30 kilometres Skiathlon, Men
| Date | 6 February 2022 — 15:00 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Zhangjiakou Nordic Centre and Biathlon Centre, Chongli District, Zhangjiakou City, Hebei Province |
| Participants | 69 from 34 countries |
| Details | Course Length: 15,484 m / 15,100 m Height Differential: 58 m / 41 m Maximum Climb: 33 m / 35 m Total Climbing: 552 m / 604 m |
The 30 kilometres skiathlon (15 km classical, 15 km freestyle) was the first men’s cross-country event at the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. After winning the event at the 2021 World Championships, Aleksandr Bolshunov also secured Olympic gold in 1:16:09.8 with a dominant performance. On the demanding course in Zhangjiakou, no one could even come close to him. After three silvers and one bronze at PyeongChang in 2018, this was Bolshunov’s first Olympic gold medal.
Silver also went to Russia with Denis Spitsov who, like Bolshunov at the beginning of the race, survived fall late on, but he finished 1:11.0 behind his team-mate. The Finn Iivo Niskanen took bronze, 2:00.2 behind the winner. The three medallists already held the top three ranks after the classical section with Bolshunov in first place, classical specialist Niskanen in second, just 0.5 behind, and Spitsov (+30,5) in third.
Surprisingly, the Norwegians did not make it onto the podium. Four years earlier in the PyeongChang skiathlon, they swept all three medals. Hans Christer Holund missed the podium, but was the best Norwegian in fourth place, followed by Pål Golberg in fifth. The co-favorite Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, three-time Olympic champion from PyeongChang, finished a completely disappointing 40th (+9:06.0).
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Classical (Pos) | Pit Stop (Pos) | Freestyle (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Aleksandr Bolshunov |  ROC | 1-16:09.8 | 39:05.6 (1) | 31.9 (15) | 36:32.3 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 6 | Denis Spitsov | ROC | 1-17:20.8 | 39:36.1 (3) | 30.1 (4) | 37:14.6 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 4 | Iivo Niskanen |  FIN | 1-18:10.0 | 39:06.1 (2) | 30.5 (5) | 38:33.4 (7) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 8 | Hans Christer Holund |  NOR | 1-18:40.7 | 39:41.8 (5) | 32.9 (25) | 38:26.0 (6) | |||
| 5 | 10 | Pål Golberg | NOR | 1-19:02.3 | 39:41.0 (4) | 35.3 (49) | 38:46.0 (11) | |||
| 6 | 26 | William Poromaa |  SWE | 1-19:03.7 | 40:13.9 (8) | 31.5 (10) | 38:18.3 (3) | |||
| 7 | 21 | Perttu Hyvärinen | FIN | 1-19:22.4 | 40:13.1 (7) | 31.7 (12) | 38:37.6 (9) | |||
| 8 | 11 | Francesco De Fabiani |  ITA | 1-19:47.6 | 40:12.4 (6) | 29.2 (1) | 39:06.0 (22) | |||
| 9 | 5 | Artyom Maltsev | ROC | 1-20:04.6 | 40:38.4 (10) | 32.3 (19) | 38:53.9 (14) | |||
| 10 | 18 | Clément Parisse |  FRA | 1-20:07.0 | 41:16.0 (17) | 29.3 (2) | 38:21.7 (5) | |||
