FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's sprint

The Men's sprint competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 25 February 2021.^[1][2][3]

Men's sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021
Location	Oberstdorf, Germany
Date	25 February
Competitors	157 from 54 nations
Winning time	3:01.30
Medalists
Johannes Høsflot Klæbo    Norway   Erik Valnes    Norway   Håvard Solås Taugbøl    Norway
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Results

Qualification

The qualification was held at 09:50.^[4]

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	3	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	3:00.08		Q
2	20	Erik Valnes	Norway	3:03.56	+3.48	Q
3	13	Federico Pellegrino	Italy	3:05.47	+5.39	Q
4	25	Pål Golberg	Norway	3:06.06	+5.98	Q
5	6	Gleb Retivykh	Russian Ski Federation	3:06.19	+6.11	Q
6	17	Håvard Solås Taugbøl	Norway	3:06.62	+6.54	Q
7	15	Joni Mäki	Finland	3:07.34	+7.26	Q
8	11	Alexander Terentyev	Russian Ski Federation	3:07.52	+7.44	Q
9	23	Sergey Ustiugov	Russian Ski Federation	3:07.59	+7.51	Q
10	18	Alexander Bolshunov	Russian Ski Federation	3:08.05	+7.97	Q
11	61	Ben Ogden	United States	3:08.18	+8.10	Q
12	21	Lauri Vuorinen	Finland	3:08.30	+8.22	Q
13	5	Jovian Hediger	Switzerland	3:08.95	+8.87	Q
14	31	Ondřej Černý	Czech Republic	3:09.39	+9.31	Q
15	26	Marcus Grate	Sweden	3:09.45	+9.37	Q
16	8	Emil Iversen	Norway	3:09.63	+9.55	Q
17	24	Lucas Chanavat	France	3:09.64	+9.56	Q
18	1	Michal Novák	Czech Republic	3:09.74	+9.66	Q
19	16	Richard Jouve	France	3:10.10	+10.02	Q
20	30	JC Schoonmaker	United States	3:10.18	+10.10	Q
21	32	Maicol Rastelli	Italy	3:10.56	+10.48	Q
22	35	Luděk Šeller	Czech Republic	3:10.69	+10.61	Q
23	19	Johan Häggström	Sweden	3:10.77	+10.69	Q
24	9	Francesco De Fabiani	Italy	3:10.85	+10.77	Q
25	41	Marko Kilp	Estonia	3:10.96	+10.88	Q
26	29	Ristomatti Hakola	Finland	3:10.98	+10.90	Q
27	50	Janosch Brugger	Germany	3:11.17	+11.09	Q
28	7	Oskar Svensson	Sweden	3:11.43	+11.35	Q
29	14	Valentin Chauvin	France	3:12.06	+11.98	Q
30	27	Anton Persson	Sweden	3:12.18	+12.10	Q
31	57	Antoine Cyr	Canada	3:12.53	+12.45
32	28	Renaud Jay	France	3:12.57	+12.49
33	36	Maciej Staręga	Poland	3:13.96	+13.88
34	40	Graham Ritchie	Canada	3:14.18	+14.10
35	22	Kevin Bolger	United States	3:15.15	+15.07
36	2	Valerio Grond	Switzerland	3:15.29	+15.21
37	42	Sebastian Eisenlauer	Germany	3:15.65	+15.57
38	44	Anian Sossau	Germany	3:15.94	+15.86
39	12	Logan Hanneman	United States	3:16.11	+16.03
40	4	James Clugnet	Great Britain	3:16.38	+16.30
41	33	Jan Pechoušek	Czech Republic	3:16.60	+16.52
42	49	Martin Himma	Estonia	3:16.69	+16.61
43	37	Benjamin Moser	Austria	3:16.84	+16.76
44	65	Thomas Hjalmar Westgård	Ireland	3:16.88	+16.80
45	45	Aliaksandr Voranau	Belarus	3:17.39	+17.31
46	54	Kamil Bury	Poland	3:17.53	+17.45
47	51	Yahor Shpuntau	Belarus	3:18.10	+18.02
48	53	Vili Črv	Slovenia	3:18.22	+18.14
49	59	Thomas Bing	Germany	3:18.52	+18.44
50	55	Simone Mocellini	Italy	3:18.55	+18.47
51	67	Kaarel Kasper Kõrge	Estonia	3:18.64	+18.56
52	34	Erwan Käser	Switzerland	3:18.79	+18.71
53	10	Roman Schaad	Switzerland	3:19.00	+18.92
54	48	Konstantin Bortsov	Kazakhstan	3:19.02	+18.94
55	39	Janez Lampič	Slovenia	3:19.03	+18.95
56	79	Rémi Drolet	Canada	3:19.68	+19.60
57	47	Juho Mikkonen	Finland	3:20.34	+20.26
58	58	Jaume Pueyo	Spain	3:20.65	+20.57
59	38	Michael Föttinger	Austria	3:21.28	+21.20
60	56	Olzhas Klimin	Kazakhstan	3:21.47	+21.39
61	73	Vitaliy Pukhkalo	Kazakhstan	3:21.60	+21.52
62	46	Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Japan	3:21.86	+21.78
63	77	Ruslan Perekhoda	Ukraine	3:22.60	+22.52
64	60	Mika Vermeulen	Austria	3:23.28	+23.20
65	43	Lukas Mrkonjic	Austria	3:23.85	+23.77
66	63	Phillip Bellingham	Australia	3:24.35	+24.27
67	83	Marko Skender	Croatia	3:25.48	+25.40
68	80	Paul Constantin Pepene	Romania	3:25.90	+25.82
69	64	Mark Chanloung	Thailand	3:26.32	+26.24
70	62	Raimo Vīgants	Latvia	3:26.55	+26.47
71	69	Modestas Vaičiulis	Lithuania	3:26.84	+26.76
72	71	Raul Mihai Popa	Romania	3:27.33	+27.25
73	86	Dmytro Drahun	Ukraine	3:27.81	+27.73
74	101	Thibaut De Marre	Belgium	3:28.25	+28.17
75	75	Indulis Bikše	Latvia	3:28.60	+28.52
76	68	Isak Stianson Pedersen	Iceland	3:28.76	+28.68
77	85	Kim Eun-ho	South Korea	3:29.45	+29.37
77	90	Titouan Serot	Belgium	3:29.45	+29.37
79	66	Alvar Johannes Alev	Estonia	3:29.85	+29.77
80	76	Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan	Nigeria	3:30.04	+29.96
81	82	Ádám Kónya	Hungary	3:31.68	+31.60
82	84	Petrică Hogiu	Romania	3:32.01	+31.93
83	88	Niks Saulītis	Latvia	3:32.24	+32.16
84	81	Tautvydas Strolia	Lithuania	3:32.47	+32.39
85	70	Seve de Campo	Australia	3:32.53	+32.45
86	99	Manex Silva	Brazil	3:35.19	+35.11
87	87	Dagur Benediktsson	Iceland	3:35.40	+35.32
88	150	Krešimir Crnković	Croatia	3:35.66	+35.58
89	98	Jeong Jong-won	South Korea	3:36.28	+36.20
90	159	Martin Møller	Denmark	3:37.79	+37.71
91	119	Hjalmar Michelsen	Denmark	3:37.85	+37.77
92	105	Amed Oğlağo	Turkey	3:38.84	+38.76
93	92	Yusuf Emre Fırat	Turkey	3:39.19	+39.11
94	89	Mark Pollock	Australia	3:39.25	+39.17
95	91	Franco Dal Farra	Argentina	3:39.59	+39.51
96	94	Ömer Ayçiçek	Turkey	3:42.37	+42.29
97	95	Miloš Milosavljević	Serbia	3:43.93	+43.85
98	127	Kim Min-woo	South Korea	3:44.40	+44.32
99	96	Edvinas Simonutis	Lithuania	3:45.80	+45.72
100	74	Hamza Dursun	Turkey	3:45.86	+45.78
101	107	Lauris Kaparkalējs	Latvia	3:46.48	+46.40
102	104	Daniel Peshkov	Bulgaria	3:47.08	+47.00
103	115	Kristiyan Bozhilov	Bulgaria	3:47.55	+47.47
104	111	Mathis Poutot	Belgium	3:48.34	+48.26
105	123	Petar Perušić	Croatia	3:49.45	+49.37
