Cross-Country Skiing 2022/Men's sprint

Men's sprint
General information
Sport	Cross-Country Skiing 2022
Date	8 February 2022
Competitors	90 athletes
Venue	Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre
Previous medalists
Gold	Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo
Silver	Federico Pellegrino
Bronze	Alexander Bolshunov
Conditions
Length	1461 metres
Height	47 metres
Medalists
	Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo
	Federico Pellegrino
	Alexander Terentev

The men's sprint of Cross-Country Skiing 2022 during the 2022 Winter Olympics was held on 8 February 2022 in the Zhangjiakou National Cross-Country Skiing Centre. With 90 athletes competing, the event was won by Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo from Norway, with Federico Pellegrino from Italy taking the silver medal and Alexander Terentev from ROC taking bronze.

Format

The competition exists out of a single lap in the free technique. The competition consists of four different phases, with all competitors setting a time in the qualification. The 30 athletes with the best time advance, after which the quarterfinals, semifinals, and final are head-to-head races between six athletes, with the first two advancing to the next round. The athlete with the fastest time in the final is the winner of the event.

Preview

Ninety athletes qualified for the event with defending Olympic champion Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo as the big favorite for the title. He had won the two previous editions of the world championships and lead the World Cup by a comfortable margin ahead of Richard Jouve, Alexander Terentev, and countryman Haavard Solaas Taugboel. Federico Pellegrino was the defending silver medalist, and Alexander Bolshunov was in a high after winning the individual event. Other potential outsiders and medal contenders also included Erik Valnes, Sergey Ustiugov, Oskar Svensson, and Paal Golberg.

Aleksandar Grbovic was the youngest competitor in the field at the age of 18, and he was four months younger than Cirenzhandui and another two months younger than Hugo Hinckfuss, with all three making their Olympic debuts. Carlos Andres Quintana was the oldest competitor in the field, making his Olympic debut at the age of 36, and was one year older than Snorri Eythor Einarsson, Dario Cologna, Maurice Manificat, and Yonathan Jesus Fernandez. Manificat and Cologna were also two of seven athletes to make their fourth appearance at the Olympic Games, with over half of the competitors in the field making their Olympic debuts.

Summary

Qualification

Qualification Results
Rank	Nat.	Name	Time
1		Lucas Chanavat	2:45.03
2		Sergey Ustiugov	2:46.51
3		Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo	2:46.74
4		Richard Jouve	2:47.93
5		Wang Qiang	2:48.91
6		Federico Pellegrino	2:49.55
7		Haavard Solaas Taugboel	2:49.93
8		Johan Haeggstroem	2:50.61
9		Ondrej Cerny	2:50.65
10		Artem Maltsev	2:50.90
11		Lauri Vuorinen	2:50.91
12		Alexander Terentev	2:50.92
13		James Clinton Schoonmaker	2:51.15
14		Paal Golberg	2:51.52
15		Erik Valnes	2:51.56
16		Renaud Jay	2:51.86
17		Oskar Svensson	2:52.07
18		Marcus Grate	2:52.14
19		Ben Ogden	2:52.21
20		Jovian Hediger	2:52.47
21		Michal Novak	2:52.49
22		Kevin Bolger	2:52.50
23		Joni Maki	2:52.83
24		Valerio Grond	2:53.17
25		Davide Graz	2:53.58
26		Maciej Starega	2:53.61
27		Anton Persson	2:53.71
28		Raimo Vigants	2:53.98
29		Ludek Seller	2:54.09
30		Luke Jager	2:54.44
31		Roman Schaad	2:54.57
32		Hiroyuki Miyazawa	2:54.64
33		Jan Pechousek	2:55.03
34		Graham Ritchie	2:55.04
35		Francesco De Fabiani	2:55.56
36		Andrew Young	2:55.60
37		Jaume Pueyo	2:55.76
38		Janosch Brugger	2:56.01
39		Michael Foettinger	2:56.58
40		James Clugnet	2:56.72
41		Henri Roos	2:57.15
42		Vili Crv	2:57.39
43		Benjamin Moser	2:58.07
44		Miha Simenc	2:58.14
45		Marko Kilp	2:58.95
46		Ruslan Perekhoda	2:59.34
47		Raul Mihai Popa	2:59.85
48		Martin Himma	3:00.07
49		Modestas Vaiciulis	3:01.28
50		Phil Bellingham	3:01.57
51		Maicol Rastelli	3:02.04
52		Mark Chanloung	3:02.12
53		Yahor Shpuntau	3:02.17
54		Olivier Leveille	3:02.26
55		Lars Young Vik	3:02.52
56		Antoine Cyr	3:02.59
57		Haruki Yamashita	3:02.60
58		Kamil Bury	3:02.73
59		Strahinja Eric	3:03.05
60		Cirenzhandui	3:03.22
61		Hugo Hinckfuss	3:04.44
62		Yevgeniy Velichko	3:04.52
63		Seve de Campo	3:04.81
64		Oleksii Krasovskyi	3:05.52
65		Miha Licef	3:05.98
66		Vitaliy Pukhkalo	3:06.31
67		Shang Jincai	3:06.52
68		Tautvydas Strolia	3:06.76
69		Marko Skender	3:06.86
70		Roberts Slotins	3:07.41
71		Manex Silva	3:08.64
72		Adam Konya	3:09.43
73		Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan	3:09.57
74		Janez Lampic	3:09.95
74		Franco Dal Farra	3:09.95
76		Thibaut de Marre	3:10.66
77		Achbadrakh Batmunkh	3:11.60
78		Isak Stianson Pedersen	3:11.95
79		Liu Rongsheng	3:12.14
80		Yusuf Emre Firat	3:15.96
81		Jeong Jong-won	3:16.15
82		Kim Min-woo	3:19.76
83		Apostolos Angelis	3:20.87
84		Aleksandar Grbovic	3:24.12
85		Yonathan Jesus Fernandez	3:26.12
86		Stavre Jada	3:29.13
87		Elie Tawk	3:47.73
88		Carlos Andres Quintana	4:08.66
-		Aliaksandr Voranau	DNS
-		Alexander Bolshunov	DNS

