title: Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
text: # Cross-country skiing at the 2014 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre classical
  
  The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 14 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Dario Cologna from Switzerland was the defending champion from Vancouver and was successful in defending the title. Johan Olsson and Daniel Rickardsson from Sweden took silver and bronze.
  
  ## Qualification
  
  An athlete with a maximum of 100 FIS distance points (the A standard) will be allowed to compete in both or one of the event (sprint/distance). An athlete with a maximum 120 FIS sprint points will be allowed to compete in the sprint event and 10 km for women or 15 km for men provided their distance points do not exceed 300 FIS points. NOC's who do not have any athlete meeting the A standard can enter one competitor of each sex (known as the basic quota) in only 10 km classical event for women or 15 km classical event for men. They must have a maximum of 300 FIS distance points at the end of qualifying on January 20, 2014. The qualification period began in July 2012.
  
  ## Results
  
  The race was started at 14:00.
  
  | Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | 35 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 38:29.7 | — |
  | | 34 | Johan Olsson | Sweden | 38:58.2 | +28.5 |
  | | 43 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 39:08.5 | +38.8 |
  | 4 | 13 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 39:08.7 | +39.0 |
  | 5 | 37 | Lukáš Bauer | Czech Republic | 39:28.6 | +58.9 |
  | 6 | 52 | Chris Jespersen | Norway | 39:30.6 | +1:00.9 |
  | 7 | 31 | Alexander Bessmertnykh | Russia | 39:37.7 | +1:08.0 |
  | 8 | 26 | Axel Teichmann | Germany | 39:42.4 | +1.12.7 |
  | 9 | 51 | Alexey Poltoranin | Kazakhstan | 39:43.2 | +1:13.5 |
  | 10 | 48 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 39:46.9 | +1:17.2 |
  | 11 | 49 | Hannes Dotzler | Germany | 39:49.9 | +1:20.2 |
  | 12 | 33 | Eldar Rønning | Norway | 40:02.8 | +1:33.1 |
  | 13 | 53 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 40:07.4 | +1:37.7 |
  | 14 | 29 | Jens Filbrich | Germany | 40:08.5 | +1:38.8 |
  | 15 | 28 | Lars Nelson | Sweden | 40:08.8 | +1.39.1 |
  | 16 | 47 | Dmitry Yaparov | Russia | 40:10.7 | +1:41.0 |
  | 17 | 40 | Sami Jauhojärvi | Finland | 40.14.4 | +1:44.7 |
  | 18 | 45 | Pål Golberg | Norway | 40:14.5 | +1.44.8 |
  | 19 | 42 | Stanislav Volzhentsev | Russia | 40:15.0 | +1:45.3 |
  | 20 | 41 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 40:17.8 | +1:48.1 |
  | 21 | 44 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 40:22.8 | +1:53.1 |
  | 22 | 25 | Curdin Perl | Switzerland | 40:27.8 | +1:58.1 |
  | 23 | 10 | Martin Bajčičák | Slovakia | 40:28.0 | +1:58.3 |
  | 24 | 11 | Jonas Baumann | Switzerland | 40.33.2 | +2:03.5 |
  | 25 | 46 | Evgeniy Belov | Russia | 40:36.8 | +2:07.1 |
  | 26 | 36 | Tim Tscharnke | Germany | 40:41.3 | +2:11.6 |
  | 27 | 60 | Philipp Haelg | Liechtenstein | 40:41.5 | +2:11.8 |
  | 28 | 14 | Ville Nousiainen | Finland | 40:52.6 | +2:22.9 |
  | 29 | 4 | Maciej Kreczmer | Poland | 40.58.7 | +2:29.0 |
  | 30 | 22 | Francesco de Fabiani | Italy | 41:00.8 | +2:31.1 |
  | 31 | 32 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 41:02.7 | +2:33.0 |
  | 32 | 30 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | 41:11.9 | +2:42.2 |
  | 33 | 7 | Nikolay Chebotko | Kazakhstan | 41.14.1 | +2:44.4 |
  | 34 | 21 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 41:16.4 | +2:46.7 |
  | 35 | 38 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 41:17.1 | +2:47.4 |
