title: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1.5 km sprint
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1.5 km sprint
  
  The Men's 1.5 kilometre sprint competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the National Biathlon Center in Beijing on 9 March 2022.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
  | 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | Germany (GER) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 6 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | 6 | Ukraine (UKR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (7 entries) | Totals (7 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
  
  ## 1.5 km sprint visually impaired
  
  In the cross-country skiing visually impaired, the athlete with a visual impairment has a sighted guide. The two skiers are considered a team, and dual medals are awarded.
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 113 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood | United States | 2:36.72 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 111 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russel Kennedy | Canada | 2:37.34 | +0.62 | Q |
  | 3 | 115 | Anthony Chalençon Guide: Brice Ottonello | France | 2:38.79 | +2.07 | Q |
  | 4 | 112 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag | Sweden | 2:40.35 | +3.63 | Q |
  | 5 | 117 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | Ukraine | 2:44.95 | +8.23 | Q |
  | 6 | 116 | Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych | Ukraine | 2:47.38 | +10.66 | Q |
  | 7 | 118 | Piotr Garbowski Guide: Jakub Twardowski | Poland | 2:48.55 | +11.83 | Q |
  | 8 | 122 | Yu Shuang Guide: Wang Guanyu | China | 2:49.24 | +12.52 | Q |
  | 9 | 114 | Nico Messinger Guide: Robin Wunderle | Germany | 2:49.59 | +12.87 | |
  | 10 | 120 | Iaroslav Reshetynskyi Guide: K. Yaremenko | Ukraine | 2:50.41 | +13.69 | |
  | 11 | 123 | Xu He Guide: Diao C. | China | 2:51.01 | +14.29 | |
  | 12 | 121 | Thomas Oxaal Guide: Ole-Martin Lid | Norway | 2:51.57 | +14.85 | |
  | 13 | 119 | Inkki Inola Guide: Jari Huhta | Finland | 2:55.47 | +18.75 | |
  | 14 | 124 | Max Nelson Guide: S. Hamilton | United States | 3:00.26 | +23.54 | |
  | 15 | 126 | Paweł Gil Guide: M. Landa | Poland | 3:11.03 | +34.31 | |
  | 16 | 127 | Ryohei Ariyasu Guide: Y. Fujita | Japan | 3:34.72 | +58.00 | |
  | | 125 | Pawel Nowicki Guide: J. Kobryn | Poland | DNF | DNF | |
  
  ### Semifinal 1
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 121 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood | United States | 3:44.4 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 124 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag | Sweden | 3:47.3 | +2.9 | Q |
  | 3 | 125 | Anatolii Kovalevskyi Guide: Oleksandr Mukshyn | Ukraine | 3:57.1 | +12.7 | |
  | 4 | 128 | Yu Shuang Guide: Wang Guanyu | China | 4:07.5 | +23.1 | |
  
  ### Semifinal 2
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 123 | Anthony Chalençon Guide: Brice Ottonello | France | 3:34.9 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 122 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russel Kennedy | Canada | 3:36.4 | +1.5 | Q |
  | 3 | 126 | Dmytro Suiarko Guide: Oleksandr Nikonovych | Ukraine | 3:49.4 | +14.5 | |
  | 4 | 127 | Piotr Garbowski Guide: Jakub Twardowski | Poland | 4:01.4 | +26.5 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 122 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russel Kennedy | Canada | 3:19.5 | – |
  | | 121 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood | United States | 3:20.3 | +0.8 |
  | | 124 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag | Sweden | 3:37.8 | +18.3 |
  | 4 | 123 | Anthony Chalençon Guide: Brice Ottonello | France | 3:47.2 | +27.7 |
  