Quarterfinals

Quarterfinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo	2:51.57	Q
2		Sergey Ustiugov	2:51.94	Q
3		Oskar Svensson	2:52.26	LL
4		Ben Ogden	2:53.00	LL
5		Anton Persson	2:53.35
6		Renaud Jay	3:35.80

Quarterfinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Federico Pellegrino	2:53.08	Q
2		Lucas Chanavat	2:53.43	Q
3		Marcus Grate	2:53.71
4		Valerio Grond	2:54.12
5		Michal Novak	2:55.36
6		Davide Graz	2:56.09

Quarterfinal 3 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Richard Jouve	2:57.92	Q
2		Haavard Solaas Tauboel	2:57.93	Q
3		Johan Haeggstroem	2:58.01
4		Kevin Bolger	2:58.54
5		Luke Jager	2:59.14
6		Ludek Seller	3:01.83

Quarterfinal 4 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Erik Valnes	2:49.31	Q
2		Artem Maltsev	2:50.37	Q
3		Lauri Vuorinen	2:54.64
4		Raimo Vigants	3:06.63
5		Paal Golberg	3:14.81
6		Wang Qiang	RAL

Quarterfinal 5 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Joni Maki	2:57.59	Q
2		Alexander Terentev	2:57.93	Q
3		James Clinton Schoonmaker	2:58.13
4		Maciej Starega	2:58.56
5		Jovian Hediger	2:58.87
6		Ondrej Cerny	3:10.62

Semifinals

Semifinal 1 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Federico Pellegrino	2:52.17	Q
2		Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo	2:52.23	Q
3		Richard Jouve	2:52.31
4		Sergey Ustiugov	2:52.35
5		Lucas Chanavat	2:52.92
6		Ben Ogden	2:53.41

Semifinal 2 Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Alexander Terentev	2:50.67	Q
2		Joni Maki	2:51.10	Q
3		Oskar Svensson	2:51.22	LL
4		Artem Maltsev	2:51.50	LL
5		Haavard Solaas Taugboel	2:52.46
6		Erik Valnes	3:13.28

Final

Final Results
Rank	Nat.	Athlete	Time	Info
1		Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo	2:58.06
2		Federico Pellegrino	2:58.32
3		Alexander Terentev	2:59.37
4		Joni Maki	3:00.18
5		Artem Maltsev	3:01.65
6		Oskar Svensson	3:04.23

Results

Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo became the first repeat champion in the event, winning the event for the second time after his title in 2018. He won his fourth Olympic title, after he also won the gold medals in the team sprint and relay in 2018. Behind Klaebo, Federico Pellegrino also won his second consecutive medal in the event, winning silver after winning the same color in 2018. Alexander Terentev won the bronze medal at his first Olympic start, taking the place of his compatriot and 2018 bronze medalist Alexander Bolshunov on the podium. Joni Maki just missed out on the medals at his Olympic debut by less than a second, but stayed ahead of Artem Maltsev and Oskar Svensson.

