title: Cross-country skiing at the 2015 Winter Universiade – Men's sprint free
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2015 Winter Universiade – Men's sprint free
  
  The men's sprint free competition of the 2015 Winter Universiade was held at the Sporting Centre FIS Štrbské Pleso on January 25.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:16.85 | | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:18.26 | +1.41 | Q |
  | 3 | 21 | Luis Stadlober | Austria | 3:18.71 | +1.86 | Q |
  | 4 | 7 | Konrad Motor | Poland | 3:20.78 | +3.93 | Q |
  | 5 | 4 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:20.87 | +4.02 | Q |
  | 6 | 3 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 3:21.38 | +4.53 | Q |
  | 7 | 11 | Ravil Valiakhmetov | Russia | 3:21.52 | +4.67 | Q |
  | 8 | 6 | Andrey Feller | Russia | 3:21.53 | +4.68 | Q |
  | 9 | 9 | Raul Shakirzianov | Russia | 3:21.55 | +4.70 | Q |
  | 10 | 80 | Lucas Chavanat | France | 3:22.54 | +5.69 | Q |
  | 11 | 23 | Yevgeniy Bondarenko | Kazakhstan | 3:22.93 | +6.08 | Q |
  | 12 | 5 | Roman Ragozin | Kazakhstan | 3:23.27 | +6.42 | Q |
  | 13 | 18 | Ilia Semikov | Russia | 3:23.67 | +6.82 | Q |
  | 14 | 8 | Andrey Larkov | Russia | 3:23.91 | +7.06 | Q |
  | 15 | 19 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 3:24.10 | +7.25 | Q |
  | 16 | 68 | Aurelius Herburger | Austria | 3:24.50 | +7.65 | Q |
  | 17 | 12 | Jan Antolec | Poland | 3:24.68 | +7.83 | Q |
  | 18 | 33 | Loïc Guigonnet | France | 3:24.87 | +8.02 | Q |
  | 19 | 14 | Daniel Maka | Czech Republic | 3:25.06 | +8.21 | Q |
  | 20 | 16 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:25.85 | +9.00 | Q |
  | 21 | 36 | Daulet Rakhimbayev | Kazakhstan | 3:25.96 | +9.11 | Q |
  | 22 | 29 | Mateusz Ligocki | Poland | 3:26.26 | +9.41 | Q |
  | 23 | 25 | Jorgen Grav | Norway | 3:26.32 | +9.47 | Q |
  | 24 | 46 | Max Olex | Germany | 3:26.37 | +9.52 | Q |
  | 25 | 42 | Tomoki Satou | Japan | 3:27.24 | +10.39 | Q |
  | 26 | 26 | Andrej Segec | Slovakia | 3:27.27 | +10.42 | Q |
  | 27 | 44 | Takatsugu Uda | Japan | 3:27.34 | +10.49 | Q |
  | 28 | 10 | Mark Starostin | Kazakhstan | 3:27.45 | +10.60 | Q |
  | 29 | 43 | Oleksii Krasovskyi | Ukraine | 3:27.71 | +10.86 | Q |
  | 30 | 20 | Callum Watson | Australia | 3:27.83 | +10.98 | Q |
  | 31 | 47 | Oleg Yoltukhovskyy | Ukraine | 3:28.24 | +11.39 | |
  | 32 | 13 | Kentaro Ishikawa | Japan | 3:28.37 | +11.52 | |
  | 33 | 30 | Philipp Spiess | Switzerland | 3:29.25 | +12.40 | |
  | 34 | 69 | Erik Urgela | Slovakia | 3:29.31 | +12.46 | |
  | 35 | 32 | Martin Kapso | Slovakia | 3:29.40 | +12.55 | |
  | 36 | 76 | Philipp Bachl | Austria | 3:29.99 | +13.14 | |
  | 37 | 15 | Petter Reistad | Norway | 3:30.24 | +13.39 | |
  | 38 | 27 | Rudolf Michalovsky | Slovakia | 3:31.00 | +14.15 | |
  | 39 | 55 | Gilberto Panisi | Italy | 3:31.96 | +15.11 | |
  | 40 | 40 | Johannes Pfab | Germany | 3:32.16 | +15.31 | |
  | 41 | 31 | Reto Hammer | Switzerland | 3:32.41 | +15.56 | |
  | 42 | 22 | Erik Lippestad Thorstensen | Norway | 3:32.44 | +15.59 | |
  | 43 | 37 | Arnaud du Pasquier | Switzerland | 3:32.79 | +15.94 | |
  | 44 | 39 | Jackson Bursill | Australia | 3:33.60 | +16.75 | |
  | 45 | 53 | Kostyantyn Yaremenko | Ukraine | 3:33.87 | +17.02 | |
  | 46 | 45 | Lukas Jakeliunas | Lithuania | 3:34.15 | +17.30 | |
  | 47 | 73 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 3:34.33 | +17.48 | |
  | 48 | 41 | Vegard Antonsen | Norway | 3:34.59 | +17.74 | |
  | 49 | 28 | David Brunn | Slovakia | 3:35.74 | +18.89 | |
  | 50 | 35 | Pavel Maruha | Belarus | 3:35.83 | +18.98 | |
  | 51 | 71 | Andreas Weishaupl | Germany | 3:35.85 | +19.00 | |
  | 52 | 38 | Milán Szabó | Hungary | 3:36.03 | +19.18 | |
