| | Event type
15 kilometres, Classical, Men
| Date | 11 February 2022 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Zhangjiakou Nordic Centre and Biathlon Centre, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province |
| Participants | 97 from 50 countries |
| Details | Course Length: 15,232 m Height Differential: 58 m Intermediate 1: 1.5 km Intermediate 2: 6.0 km Intermediate 3: 7.5 km Intermediate 4: 9.8 km Intermediate 5: 13.5 km Maximum Climb: 35 m Total Climbing: 578 m |
Iivo Niskanen demonstrated his exceptional dominance in classic skiing by claiming the men’s individual 15km gold. In a superior manner, he secured the gold medal at the Guyangshu ski and biathlon center in Zhangjiakou, ahead of Aleksandr Bolshunov (ROC), with the Norwegian Johannes Høsflot Klæbo taking bronze.
Niskanen, whose sister Kerttu missed out on gold in a heartbeat final against Therese Johaug the previous day, never left any doubts about his victory. Each of the three intermediate times saw him in first place. At the finish line, he was 23.2 seconds ahead of Bolshunov and, after the team sprint in 2014 and the 50-kilometer race in 2018, won Olympic gold for the third time.
Bolshunov was in second place at the halfway mark, 11.4 seconds slower than Niskanen. Klæbo was 37.5 seconds behind at the finish, having come back from 20th place at the first intermediate time. After his poor showing in the skiathlon (40th), the 2018 three-time Olympic champion was much stronger and was happy about taking bronze. Known for his prowess in sprint competitions, he showed that he could contend in distance events as well.
Ilya Semikov (ROC) and Pål Golberg (Norway), were amongst the top three for part of the race, but eventually fell back to ninth and 11th place respectively
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | Int 3 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 64 | Iivo Niskanen |  FIN | 37:54.8 | 8:02.2 (1) | 18:28.0 (1) | 26:57.4 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 70 | Aleksandr Bolshunov |  ROC | 38:18.0 | 8:13.8 (3) | 18:39.4 (2) | 27:26.2 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 42 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo |  NOR | 38:32.3 | 8:36.9 (20) | 19:12.0 (6) | 27:49.9 (4) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 46 | Hans Christer Holund | NOR | 38:44.6 | 8:33.6 (15) | 19:14.3 (9) | 27:51.9 (5) | |||
| 5 | 68 | Aleksey Chervotkin | ROC | 38:51.7 | 8:17.0 (5) | 19:11.1 (5) | 27:57.2 (6) | |||
| 6 | 36 | Perttu Hyvärinen | FIN | 39:00.2 | 8:24.3 (11) | 19:13.7 (8) | 28:02.4 (8) | |||
| 7 | 62 | Hugo Lapalus |  FRA | 39:09.6 | 8:24.0 (10) | 19:13.4 (7) | 28:01.3 (7) | |||
| 8 | 39 | Jens Burman |  SWE | 39:26.8 | 8:37.5 (21) | 19:32.1 (14) | 28:27.6 (11) | |||
| 9 | 60 | Ilya Semikov | ROC | 39:34.7 | 8:12.9 (2) | 19:02.6 (4) | 28:05.2 (9) | |||
