Sprint (Classical), Men
| Date | 13 February 2018 | |
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| Status | Olympic | |
| Location | Alpensia Cross-Country Centre, Alpensia Resort, Mountain Cluster, Daegwallyeong | |
| Participants | 80 from 39 countries | |
| Format | Final standings based on time achieved in last round competed in. | |
| Details | Course Length: 1,381 m Height Differential: 27 m Maximum Climb: 25 m Total Climbing: 53 m | |
Just two days after his disappointing tenth place in the skiathlon, Norway’s new cross-country star Johannes Høsflot Klæbo won an expected gold medal in the men’s sprint in the classical style. The heavily favored 21-year-old secured first place in the shortest cross-country distance, to become the youngest ever Olympic cross-country gold medalist. In the final, Klæbo was in a dominant position at the final climb, and held on to the lead in a superb manner. The 2017 world champion Federico Pellegrino from Italy, was 1.3 seconds behind, but took silver after beating Aleksandr Bolshunov, Olympic Athlete from Russia, in a photo finish by just two hundreds of a second. Although Klæbo was only third in the 2017 World’s, he dominated the last two seasons of the World Cup in the classical, as well as in the freestyle. The three other finalists, Pål Golberg from Norway, Oskar Svensson from Sweden and Ristomatti Hakola from Finland, never seriously challenged the top three finishers.
Of the six finalists at the 2017 World Championships, all three competing in PyeongChang – Klæbo, Pellegrino and Hakola - appeared in the final again. Silver medalist Sergey Ustyugov from Russia had been suspended. Hakola clocked the fastest time in the qualification with Klæbo second. Maybe the most prominent skier, who did not qualify for the top 30 to advance to the PyeongChang quarter-finals was Canadian Alex Harvey in joint 32nd place. Klæbo proceeded to win both his quarter-final and semi-final heats. The only major clash came in heat five of the quarter-finals involving American Simi Hamilton, Finland’s Lauri Vuorinen and Russian Aleksey Vitsenko leaving only three contenders for two spots in the semi-final. The race was another disappointment for Sweden whose athletes again went home without a medal, and their potential favorite, and Sochi silver medalist, Teodor Peterson only fifth in the semi-final.
| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Qualifying | QF | SF | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | – | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo |  NOR | 3:08.73 (2) | 3:11.09 (1 h1) | 3:06.01 (1 h1) | 3:05.75 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | – | Federico Pellegrino |  ITA | 3:13.18 (9) | 3:10.55 (1 h2) | 3:06.17 (2 h1) | 3:07.09 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | – | Aleksandr Bolshunov |  ROC | 3:10.20 (3) | 3:08.45 (1 h3) | 3:06.63 (3 h1) | 3:07.11 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | – | Pål Golberg | NOR | 3:13.71 (11) | 3:11.07 (2 h2) | 3:07.24 (4 h1) | 3:09.56 (4) | |||
| 5 | – | Oskar Svensson |  SWE | 3:12.02 (7) | 3:08.77 (1 h4) | 3:10.61 (2 h2) | 3:13.48 (5) | |||
| 6 | – | Ristomatti Hakola |  FIN | 3:08.54 (1) | 3:09.41 (2 h3) | 3:09.93 (1 h2) | 3:26.47 (6) | |||
| 7 | – | Len Väljas |  CAN | 3:17.11 (25) | 3:10.87 (3 h4) | 3:13.91 (3 h2) | – | |||
| 8 | – | Emil Iversen | NOR | 3:14.36 (12) | 3:10.21 (2 h4) | 3:14.09 (4 h2) | – | |||
| 9 | – | Teodor Peterson | SWE | 3:11.55 (5) | 3:12.23 (2 h1) | 3:11.02 (5 h1) | – | |||
| 10 | – | Martti Jylhä | FIN | 3:16.79 (23) | 3:17.46 (1 h5) | 3:14.93 (5 h2) | – | |||
| 11 | – | Aleksandr Panzhinsky | ROC | 3:11.63 (6) | 3:11.15 (4 h4) | 3:19.05 (6 h1) | – | |||
| 12 | – | Baptiste Gros |  FRA | 3:16.27 (19) | 3:18.62 (2 h5) | 3:27.44 (6 h2) | – | |||
| 13 | – | Calle Halfvarsson | SWE | 3:13.27 (10) | 3:11.95 (3 h2) | – | – | |||
| 14 | – | Iivo Niskanen | FIN | 3:16.37 (20) | 3:12.20 (3 h3) | – | – | |||
| 15 | – | Thomas Bing |  GER | 3:16.66 (21) | 3:18.64 (3 h5) | – | – | |||
| 16 | – | Richard Jouve | FRA | 3:17.69 (28) | 3:12.40 (3 h1) | – | – | |||
| 17 | – | Marko Kilp |  EST | 3:15.05 (14) | 3:12.00 (4 h2) | – | – | |||
| 18 | – | Jovian Hediger |  SUI | 3:15.86 (16) | 3:14.25 (4 h3) | – | – | |||
