| Date | 10 February 2026 | |
|---|---|---|
| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Lago di Tésero Cross Country Stadium, Tésero, Trentino | |
| Participants | 94 from 49 countries | |
| Format | Final standings based on time achieved in last round in which competed. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1547 m Height Differential: 23 m Maximum Climb: 23 m Total Climbing: 49 m | |
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo was the two-time defending champion and had already won the 20 km skiathlon at Milano-Cortina. He had won all four of the sprint events on the 2025/26 World Cup circuit and it was difficult to imagine anybody defeating him. Klæbo led the qualifying by more than 2½ seconds over surprising American Ben Ogden, who was almost three seconds ahead of France’s Jules Chappaz. In the quarter-finals Klæbo and Ogden won the first two heats, respectively, but Chappaz failed to make the semi-finals, having the misfortune to be drawn in heat one against Klæbo, and placing third.
The two semi-finals were won by Klæbo and Czechia’s Jiří Tuž. Ogden made the final, but only as a lucky loser as he was third in heat one, behind Klæbo and Finland’s Lauri Vuorinen. The final saw Klæbo and Ogden leading until the Norwegian pulled ahead on a hill before the run-in to the finish. Ogden was less than a second back for silver but stunningly was almost six seconds ahead of the bronze medalist, Norway’s Oskar Opstad Vike. Nobody else was close to the podium.
Ogden’s silver medal was the first by an American male in cross-country skiing since Bill Koch won silver in the 30 km at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Olympics. Ogden would later win another silver in the team sprint, accompanied by Gus Schumacher, to join Jessie Diggins as the only Americans with multiple Olympic cross-country medals.
This was the second gold medal for Klæbo at Milano-Cortina and he would go to dominate the sport, winning all six of the available men’s gold medals. Klæbo’s three-peat victory in the sprint was the 14th time this had been done at the Olympic Winter Games – through 2026, nobody had won four consecutive titles in the same individual Winter event in any sport.
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo |  NOR | 3:07.37 (1) | 3:30.66 (1 h1) | 3:39.72 (1 h1) | 3:39.74 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | Ben Ogden |  USA | 3:09.88 (2) | 3:26.10 (1 h2) | +0.60 (3 h1) | +0.87 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | Oskar Opstad Vike | NOR | 3:17.41 (20) | 3:31.96 (1 h4) | +0.00 (2 h2) | +6.81 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | Lauri Vuorinen |  FIN | 3:18.28 (27) | +2.89 (4 h2) | +0.56 (2 h1) | +11.65 (4) | |||
| 5 | Jiří Tuž |  CZE | 3:13.48 (4) | +0.08 (2 h3) | 3:41.80 (1 h2) | +18.54 (5) | |||
| 6 | Erik Valnes | NOR | 3:17.44 (21) | +0.19 (2 h1) | +1.76 (4 h1) | +34.84 (6) | |||
| 7 | Federico Pellegrino |  ITA | 3:16.11 (15) | +2.67 (3 h2) | +1.42 (3 h2) | – | |||
| 8 | J. C. Schoonmaker | USA | 3:18.38 (28) | +0.11 (2 h4) | +2.16 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 9 | Alvar Myhlback |  SWE | 3:14.53 (7) | +2.29 (2 h2) | +4.75 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 10 | Anton Grahn | SWE | 3:18.21 (25) | 3:38.25 (1 h5) | +3.53 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | Simone Mocellini | ITA | 3:16.24 (17) | 3:31.03 (1 h3) | +17.17 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 12 | Simone Daprà | ITA | 3:18.14 (24) | +0.45 (2 h5) | +4.12 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 13 | Jules Chappaz |  FRA | 3:12.86 (3) | +0.26 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 14 | Harald Amundsen | NOR | 3:14.12 (5) | +0.54 (3 h4) | – | – | |||
| 15 | Ondřej Černý | CZE | 3:15.93 (14) | +0.47 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 16 | Joni Mäki | FIN | 3:16.15 (16) | +0.39 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 17 | Noe Näff |  SUI | 3:14.23 (6) | +0.88 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 18 | Valerio Grond | SUI | 3:14.81 (8) | +0.58 (4 h4) | – | – | |||