| 11 | 30 | Scott Patterson |  USA | 1-20:10.0 | 41:17.4 (19) | 33.7 (32) | 38:18.9 (4) | |||
| 12 | 14 | Lucas Bögl |  GER | 1-20:12.5 | 41:05.4 (15) | 32.5 (21) | 38:34.6 (8) | |||
| 13 | 13 | Friedrich Moch | GER | 1-20:16.4 | 40:46.2 (12) | 31.7 (12) | 38:58.5 (19) | |||
| 14 | 35 | Jules Lapierre | FRA | 1-20:21.8 | 41:04.5 (13) | 32.0 (16) | 38:45.3 (10) | |||
| 15 | 16 | Jonas Baumann |  SUI | 1-20:32.5 | 41:05.0 (14) | 30.9 (6) | 38:56.6 (17) | |||
| 16 | 41 | Mika Vermeulen |  AUT | 1-20:40.0 | 41:18.0 (20) | 32.3 (19) | 38:49.7 (13) | |||
| 17 | 15 | Andrew Musgrave |  GBR | 1-20:46.9 | 41:16.8 (18) | 32.7 (23) | 38:57.4 (18) | |||
| 18 | 12 | Michal Novák |  CZE | 1-20:50.9 | 41:14.9 (16) | 29.9 (3) | 39:06.1 (23) | |||
| 19 | 24 | Florian Notz | GER | 1-21:00.4 | 41:19.4 (22) | 35.6 (51) | 39:05.4 (21) | |||
| 20 | 27 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras |  AND | 1-21:08.2 | 41:37.9 (27) | 36.2 (53) | 38:54.1 (16) | |||
| 21 | 37 | Imanol Rojo |  ESP | 1-21:09.2 | 41:37.7 (26) | 37.5 (57) | 38:54.0 (15) | |||
| 22 | 39 | Candide Pralong | SUI | 1-21:13.6 | 41:38.6 (28) | 31.5 (10) | 39:03.5 (20) | |||
| 23 | 19 | Maurice Manificat | FRA | 1-21:17.5 | 41:53.9 (33) | 34.2 (39) | 38:49.4 (12) | |||
| 24 | 23 | Jens Burman | SWE | 1-21:43.3 | 41:20.0 (23) | 32.9 (25) | 39:50.4 (25) | |||
| 25 | 43 | Remi Lindholm | FIN | 1-21:49.4 | 41:39.5 (30) | 34.0 (35) | 39:35.9 (24) | |||
| 26 | 40 | Dominik Bury |  POL | 1-22:40.6 | 42:08.2 (35) | 34.5 (42) | 39:57.9 (26) | |||
| 27 | 28 | Jason Rüesch | SUI | 1-22:41.3 | 41:40.6 (31) | 33.2 (28) | 40:27.5 (27) | |||
| 28 | 38 | Paul Pepene |  ROU | 1-22:41.4 | 41:39.3 (29) | 31.7 (12) | 40:30.4 (28) | |||
| 29 | 44 | Snorri Einarsson |  ISL | 1-22:50.1 | 41:37.4 (25) | 39.2 (62) | 40:33.5 (29) | |||
| 30 | 17 | Calle Halfvarsson | SWE | 1-22:56.3 | 41:18.8 (21) | 34.5 (42) | 41:03.0 (34) | |||
| 31 | 53 | Olivier Léveillé |  CAN | 1-23:42.0 | 42:07.5 (34) | 31.2 (7) | 41:03.3 (36) | |||
| 32 | 34 | Vitaly Pukhkalo |  KAZ | 1-23:45.1 | 41:36.8 (24) | 36.2 (53) | 41:32.1 (39) | |||
| 33 | 56 | Alvar Alev |  EST | 1-23:50.5 | 42:08.8 (36) | 33.4 (29) | 41:08.3 (38) | |||
| 34 | 36 | Paolo Ventura | ITA | 1-24:00.4 | 42:41.0 (40) | 32.6 (22) | 40:46.8 (30) | |||
| 35 | 29 | Naoto Baba |  JPN | 1-24:43.9 | 43:13.8 (44) | 37.7 (58) | 40:52.4 (31) | |||
| 36 | 3 | Aleksey Chervotkin | ROC | 1-24:59.5 | 41:41.0 (32) | 34.0 (35) | 42:44.5 (46) | |||
| 37 | 32 | Leo Johansson | SWE | 1-24:59.6 | 43:21.9 (46) | 34.7 (44) | 41:03.0 (34) | |||
| 38 | 59 | Liu Rongsheng |  CHN | 1-24:59.6 | 43:19.3 (45) | 34.7 (44) | 41:05.6 (37) | |||
| 39 | 25 | Gus Schumacher | USA | 1-25:14.3 | 42:26.3 (38) | 31.4 (8) | 42:16.6 (44) | |||
| 40 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | NOR | 1-25:15.8 | 40:42.1 (11) | 34.0 (35) | 43:59.7 (49) | |||
| 41 | 48 | Ryo Hirose | JPN | 1-25:17.7 | 43:04.4 (43) | 32.2 (18) | 41:41.1 (40) | |||
| 42 | 22 | Antoine Cyr | CAN | 1-25:26.0 | 42:27.3 (39) | 33.5 (30) | 42:25.2 (45) | |||
| 43 | 33 | Thomas Maloney Westgård |  IRL | 1-25:29.8 | 43:03.8 (42) | 34.3 (40) | 41:51.7 (42) | |||
| 44 | 42 | Petr Knop | CZE | 1-25:38.4 | 44:06.8 (52) | 35.7 (52) | 40:55.9 (33) | |||
| 45 | 52 | Ján Koristek |  SVK | 1-25:38.7 | 44:06.1 (51) | 37.7 (58) | 40:54.9 (32) | |||
| 46 | 46 | Adam Fellner | CZE | 1-25:39.5 | 43:22.6 (47) | 34.1 (38) | 41:42.8 (41) | |||
| 47 | 57 | Mikayel Mikayelyan |  ARM | 1-25:53.7 | 42:09.7 (37) | 35.5 (50) | 43:08.5 (47) | |||
| 48 | 31 | Giandomenico Salvadori | ITA | 1-26:10.7 | 43:23.4 (48) | 34.3 (40) | 42:13.0 (43) | |||
| 49 | 54 | Shang Jincai | CHN | 1-26:48.2 | 43:03.2 (41) | 36.2 (53) | 43:08.8 (48) | |||
| 50 | 62 | Badelihan Hadesi | CHN | – | 44:04.2 (49) | 34.9 (46) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 51 | 49 | Raimo Vīgants |  LAT | – | 44:05.9 (50) | 38.3 (60) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 52 | 58 | Mateusz Haratyk | POL | – | 45:40.0 (59) | 32.0 (16) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 53 | 66 | Thibaut De Marre |  BEL | – | 44:40.8 (56) | 33.0 (27) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 54 | 47 | Haruki Yamashita | JPN | – | 45:06.0 (57) | 34.9 (46) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 55 | 51 | Yevgeny Velichko | KAZ | – | 44:20.9 (53) | 38.8 (61) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 56 | 55 | Miha Licef |  SLO | – | 44:39.3 (54) | 36.6 (56) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 57 | 50 | Rémi Drolet | CAN | – | 44:39.9 (55) | 33.5 (30) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 58 | 64 | Oleksiy Krasovskyi |  UKR | – | 45:22.6 (58) | 35.2 (48) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 59 | 45 | Chen Degen | CHN | – | 45:55.6 (60) | 40.1 (63) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 60 | 61 | Kim Min-U |  KOR | – | 46:24.3 (61) | 33.8 (33) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 61 | 70 | Mark Chanloung |  THA | – | 47:00.0 (62) | 33.8 (33) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 62 | 67 | Seve de Campo |  AUS | – | 47:05.7 (63) | 32.7 (23) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 63 | 65 | Phil Bellingham | AUS | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 64 | 60 | Ruslan Perekhoda | UKR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 65 | 69 | Franco dal Farra |  ARG | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 66 | 63 | Jeong Jong-Won | KOR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 67 | 68 | Manex Silva |  BRA | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNFlapped | ||
| 7 | Sjur Røthe | NOR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 9 | Hugo Lapalus | FRA | – | 40:25.2 (9) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 20 | Jonas Dobler | GER | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | DNS |