  ## 1.5 km sprint standing
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 63 | Marco Maier | Germany | 2:43.67 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 61 | Benjamin Daviet | France | 2:44.59 | +0.92 | Q |
  | 3 | 65 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 2:46.90 | +3.23 | Q |
  | 4 | 78 | Cai Jiayun | China | 2:47.26 | +3.59 | Q |
  | 5 | 74 | Liu Xiaobin | China | 2:49.10 | +5.43 | Q |
  | 6 | 64 | Taiki Kawayoke | Japan | 2:49.95 | +6.28 | Q |
  | 7 | 77 | Wang Chenyang | China | 2:50.44 | +6.77 | Q |
  | 8 | 72 | Alexandr Gerlits | Kazakhstan | 2:50.45 | +6.78 | Q |
  | 9 | 68 | Ruslan Reiter | United States | 2:54.49 | +10.82 | Q |
  | 10 | 79 | Kjartan Haugen | Norway | 2:54.51 | +10.84 | Q |
  | 11 | 66 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | 2:56.15 | +12.48 | Q |
  | 12 | 67 | Yoshihiro Nitta | Japan | 2:56.69 | +13.02 | Q |
  | 13 | 83 | Wu Junbao | China | 2:57.45 | +13.78 | |
  | 14 | 81 | Wu Gaoqun | China | 2:57.89 | +14.22 | |
  | 15 | 80 | Serafym Drahun | Ukraine | 3:00.13 | +16.46 | |
  | 16 | 69 | Luca Tavasci | Switzerland | 3:00.73 | +17.06 | |
  | 17 | 62 | Witold Skupien | Poland | 3:00.98 | +17.31 | |
  | 18 | 73 | Ganbold Batmunkh | Mongolia | 3:05.39 | +21.72 | |
  | 19 | 71 | Dashdorj Tsegmid | Mongolia | 3:07.32 | +23.65 | |
  | 20 | 70 | Qiu Mingyang | China | 3:07.43 | +23.76 | |
  | 21 | 82 | Drew Shea | United States | 3:12.76 | +29.09 | |
  | 22 | 76 | Keigo Iwamoto | Japan | 3:14.45 | +30.78 | |
  | 23 | 85 | Abdoulfazi Khatibi Mianaei | Iran | 3:19.71 | +36.04 | |
  | 24 | 75 | Cristian Toninelli | Italy | 3:20.99 | +37.32 | |
  | 25 | 84 | Pol Makuri Redolad Garcia | Spain | 4:17.32 | +1:33.65 | |
  
  ### Semifinal 1
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 28 | Cai Jiayun | China | 3:18.4 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 32 | Alexandr Gerlits | Kazakhstan | 3:26.3 | +7.9 | Q |
  | 3 | 25 | Marco Maier | Germany | 3:26.4 | +8.0 | Q |
  | 4 | 36 | Yoshihiro Nitta | Japan | 3:32.7 | +14.3 | |
  | 5 | 29 | Liu Xiaobin | China | 3:40.7 | +22.3 | |
  | 6 | 33 | Ruslan Reiter | United States | 3:43.1 | +24.7 | |
  
  ### Semifinal 2
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 26 | Benjamin Daviet | France | 3:25.5 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 27 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 3:25.5 | +0.0 | Q |
  | 3 | 34 | Kjartan Haugen | Norway | 3:27.2 | +1.7 | Q |
  | 4 | 30 | Taiki Kawayoke | Japan | 3:30.1 | +4.6 | |
  | 5 | 35 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | 3:38.7 | +13.2 | |
  | 6 | 31 | Wang Chenyang | China | 3:40.0 | +14.5 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 26 | Benjamin Daviet | France | 3:07.5 | – |
  | | 25 | Marco Maier | Germany | 3:08.8 | +1.3 |
  | | 27 | Grygorii Vovchynskyi | Ukraine | 3:09.3 | +1.8 |
  | 4 | 28 | Cai Jiayun | China | 3:12.2 | +4.7 |
  | 5 | 32 | Alexandr Gerlits | Kazakhstan | 3:13.0 | +5.5 |
  | 6 | 34 | Kjartan Haugen | Norway | 3:28.8 | +21.3 |
  
