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Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint

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.[1] 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.

Men’s sprint
at the XXIV Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
VenueKuyangshu Nordic Center and Biathlon Center,
Zhangjiakou
Date8 February
Competitors88 from 44 nations
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Johannes Høsflot Klæbo  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Federico Pellegrino  Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Alexander Terentyev  ROC
← 2018
2026 →

Summary edit

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 edit

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Olympics – Qualification

Results edit

Qualifying edit

The qualifying was held at 16:45.[2]

Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note
1 16 Lucas Chanavat   France 2:45.03 Q
2 28 Sergey Ustiugov   ROC 2:46.51 +1.48 Q
3 22 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway 2:46.74 +1.71 Q
4 10 Richard Jouve   France 2:47.93 +2.90 Q
5 3 Wang Qiang   China 2:48.91 +3.88 Q
6 12 Federico Pellegrino   Italy 2:49.55 +4.52 Q
7 18 Håvard Solås Taugbøl   Norway 2:49.93 +4.90 Q
8 45 Johan Häggström   Sweden 2:50.61 +5.58 Q
9 41 Ondřej Černý   Czech Republic 2:50.65 +5.62 Q
10 35 Artem Maltsev   ROC 2:50.90 +5.87 Q
11 30 Lauri Vuorinen   Finland 2:50.91 +5.88 Q
12 14 Alexander Terentyev   ROC 2:50.92 +5.89 Q
13 6 JC Schoonmaker   United States 2:51.15 +6.12 Q
14 26 Pål Golberg   Norway 2:51.52 +6.49 Q
15 24 Erik Valnes   Norway 2:51.56 +6.53 Q
16 34 Renaud Jay   France 2:51.86 +6.83 Q
17 37 Oskar Svensson   Sweden 2:52.07 +7.04 Q
18 4 Marcus Grate   Sweden 2:52.14 +7.11 Q
19 32 Ben Ogden   United States 2:52.21 +7.18 Q
20 8 Jovian Hediger   Switzerland 2:52.47 +7.44 Q
21 36 Michal Novák   Czech Republic 2:52.49 +7.46 Q
22 42 Kevin Bolger   United States 2:52.50 +7.47 Q
23 44 Joni Mäki   Finland 2:52.83 +7.80 Q
24 2 Valerio Grond   Switzerland 2:53.17 +8.14 Q
25 17 Davide Graz   Italy 2:53.58 +8.55 Q
26 25 Maciej Staręga   Poland 2:53.61 +8.58 Q
27 38 Anton Persson   Sweden 2:53.71 +8.68 Q
28 53 Raimo Vīgants   Latvia 2:53.98 +8.95 Q
29 29 Luděk Šeller   Czech Republic 2:54.09 +9.06 Q
30 11 Luke Jager   United States 2:54.44 +9.41 Q
31 46 Roman Schaad   Switzerland 2:54.57 +9.54
32 48 Hiroyuki Miyazawa   Japan 2:54.64 +9.61
33 33 Jan Pechoušek   Czech Republic 2:55.03 +10.00
34 23 Graham Ritchie   Canada 2:55.04 +10.01
35 40 Francesco De Fabiani   Italy 2:55.56 +10.53
36 43 Andrew Young   Great Britain 2:55.60 +10.57
37 52 Jaume Pueyo   Spain 2:55.76 +10.73
38 5 Janosch Brugger   Germany 2:56.01 +10.98
39 21 Michael Föttinger   Austria 2:56.58 +11.55
40 39 James Clugnet   Great Britain 2:56.72 +11.69
41 51 Henri Roos   Estonia 2:57.15 +12.12
42 47 Vili Črv   Slovenia 2:57.39 +12.36
43 19 Benjamin Moser   Austria 2:58.07 +13.04
44 31 Miha Šimenc   Slovenia 2:58.14 +13.11
45 13 Marko Kilp   Estonia 2:58.95 +13.92
46 60 Ruslan Perekhoda   Ukraine 2:59.34 +14.31
47 63 Raul Popa   Romania 2:59.85 +14.82
48 49 Martin Himma   Estonia 3:00.07 +15.04
49 54 Modestas Vaičiulis   Lithuania 3:01.28 +16.25
50 55 Phillip Bellingham   Australia 3:01.57 +16.54
51 27 Maicol Rastelli   Italy 3:02.04 +17.01
52 57 Mark Chanloung   Thailand 3:02.12 +17.09
53 9 Yahor Shpuntau   Belarus 3:02.17 +17.14
54 56 Olivier Léveillé   Canada 3:02.26 +17.23
55 75 Lars Young Vik   Australia 3:02.52 +17.49
56 1 Antoine Cyr   Canada 3:02.59 +17.56
57 66 Haruki Yamashita   Japan 3:02.60 +17.57
58 50 Kamil Bury   Poland 3:02.73 +17.70
59 70 Strahinja Erić   Bosnia and Herzegovina 3:03.05 +18.02
60 73 Ciren Zhandui   China 3:03.22 +18.19
61 80 Hugo Hinckfuss   Australia 3:04.44 +19.41
62 64 Yevgeniy Velichko   Kazakhstan 3:04.52 +19.49
63 62 Seve de Campo   Australia 3:04.81 +19.78
64 58 Oleksiy Krasovsky   Ukraine 3:05.52 +20.49
65 67 Miha Ličef   Slovenia 3:05.98 +20.95
66 65 Vitaliy Pukhkalo   Kazakhstan 3:06.31 +21.28
67 59 Shang Jincai   China 3:06.52 +21.49
68 72 Tautvydas Strolia   Lithuania 3:06.76 +21.73
69 69 Marko Skender   Croatia 3:06.86 +21.83
70 82 Roberts Slotiņš   Latvia 3:07.41 +22.38
71 78 Manex Silva   Brazil 3:08.64 +23.61
72 71 Ádám Kónya   Hungary 3:09.43 +24.40
73 68 Samuel Ikpefan   Nigeria 3:09.57 +24.54
74 15 Janez Lampič   Slovenia 3:09.95 +24.92
74 74 Franco Dal Farra   Argentina 3:09.95 +24.92
76 76 Thibaut de Marre   Belgium 3:10.66 +25.63
77 83 Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh   Mongolia 3:11.60 +26.57
78 61 Isak Stianson Pedersen   Iceland 3:11.95 +26.92
79 79 Liu Rongsheng   China 3:12.14 +27.11
80 77 Yusuf Emre Fırat   Turkey 3:15.96 +30.93
81 81 Jeong Jong-won   South Korea 3:16.15 +31.12
82 89 Kim Min-woo   South Korea 3:19.76 +34.73
83 86 Apostolos Angelis   Greece 3:20.87 +35.84
84 88 Aleksandar Grbović   Montenegro 3:24.12 +39.09
85 84 Yonathan Jesús Fernández   Chile 3:26.12 +41.09
86 87 Stavre Jada   North Macedonia 3:29.13 +44.10
87 85 Elie Tawk   Lebanon 3:47.73 +1:02.70
88 90 Carlos Quintana   Colombia 4:08.66 +1:23.63
7 Aliaksandr Voranau   Belarus Did not start
20 Alexander Bolshunov   ROC

