FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 – Men's 15 kilometre freestyle

The Men's 15 kilometre freestyle competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021 was held on 3 March. A qualification was held on 24 February 2021.

Men's 15 kilometre freestyle at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2021
Location	Oberstdorf, Germany
Dates	24 February (qualification) 3 March
Competitors	106 from 39 nations
Winning time	33:48.7
Medalists
Hans Christer Holund   Norway   Simen Hegstad Krüger   Norway   Harald Østberg Amundsen   Norway

Results

Final

The final was started on 3 March at 13:15.

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit
	40	Hans Christer Holund	Norway	33:48.7
	38	Simen Hegstad Krüger	Norway	34:08.9	+20.2
	10	Harald Østberg Amundsen	Norway	34:24.3	+35.6
4	22	Alexander Bolshunov	Russian Ski Federation	34:32.4	+43.7
5	30	Artem Maltsev	Russian Ski Federation	34:39.4	+50.7
6	28	Sjur Røthe	Norway	34:44.0	+55.3
7	19	Martin Johnsrud Sundby	Norway	34:44.6	+55.9
8	20	Jens Burman	Sweden	34:45.6	+56.9
9	8	William Poromaa	Sweden	34:51.4	+1:02.7
10	36	Andrew Musgrave	Great Britain	34:55.0	+1:06.3
11	24	Ivan Yakimushkin	Russian Ski Federation	34:56.2	+1:07.5
12	26	Andrey Melnichenko	Russian Ski Federation	35:00.8	+1:12.1
13	34	Dario Cologna	Switzerland	35:01.9	+1:13.2
14	46	Clément Parisse	France	35:03.4	+1:14.7
15	12	Irineu Esteve Altimiras	Andorra	35:07.7	+1:19.0
16	32	Maurice Manificat	France	35:12.9	+1:24.2
17	16	Perttu Hyvärinen	Finland	35:13.1	+1:24.4
18	48	Iivo Niskanen	Finland	35:13.6	+1:24.9
19	7	Naoto Baba	Japan	35:21.1	+1:32.4
20	5	Jason Rüesch	Switzerland	35:41.5	+1:52.8
21	42	Hugo Lapalus	France	35:43.2	+1:54.5
22	15	Adrien Backscheider	France	35:44.8	+1:56.1
23	18	Jonas Dobler	Germany	35:46.5	+1:57.8
24	4	Friedrich Moch	Germany	35:50.7	+2:02.0
25	3	Beda Klee	Switzerland	35:50.9	+2:02.2
26	44	Florian Notz	Germany	36:03.7	+2:15.0
27	39	Scott Patterson	United States	36:10.7	+2:22.0
28	50	Lucas Bögl	Germany	36:19.0	+2:30.3
28	47	Markus Vuorela	Finland	36:19.0	+2:30.3
30	55	Russell Kennedy	Canada	36:22.8	+2:34.1
31	63	Simi Hamilton	United States	36:22.9	+2:34.2
32	31	Dominik Bury	Poland	36:30.9	+2:42.2
33	43	Imanol Rojo	Spain	36:34.5	+2:45.8
34	58	David Norris	United States	36:36.3	+2:47.6
35	13	Michal Novák	Czech Republic	36:39.8	+2:51.1
36	41	Paul Constantin Pepene	Romania	36:42.7	+2:54.0
37	45	Karl-Johan Westberg	Sweden	36:43.5	+2:54.8
38	9	Björn Sandström	Sweden	36:44.4	+2:55.7
39	73	Takatsugu Uda	Japan	36:45.7	+2:57.0
40	35	Hiroyuki Miyazawa	Japan	36:49.0	+3:00.3
41	1	Thomas Hjalmar Westgård	Ireland	36:49.5	+3:00.8
42	27	Mika Vermeulen	Austria	37:11.8	+3:23.1
43	51	Petr Knop	Czech Republic	37:15.0	+3:26.3
44	60	Keishin Yoshida	Japan	37:15.5	+3:26.8
45	11	Andrew Young	Great Britain	37:29.2	+3:40.5
46	52	Adam Fellner	Czech Republic	37:30.0	+3:41.3
47	72	Mikayel Mikayelyan	Armenia	37:39.9	+3:51.2
47	89	Kaarel Kasper Kõrge	Estonia	37:39.9	+3:51.2
49	53	Yevgeniy Velichko	Kazakhstan	37:42.9	+3:54.2
50	56	Philippe Boucher	Canada	37:48.9	+4:00.2
51	14	Gus Schumacher	United States	37:51.0	+4:02.3
52	64	Rémi Drolet	Canada	37:51.4	+4:02.7
53	49	Vitaliy Pukhkalo	Kazakhstan	37:53.4	+4:04.7
54	17	Roman Furger	Switzerland	38:01.8	+4:13.1
55	54	Jonáš Bešťák	Czech Republic	38:06.4	+4:17.7
56	66	Alvar Johannes Alev	Estonia	38:08.4	+4:19.7
57	21	Petrică Hogiu	Romania	38:11.4	+4:22.7
58	97	Krešimir Crnković	Croatia	38:12.1	+4:23.4
59	23	Snorri Einarsson	Iceland	38:13.0	+4:24.3
60	78	Benjamin Črv	Slovenia	38:13.9	+4:25.2
61	57	Raimo Vīgants	Latvia	38:22.3	+4:33.6
62	95	James Clugnet	Great Britain	38:37.4	+4:48.7
63	29	Olzhas Klimin	Kazakhstan	38:40.3	+4:51.6
64	59	Ján Koristek	Slovakia	38:41.3	+4:52.6
65	87	Indulis Bikše	Latvia	38:50.3	+5:01.6
66	65	Martin Himma	Estonia	38:57.5	+5:08.8
67	77	Graham Ritchie	Canada	39:04.0	+5:15.3
68	98	Franco Dal Farra	Argentina	39:19.6	+5:30.9
69	62	Nail Bashmakov	Kazakhstan	39:20.3	+5:31.6
70	82	Simeon Deyanov	Bulgaria	39:28.0	+5:39.3
71	106	Mark Chanloung	Thailand	39:34.0	+5:45.3
72	93	Seve de Campo	Australia	39:41.6	+5:52.9
73	90	Thibaut De Marre	Belgium	39:45.3	+5:56.6
74	70	Mateusz Haratyk	Poland	39:50.5	+6:01.8
75	69	Kim Eun-ho	South Korea	39:53.8	+6:05.1
76	83	Vili Črv	Slovenia	39:54.9	+6:06.2
77	74	Apostolos Angelis	Greece	40:15.0	+6:26.3
78	111	Martin Møller	Denmark	40:22.1	+6:33.4
79	76	Ruslan Perekhoda	Ukraine	40:22.3	+6:33.6
80	67	Strahinja Erić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	40:27.9	+6:39.2
81	102	Phillip Bellingham	Australia	40:29.4	+6:40.7
82	86	Kacper Antolec	Poland	40:34.2	+6:45.5
83	79	Jeong Jong-won	South Korea	40:58.3	+7:09.6
84	81	Kim Min-woo	South Korea	41:17.0	+7:28.3
85	84	Tadevos Poghosyan	Armenia	41:17.1	+7:28.4
86	92	Aleksandar Ognyanov	Bulgaria	41:29.9	+7:41.2
87	71	Ömer Ayçiçek	Turkey	41:31.2	+7:42.5
88	80	Yusuf Emre Fırat	Turkey	41:45.7	+7:57.0
89	96	Todor Malchov	Bulgaria	41:50.8	+8:02.1
90	104	Niks Saulītis	Latvia	41:58.8	+8:10.1
91	68	Hamza Dursun	Turkey	41:59.3	+8:10.6
92	99	Daniel Peshkov	Bulgaria	42:04.3	+8:15.6
93	88	Dmytro Drahun	Ukraine	42:09.5	+8:20.8
94	105	Mark Pollock	Australia	42:10.0	+8:21.3
95	61	Raul Mihai Popa	Romania	42:16.8	+8:28.1
96	101	Albert Jónsson	Iceland	42:28.1	+8:39.4
97	107	Lauris Kaparkalējs	Latvia	42:38.6	+8:49.9
98	85	Amed Oğlağo	Turkey	42:41.9	+8:53.2
99	108	Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh	Mongolia	42:48.3	+8:59.6
100	110	Joachim Weel Rosbo	Denmark	42:54.1	+9:05.4
101	75	Miloš Milosavljević	Serbia	43:15.9	+9:27.2
102	91	Miloš Čolić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	44:50.8	+11:02.1
	33	Joni Mäki	Finland	Did not finish
	94	Nikolaos Tsourekas	Greece
	103	Georgios Anastasiadis	Greece
	109	Titouan Serot	Belgium
	2	Stefano Gardener	Italy	Did not start
	6	Giandomenico Salvadori	Italy
	25	Davide Graz	Italy
	37	Mirco Bertolina	Italy
	100	Marko Skender	Croatia