| 19 | Lucas Chanavat | FRA | 3:15.29 (10) | +1.19 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 20 | Edvin Anger | SWE | 3:17.31 (19) | +0.49 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 21 | Emil Liekari | FIN | 3:15.01 (9) | +3.18 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 22 | Jan Stölben |  GER | 3:15.76 (11) | +5.04 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 23 | Janik Riebli | SUI | 3:15.81 (12) | +1.55 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 24 | Richard Jouve | FRA | 3:16.44 (18) | +9.49 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 25 | Elia Barp | ITA | 3:18.27 (26) | +0.82 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 26 | Jaume Pueyo |  ESP | 3:15.81 (13) | +2.19 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 27 | Théo Schely | FRA | 3:17.84 (22) | +3.27 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 28 | Zak Ketterson | USA | 3:18.14 (23) | +22.30 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 29 | Bernat Selles Gasch | ESP | 3:18.56 (29) | +9.80 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 30 | Johan Häggström | SWE | 3:18.73 (30) | – (6 h1) | – | – | |||
| =31 | Gus Schumacher | USA | 3:18.87 (=31) | – | – | – | |||
| =31 | Miha Šimenc |  SLO | 3:18.87 (=31) | – | – | – | |||
| 33 | Benjamin Moser |  AUT | 3:19.04 (33) | – | – | – | |||
| 34 | Niilo Moilanen | FIN | 3:19.69 (34) | – | – | – | |||
| 35 | Savely Korostelyov |  AIN | 3:19.88 (35) | – | – | – | |||
| 36 | Janosch Brugger | GER | 3:20.45 (36) | – | – | – | |||
| 37 | Wang Qiang |  CHN | 3:21.49 (37) | – | – | – | |||
| 38 | Michal Novák | CZE | 3:21.66 (38) | – | – | – | |||
| 39 | Antoine Cyr |  CAN | 3:21.96 (39) | – | – | – | |||
| 40 | Maciej Staręga |  POL | 3:22.28 (40) | – | – | – | |||
| 41 | Xavier McKeever | CAN | 3:22.46 (41) | – | – | – | |||
| 42 | Hugo Hinckfuss |  AUS | 3:23.41 (42) | – | – | – | |||
| 43 | Vili Črv | SLO | 3:23.44 (43) | – | – | – | |||
| 44 | Martin Himma |  EST | 3:23.64 (44) | – | – | – | |||
| 45 | James Clugnet |  GBR | 3:23.66 (45) | – | – | – | |||
| 46 | Michael Föttinger | AUT | 3:23.92 (46) | – | – | – | |||
| 47 | Tom Stephen | CAN | 3:24.02 (47) | – | – | – | |||
| 48 | Manex Silva |  BRA | 3:25.48 (48) | – | – | – | |||
| 49 | Peter Hinds |  SVK | 3:25.78 (49) | – | – | – | |||
| 50 | Nejc Štern | SLO | 3:26.12 (50) | – | – | – | |||
| 51 | Lars Vik | AUS | 3:26.13 (51) | – | – | – | |||
| 52 | Raimo Vīgants |  LAT | 3:26.26 (52) | – | – | – | |||
| 53 | Sebastian Bryja | POL | 3:26.83 (53) | – | – | – | |||
| 54 | Aleksandar Grbović |  MNE | 3:27.09 (54) | – | – | – | |||
| 55 | Marc Colell Pantebre | ESP | 3:27.49 (55) | – | – | – | |||
| 56 | Rémi Drolet | CAN | 3:27.72 (56) | – | – | – | |||
| 57 | Lauris Kaparkalējs | LAT | 3:28.33 (57) | – | – | – | |||
| 58 | Tomáš Cenek | SVK | 3:28.34 (58) | – | – | – | |||
| 59 | Karl Sebastian Dremljuga | EST | 3:29.60 (59) | – | – | – | |||
| 60 | Dmytro Drahun |  UKR | 3:30.74 (60) | – | – | – | |||
| 61 | Marko Skender |  CRO | 3:31.91 (61) | – | – | – | |||
| 62 | Franco dal Farra |  ARG | 3:32.07 (62) | – | – | – | |||
| 63 | Gabriel Cojocaru |  ROU | 3:32.17 (63) | – | – | – | |||
| 64 | Lee Jun-Seo |  KOR | 3:32.40 (64) | – | – | – | |||
| 65 | Samuel Ikpefan |  NGR | 3:33.31 (65) | – | – | – | |||
| 66 | Modestas Vaičiulis |  LTU | 3:34.87 (66) | – | – | – | |||
| 67 | Strahinja Erić |  BIH | 3:35.07 (67) | – | – | – | |||
| 68 | Li Minglin | CHN | 3:35.56 (68) | – | – | – | |||
| 69 | Mark Chanloung |  THA | 3:35.71 (69) | – | – | – | |||
| 70 | Oleksandr Lisohor | UKR | 3:36.57 (70) | – | – | – | |||
| 71 | Robin Frommelt |  LIE | 3:36.60 (71) | – | – | – | |||
| 72 | Paul Pepene | ROU | 3:37.60 (72) | – | – | – | |||
| 73 | Daniel Peshkov |  BUL | 3:37.69 (73) | – | – | – | |||