  | 53 | 50 | Shang Jincai | China | 3:36.41 | +19.56 | |
  | 54 | 72 | Ivan Marchyshak | Ukraine | 3:36.61 | +19.76 | |
  | 55 | 56 | Emanuele Becchis | Italy | 3:36.93 | +20.08 | |
  | 56 | 17 | Mattis Jaama | Estonia | 3:38.70 | +21.85 | |
  | 57 | 79 | Dario Giovine | Italy | 3:39.01 | +22.16 | |
  | 58 | 24 | Mart Polluste | Estonia | 3:39.15 | +22.30 | |
  | 59 | 54 | Nikita Tkachenko | Kazakhstan | 3:39.19 | +22.34 | |
  | 60 | 49 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:39.56 | +22.71 | |
  | 61 | 51 | Aku Nikander | Finland | 3:41.23 | +24.38 | |
  | 62 | 34 | Martin Nassar | Estonia | 3:43.79 | +26.94 | |
  | 63 | 78 | Zhao Dalong | China | 3:45.12 | +28.27 | |
  | 64 | 52 | Hwang Jun-ho | South Korea | 3:45.83 | +28.98 | |
  | 65 | 74 | Petter Langård Solberg | Norway | 3:46.83 | +29.98 | |
  | 66 | 75 | Boldyn Byambadorj | Mongolia | 3:47.91 | +31.06 | |
  | 67 | 58 | Ha Tae-bok | South Korea | 3:48.02 | +31.17 | |
  | 68 | 63 | Kim Eun-ho | South Korea | 3:49.49 | +32.64 | |
  | 69 | 48 | Jaunius Drūsys | Lithuania | 3:49.92 | +33.07 | |
  | 70 | 60 | Savaş Ateş | Turkey | 3:52.30 | +35.45 | |
  | 71 | 61 | Kyle Bochanski | United States | 3:52.86 | +36.01 | |
  | 72 | 81 | Amarsanaa Baasansuren | Mongolia | 3:52.94 | +36.09 | |
  | 73 | 57 | Kim Min-uk | South Korea | 3:53.60 | +36.75 | |
  | 74 | 64 | Benjamin Noren | United States | 3:54.13 | +37.28 | |
  | 75 | 82 | Pietro Mosconi | Italy | 3:54.77 | +37.92 | |
  | 76 | 70 | Andriy Marchenko | Ukraine | 3:58.00 | +41.15 | |
  | 77 | 84 | Gantulga Otgondavaa | Mongolia | 3:58.40 | +41.55 | |
  | 78 | 77 | Achbadrakh Batmunkh | Mongolia | 3:59.45 | +42.60 | |
  | 79 | 65 | Taylor Vignaroli | United States | 4:00.86 | +44.01 | |
  | 80 | 66 | Samuel Wiswell | United States | 4:01.16 | +44.31 | |
  | 81 | 62 | Lee Ho-jin | South Korea | 4:01.22 | +44.37 | |
  | 82 | 59 | Cho Yong-jin | South Korea | 4:01.66 | +44.81 | |
  | 83 | 67 | Sindre Solvang | United States | 4:24.92 | +1:08.07 | |
  | | 83 | Nathaniel Hough | United States | DNS | | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:25.87 | | Q |
  | 2 | 10 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:27.09 | +1.22 | Q |
  | 3 | 21 | Daulet Rakhimbayev | Kazakhstan | 3:29.15 | +3.28 | |
  | 4 | 11 | Yevgeniy Bondarenko | Kazakhstan | 3:29.21 | +3.34 | |
  | 5 | 30 | Callum Watson | Australia | 3:31.67 | +5.80 | |
  | 6 | 20 | Sun Qinghai | China | 3:41.69 | +15.82 | |
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Ravil Valiakhmetov | Russia | 3:30.19 | | Q |
  | 2 | 14 | Andrey Larkov | Russia | 3:30.23 | +0.04 | Q |
  | 3 | 24 | Max Olex | Germany | 3:30.44 | +0.25 | |
  | 4 | 4 | Konrad Motor | Poland | 3:30.78 | +0.59 | |
  | 5 | 27 | Takatsugu Uda | Japan | 3:31.91 | +1.72 | |
  | 6 | 17 | Jan Antolec | Poland | 3:39.35 | +9.16 | |
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Philipp Bellingham | Australia | 3:30.40 | | Q |
  | 2 | 16 | Aurelius Herburger | Austria | 3:30.49 | +0.09 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Hiroyuki Miyazawa | Japan | 3:30.59 | +0.19 | |
  | 4 | 26 | Andrej Segec | Slovakia | 3:32.82 | +2.42 | |
  | 5 | 15 | Ruslan Perekhoda | Ukraine | 3:36.46 | +6.06 | |
  | 6 | 25 | Tomoki Satou | Japan | 3:40.74 | +10.34 | |
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  **Quarterfinal 4**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | Raul Shakirzianov | Russia | 3:22.17 | | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:24.16 | +1.99 | Q |
  | 3 | 12 | Roman Ragozin | Kazakhstan | 3:25.06 | +2.89 | LL |
  | 4 | 29 | Oleksii Krasovskyi | Ukraine | 3:27.56 | +5.39 | |
  | 5 | 19 | Daniel Maka | Czech Republic | 3:29.72 | +7.55 | |
  | 6 | 22 | Mateusz Ligocki | Poland | 3:34.18 | +12.01 | |
  