| 10 | 33 | William Poromaa | SWE | 39:42.5 | 8:22.4 (7) | 19:19.0 (10) | 28:08.3 (10) | |||
| 11 | 44 | Pål Golberg | NOR | 39:47.4 | 8:14.1 (4) | 18:55.1 (3) | 27:49.1 (3) | |||
| 12 | 38 | Maurice Manificat | FRA | 39:49.7 | 8:43.4 (30) | 19:36.8 (16) | 28:38.5 (15) | |||
| 13 | 66 | Ivan Yakimushkin | ROC | 39:52.6 | 8:31.7 (14) | 19:22.4 (12) | 28:32.9 (12) | |||
| 14 | 24 | Thomas Maloney Westgård |  IRL | 40:01.5 | 8:46.9 (36) | 19:48.6 (21) | 28:45.3 (17) | |||
| 15 | 58 | Erik Valnes | NOR | 40:06.8 | 8:23.1 (8) | 19:19.8 (11) | 28:36.1 (13) | |||
| 16 | 50 | Jonas Baumann |  SUI | 40:09.7 | 8:34.0 (16) | 19:44.3 (17) | 28:47.1 (18) | |||
| 17 | 48 | Lucas Bögl |  GER | 40:13.9 | 8:36.2 (18) | 19:44.9 (18) | 28:44.1 (16) | |||
| 18 | 56 | Francesco De Fabiani |  ITA | 40:16.4 | 8:23.7 (9) | 19:26.5 (13) | 28:38.3 (14) | |||
| 19 | 37 | Jonas Dobler | GER | 40:21.0 | 8:47.5 (37) | 20:00.0 (26) | 29:05.0 (23) | |||
| 20 | 26 | Janosch Brugger | GER | 40:24.5 | 8:39.9 (25) | 19:51.3 (23) | 28:58.3 (19) | |||
| 21 | 29 | Johan Häggström | SWE | 40:30.9 | 8:39.4 (24) | 19:51.9 (24) | 29:06.6 (24) | |||
| 22 | 25 | Giandomenico Salvadori | ITA | 40:33.2 | 8:52.5 (46) | 20:00.4 (27) | 29:02.5 (21) | |||
| 23 | 15 | Mika Vermeulen |  AUT | 40:37.8 | 8:45.6 (32) | 20:00.5 (28) | 28:58.3 (19) | |||
| 24 | 31 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras |  AND | 40:39.4 | 9:33.9 (75) | 20:15.0 (42) | 29:09.0 (25) | |||
| 25 | 23 | Vitaly Pukhkalo |  KAZ | 40:39.6 | 8:48.7 (39) | 20:10.3 (36) | 29:15.1 (28) | |||
| 26 | 35 | Calle Halfvarsson | SWE | 40:46.8 | 8:27.6 (12) | 19:44.9 (18) | 29:02.7 (22) | |||
| 27 | 16 | Dominik Bury |  POL | 40:48.4 | 8:51.4 (43) | 20:03.5 (31) | 29:17.4 (30) | |||
| 28 | 32 | Ristomatti Hakola | FIN | 40:49.6 | 8:46.0 (34) | 19:48.5 (20) | 29:20.3 (31) | |||
| 29 | 5 | Olivier Léveillé |  CAN | 40:52.0 | 8:45.9 (33) | 20:08.0 (35) | 29:23.2 (34) | |||
| 30 | 20 | Paul Pepene |  ROU | 40:52.7 | 8:51.0 (41) | 20:12.7 (38) | 29:22.0 (33) | |||
| 31 | 10 | Adam Fellner |  CZE | 41:01.0 | 9:05.3 (58) | 20:23.5 (45) | 29:34.1 (38) | |||
| 32 | 14 | Albert Kuchler | GER | 41:07.1 | 8:51.1 (42) | 20:27.4 (47) | 29:35.7 (40) | |||
| 33 | 7 | Rémi Drolet | CAN | 41:07.7 | 8:52.4 (45) | 20:14.9 (40) | 29:34.9 (39) | |||
| 34 | 22 | Paolo Ventura | ITA | 41:12.2 | 8:41.8 (29) | 20:05.4 (32) | 29:29.4 (36) | |||
| 35 | 63 | Alvar Alev |  EST | 41:12.5 | 8:34.4 (17) | 20:00.6 (29) | 29:20.5 (32) | |||
| 36 | 11 | Snorri Einarsson |  ISL | 41:17.6 | 8:56.7 (53) | 20:31.4 (50) | 29:39.7 (43) | |||
| 37 | 19 | Antoine Cyr | CAN | 41:17.7 | 8:37.5 (21) | 20:11.2 (37) | 29:16.0 (29) | |||
| 38 | 27 | Scott Patterson |  USA | 41:23.1 | 8:40.5 (27) | 19:59.6 (25) | 29:31.4 (37) | |||