| 74 | Mario Matikanov | BUL | 3:37.97 (74) | – | – | – | |||
| 75 | Vitaly Pukhkalo |  KAZ | 3:38.02 (75) | – | – | – | |||
| 76 | Amirgali Muratbekov | KAZ | 3:38.17 (76) | – | – | – | |||
| 77 | Niks Saulītis | LAT | 3:38.38 (77) | – | – | – | |||
| 78 | Mateo Lorenzo Sauma | ARG | 3:38.48 (78) | – | – | – | |||
| 79 | Dagur Benediktsson |  ISL | 3:40.09 (79) | – | – | – | |||
| 80 | Abdullah Yılmaz |  TUR | 3:40.34 (80) | – | – | – | |||
| 81 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh |  MGL | 3:40.75 (81) | – | – | – | |||
| 82 | Stevenson Savart |  HAI | 3:40.92 (82) | – | – | – | |||
| 83 | Fredrik Fodstad |  COL | 3:41.28 (83) | – | – | – | |||
| 84 | Tautvydas Strolia | LTU | 3:42.03 (84) | – | – | – | |||
| 85 | Nail Bashmakov | KAZ | 3:43.00 (85) | – | – | – | |||
| 86 | Sebastian Endrestad |  CHI | 3:43.31 (86) | – | – | – | |||
| 87 | Miloš Milosavljević |  SRB | 3:47.03 (87) | – | – | – | |||
| 88 | Nicolás Claveau-Laviolette |  VEN | 3:47.29 (88) | – | – | – | |||
| 89 | Stavre Jada |  MKD | 3:59.56 (89) | – | – | – | |||
| 90 | Ádám Büki |  HUN | 4:02.02 (90) | – | – | – | |||
| 91 | José Manuel Cabeça |  POR | 4:02.77 (91) | – | – | – | |||
| 92 | Apostolos Angelis |  GRE | 4:06.03 (92) | – | – | – | |||
| 93 | Timo Grönlund |  BOL | 4:06.04 (93) | – | – | – | |||
| 94 | Artur Saparbekov |  KGZ | 4:36.85 (94) | – | – | – | |||
| Thomas Maloney Westgård |  IRL | – ( | – | – | – |
| Date | 10 February 2026 — 9:57 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals. |
| Date | 10 February 2026 — 12:20 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals. |
| Time | 12:20 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:30.66 | ||
| 2 | Erik Valnes | NOR | +0.19 | ||
| 3 | Jules Chappaz | FRA | +0.26 | ||
| 4 | Edvin Anger | SWE | +0.49 | ||
| 5 | Elia Barp | ITA | +0.82 | ||
| 6 | Johan Häggström | SWE | – |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Ogden | USA | 3:26.10 | ||
| 2 | Alvar Myhlback | SWE | +2.29 | ||
| 3 | Federico Pellegrino | ITA | +2.67 | LL | |
| 4 | Lauri Vuorinen | FIN | +2.89 | LL | |
| 5 | Emil Liekari | FIN | +3.18 | ||
| 6 | Théo Schely | FRA | +3.27 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Simone Mocellini | ITA | 3:31.03 | ||
| 2 | Jiří Tuž | CZE | +0.08 | ||
| 3 | Joni Mäki | FIN | +0.39 | ||
| 4 | Lucas Chanavat | FRA | +1.19 | ||
| 5 | Jan Stölben | GER | +5.04 | ||
| 6 | Zak Ketterson | USA | +22.30 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oskar Opstad Vike | NOR | 3:31.96 | ||
| 2 | J. C. Schoonmaker | USA | +0.11 | ||
| 3 | Harald Amundsen | NOR | +0.54 | ||
| 4 | Valerio Grond | SUI | +0.58 | ||
| 5 | Richard Jouve | FRA | +9.49 | ||
| 6 | Bernat Selles Gasch | ESP | +9.80 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anton Grahn | SWE | 3:38.25 | ||
| 2 | Simone Daprà | ITA | +0.45 | ||
| 3 | Ondřej Černý | CZE | +0.47 | ||
| 4 | Noe Näff | SUI | +0.88 | ||
| 5 | Janik Riebli | SUI | +1.55 | ||
| 6 | Jaume Pueyo | ESP | +2.19 |
| Date | 10 February 2026 — 13:09 |
|---|---|
| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final. |
| Time | 12:57 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:39.72 | ||
| 2 | Lauri Vuorinen | FIN | +0.56 | ||
| 3 | Ben Ogden | USA | +0.60 | LL | |
| 4 | Erik Valnes | NOR | +1.76 | LL | |
| 5 | Alvar Myhlback | SWE | +4.75 | ||
| 6 | Simone Mocellini | ITA | +17.17 |
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jiří Tuž | CZE | 3:41.80 | ||
| 2 | Oskar Opstad Vike | NOR | +0.00 | ||
| 3 | Federico Pellegrino | ITA | +1.42 | ||
| 4 | J. C. Schoonmaker | USA | +2.16 | ||
| 5 | Anton Grahn | SWE | +3.53 | ||
| 6 | Simone Daprà | ITA | +4.12 |
| Date | 10 February 2026 — 13:38 |
|---|
| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:39.74 | ||
| 2 | Ben Ogden | USA | +0.87 | ||
| 3 | Oskar Opstad Vike | NOR | +6.81 | ||
| 4 | Lauri Vuorinen | FIN | +11.65 | ||
| 5 | Jiří Tuž | CZE | +18.54 | ||
| 6 | Erik Valnes | NOR | +34.84 |