  **Quarterfinals**
  
  **Quarterfinal 5**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 3 | Luis Stadlober | Austria | 3:25.72 | | Q |
  | 2 | 8 | Andrey Feller | Russia | 3:25.83 | +0.11 | Q |
  | 3 | 18 | Loïc Guigonnet | France | 3:26.32 | +0.60 | LL |
  | 4 | 23 | Jorgen Grav | Norway | 3:28.29 | +2.57 | |
  | 5 | 13 | Ilia Semikov | Russia | 3:34.01 | +8.29 | |
  | 6 | 28 | Mark Starostin | Kazakhstan | 3:35.85 | +10.13 | |
  
  **Semifinals**
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 14 | Andrey Larkov | Russia | 3:23.19 | | Q |
  | 2 | 1 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:23.32 | +0.13 | Q |
  | 3 | 10 | Lucas Chavanat | France | 3:23.91 | +0.72 | LL |
  | 4 | 5 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 3:26.75 | +3.56 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Ravil Valiakhmetov | Russia | 3:29.74 | +6.55 | |
  | 6 | 18 | Loïc Guigonnet | France | 3:51.21 | +28.02 | |
  
  **Semifinals**
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | Raul Shakirzianov | Russia | 3:25.00 | | Q |
  | 2 | 2 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:25.24 | +0.24 | Q |
  | 3 | 16 | Aurelius Herburger | Austria | 3:25.48 | +0.48 | LL |
  | 4 | 3 | Luis Stadlober | Austria | 3:27.98 | +2.98 | |
  | 5 | 8 | Andrey Feller | Russia | 3:28.78 | +3.78 | |
  | 6 | 12 | Roman Ragozin | Kazakhstan | 3:39.15 | +14.15 | |
  
  **Final**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 14 | Andrey Larkov | Russia | 3:22.41 | |
  | | 2 | Anton Gafarov | Russia | 3:22.59 | +0.18 |
  | | 9 | Raul Shakirzianov | Russia | 3:23.64 | +1.23 |
  | 4 | 1 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 3:25.99 | +3.58 |
  | 5 | 16 | Aurelius Herburger | Austria | 3:39.95 | +15.54 |
  | 6 | 10 | Lucas Chavanat | France | 3:56.38 | +33.97 |
  