| 39 | 21 | Imanol Rojo |  ESP | 41:24.2 | 8:39.0 (23) | 19:50.7 (22) | 29:12.2 (27) | |||
| 40 | 6 | Yevgeny Velichko | KAZ | 41:27.3 | 8:46.0 (34) | 20:29.9 (49) | 29:39.3 (42) | |||
| 41 | 4 | Shang Jincai |  CHN | 41:29.6 | 9:06.3 (60) | 20:32.2 (51) | 29:56.9 (47) | |||
| 42 | 1 | Ben Ogden | USA | 41:29.8 | 8:49.2 (40) | 20:27.3 (46) | 29:42.7 (44) | |||
| 43 | 9 | Ryo Hirose |  JPN | 41:30.5 | 8:41.2 (28) | 20:16.1 (43) | 29:25.3 (35) | |||
| 44 | 40 | Dario Cologna | SUI | 41:39.9 | 8:28.9 (13) | 20:01.4 (30) | 29:58.8 (48) | |||
| 45 | 12 | Remi Lindholm | FIN | 41:40.0 | 8:40.3 (26) | 20:07.4 (34) | 29:43.7 (45) | |||
| 46 | 52 | Andrew Musgrave |  GBR | 41:44.7 | 8:36.6 (19) | 20:05.7 (33) | 29:39.2 (41) | |||
| 47 | 49 | Liu Rongsheng | CHN | 41:51.7 | 9:01.8 (57) | 20:29.4 (48) | 30:00.1 (49) | |||
| 48 | 34 | Gus Schumacher | USA | 41:53.4 | 8:54.4 (50) | 20:14.9 (40) | 29:49.8 (46) | |||
| 49 | 17 | Richard Jouve | FRA | 41:56.6 | 8:19.9 (6) | 19:32.5 (15) | 29:09.9 (26) | |||
| 50 | 54 | Michal Novák | CZE | 42:06.6 | 8:43.5 (31) | 20:14.2 (39) | 30:03.0 (51) | |||
| 51 | 30 | Andrew Young | GBR | 42:24.0 | 10:03.8 (87) | 20:39.2 (53) | 30:13.6 (53) | |||
| 52 | 61 | Maicol Rastelli | ITA | 42:25.4 | 8:58.1 (55) | 20:34.1 (52) | 30:12.5 (52) | |||
| 53 | 28 | Jason Rüesch | SUI | 42:29.8 | 8:48.4 (38) | 20:21.7 (44) | 30:00.4 (50) | |||
| 54 | 13 | Petr Knop | CZE | 42:34.4 | 8:53.4 (47) | 20:41.5 (54) | 30:25.0 (54) | |||
| 55 | 2 | Miha Licef |  SLO | 42:43.4 | 9:27.6 (73) | 21:09.2 (63) | 30:57.4 (61) | |||
| 56 | 65 | Martin Himma | EST | 42:44.4 | 8:53.8 (48) | 20:42.2 (55) | 30:31.7 (55) | |||
| 57 | 43 | Badelihan Hadesi | CHN | 42:48.1 | 9:17.0 (66) | 21:10.7 (64) | 30:50.8 (58) | |||
| 58 | 72 | Peter Mlynár |  SVK | 42:49.9 | 8:56.1 (52) | 20:49.1 (57) | 30:36.1 (56) | |||
| 59 | 79 | Thibaut De Marre |  BEL | 42:56.7 | 9:15.6 (65) | 21:16.9 (68) | 31:03.1 (62) | |||
| 60 | 55 | Mateusz Haratyk | POL | 43:00.3 | 9:10.3 (61) | 21:16.4 (67) | 31:06.2 (63) | |||
| 61 | 59 | Mikayel Mikayelyan |  ARM | 43:09.1 | 8:52.3 (44) | 20:55.5 (59) | 30:55.2 (60) | |||
| 62 | 8 | Raimo Vīgants |  LAT | 43:10.9 | 9:10.7 (62) | 21:02.5 (61) | 30:47.2 (57) | |||
| 63 | 73 | Ciren Zhandui | CHN | 43:22.2 | 8:58.7 (56) | 20:55.0 (58) | 30:51.5 (59) | |||
| 64 | 67 | Raul Mihai Popa | ROU | 43:25.3 | 8:54.5 (51) | 20:45.0 (56) | 31:12.8 (65) | |||
| 65 | 90 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh |  MGL | 43:29.9 | 9:17.8 (68) | 21:21.3 (69) | 31:10.8 (64) | |||
| 66 | 69 | J. C. Schoonmaker | USA | 43:31.6 | 9:05.5 (59) | 21:13.4 (65) | 31:15.4 (67) | |||
| 67 | 18 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | JPN | 43:47.5 | 8:53.9 (49) | 21:15.0 (66) | 31:14.7 (66) | |||
| 68 | 87 | Yahor Shpuntau |  BLR | 44:05.2 | 9:21.1 (69) | 21:33.6 (71) | 31:44.3 (70) | |||