  ## 1.5 km sprint sitting
  
  ### Qualification
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 19 | Zheng Peng | China | 2:14.17 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 5 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 2:15.51 | +1.34 | Q |
  | 3 | 13 | Mao Zhongwu | China | 2:20.03 | +5.86 | Q |
  | 4 | 18 | Liu Zixu | China | 2:23.38 | +9.21 | Q |
  | 5 | 3 | Cristian Ribera | Brazil | 2:23.48 | +9.31 | Q |
  | 6 | 21 | Wang Tao | China | 2:23.55 | +9.38 | Q |
  | 7 | 4 | Pavlo Bal | Ukraine | 2:23.60 | +9.43 | Q |
  | 8 | 1 | Giuseppe Romele | Italy | 2:24.46 | +10.29 | Q |
  | 9 | 2 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 2:24.84 | +10.67 | Q |
  | 10 | 24 | Zhu Yunfeng | China | 2:24.98 | +10.81 | Q |
  | 11 | 11 | Derek Zaplotinsky | Canada | 2:25.97 | +11.80 | Q |
  | 12 | 9 | Aaron Pike | United States | 2:27.00 | +12.83 | Q |
  | 13 | 7 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 2:27.26 | +13.09 | |
  | 14 | 8 | Eui Hyun Shin | South Korea | 2:28.60 | +14.43 | |
  | 15 | 12 | Yerbol Khamitov | Kazakhstan | 2:28.67 | +14.50 | |
  | 16 | 25 | Du Tian | China | 2:30.42 | +16.25 | |
  | 17 | 6 | Vasyl Kravchuk | Ukraine | 2:30.68 | +16.51 | |
  | 18 | 15 | Guilherme Rocha | Brazil | 2:34.19 | +20.02 | |
  | 19 | 31 | Josh Sweeney | United States | 2:34.22 | +20.05 | |
  | 20 | 10 | Maksym Yarovyi | Ukraine | 2:34.71 | +20.54 | |
  | 21 | 20 | Robelson Lula | Brazil | 2:36.77 | +22.60 | |
  | 22 | 16 | Callum Deboys | Great Britain | 2:37.00 | +22.83 | |
  | 23 | 17 | Krzysztof Plewa | Poland | 2:37.42 | +23.25 | |
  | 24 | 23 | Wesley Vinicius dos Santos | Brazil | 2:39.14 | +24.97 | |
  | 25 | 22 | Steve Thomas | Great Britain | 2:39.33 | +25.16 | |
  | 26 | 26 | Ethan Hess | Canada | 2:43.50 | +29.33 | |
  | 27 | 32 | Nicolas Lima | Argentina | 2:47.78 | +33.61 | |
  | 28 | 30 | Yoomin Won | South Korea | 2:48.51 | +34.34 | |
  | 29 | 33 | Michele Biglione | Italy | 2:48.54 | +34.37 | |
  | 30 | 34 | Yuriy Berezin | Kazakhstan | 2:48.56 | +34.39 | |
  | 31 | 28 | Hiroaki Mori | Japan | 2:49.22 | +35.05 | |
  | 32 | 27 | Denis Petrenko | Kazakhstan | 2:53.97 | +39.80 | |
  | 33 | 35 | Jaeseok Jeong | South Korea | 2:55.85 | +41.68 | |
  | 34 | 29 | Sergey Ussoltsev | Kazakhstan | 2:56.76 | +42.59 | |
  | 35 | 36 | Temuri Dadiani | Georgia | 3:04.97 | +50.80 | |
  | 36 | 37 | Josip Zima | Croatia | 3:20.88 | +1:06.71 | |
  | | 14 | Steve Arnold | Great Britain | DNS | DNS | |
  | | 38 | Mehman Ramazanzade | Azerbaijan | DNS | DNS | |
  
  ### Semifinal 1
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Zheng Peng | China | 2:49.5 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Liu Zixu | China | 2:55.2 | +5.7 | Q |
  | 3 | 9 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 2:55.8 | +6.3 | Q |
  | 4 | 8 | Giuseppe Romele | Italy | 2:57.6 | +8.1 | |
  | 5 | 5 | Cristian Ribera | Brazil | 2:59.8 | +10.3 | |
  | 6 | 12 | Aaron Pike | United States | 3:01.3 | +12.8 | |
  
  ### Semifinal 2
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 2 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 2:49.9 | – | Q |
  | 2 | 3 | Mao Zhongwu | China | 2:53.4 | +4.2 | Q |
  | 3 | 6 | Wang Tao | China | 2:54.8 | +5.6 | Q |
  | 4 | 10 | Zhu Yunfeng | China | 2:55.2 | +5.7 | |
  | 5 | 7 | Pavlo Bal | Ukraine | 3:10.9 | +21.7 | |
  | 6 | 11 | Derek Zaplotinsky | Canada | 3:15.7 | +26.5 | |
  
  ### Finals
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Zheng Peng | China | 2:42.4 | – |
  | | 3 | Mao Zhongwu | China | 2:44.9 | +2.5 |
  | | 2 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 2:46.3 | +3.9 |
  | 4 | 4 | Zhu Yonggang | China | 2:55.0 | +13.0 |
  | 5 | 6 | Wang Tao | China | 2:57.5 | +15.1 |
  | 6 | 9 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 3:03.6 | +21.2 |
  