FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 – Men's sprint

Men's sprint at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007
Venue	Sapporo Dome
Date	22 February 2007
Competitors	83 from 39 nations
Medalists
gold medal  Jens Arne Svartedal   Norway silver medal  Mats Larsson   Sweden bronze medal  Eldar Rønning   Norway

The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2007 was held on 22 February 2007 in the Sapporo Dome.

Results

Qualification

83 competitors started the qualification race.

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	9	Andrew Newell	United States	3:04.71	—	Q
2	1	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Norway	3:04.93	+0.22	Q
3	10	Emil Jönsson	Sweden	3:05.68	+0.97	Q
4	4	Eldar Rønning	Norway	3:05.81	+1.10	Q
5	40	Mats Larsson	Sweden	3:06.14	+1.43	Q
6	17	Björn Lind	Sweden	3:06.25	+1.54	Q
7	3	Jens Arne Svartedal	Norway	3:06.80	+2.09	Q
	36	Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Kazakhstan	DSQ
8	5	Vasily Rochev	Russia	3:07.40	+2.69	Q
9	41	Mikhail Devyatyarov	Russia	3:07.64	+2.93	Q
10	27	Kalle Lassila	Finland	3:07.71	+3.00	Q
11	35	Matias Strandvall	Finland	3:07.79	+3.08	Q
12	2	Janusz Krezelok	Poland	3:08.29	+3.58	Q
13	7	Nikolay Morilov	Russia	3:08.48	+3.77	Q
14	11	Torin Koos	United States	3:09.24	+4.53	Q
15	29	Cyril Miranda	France	3:09.79	+5.08	Q
16	26	Lauri Pyykönen	Finland	3:10.27	+5.56	Q
17	6	Petter Myhlback	Sweden	3:11.20	+6.49	Q
18	24	Dusan Kozisek	Czech Republic	3:11.21	+6.50	Q
19	14	Yuichi Onda	Japan	3:12.04	+7.33	Q
20	18	Loris Frasnelli	Italy	3:12.39	+7.68	Q
21	43	Sergey Cherepanov	Kazakhstan	3:12.89	+8.18	Q
22	51	Alexey Poltoranin	Kazakhstan	3:12.99	+8.28	Q
23	12	Tor Arne Hetland	Norway	3:13.07	+8.36	Q
24	32	Nikolay Chebotko	Kazakhstan	3:13.18	+8.47	Q
25	33	Thomas Stöggl	Austria	3:13.76	+9.05	Q
26	30	Maciej Kreczmer	Poland	3:13.92	+9.21	Q
27	21	Priit Narusk	Estonia	3:14.22	+9.51	Q
28	37	Timo Simonlatser	Estonia	3:14.53	+9.82	Q
29	8	Josef Wenzl	Germany	3:14.55	+9.84	Q
30	31	Sean Crooks	Canada	3:14.75	+10.04
31	25	Chris Cook	United States	3:14.90	+10.19
32	50	Osamu Yamagishi	Japan	3:15.42	+10.71
33	20	Christoph Eigenmann	Switzerland	3:16.10	+11.39
34	57	Olexandr Putsko	Ukraine	3:17.11	+12.40
35	52	Roman Leybyuk	Ukraine	3:17.44	+12.73
36	44	Martin Otcenas	Slovakia	3:17.51	+12.80
37	55	Paul Murray	Australia	3:17.54	+12.83
38	22	Devon Kershaw	Canada	3:18.39	+13.68
39	38	Stefan Kuhn	Canada	3:18.45	+13.74
40	23	Harald Wurm	Austria	3:18.80	+14.09
41	53	Xia Wan	China	3:19.03	+14.32
42	28	Lefteris Fafalis	Greece	3:19.24	+14.53
43	16	Martin Stockinger	Austria	3:20.64	+15.93
44	34	Nejc Brodar	Slovenia	3:22.03	+17.32
45	54	Mikhail Gumenyak	Ukraine	3:22.53	+17.82
46	45	Oliver Kraas	South Africa	3:22.77	+18.06
47	42	Lars Flora	United States	3:22.97	+18.26
48	47	Qinghai Sun	China	3:24.68	+19.97
49	49	Ben Sim	Australia	3:25.34	+20.63
50	69	Aleksey Ivanov	Belarus	3:26.44	+21.37
51	61	Francesc Soulie	Andorra	3:26.72	+22.01
52	48	Zoltan Tagscherer	Hungary	3:28.56	+23.85
53	63	Vitaly Shtun	Ukraine	3:30.34	+25.63
54	83	Zsolt Antal	Romania	3:30.50	+25.79
55	71	Hak-Jin Kim	South Korea	3:30.83	+26.12
56	73	Daniel Kuzmin	Israel	3:31.00	+26.29
57	64	Veselin Tzinzov	Bulgaria	3:31.80	+27.09
58	62	Wenyou Bian	China	3:32.93	+28.22
59	58	Sebahattin Oglago	Turkey	3:35.88	+31.17
60	59	Kari Peters	Luxembourg	3:37.10	+32.39
61	80	Imre Tagscherer	Hungary	3:37.66	+32.95
62	60	Muhammet Kizilarslan	Turkey	3:38.76	+34.05
63	39	Phil Widmer	Canada	3:39.05	+34.34
64	56	Wang Songtao	China	3:39.93	+35.22
65	65	Matyas Hollo	Hungary	3:42.93	+39.22
66	82	Csaba Cseke	Hungary	3:44.63	+39.92
67	67	Hovhannes Sargsyan	Armenia	3:44.87	+40.16
68	70	Karapet Sahradyan	Armenia	3:45.57	+40.86
69	81	Grigoris Moschovakos	Greece	3:47.83	+43.12
70	72	Mayis Soghoyan	Armenia	4:02.52	+57.81
71	74	Nikos Kalofyris	Greece	4:03.51	+58.80
72	75	Armen Meliqyan	Armenia	4:05.79	+1:01.08
73	66	Alan Eason	United Kingdom	4:07.81	+1:03.10
74	76	Robel Teklemariam	Ethiopia	4:19.95	+1:15.24
75	79	Helio Freitas	Brazil	4:38.84	+1:34.13
76	77	Rory Morrish	Ireland	4:40.19	+1:35.48
77	68	Danny Silva	Portugal	4:45.74	+1:41.03
78	78	Philip Boit	Kenya	4:59.19	+1:54.48
	13	Renato Pasini	Italy	DSQ
	15	Peeter Kummel	Estonia	DSQ
	19	Roddy Darragon	France	DSQ
	46	Sergey Shiryayev	Russia	DSQ

Quarterfinals

Q - Qualified for next round
PF - Photo Finish
LL - Lucky Loser - qualified for next round due to their times

Quarterfinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	11	Kalle Lassila	Finland	3:08.2	—	Q
2	1	Andrew Newell	United States	3:09.1	+0.9	Q
3	30	Josef Wenzl	Germany	3:09.2	+1.0	14th
4	10	Mikhail Devyatyarov	Russia	3:09.6	+1.4	15th
5	21	Loris Frasnelli	Italy	3:12.9	+4.7	23rd
6	20	Yuichi Onda	Japan	3:58.7	+50.5	25th

Quarterfinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	7	Jens Arne Svartedal	Norway	3:03.8	—	Q
2	4	Eldar Rønning	Norway	3:04.1	+0.3	Q
3	17	Lauri Pyykönen	Finland	3:06.1	+2.3	13th
4	24	Tor Arne Hetland	Norway	3:06.6	+2.8	18th
5	14	Nikolay Morilov	Russia	3:08.4	+4.6	20th
6	27	Maciej Kreczmer	Poland	3:11.1	+7.3	28th

Quarterfinal 3

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	6	Björn Lind	Sweden	3:02.3	—	Q
2	5	Mats Larsson	Sweden	3:02.5	+0.3	Q
3	16	Cyril Miranda	France	3:06.7	+4.4	12th
4	25	Nikolay Chebotko	Kazakhstan	3:07.1	+4.8	19th
5	15	Torin Koos	United States	3:12.9	+10.6	21st
6	26	Thomas Stöggl	Austria	3:15.2	+12.9	27th

Quarterfinal 4

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Norway	3:03.8	—	Q PF
2	9	Vasily Rochev	Russia	3:03.8	+0.0	Q PF
3	12	Matias Strandvall	Finland	3:04.9	+1.1	LL
4	19	Dusan Kozisek	Czech Republic	3:06.1	+2.3	16th
5	29	Timo Simonlatser	Estonia	3:06.3	+2.5	24th
6	22	Sergey Cherepanov	Kazakhstan	3:10.7	+6.9	26th

Quarterfinal 5

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	3	Emil Jönsson	Sweden	3:05.0	—	Q
2	8	Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Kazakhstan	3:05.9	+0.4	Q
3	13	Janusz Krezelok	Poland	3:05.6	+0.6	LL
4	23	Alexey Poltoranin	Kazakhstan	3:08.2	+3.2	17th
5	18	Petter Myhlback	Sweden	3:09.9	+4.9	22nd
6	28	Priit Narusk	Estonia	3:10.3	+5.3	29th

Semifinals

Semifinal 1

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	5	Mats Larsson	Sweden	3:01.2	—	QA PF
2	7	Jens Arne Svartedal	Norway	3:01.3	+0.1	QA PF
3	1	Andrew Newell	United States	3:02.4	+1.2	QA LL
4	4	Eldar Rønning	Norway	3:03.2	+2.0	QA LL
5	12	Matias Strandvall	Finland	3:18.9	+17.7	QB PF
6	11	Kalle Lassila	Finland	3:18.9	+17.7	QB PF

Semifinal 2

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	3	Emil Jönsson	Sweden	3:05.7	—	QA
2	6	Björn Lind	Sweden	3:06.4	+0.7	QA
3	2	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Norway	3:07.7	+2.2	QB
4	9	Vasily Rochev	Russia	3:09.5	+3.8	QB
5	13	Janusz Krezelok	Poland	3:12.0	+6.3	QB
6	8	Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Kazakhstan	3:12.5	+6.8	QB

Finals

Final A

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1st place, gold medalist(s)	7	Jens Arne Svartedal	Norway	3:03.8	—	1st
2nd place, silver medalist(s)	5	Mats Larsson	Sweden	3:04.0	+0.2	2nd
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)	4	Eldar Rønning	Norway	3:04.6	+0.8	3rd
4	6	Björn Lind	Sweden	3:05.0	+1.2	4th
5	1	Andrew Newell	United States	3:09.4	+5.6	5th
6	3	Emil Jönsson	Sweden	3:47.6	+43.8	6th

Final B

Rank	Seed	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Note
1	2	Odd-Bjørn Hjelmeset	Norway	3:09.9	—	7th PF
2	9	Vasily Rochev	Russia	3:10.0	+0.1	8th PF
3	12	Matias Strandvall	Finland	3:11.0	+1.1	9th PF
4	13	Janusz Krezelok	Poland	3:11.0	+1.1	10th PF
5	11	Kalle Lassila	Finland	3:12.8	+2.9	11th
6	8	Yevgeniy Koschevoy	Kazakhstan	3:14.4	+4.5	DSQ

External links

• Qualification results
• Final results