  | 36 | 27 | Mattia Pellegrin | Italy | 41:20.1 | +2:50.4 |
  | 37 | 70 | Andrew Young | Great Britain | 41:29.6 | +2:59.9 |
  | 38 | 12 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 41:44.7 | +3:15.0 |
  | 39 | 39 | Ivan Babikov | Canada | 41:49.2 | +3:19.5 |
  | 40 | 15 | Aivar Rehemaa | Estonia | 41.49.8 | +3:20.1 |
  | 41 | 20 | Veselin Tzinzov | Bulgaria | 42:06.3 | +3:36.6 |
  | 42 | 6 | Algo Kärp | Estonia | 42:16.5 | +3.46.8 |
  | 43 | 16 | Adrien Backscheider | France | 42.21.7 | +3:52.0 |
  | 44 | 9 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 42.25.7 | +3.56.0 |
  | 45 | 57 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 42:27.7 | +3.58.0 |
  | 46 | 1 | Sergey Mikayelyan | Armenia | 42:39.1 | +4:09.4 |
  | 47 | 18 | Brian Gregg | United States | 42:42.0 | +4:12.3 |
  | 48 | 2 | Fabio Pasini | Italy | 42:42.3 | +4.12.6 |
  | 49 | 54 | Alexander Lasutkin | Belarus | 42:45.1 | +4.15.4 |
  | 50 | 55 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 42:45.4 | +4.15.7 |
  | 51 | 64 | Peter Mlynár | Slovakia | 42:50.3 | +4.20.6 |
  | 52 | 23 | Kris Freeman | United States | 42:54.8 | +4:25.1 |
  | 53 | 17 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | 42:55.4 | +4:25.7 |
  | 54 | 58 | Yerdos Akhmadiyev | Kazakhstan | 43:02.2 | +4:32.5 |
  | 55 | 65 | Sebastian Gazurek | Poland | 43:06.7 | +4:37.0 |
  | 56 | 5 | Cyril Miranda | France | 43:22.5 | +4:52.8 |
  | 57 | 3 | Max Hauke | Austria | 43:23.4 | +4:53.7 |
  | 58 | 68 | Martin Møller | Denmark | 43:29.7 | +5:00.0 |
  | 59 | 24 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 43:36.0 | +5:06.3 |
  | 60 | 62 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 43:38.8 | +5:09.1 |
  | 61 | 59 | Raido Ränkel | Estonia | 43:38.9 | +5:09.2 |
  | 62 | 8 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 43:39.4 | +5:09.7 |
  | 63 | 56 | Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas | Spain | 43:43.9 | +5:14.2 |
  | 64 | 69 | Pawel Klisz | Poland | 43:51.6 | +5:21.9 |
  | 65 | 19 | Graeme Killick | Canada | 44:04.8 | +5:35.1 |
  | 66 | 63 | Maciej Staręga | Poland | 44:07.1 | +5:37.4 |
  | 67 | 66 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 44:14.7 | +5:45.0 |
  | 68 | 78 | Hwang Jun-Ho | South Korea | 44:34.8 | +6:05.1 |
  | 69 | 71 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 44:35.4 | +6:05.7 |
  | 70 | 72 | Vytautas Strolia | Lithuania | 45:08.0 | +6:38.3 |
  | 71 | 73 | Sabahattin Oğlago | Turkey | 45:16.0 | +6:46.3 |
  | 72 | 81 | Sun Qinghai | China | 45:28.2 | +6:58.5 |
  | 73 | 75 | Arvis Liepiņš | Latvia | 45:36.2 | +7:06.5 |
  | 74 | 85 | Sævar Birgisson | Iceland | 45:44.2 | +7:14.5 |
  | 75 | 67 | Callum Watson | Australia | 45:46.5 | +7:16.8 |
  | 76 | 74 | Phillip Bellingham | Australia | 46:16.4 | +7:46.7 |
  | 77 | 61 | Milanko Petrović | Serbia | 46:42.2 | +8:12.5 |
  | 78 | 80 | Milán Szabó | Hungary | 47:01.3 | +8:31.6 |
  | 79 | 83 | Sattar Seid | Iran | 47:16.1 | +8:46.4 |
  | 80 | 86 | Bold Byambadorj | Mongolia | 48:29.6 | +9:59.9 |
  | 81 | 79 | Darko Damjanovski | Macedonia | 48:34.9 | +10:05.2 |
  | 82 | 87 | Jan Rossiter | Ireland | 48:44.6 | +10:14.9 |
  | 83 | 84 | Federico Cichero | Argentina | 49:11.3 | +10:41.6 |
  | 84 | 88 | Tucker Murphy | Bermuda | 49:19.9 | +10:50.2 |
  | 85 | 89 | Nadeem Iqbal | India | 55:12.5 | +16:42.8 |
  | 86 | 91 | Dachhiri Sherpa | Nepal | 55:39.3 | +17:09.6 |
  | 87 | 92 | Roberto Carcelen | Peru | 1:06:28.9 | +27:59.2 |
  | | 50 | Alex Harvey | Canada | DNF | |
  | | 82 | Jānis Paipals | Latvia | DNF | |
  | | 77 | Rejhan Šmrković | Serbia | DNF | |
  | | 90 | Gary di Silvestri | Dominica | DNF | |
  | | 76 | Artur Yeghoyan | Armenia | DNS | |
  