| 19 | – | Simi Hamilton |  USA | 3:16.13 (18) | 3:27.89 (4 h5) | – | – | |||
| 20 | – | Aleksey Vitsenko | ROC | 3:14.56 (13) | 3:30.72 (5 h5) | – | – | |||
| 21 | – | Eirik Brandsdal | NOR | 3:15.95 (17) | 3:18.25 (5 h2) | – | – | |||
| 22 | – | Peter Mlynár |  SVK | 3:16.82 (24) | 3:15.77 (5 h4) | – | – | |||
| 23 | – | Aliaksandr Voranau |  BLR | 3:17.12 (26) | 3:14.95 (5 h3) | – | – | |||
| 24 | – | Erik Bjornsen | USA | 3:17.69 (29) | 3:12.72 (4 h1) | – | – | |||
| 25 | – | Maicol Rastelli | ITA | 3:11.32 (4) | 3:14.38 (5 h1) | – | – | |||
| 26 | – | Viktor Thorn | SWE | 3:12.19 (8) | 3:17.33 (6 h3) | – | – | |||
| 27 | – | Sebastian Eisenlauer | GER | 3:15.06 (15) | 3:16.22 (6 h4) | – | – | |||
| 28 | – | Lauri Vuorinen | FIN | 3:16.69 (22) | 3:33.13 (6 h5) | – | – | |||
| 29 | – | Kamil Bury |  POL | 3:17.15 (27) | 3:25.79 (6 h2) | – | – | |||
| 30 | – | Raido Ränkel | EST | 3:17.88 (30) | – | – | – | |||
| =31 | – | Alex Harvey | CAN | 3:17.95 (=31) | – | – | – | |||
| =31 | – | Miha Šimenc |  SLO | 3:17.95 (=31) | – | – | – | |||
| 33 | – | Lucas Chanavat | FRA | 3:18.46 (33) | – | – | – | |||
| 34 | – | Jesse Cockney | CAN | 3:18.54 (34) | – | – | – | |||
| 35 | – | Andy Newell | USA | 3:19.36 (35) | – | – | – | |||
| 36 | – | Maciej Staręga | POL | 3:19.42 (36) | – | – | – | |||
| 37 | – | Ueli Schnider | SUI | 3:19.47 (37) | – | – | – | |||
| 38 | – | Mirco Bertolina | ITA | 3:20.07 (38) | – | – | – | |||
| 39 | – | Stefan Zelger | ITA | 3:20.18 (39) | – | – | – | |||
| 40 | – | Logan Hanneman | USA | 3:20.74 (40) | – | – | – | |||
| 41 | – | Aleš Razým |  CZE | 3:21.05 (41) | – | – | – | |||
| 42 | – | Modestas Vaičiulis |  LTU | 3:21.10 (42) | – | – | – | |||
| 43 | – | Andrew Young |  GBR | 3:21.50 (43) | – | – | – | |||
| 44 | – | Janez Lampič | SLO | 3:22.03 (44) | – | – | – | |||
| 45 | – | Alin Florin Cioancă |  ROU | 3:22.22 (45) | – | – | – | |||
| 46 | – | Andrey Melnichenko | ROC | 3:22.27 (46) | – | – | – | |||
| 47 | – | Kim Magnus |  KOR | 3:22.36 (47) | – | – | – | |||
| 48 | – | Erwan Käser | SUI | 3:22.48 (48) | – | – | – | |||
| 49 | – | Denis Volotka |  KAZ | 3:22.52 (49) | – | – | – | |||
| 50 | – | Luis Stadlober |  AUT | 3:23.01 (50) | – | – | – | |||
| 51 | – | Russell Kennedy | CAN | 3:23.37 (51) | – | – | – | |||
| 52 | – | Isak Stianson Pedersen |  ISL | 3:24.57 (52) | – | – | – | |||
| 53 | – | Andrej Segeč | SVK | 3:24.84 (53) | – | – | – | |||
| 54 | – | Mark Chanloung |  THA | 3:26.12 (54) | – | – | – | |||
| 55 | – | Miroslav Rypl | CZE | 3:27.46 (55) | – | – | – | |||
| 56 | – | Veselin Tsinzov |  BUL | 3:28.19 (56) | – | – | – | |||
| 57 | – | Michal Novák | CZE | 3:28.33 (57) | – | – | – | |||
| 58 | – | Miroslav Šulek | SVK | 3:28.74 (58) | – | – | – | |||
| 59 | – | Thomas Maloney Westgård |  IRL | 3:29.61 (59) | – | – | – | |||
| 60 | – | Indulis Bikše |  LAT | 3:30.53 (60) | – | – | – | |||
| 61 | – | Mantas Strolia | LTU | 3:31.11 (61) | – | – | – | |||
| 62 | – | Phil Bellingham |  AUS | 3:31.54 (62) | – | – | – | |||
| 63 | – | Wang Qiang |  CHN | 3:31.56 (63) | – | – | – | |||
| 64 | – | Ádám Kónya |  HUN | 3:31.84 (64) | – | – | – | |||
| 65 | – | Yordan Chuchuganov | BUL | 3:32.62 (65) | – | – | – | |||
| 66 | – | Edi Dadić |  CRO | 3:33.17 (66) | – | – | – | |||
| 67 | – | Oleksiy Krasovskyi |  UKR | 3:33.40 (67) | – | – | – | |||
| 68 | – | Hamza Dursun |  TUR | 3:36.53 (68) | – | – | – | |||
| 69 | – | Mikayel Mikayelyan |  ARM | 3:37.40 (69) | – | – | – | |||
| 70 | – | Andriy Orlyk | UKR | 3:39.18 (70) | – | – | – | |||
| 71 | – | Apostolos Angelis |  GRE | 3:47.10 (71) | – | – | – | |||
| 72 | – | Damir Rastić |  SRB | 3:50.65 (72) | – | – | – | |||
| 73 | – | Seyed Sattar Seyd |  IRI | 3:56.08 (73) | – | – | – | |||
| 74 | – | Ömer Ayçiçek | TUR | 3:57.91 (74) | – | – | – | |||
| 75 | – | Tariel Zharkymbaev |  KGZ | 4:05.99 (75) | – | – | – | |||
| 76 | – | Stavre Jada |  MKD | 4:23.85 (76) | – | – | – | |||
| – | Sun Qinghai | CHN | – ( | – | – | – | 1 | |||
| – | Aleksey Poltoranin | KAZ | [3:14.43] ( | [3:12.60] (DQ h1) | – | – | 2 | |||
| – | Dominik Baldauf | AUT | [3:18.54] ( | – | – | – | 3 | |||
| – | Karel Tammjärv | EST | [3:22.68] ( | – | – | – | 4 |
Qualifying Round
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 18:05 |