| 69 | 76 | Vili Črv | SLO | 44:12.9 | 9:37.9 (76) | 21:36.4 (73) | 31:58.1 (73) | |||
| 70 | 77 | Henri Roos | EST | 44:17.8 | 9:14.1 (64) | 21:08.1 (62) | 31:40.7 (69) | |||
| 71 | 74 | Miha Šimenc | SLO | 44:20.8 | 8:56.8 (54) | 20:59.3 (60) | 31:32.9 (68) | |||
| 72 | 81 | Seve de Campo |  AUS | 44:21.2 | 9:27.3 (72) | 21:39.8 (74) | 31:49.9 (71) | |||
| 73 | 86 | Mark Chanloung |  THA | 44:27.0 | 9:54.1 (81) | 22:02.9 (79) | 32:17.3 (75) | |||
| 74 | 75 | Roberts Slotiņš | LAT | 44:44.8 | 9:22.3 (70) | 21:32.9 (70) | 31:51.3 (72) | |||
| 75 | 78 | Phil Bellingham | AUS | 44:46.8 | 9:17.3 (67) | 21:41.8 (75) | 32:00.9 (74) | |||
| 76 | 89 | Lars Vik | AUS | 44:50.6 | 9:41.5 (77) | 21:55.4 (76) | 32:27.5 (78) | |||
| 77 | 71 | Oleksiy Krasovskyi |  UKR | 44:59.8 | 9:13.8 (63) | 21:34.2 (72) | 32:20.6 (77) | |||
| 78 | 47 | Ruslan Perekhoda | UKR | 45:05.6 | 9:28.5 (74) | 21:58.6 (77) | 32:33.1 (79) | |||
| 79 | 45 | Kim Min-U |  KOR | 45:21.6 | 9:24.9 (71) | 21:58.9 (78) | 32:18.3 (76) | |||
| 80 | 80 | Ádám Kónya |  HUN | 45:48.9 | 9:45.5 (79) | 22:15.1 (80) | 32:53.9 (80) | |||
| 81 | 92 | Hugo Hinckfuss | AUS | 46:05.9 | 9:48.4 (80) | 22:39.7 (82) | 33:16.7 (81) | |||
| 82 | 41 | Jeong Jong-Won | KOR | 46:34.6 | 9:41.6 (78) | 22:22.1 (81) | 33:20.2 (82) | |||
| 83 | 82 | Tautvydas Strolia |  LTU | 46:53.1 | 10:03.3 (86) | 23:05.0 (83) | 34:06.9 (83) | |||
| 84 | 96 | Danyal Saveh Shemshaki |  IRI | 47:26.0 | 9:57.0 (82) | 23:19.5 (84) | 34:25.1 (84) | |||
| 85 | 85 | Marko Skender |  CRO | 48:30.8 | 10:15.8 (88) | 23:47.9 (87) | 35:26.2 (87) | |||
| 86 | 84 | Franco dal Farra |  ARG | 48:35.5 | 9:59.2 (85) | 23:29.0 (85) | 35:00.6 (86) | |||
| 87 | 53 | Strahinja Erić |  BIH | 48:38.3 | 9:58.7 (84) | 23:42.5 (86) | 34:52.2 (85) | |||
| 88 | 98 | José Manuel Cabeça |  POR | 49:12.0 | 10:34.2 (90) | 24:28.8 (90) | 35:34.3 (88) | |||
| 89 | 94 | Timo Grönlund |  BOL | 49:27.0 | 10:58.8 (95) | 24:23.4 (89) | 35:52.7 (89) | |||
| 90 | 83 | Manex Silva |  BRA | 50:35.1 | 10:42.9 (91) | 24:44.5 (92) | 36:29.3 (90) | |||
| 91 | 88 | Yonathan Fernández |  CHI | 50:36.6 | 10:55.0 (94) | 24:36.1 (91) | 36:32.3 (91) | |||
| 92 | 91 | Elie Tawk |  LBN | 51:46.5 | 10:47.8 (93) | 25:11.9 (93) | 37:01.1 (92) | |||
| 93 | 93 | Aleksandar Grbović |  MNE | 52:44.9 | 11:17.3 (96) | 25:34.8 (95) | 38:29.0 (93) | |||
| 94 | 99 | Jonathan Soto |  MEX | 53:30.0 | 10:44.5 (92) | 25:41.9 (96) | 38:40.0 (94) | |||
| 95 | 97 | Carlos Quintana |  COL | 55:41.9 | 11:45.2 (97) | 27:04.5 (97) | 40:24.9 (95) | |||
| 51 | Emre Fırat |  TUR | – | 9:58.6 (83) | 24:02.4 (88) | – (–) | ||||
| 95 | Samuel Ikpefan |  NGR | – | 10:24.0 (89) | 25:13.8 (94) | – (–) | ||||
| 3 | Jan Pechoušek | CZE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNS | |||
| 57 | Aliaksandr Voranau | BLR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNS |