title: Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's sprint classical
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2017 Asian Winter Games – Men's sprint classical
  
  The men's sprint classical at the 2017 Asian Winter Games was held on 20 February 2017 at the Shirahatayama Open Stadium in Sapporo, Japan.
  
  ## Schedule
  
  All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+09:00)
  
  | Date | Time | Event |
  | - | - | - |
  | Monday, 20 February 2017 | 09:50 | Qualification |
  | Monday, 20 February 2017 | 11:20 | Quarterfinals |
  | Monday, 20 February 2017 | 11:50 | Semifinals |
  | Monday, 20 February 2017 | 12:15 | Finals |
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Legend
  
  * DNS — Did not start
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Magnus Kim (KOR) | 3:17.29 |
  | 2 | Nobuhito Kashiwabara (JPN) | 3:19.66 |
  | 3 | Sun Qinghai (CHN) | 3:22.10 |
  | 4 | Shang Jincai (CHN) | 3:22.19 |
  | 5 | Sergey Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:22.25 |
  | 6 | Wang Qiang (CHN) | 3:23.33 |
  | 7 | Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) | 3:24.39 |
  | 8 | Kohei Shimizu (JPN) | 3:24.43 |
  | 9 | Hwang Jun-ho (KOR) | 3:25.58 |
  | 10 | Sergey Cherepanov (KAZ) | 3:26.49 |
  | 11 | Zhu Mingliang (CHN) | 3:26.91 |
  | 12 | Park Seong-beom (KOR) | 3:27.45 |
  | 13 | Alexandr Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:28.52 |
  | 14 | Kim Eun-ho (KOR) | 3:29.28 |
  | 15 | Naoto Baba (JPN) | 3:37.76 |
  | 16 | Tariel Zharkymbaev (KGZ) | 3:40.41 |
  | 17 | Jackson Bursill (AUS) | 3:51.77 |
  | 18 | Lukas Hettiaratchi (SRI) | 4:44.88 |
  | — | Ben Sim (AUS) | DNS |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Magnus Kim (KOR) | 3:18.87 |
  | 2 | Hwang Jun-ho (KOR) | 3:19.92 |
  | 3 | Kohei Shimizu (JPN) | 3:19.92 |
  | 4 | Tariel Zharkymbaev (KGZ) | 3:42.53 |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sergey Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:17.28 |
  | 2 | Shang Jincai (CHN) | 3:18.16 |
  | 3 | Park Seong-beom (KOR) | 3:22.43 |
  | 4 | Alexandr Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:23.61 |
  
  **Heat 3**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) | 3:17.01 |
  | 2 | Nobuhito Kashiwabara (JPN) | 3:18.97 |
  | 3 | Sergey Cherepanov (KAZ) | 3:18.97 |
  | 4 | Naoto Baba (JPN) | 3:40.31 |
  
  **Heat 4**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sun Qinghai (CHN) | 3:21.04 |
  | 2 | Wang Qiang (CHN) | 3:21.64 |
  | 3 | Zhu Mingliang (CHN) | 3:25.05 |
  | 4 | Kim Eun-ho (KOR) | 3:26.48 |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Heat 1**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Magnus Kim (KOR) | 3:17.58 |
  | 2 | Shang Jincai (CHN) | 3:18.03 |
  | 3 | Sergey Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:18.03 |
  | 4 | Hwang Jun-ho (KOR) | 3:21.97 |
  
  **Heat 2**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Sun Qinghai (CHN) | 3:18.37 |
  | 2 | Nobuhito Kashiwabara (JPN) | 3:19.83 |
  | 3 | Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) | 3:20.28 |
  | 4 | Wang Qiang (CHN) | 4:03.09 |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Final B**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | 1 | Wang Qiang (CHN) | 3:21.41 |
  | 2 | Sergey Malyshev (KAZ) | 3:22.71 |
  | 3 | Hwang Jun-ho (KOR) | 3:26.69 |
  | 4 | Nikolay Chebotko (KAZ) | 3:40.24 |
  
  **Final A**
  
  | Rank | Athlete | Time |
  | - | - | - |
  | | Magnus Kim (KOR) | 3:11.40 |
  | | Sun Qinghai (CHN) | 3:11.40 |
  | | Nobuhito Kashiwabara (JPN) | 3:17.35 |
  | 4 | Shang Jincai (CHN) | 3:38.87 |
  