title: Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 kilometre classical
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2022 Winter Paralympics – Men's 20 kilometre classical
  
  The Men's 20 kilometre classical competition of the 2022 Winter Paralympics was held at the National Biathlon Center in Beijing on 6 and 7 March 2022.
  
  ## Medal table
  
  | Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | China (CHN)* | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
  | 2 | Canada (CAN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
  | 3 | Japan (JPN) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
  | 4 | United States (USA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
  | 5 | Sweden (SWE) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
  | Totals (5 entries) | Totals (5 entries) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
  
  ## 20 km 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.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 68 | Brian McKeever Guide: Russell Kennedy, Graham Nishikawa | Canada | 55:36.7 | – |
  | | 66 | Jake Adicoff Guide: Sam Wood | United States | 58:54.4 | +3:17.7 |
  | | 67 | Zebastian Modin Guide: Emil Jönsson Haag | Sweden | 1:00:05.4 | +4:28.7 |
  | 4 | 64 | Inkki Inola Guide: Jari Huhta | Finland | 1:01:34.4 | +5:57.7 |
  | 5 | 62 | Xu He Guide: Diao C. | China | 1:02:16.9 | +6:40.2 |
  | 6 | 65 | Piotr Garbowski Guide: Jakub Twardowski | Poland | 1:06:00.7 | +10:24.0 |
  | 7 | 61 | Ryohei Ariyasu Guide: Y. Fujita | Japan | 1:15:04.8 | +19:28.1 |
  | | 63 | Thomas Oxaal Guide: Ole-Martin Lid | Norway | DNS | DNS |
  
  ## 20 km standing
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 55 | Taiki Kawayoke | Japan | 52:52.8 | – |
  | | 44 | Cai Jiayun | China | 54:27.7 | +1:34.9 |
  | | 51 | Qiu Mingyang | China | 54:29.7 | +1:36.9 |
  | 4 | 57 | Mark Arendz | Canada | 54:43.9 | +1:51.1 |
  | 5 | 56 | Witold Skupien | Poland | 55:22.2 | +2:29.4 |
  | 6 | 46 | Li Taiyun | China | 56:47.0 | +3:54.2 |
  | 7 | 53 | Yoshihiro Nitta | Japan | 57:46.7 | +4:53.9 |
  | 8 | 47 | Wang Chenyang | China | 58:03.1 | +5:10.3 |
  | 9 | 45 | Ma Mingtao | China | 58:32.9 | +5:40.1 |
  | 10 | 43 | Kjartan Haugen | Norway | 59:29.8 | +6:37.0 |
  | 11 | 52 | Luca Tavasci | Switzerland | 1:01:10.0 | +8:17.2 |
  | 12 | 49 | Ganbold Batmunkh | Mongolia | 1:04:23.5 | +11:30.7 |
  | 13 | 48 | Keigo Iwamoto | Japan | 1:04:58.7 | +12:05.9 |
  | 14 | 41 | Pol Makuri Redolad Garcia | Spain | 1:05:08.8 | +12:16.0 |
  | 15 | 42 | Serafym Drahun | Ukraine | 1:08:42.2 | +15:49.4 |
  | | 50 | Dashdorj Tsegmid | Mongolia | DNF | DNF |
  | | 54 | Alexander Ehler | Germany | DNF | DNF |
  
  ## 18 km sitting
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 11 | Zheng Peng | China | 43:09.2 | – |
  | | 13 | Mao Zhongwu | China | 43:23.8 | +14.6 |
  | | 22 | Collin Cameron | Canada | 47:36.6 | +4:27.4 |
  | 4 | 8 | Du Tian | China | 47:44.1 | +4:34.9 |
  | 5 | 25 | Giuseppe Romele | Italy | 48:03.3 | +4:54.1 |
  | 6 | 20 | Daniel Cnossen | United States | 49:22.7 | +6:13.5 |
  | 7 | 14 | Yerbol Khamitov | Kazakhstan | 49:23.1 | +6:13.9 |
  | 8 | 19 | Eui Hyun Shin | South Korea | 49:26.2 | +6:17.0 |
  | 9 | 15 | Martin Fleig | Germany | 49:53.9 | +6:44.7 |
  | 10 | 24 | Taras Rad | Ukraine | 50:25.3 | +7:16.1 |
  | 11 | 21 | Vasyl Kravchuk | Ukraine | 50:38.7 | +7:29.5 |
  | 12 | 16 | Scott Meenagh | Great Britain | 50:41.6 | +7:32.4 |
  | 13 | 17 | Derek Zaplotinsky | Canada | 50:42.6 | +7:33.4 |
  | 14 | 23 | Cristian Ribera | Brazil | 52:29.1 | +9:19.9 |
  | 15 | 18 | Maksym Yarovyi | Ukraine | 53:30.1 | +10:20.9 |
  | 16 | 5 | Josh Sweeney | United States | 54:07.7 | +10:58.5 |
  | 17 | 4 | Nicolas Lima | Argentina | 54:20.8 | +11:11.6 |
  | 18 | 7 | Ethan Hess | Canada | 54:35.9 | +11:26.7 |
  | 19 | 12 | Guilherme Rocha | Brazil | 55:18.9 | +12:09.7 |
  | 20 | 10 | Robelson Lula | Brazil | 57:17.7 | +14:08.5 |
  | 21 | 3 | Michele Biglione | Italy | 57:38.0 | +14:28.8 |
  | 22 | 1 | Jaeseok Jeong | South Korea | 58:19.6 | +15:10.4 |
  | 23 | 9 | Wesley Vinicius dos Santos | Brazil | 58:23.5 | +15:14.3 |
  | 24 | 2 | Yuriy Berezin | Kazakhstan | 58:27.0 | +15:17.8 |
  | 25 | 6 | Denis Petrenko | Kazakhstan | 59:19.2 | +16:10.0 |
  