Result	Athlete	Nationality
	Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo	Norway
	Federico Pellegrino	Italy
	Alexander Terentev	ROC
4	Joni Maki	Finland
5	Artem Maltsev	ROC
6	Oskar Svensson	Sweden
7	Richard Jouve	France
8	Sergey Ustiugov	ROC
9	Lucas Chanavat	France
10	Haavard Solaas Taugboel	Norway
11	Erik Valnes	Norway
12	Ben Ogden	United States
13	Johan Haeggstroem	Sweden
14	Lauri Vuorinen	Finland
15	James Clinton Schoonmaker	United States
16	Marcus Grate	Sweden
17	Kevin Bolger	United States
18	Valerio Grond	Switzerland
19	Maciej Starega	Poland
20	Raimo Vigants	Latvia
21	Paal Golberg	Norway
22	Jovian Hediger	Switzerland
23	Michal Novak	Czech Republic
24	Anton Persson	Sweden
25	Luke Jager	United States
26	Ondrej Cerny	Czech Republic
27	Renaud Jay	France
28	Davide Graz	Italy
29	Ludek Seller	Czech Republic
30	Wang Qiang	China
31	Roman Schaad	Switzerland
32	Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Japan
33	Jan Pechousek	Czech Republic
34	Graham Ritchie	Canada
35	Francesco De Fabiani	Italy
36	Andrew Young	Great Britain
37	Jaume Pueyo	Spain
38	Janosch Brugger	Germany
39	Michael Foettinger	Austria
40	James Clugnet	Great Britain
41	Henri Roos	Estonia
42	Vili Crv	Slovenia
43	Benjamin Moser	Austria
44	Miha Simenc	Slovenia
45	Marko Kilp	Estonia
46	Ruslan Perekhoda	Ukraine
47	Raul Mihai Popa	Romania
48	Martin Himma	Estonia
49	Modestas Vaiciulis	Lithuania
50	Phil Bellingham	Australia
51	Maicol Rastelli	Italy
52	Mark Chanloung	Thailand
53	Yahor Shpuntau	Belarus
54	Olivier Leveiile	Canada
55	Lars Young Vik	Australia
56	Antoine Cyr	Canada
57	Haruki Yamashita	Japan
58	Kamil Bury	Poland
59	Strahinja Eric	Bosnia and Herzegovina
60	Cirenzhandui	China
61	Hugo Hinckfuss	Australia
62	Yevgeniy Velichko	Kazakhstan
63	Seve de Campo	Australia
64	Oleksii Krasovskyi	Ukraine
65	Miha Licef	Slovenia
66	Vitaliy Pukhkalo	Kazakhstan
67	Shang Jincai	China
68	Tautvydas Strolia	Lithuania
69	Marko Skender	Croatia
70	Roberts Slotins	Latvia
71	Manex Silva	Brazil
72	Adam Konya	Hungary
73	Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan	Nigeria
74	Janez Lampic	Slovenia
74	Franco Dal Farra	Argentina
76	Thibaut de Marre	Belgium
77	Achbadrakh Batmunkh	Mongolia
78	Isak Stianson Pedersen	Iceland
79	Liu Rongsheng	China
80	Yusuf Emre Firat	Turkey
81	Jeong Jong-won	South Korea
82	Kim Min-woo	South Korea
83	Apostolos Angelis	Greece
84	Aleksandar Grbovic	Montenegro
85	Yonathan Jesus Fernandez	Chile
86	Stavre Jada	North Macedonia
87	Elie Tawk	Lebanon
88	Carlos Andres Quintana	Colombia
-	Aliaksandr Voranau	Belarus
-	Alexander Bolshunov	ROC