title: Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' sprint
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics – Boys' sprint
  
  The boys' sprint freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 2012 Winter Youth Olympics was held on 19 January at the Seefeld Arena.
  
  ## Results
  
  ### Qualification
  
  The qualification was held at 16:00.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Notes |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | Andreas Molden | Norway | 1:42.08 | | Q |
  | 2 | 14 | Nikita Khabarov | Russia | 1:43.52 | +1.44 | Q |
  | 3 | 7 | Chrisander Skjønberg Holth | Norway | 1:43.60 | +1.52 | Q |
  | 4 | 2 | Alexander Selyaninov | Russia | 1:43.93 | +1.85 | Q |
  | 5 | 6 | Marius Cebulla | Germany | 1:44.85 | +2.77 | Q |
  | 6 | 10 | Christian Stiebritz | Germany | 1:45.17 | +3.09 | Q |
  | 7 | 1 | Kentaro Ishikawa | Japan | 1:45.61 | +3.53 | Q |
  | 8 | 15 | Jason Rüesch | Switzerland | 1:45.81 | +3.73 | Q |
  | 9 | 23 | Johannes Fabian Kattnig | Austria | 1:46.16 | +4.08 | Q |
  | 10 | 12 | Joona Joensuu | Finland | 1:46.44 | +4.36 | Q |
  | 11 | 5 | Dawid Bril | Poland | 1:46.47 | +4.39 | Q |
  | 12 | 4 | Sergey Malyshev | Kazakhstan | 1:46.77 | +4.69 | Q |
  | 13 | 3 | Marcus Ruus | Sweden | 1:46.91 | +4.83 | Q |
  | 14 | 11 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 1:46.96 | +4.88 | Q |
  | 15 | 8 | Andrej Segeč | Slovakia | 1:47.23 | +5.15 | Q |
  | 16 | 24 | Maksim Hardzias | Belarus | 1:47.28 | +5.20 | Q |
  | 17 | 26 | Manuel Perotti | Italy | 1:47.36 | +5.28 | Q |
  | 18 | 16 | Patrick Caldwell | United States | 1:47.63 | +5.55 | Q |
  | 19 | 17 | Joonas Sarkkinen | Finland | 1:47.75 | +5.67 | Q |
  | 20 | 13 | Andreas Veerpalu | Estonia | 1:47.87 | +5.79 | Q |
  | 21 | 18 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 1:48.15 | +6.07 | Q |
  | 22 | 25 | Florin Daniel Pripici | Romania | 1:48.54 | +6.46 | Q |
  | 23 | 32 | Matthew Saurette | Canada | 1:49.26 | +7.18 | Q |
  | 24 | 42 | Thomas Chambellant | France | 1:49.45 | +7.37 | Q |
  | 25 | 29 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 1:49.46 | +7.38 | Q |
  | 26 | 21 | Arnis Pētersons | Latvia | 1:49.62 | +7.54 | Q |
  | 27 | 19 | Alexander Gotthalmseder | Austria | 1:49.96 | +7.88 | Q |
  | 28 | 43 | Richard Jouve | France | 1:50.07 | +7.99 | Q |
  | 29 | 20 | Petr Knop | Czech Republic | 1:50.18 | +8.10 | Q |
  | 30 | 22 | Oleksii Krasovskyi | Ukraine | 1:50.43 | +8.35 | Q |
  | 31 | 47 | Adrian Clavero | Spain | 1:51.80 | +9.72 | |
  | 32 | 44 | Takuto Terabayashi | Japan | 1:51.89 | +9.81 | |
  | 33 | 46 | Scott Dixon | Great Britain | 1:52.40 | +10.32 | |
  | 34 | 37 | Zénó Bodnár | Hungary | 1:53.69 | +11.61 | |
  | 35 | 45 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 1:54.08 | +12.00 | |
  | 36 | 48 | Jaunius Drūsys | Lithuania | 1:54.24 | +12.16 | |
  | 37 | 28 | Matic Slabe | Slovenia | 1:54.56 | +12.48 | |
  | 38 | 30 | Goran Košarac | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1:56.05 | +13.97 | |
  | 39 | 31 | Martin Vögeli | Liechtenstein | 1:56.31 | +14.23 | |
  | 40 | 27 | Alex Gibson | Australia | 1:56.49 | +14.41 | |
  | 41 | 38 | Gunnar Birgisson | Iceland | 1:57.66 | +15.58 | |
  | 42 | 34 | Dimitrios Kyriazis | Greece | 2:00.22 | +18.14 | |
  | 43 | 33 | Zafar Shakhmuratov | Kyrgyzstan | 2:01.09 | +19.01 | |
  | 44 | 35 | Eirik Stonor | Denmark | 2:01.59 | +19.51 | |
  | 45 | 36 | Hrachik Sahakyan | Armenia | 2:02.56 | +20.48 | |
  | 46 | 49 | Ji Won | South Korea | 2:06.30 | +24.22 | |
  | 47 | 39 | Alejo Hlopec | Argentina | 2:09.30 | +27.22 | |
  | 48 | 41 | Dandar Usukhbayar | Mongolia | 2:09.87 | +27.79 | |
  | 49 | 40 | Yaghoob Kiashemshaki | Iran | 2:10.72 | +28.64 | |
  | 50 | 50 | Velko Lozanoski | Macedonia | 2:35.39 | +53.31 | |
  