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| Format | Top 30 finishers advance to quarter-finals. |
Quarter-Finals
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 20:25 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to semi-finals. |
Heat #1
| Time | 20:25 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:11.09 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Teodor Peterson | SWE | 3:12.23 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Richard Jouve | FRA | 3:12.40 | ||
| 4 | 6 | Erik Bjornsen | USA | 3:12.72 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Maicol Rastelli | ITA | 3:14.38 | ||
| 4 | Aleksey Poltoranin | KAZ | [3:12.60] | 9 |
Heat #2
| Time | 20:31 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Federico Pellegrino | ITA | 3:10.55 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Pål Golberg | NOR | 3:11.07 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Calle Halfvarsson | SWE | 3:11.95 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Marko Kilp | EST | 3:12.00 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Eirik Brandsdal | NOR | 3:18.25 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Kamil Bury | POL | 3:25.79 |
Heat #3
| Time | 20:37 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Bolshunov | ROC | 3:08.45 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Ristomatti Hakola | FIN | 3:09.41 | ||
| 3 | 5 | Iivo Niskanen | FIN | 3:12.20 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Jovian Hediger | SUI | 3:14.25 | ||
| 5 | 6 | Aliaksandr Voranau | BLR | 3:14.95 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Viktor Thorn | SWE | 3:17.33 |
Heat #4
| Time | 20:43 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Oskar Svensson | SWE | 3:08.77 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Emil Iversen | NOR | 3:10.21 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Len Väljas | CAN | 3:10.87 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Aleksandr Panzhinsky | ROC | 3:11.15 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Peter Mlynár | SVK | 3:15.77 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Sebastian Eisenlauer | GER | 3:16.22 |
Heat #5
| Time | 20:49 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | Martti Jylhä | FIN | 3:17.46 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Baptiste Gros | FRA | 3:18.62 | ||
| 3 | 4 | Thomas Bing | GER | 3:18.64 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Simi Hamilton | USA | 3:27.89 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Aleksey Vitsenko | ROC | 3:30.72 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lauri Vuorinen | FIN | 3:33.13 |
Semi-Finals
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 21:05 |
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| Format | Top 2 finishers in each heat, and next two fastest times, advance to final. |
Heat #1
| Time | 21:05 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:06.01 | ||
| 2 | 3 | Federico Pellegrino | ITA | 3:06.17 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Aleksandr Bolshunov | ROC | 3:06.63 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Pål Golberg | NOR | 3:07.24 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Teodor Peterson | SWE | 3:11.02 | ||
| 6 | 6 | Aleksandr Panzhinsky | ROC | 3:19.05 |
Heat #2
| Time | 21:11 |
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| Pos | Number | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 3 | Ristomatti Hakola | FIN | 3:09.93 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Oskar Svensson | SWE | 3:10.61 | ||
| 3 | 6 | Len Väljas | CAN | 3:13.91 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Emil Iversen | NOR | 3:14.09 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Martti Jylhä | FIN | 3:14.93 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Baptiste Gros | FRA | 3:27.44 |
Final Round
| Date | 13 February 2018 — 21:34 |
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| Pos | Competitor | NOC | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 3:05.75 | ||
| 2 | Federico Pellegrino | ITA | 3:07.09 | ||
| 3 | Aleksandr Bolshunov | ROC | 3:07.11 | ||
| 4 | Pål Golberg | NOR | 3:09.56 | ||
| 5 | Oskar Svensson | SWE | 3:13.48 | ||
| 6 | Ristomatti Hakola | FIN | 3:26.47 |