 42:06.6+4:11.8
5130 Andrew Young Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 42:24.0+4:29.2
5261 Maicol Rastelli Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 42:25.4+4:30.6
5328 Jason Rüesch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 42:29.8+4:35.0
5413 Petr Knop Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic 42:34.4+4:39.6
552 Miha Ličef Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 42:43.4+4:48.6
5665 Martin Himma Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 42:44.4+4:49.6
5743 Hadesi Badelihan Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 42:48.1+4:53.3
5872 Peter Mlynár Flag of Slovakia.svg  Slovakia 42:49.9+4:55.1
5979 Thibaut de Marre Flag of Belgium (civil).svg  Belgium 42:56.7+5:01.9
6055 Mateusz Haratyk Flag of Poland.svg  Poland 43:00.3+5:05.5
6159 Mikayel Mikayelyan Flag of Armenia.svg  Armenia 43:09.1+5:14.3
628 Raimo Vīgants Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 43:10.9+5:16.1
6373 Ciren Zhandui Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China 43:22.2+5:27.4
6467 Raul Popa Flag of Romania.svg  Romania 43:25.3+5:30.5
6590 Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia 43:29.9+5:35.1
6669 JC Schoonmaker Flag of the United States.svg  United States 43:31.6+5:36.8
6718 Hiroyuki Miyazawa Flag of Japan.svg  Japan 43:47.5+5:52.7
6887 Yahor Shpuntau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus 44:05.2+6:10.4
6976 Vili Črv Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 44:12.9+6:18.1
7077 Henri Roos Flag of Estonia.svg  Estonia 44:17.8+6:23.0
7174 Miha Šimenc Flag of Slovenia.svg  Slovenia 44:20.8+6:26.0
7281 Seve de Campo Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 44:21.2+6:26.4
7386 Mark Chanloung Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand 44:27.0+6:32.2
7475 Roberts Slotiņš Flag of Latvia.svg  Latvia 44:44.8+6:50.0
7578 Phillip Bellingham Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 44:46.8+6:52.0
7689 Lars Young Vik Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 44:50.6+6:55.8
7771 Oleksiy Krasovsky Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 44:59.8+7:05.0
7847 Ruslan Perekhoda Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine 45:05.6+7:10.8
7945 Kim Min-woo Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 45:21.6+7:26.8
8080 Ádám Kónya Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 45:48.9+7:54.1
8192 Hugo Hinckfuss Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 46:05.9+8:11.1
8241 Jeong Jong-won Flag of South Korea.svg  South Korea 46:34.6+8:39.8
8382 Tautvydas Strolia Flag of Lithuania.svg  Lithuania 46:53.1+8:58.3
8496 Danial Saveh Shemshaki Flag of Iran.svg  Iran 47:26.0+9:31.2
8585 Marko Skender Flag of Croatia.svg  Croatia 48:30.8+10:36.0
8684 Franco Dal Farra Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina 48:35.5+10:40.7
8753 Strahinja Erić Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg  Bosnia and Herzegovina 48:38.3+10:43.5
8898 José Cabeça Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal 49:12.0+11:17.2
8994 Timo Juhani Grönlund Flag of Bolivia.svg  Bolivia 49:27.0+11:32.2
9083 Manex Silva Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil 50:35.1+12:40.3
9188 Yonathan Jesús Fernández Flag of Chile.svg  Chile 50:36.6+12:41.8
9291 Elie Tawk Flag of Lebanon.svg  Lebanon 51:46.5+13:51.7
9393 Aleksandar Grbović Flag of Montenegro.svg  Montenegro 52:44.9+14:50.1
9499 Jonathan Soto Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico 53:30.0+15:35.2
9597 Carlos Quintana Flag of Colombia.svg  Colombia 55:41.9+17:47.1
51 Yusuf Emre Fırat Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey Did not finish
95 Samuel Ikpefan Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria
3 Jan Pechoušek Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czech Republic Did not start
57 Aliaksandr Voranau Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus

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