106	133	Jacob Weel Rosbo	Denmark	3:49.95	+49.87
107	102	Seyed Sattar Seyd	Iran	3:50.12	+50.04
108	103	Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh	Mongolia	3:50.25	+50.17
109	78	Strahinja Erić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	3:50.73	+50.65
110	122	Aleksandar Grbović	Montenegro	3:50.79	+50.71
111	97	Victor Santos	Brazil	3:50.92	+50.84
112	113	Todor Malchov	Bulgaria	3:51.77	+51.69
113	72	Jaunius Drūsys	Lithuania	3:51.81	+51.73
114	109	Gonzalo Ángel Gómez	Argentina	3:51.99	+51.91
115	128	Otgonlkhagvayn Zolbayar	Mongolia	3:54.03	+53.95
116	114	Ivan Zaharija	Croatia	3:55.15	+55.07
117	130	Mario Matikanov	Bulgaria	3:55.34	+55.26
118	112	Steve Hiestand	Brazil	3:56.22	+56.14
119	116	Kristóf Lágler	Hungary	3:56.39	+56.31
120	106	Matheus Vasconcellos	Brazil	3:56.78	+56.70
121	125	Yasin Shemshaki	Iran	3:56.86	+56.78
122	137	Spartak Voskanyan	Armenia	3:59.30	+59.22
123	108	Danial Saveh Shemshaki	Iran	3:59.55	+59.47
124	151	Rejhan Šmrković	Serbia	4:00.86	+1:00.78
125	135	Timo Juhani Grönlund	Bolivia	4:02.01	+1:01.93
126	120	Mateo Lorenzo Sauma	Argentina	4:04.06	+1:03.98
127	110	Stavre Jada	North Macedonia	4:05.10	+1:05.02
128	100	Yonathan Jesús Fernández	Chile	4:06.99	+1:06.91
129	118	Dashdondogiin Mönkhgerel	Mongolia	4:08.18	+1:08.10
130	136	Brian Kennedy	Ireland	4:09.39	+1:09.31
131	124	Miloš Čolić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4:10.39	+1:10.31
132	153	Joachim Weel Rosbo	Denmark	4:11.43	+1:11.35
133	93	Stefan Anić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4:14.74	+1:14.66
134	129	Alireza Moghdid	Iran	4:14.82	+1:14.74
135	121	Angelos Antoniadis	Greece	4:17.09	+1:17.01
136	152	Soma Gyallai	Hungary	4:23.17	+1:23.09
137	126	Miloš Stević	Bosnia and Herzegovina	4:28.39	+1:28.31
138	138	Dimitris Velivassis	Greece	4:29.38	+1:29.30
139	145	Rodrigo Rangel	Mexico	4:30.30	+1:30.22
140	148	Carlos Andrés Quintana	Colombia	4:31.85	+1:31.77
141	154	Kleanthis Karamichas	Greece	4:32.54	+1:32.46
142	132	Elie Tawk	Lebanon	4:32.64	+1:32.56
143	143	Hrachya Panoyan	Armenia	4:35.09	+1:35.01
144	131	Juan Luis Uberuaga	Chile	4:41.09	+1:41.01
145	141	Miloš Đorđević	Serbia	4:41.46	+1:41.38
146	134	Martín Flores	Chile	4:44.62	+1:44.54
147	155	Đorđe Paunović	Serbia	4:49.74	+1:49.66
148	156	Filipe Cabrita	Portugal	4:54.64	+1:54.56
149	117	Paul Keyrouz	Lebanon	4:55.82	+1:55.74
150	142	Tomás Díaz	Chile	5:15.22	+2:15.14
151	147	José Cabeça	Portugal	5:25.16	+2:25.08
152	146	Pedro Montes	Mexico	5:31.32	+2:31.24
153	149	Nicholas Lau	Trinidad and Tobago	5:52.67	+2:52.59
154	144	Charbel Neemeh	Lebanon	5:53.46	+2:53.38
155	140	Nikola Petkovski	North Macedonia	6:00.40	+3:00.32
156	158	Eduardo Arteaga	Venezuela	6:05.74	+3:05.66
	139	Salim Lozom	Lebanon	Did not finish
	52	Russell Kennedy	Canada	Did not start
	157	André Gonçalves	Portugal

Quarterfinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the semifinals.

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	1	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	2:58.84		Q
2	2	Erik Valnes	Norway	2.59.08	+0.24	Q
3	26	Ristomatti Hakola	Finland	2:59.59	+0.75
4	15	Marcus Grate	Sweden	2:59.90	+1.06
5	29	Valentin Chauvin	France	2:59.94	+1.10
6	30	Anton Persson	Sweden	3.09.90	+11.06

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	10	Alexander Bolshunov	Russian Ski Federation	2:58.20		Q
2	28	Oskar Svensson	Sweden	2:58.39	+0.19	Q
3	4	Pål Golberg	Norway	2:58.62	+0.42	LL
4	13	Jovian Hediger	Switzerland	2:58.71	+0.51	LL
5	17	Lucas Chanavat	France	3:01.20	+3.00
6	20	James Clinton Schoonmaker	United States	3:09.89	+11.69

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	16	Emil Iversen	Norway	3:02.67		Q
2	9	Sergey Ustiugov	Russian Ski Federation	3:03.31	+0.64	Q
3	8	Alexander Terentyev	Russian Ski Federation	3:03.47	+0.80
4	23	Johan Häggström	Sweden	3:03.49	+0.82
5	18	Michal Novák	Czech Republic	3:03.64	+0.97
6	21	Maicol Rastelli	Italy	3:05.14	+2.47

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	6	Håvard Solås Taugbøl	Norway	3:01.27		Q
2	3	Federico Pellegrino	Italy	3:01.35	+0.08	Q
3	7	Joni Mäki	Finland	3:01.39	+0.12
4	25	Marko Kilp	Estonia	3:05.79	+4.52
5	22	Luděk Šeller	Czech Republic	3:10.25	+8.98
6	27	Janosch Brugger	Germany	3:11.27	+10.00

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	5	Gleb Retivykh	Russian Ski Federation	3:05.21		Q
2	19	Richard Jouve	France	3:05.45	+0.24	Q
3	12	Lauri Vuorinen	Finland	3:06.48	+0.87
4	11	Ben Ogden	United States	3:09.15	+3.94
5	14	Ondřej Černý	Czech Republic	3:19.99	+14.78
6	24	Francesco De Fabiani	Italy	RAL	+29.78

Semifinals

The top two of each heat and the two best-timed skiers advanced to the final.

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	1	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	2:59.28		Q
2	2	Erik Valnes	Norway	2:59.40	+0.12	Q
3	10	Alexander Bolshunov	Russian Ski Federation	2:59.78	+0.50	LL
4	28	Oskar Svensson	Sweden	2:59.95	+0.67	LL
5	16	Emil Iversen	Norway	3:00.36	+1.08
6	13	Jovian Hediger	Switzerland	3:09.58	+10.30

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	6	Håvard Solås Taugbøl	Norway	3:04.78		Q
2	9	Sergey Ustiugov	Russian Ski Federation	3:05.67	+0.89	Q
3	19	Richard Jouve	France	3:05.99	+1.21
4	4	Pål Golberg	Norway	3:06.14	+1.36
5	5	Gleb Retivykh	Russian Ski Federation	3:06.44	+1.66
6	3	Federico Pellegrino	Italy	3:06.51	+1.73

Final

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
	1	Johannes Høsflot Klæbo	Norway	3:01.30
	2	Erik Valnes	Norway	3:01.96	+0.66
	6	Håvard Solås Taugbøl	Norway	3:02.10	+0.80
4	10	Alexander Bolshunov	Russian Ski Federation	3:07.22	+5.92
5	9	Sergey Ustiugov	Russian Ski Federation	3:18.71	+17.41
6	28	Oskar Svensson	Sweden	3:21.79	+20.49