Quarterfinals edit

Quarterfinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway 2:51.57 Q
2 2 Sergey Ustiugov   ROC 2:51.94 +0.37 Q
3 17 Oskar Svensson   Sweden 2:52.26 +0.69 LL
4 19 Ben Ogden   United States 2:53.00 +1.43 LL
5 27 Anton Persson   Sweden 2:53.35 +1.78
6 16 Renaud Jay   France 3:35.80 +44.23
Quarterfinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 6 Federico Pellegrino   Italy 2:53.08 Q
2 1 Lucas Chanavat   France 2:53.43 +0.35 Q
3 18 Marcus Grate   Sweden 2:53.71 +0.63
4 24 Valerio Grond   Switzerland 2:54.12 +1.04
5 21 Michal Novák   Czech Republic 2:55.36 +2.28
6 25 Davide Graz   Italy 2:56.09 +3.01
Quarterfinal 3
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 4 Richard Jouve   France 2:57.92 Q
2 7 Håvard Solås Taugbøl   Norway 2:57.93 +0.01 Q
3 8 Johan Häggström   Sweden 2:58.01 +0.09
4 22 Kevin Bolger   United States 2:58.54 +0.62
5 30 Luke Jager   United States 2:59.14 +1.22
6 29 Luděk Šeller   Czech Republic 3:01.83 +3.91
Quarterfinal 4
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 15 Erik Valnes   Norway 2:49.31 Q
2 10 Artem Maltsev   ROC 2:50.37 +1.06 Q
3 11 Lauri Vuorinen   Finland 2:54.64 +5.33
4 28 Raimo Vīgants   Latvia 3:06.63 +17.32
5 14 Pål Golberg   Norway 3:14.81 +25.50
5 Wang Qiang   China Disqualified
Quarterfinal 5
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 23 Joni Mäki   Finland 2:57.59 Q
2 12 Alexander Terentyev   ROC 2:57.93 +0.34 Q
3 13 JC Schoonmaker   United States 2:58.13 +0.54
4 26 Maciej Staręga   Poland 2:58.56 +0.97
5 20 Jovian Hediger   Switzerland 2:58.87 +1.28
6 9 Ondřej Černý   Czech Republic 3:10.62 +13.03

Semifinals edit

Semifinal 1
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 6 Federico Pellegrino   Italy 2:52.17 Q
2 3 Johannes Høsflot Klæbo   Norway 2:52.23 +0.06 Q
3 4 Richard Jouve   France 2:52.31 +0.14
4 2 Sergey Ustiugov   ROC 2:52.35 +0.18
5 1 Lucas Chanavat   France 2:52.92 +0.75
6 19 Ben Ogden   United States 2:53.41 +1.24
Semifinal 2
Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Notes
1 12 Alexander Terentyev   ROC 2:50.67 Q
2 23 Joni Mäki   Finland 2:51.10 +0.43 Q
3 17 Oskar Svensson   Sweden 2:51.22 +0.55 LL
4 10 Artem Maltsev   ROC 2:51.50 +0.83 LL
5 7 Håvard Solås Taugbøl   Norway 2:52.46 +1.79
6 15 Erik Valnes   Norway 3:13.28 +22.61

Final edit

The final was held at 20:11.[3]

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

References edit

  1. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-02-04. Retrieved 2021-08-22.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ^ "Qualification results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Final results" (PDF). Data.fis-ski.com. Retrieved 19 February 2022.
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