Qualification

The qualification was started on 24 February at 10:30.

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	78	Mark Chanloung	Thailand	24:23.8		Q
2	75	Campbell Wright	New Zealand	24:53.2	+29.4	Q
3	1	Martin Møller	Denmark	25:17.0	+53.2	Q
4	86	Albert Jónsson	Iceland	25:37.9	+1:14.1	Q
5	32	Joachim Weel Rosbo	Denmark	26:09.2	+1:45.4	Q
6	36	Titouan Serot	Belgium	26:09.8	+1:46.0	Q
7	79	Mark Pollock	Australia	26:14.2	+1:50.4	Q
8	66	Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh	Mongolia	26:14.3	+1:50.5	Q
9	72	Lauris Kaparkalējs	Latvia	26:21.4	+1:57.6	Q
10	80	Niks Saulītis	Latvia	26:23.8	+2:00.0	Q
11	76	Manex Silva	Brazil	26:23.9	+2:00.1
12	68	Kristóf Lágler	Hungary	26:27.4	+2:03.6
12	83	Ádám Kónya	Hungary	26:27.4	+2:03.6
14	48	Jacob Weel Rosbo	Denmark	26:35.9	+2:12.1
15	71	Seyed Sattar Seyd	Iran	26:36.9	+2:13.1
16	77	Dagur Benediktsson	Iceland	26:37.5	+2:13.7
17	70	Samuel Uduigowme Ikpefan	Nigeria	26:44.0	+2:20.2
18	85	Tautvydas Strolia	Lithuania	26:53.0	+2:29.2
19	49	Steve Hiestand	Brazil	26:57.0	+2:33.2
20	33	Soma Gyallai	Hungary	27:01.4	+2:37.6
21	58	Aleksandar Grbović	Montenegro	27:02.8	+2:39.0
22	52	Mathis Poutot	Belgium	27:08.5	+2:44.7
23	63	Timo Juhani Grönlund	Bolivia	27:15.6	+2:51.8
24	69	Ilvars Bisenieks	Latvia	27:16.9	+2:53.1
25	44	Ádám Büki	Hungary	27:20.9	+2:57.1
26	50	Hjalmar Michelsen	Denmark	27:27.5	+3:03.7
27	54	Gonzalo Ángel Gomez	Argentina	27:31.5	+3:07.7
28	61	Miloš Stević	Bosnia and Herzegovina	27:41.5	+3:17.7
29	29	Matheus Vasconcellos	Brazil	27:46.0	+3:22.2
30	74	Mario Matikanov	Bulgaria	27:47.8	+3:24.0
31	64	Spartak Voskanyan	Armenia	27:53.9	+3:30.1
32	41	Danial Saveh Shemshaki	Iran	27:56.2	+3:32.4
33	46	Rejhan Šmrković	Serbia	27:58.9	+3:35.1
34	67	Edvinas Simonutis	Lithuania	28:01.0	+3:37.2
35	27	Brian Kennedy	Ireland	28:06.9	+3:43.1
36	57	Petar Perušić	Croatia	28:07.5	+3:43.7
37	53	Kari Peters	Luxembourg	28:10.7	+3:46.9
38	51	Aleksandrs Artūrs Ļūļe	Latvia	28:19.9	+3:56.1
39	45	Otgonlkhagvayn Zolbayar	Mongolia	28:28.5	+4:04.7
40	37	Yasin Shemshaki	Iran	28:37.7	+4:13.9
41	60	Ivan Rankov	Bulgaria	28:44.7	+4:20.9
42	15	Andrew Theall	Colombia	28:53.7	+4:29.9
43	21	Jonathan Soto Moreno	Mexico	28:57.7	+4:33.9
44	39	Dimitris Velivassis	Greece	29:06.3	+4:42.5
45	73	Angelos Antoniadis	Greece	29:11.1	+4:47.3
46	19	Carlos Andrés Quintana	Colombia	29:12.9	+4:49.1
47	25	Kleanthis Karamichas	Greece	29:13.3	+4:49.5
48	10	José Cabeça	Portugal	29:14.2	+4:50.4
49	62	Mateo Lorenzo Sauma	Argentina	29:18.6	+4:54.8
50	40	Ivan Zaharija	Croatia	29:19.2	+4:55.4
51	47	Dimitar Rankov	Bulgaria	29:22.7	+4:58.9
52	81	Yonathan Jesús Fernández	Chile	29:23.1	+4:59.3
53	43	Dejvid Veličkovski	North Macedonia	29:32.7	+5:08.9
54	20	Elie Tawk	Lebanon	29:36.3	+5:12.5
55	65	Darko Krsteski	North Macedonia	29:48.5	+5:24.7
56	30	Alireza Moghdid	Iran	29:57.0	+5:33.2
57	56	Paulius Januškevičius	Lithuania	30:01.9	+5:38.1
58	31	Athanasios Gastis	Greece	30:38.7	+6:14.9
59	55	Andonaki Kostoski	North Macedonia	30:53.2	+6:29.4
60	59	Kristiyan Bozhilov	Bulgaria	30:58.9	+6:35.1
61	34	Dashdondogiin Mönkhgerel	Mongolia	31:32.2	+7:08.4
62	23	Đorđe Paunović	Serbia	31:39.9	+7:16.1
63	82	Stefan Anić	Bosnia and Herzegovina	31:42.6	+7:18.8
64	28	Klaus Jungbluth Rodriguez	Ecuador	31:48.4	+7:24.6
65	42	Paul Keyrouz	Lebanon	31:52.1	+7:28.3
66	16	Antonio Pineyro	Mexico	32:02.0	+7:38.2
67	22	Miloš Đorđević	Serbia	32:03.1	+7:39.3
68	38	Hrachya Panoyan	Armenia	32:04.8	+7:41.0
69	9	Pedro Montes de Oca	Mexico	32:07.3	+7:43.5
70	17	Jaime Luis Huerta Osorio	Peru	32:16.1	+7:52.3
71	24	Juan Luis Uberuaga	Chile	32:26.5	+8:02.7
72	12	Salim Lozom	Lebanon	34:04.0	+9:40.2
73	6	Nicholas Lau	Trinidad and Tobago	34:07.0	+9:43.2
74	35	Nikola Kostoski	North Macedonia	34:24.4	+10:00.6
75	8	André Gonçalves	Portugal	35:10.4	+10:46.6
76	11	Filipe Cabrita	Portugal	35:11.0	+10:47.2
77	26	Charbel Neemeh	Lebanon	35:23.5	+10:59.7
78	14	Nicolás Lazo	Chile	35:37.5	+11:13.7
79	13	Bayarsaikhany Ganbayar	Mongolia	35:39.1	+11:15.3
80	2	Warren Aubrey Samberg	Israel	36:09.5	+11:45.7
81	3	Nzumbe Nyanduga	Tanzania	36:45.1	+12:21.3
82	5	Rodrigo Rangel	Mexico	36:45.6	+12:21.8
83	4	Eduardo Arteaga	Venezuela	37:01.1	+12:37.3
84	7	Tang Wei Yan	Malaysia	37:46.1	+13:22.3
85	18	Benjamin Amestica	Chile	39:39.7	+15:15.9
	84	Victor Santos	Brazil	Did not finish