  ### Quarterfinals
  
  **Quarterfinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Andreas Molden | Norway | 1:46.3 | | Q |
  | 2 | 21 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 1:46.9 | +0.3 | Q |
  | 3 | 20 | Andreas Veerpalu | Estonia | 1:48.0 | +1.7 | |
  | 4 | 10 | Joona Joensuu | Finland | 1:49.4 | +3.1 | |
  | 5 | 30 | Oleksii Krasovskyi | Ukraine | 1:49.8 | +3.5 | |
  | 6 | 11 | Dawid Bril | Poland | 2:11.2 | +24.9 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 7 | Kentaro Ishikawa | Japan | 1:48.8 | | Q |
  | 2 | 4 | Alexander Selyaninov | Russia | 1:49.5 | +0.7 | Q |
  | 3 | 14 | Simeon Deyanov | Bulgaria | 1:50.9 | +2.1 | |
  | 4 | 24 | Thomas Chambellant | France | 1:51.7 | +2.9 | |
  | 5 | 27 | Alexander Gotthalmseder | Austria | 1:52.2 | +3.4 | |
  | 6 | 17 | Manuel Perotti | Italy | 2:03.2 | +14.4 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 3**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Marius Cebulla | Germany | 1:48.6 | | Q |
  | 2 | 6 | Christian Stiebritz | Germany | 1:49.4 | +0.9 | Q |
  | 3 | 15 | Andrej Segeč | Slovakia | 1:50.0 | +1.4 | |
  | 4 | 26 | Arnis Pētersons | Latvia | 1:50.1 | +1.5 | |
  | 5 | 16 | Maksim Hardzias | Belarus | 1:50.2 | +1.6 | |
  | 6 | 25 | Hamza Dursun | Turkey | 2:30.2 | +41.6 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 4**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 9 | Johannes Fabian Kattnig | Austria | 1:48.2 | | Q |
  | 2 | 12 | Sergey Malyshev | Kazakhstan | 1:49.2 | +1.0 | Q |
  | 3 | 29 | Petr Knop | Czech Republic | 1:50.6 | +2.4 | |
  | 4 | 19 | Joonas Sarkkinen | Finland | 1:51.6 | +3.4 | |
  | 5 | 2 | Nikita Khabarov | Russia | 1:51.9 | +3.7 | |
  | 6 | 22 | Florin Daniel Pripici | Romania | 1:54.4 | +6.2 | |
  
  **Quarterfinal 5**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 13 | Marcus Ruus | Sweden | 1:45.4 | | Q |
  | 2 | 8 | Jason Rüesch | Switzerland | 1:46.1 | +0.7 | Q |
  | 3 | 3 | Chrisander Skjønberg Holth | Norway | 1:46.1 | +0.7 | LL |
  | 4 | 18 | Patrick Caldwell | United States | 1:46.5 | +1.1 | LL |
  | 5 | 28 | Richard Jouve | France | 1:47.5 | +2.1 | |
  | 6 | 23 | Matthew Saurette | Canada | 1:48.4 | +3.0 | |
  
  ### Semifinals
  
  **Semifinal 1**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 1 | Andreas Molden | Norway | 1:46.0 | | Q |
  | 2 | 7 | Kentaro Ishikawa | Japan | 1:46.2 | +0.2 | Q |
  | 3 | 4 | Alexander Selyaninov | Russia | 1:46.8 | +0.8 | LL |
  | 4 | 3 | Chrisander Skjønberg Holth | Norway | 1:48.6 | +2.6 | |
  | 5 | 6 | Christian Stiebritz | Germany | 2:00.1 | +14.1 | |
  | 6 | 21 | Miha Šimenc | Slovenia | 2:04.0 | +18.0 | |
  
  **Semifinal 2**
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 1 | 5 | Marius Cebulla | Germany | 1:46.1 | | Q |
  | 2 | 13 | Marcus Ruus | Sweden | 1:46.7 | +0.6 | Q |
  | 3 | 18 | Patrick Caldwell | United States | 1:47.3 | +1.2 | LL |
  | 4 | 12 | Sergey Malyshev | Kazakhstan | 1:57.2 | +11.1 | |
  | 5 | 8 | Jason Rüesch | Switzerland | 1:58.2 | +12.1 | |
  | 6 | 9 | Johannes Fabian Kattnig | Austria | 5:28.0 | +3:41.9 | |
  
  ### Final
  
  | Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 1 | Andreas Molden | Norway | 1:44.1 | |
  | | 5 | Marius Cebulla | Germany | 1:44.8 | +0.7 |
  | | 4 | Alexander Selyaninov | Russia | 1:45.1 | +1.0 |
  | 4 | 13 | Marcus Ruus | Sweden | 1:46.2 | +2.1 |
  | 5 | 18 | Patrick Caldwell | United States | 1:47.0 | +2.9 |
  | 6 | 7 | Kentaro Ishikawa | Japan | 1:49.9 | +5.8 |
  