Cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics – Men's sprint
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The men's sprint competition in cross-country skiing at the 2026 Winter Olympics was held on 10 February, over a 1.585-kilometre (0.985 mi) course[1] at the Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal in Tesero.[2] Johannes Høsflot Klæbo of Norway, the 2018 and 2022 champion, won the event and his seventh gold medal. Ben Ogden of the United States won silver, and Oskar Opstad Vike won bronze.[3][4] Both became the first-time medalists. Ogden became the first American male cross-country skier to win a medal since Bill Koch in 1976.[5]
Date10 February 2026
Competitors95 from 50 nations
Winning time3:39.74
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| Venue | Cross country and biathlon center Fabio Canal, Tesero | ||||||||||||
| Date | 10 February 2026 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 95 from 50 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 3:39.74 | ||||||||||||
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Background
The 2022 champion, Johannes Høsflot Klæbo, qualified for the Olympics, as did the silver medalist, Federico Pellegrino. The bronze medalist, Alexander Terentyev, was barred from participation because skiers from Russia could only participate as individual neutral athletes, and he did not obtain this status. Klæbo was leading both overall and sprint standings of the 2025–26 FIS Cross-Country World Cup before the Olympics. He was the 2025 world champion in sprint as well.
Qualification
Results
Qualifying
The qualifying was held at 09:55.[2][6] The fastest thirty athletes qualified (Q) for the finals.
| Rank | Bib | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 24 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo |  Norway | 3:07.37 | Q | |
| 2 | 8 | Ben Ogden |  United States | 3:09.88 | +2.51 | Q |
| 3 | 18 | Jules Chappaz |  France | 3:12.86 | +5.49 | Q |
| 4 | 13 | Jiří Tuž |  Czech Republic | 3:13.48 | +6.11 | Q |
| 5 | 2 | Harald Østberg Amundsen | Norway | 3:14.12 | +6.75 | Q |
| 6 | 15 | Noe Näff |  Switzerland | 3:14.23 | +6.86 | Q |
| 7 | 11 | Alvar Myhlback |  Sweden | 3:14.53 | +7.16 | Q |
| 8 | 22 | Valerio Grond | Switzerland | 3:14.81 | +7.44 | Q |
| 9 | 14 | Emil Liekari |  Finland | 3:15.01 | +7.64 | Q |
| 10 | 29 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:15.29 | +7.92 | Q |
| 11 | 23 | Jan Stölben |  Germany | 3:15.76 | +8.39 | Q |
| 12 | 4 | Janik Riebli | Switzerland | 3:15.81 | +8.44 | Q |
| 13 | 19 | Jaume Pueyo |  Spain | 3:15.81 | +8.44 | Q |
| 14 | 27 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:15.93 | +8.56 | Q |
| 15 | 30 | Federico Pellegrino |  Italy | 3:16.11 | +8.74 | Q |
| 16 | 10 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:16.15 | +8.78 | Q |
| 17 | 12 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:16.24 | +8.87 | Q |
| 18 | 3 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:16.44 | +9.07 | Q |
| 19 | 28 | Edvin Anger | Sweden | 3:17.31 | +9.94 | Q |
| 20 | 16 | Oskar Opstad Vike | Norway | 3:17.41 | +10.04 | Q |
| 21 | 26 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:17.44 | +10.07 | Q |
| 22 | 40 | Théo Schely | France | 3:17.84 | +10.47 | Q |
| 23 | 9 | Zak Ketterson | United States | 3:18.14 | +10.77 | Q |
| 24 | 52 | Simone Daprà | Italy | 3:18.14 | +10.77 | Q |
| 25 | 20 | Anton Grahn | Sweden | 3:18.21 | +10.84 | Q |
| 26 | 32 | Elia Barp | Italy | 3:18.27 | +10.90 | Q |
| 27 | 6 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:18.28 | +10.91 | Q |
| 28 | 21 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:18.38 | +11.01 | Q |
| 29 | 48 | Bernat Sellés | Spain | 3:18.56 | +11.19 | Q |
| 30 | 5 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | 3:18.73 | +11.36 | Q |
| 31 | 17 | Gus Schumacher | United States | 3:18.87 | +11.50 | |
| 31 | 31 | Miha Šimenc |  Slovenia | 3:18.87 | +11.50 | |
| 33 | 7 | Benjamin Moser |  Austria | 3:19.04 | +11.67 | |
| 34 | 25 | Niilo Moilanen | Finland | 3:19.69 | +12.32 | |
| 35 | 38 | Savelii Korostelev |  Individual Neutral Athletes | 3:19.88 | +12.51 | |
| 36 | 51 | Janosch Brugger | Germany | 3:20.45 | +13.08 | |
| 37 | 37 | Wang Qiang |  China | 3:21.49 | +14.12 | |
| 38 | 34 | Michal Novák | Czech Republic | 3:21.66 | +14.29 | |
| 39 | 46 | Antoine Cyr |  Canada | 3:21.96 | +14.59 | |
| 40 | 36 | Maciej Staręga |  Poland | 3:22.28 | +14.91 | |
| 41 | 39 | Xavier McKeever | Canada | 3:22.46 | +15.09 | |
| 42 | 56 | Hugo Hinckfuss |  Australia | 3:23.41 | +16.04 | |
| 43 | 42 | Vili Črv | Slovenia | 3:23.44 | +16.07 | |
| 44 | 45 | Martin Himma |  Estonia | 3:23.64 | +16.27 | |
| 45 | 1 | James Clugnet |  Great Britain | 3:23.66 | +16.29 | |
| 46 | 35 | Michael Föttinger | Austria | 3:23.92 | +16.55 | |
| 47 | 54 | Thomas Stephen | Canada | 3:24.02 | +16.65 | |
| 48 | 57 | Manex Silva |  Brazil | 3:25.48 | +18.11 | |
| 49 | 49 | Peter Hinds |  Slovakia | 3:25.78 | +18.41 | |
| 50 | 33 | Nejc Štern | Slovenia | 3:26.12 | +18.75 | |
| 51 | 43 | Lars Young Vik | Australia | 3:26.13 | +18.76 | |
| 52 | 47 | Raimo Vīgants |  Latvia | 3:26.26 | +18.89 | |
| 53 | 53 | Sebastian Bryja | Poland | 3:26.83 | +19.46 | |
| 54 | 74 | Aleksandar Grbović |  Montenegro | 3:27.09 | +19.72 | |
| 55 | 41 | Marc Colell | Spain | 3:27.49 | +20.12 | |
| 56 | 55 | Rémi Drolet | Canada | 3:27.72 | +20.35 | |
| 57 | 50 | Lauris Kaparkalējs | Latvia | 3:28.33 | +20.96 | |
| 58 | 81 | Tomáš Cenek | Slovakia | 3:28.34 | +20.97 | |
| 59 | 44 | Karl Sebastian Dremljuga | Estonia | 3:29.60 | +22.23 | |
| 60 | 70 | Dmytro Drahun |  Ukraine | 3:30.74 | +23.37 | |
| 61 | 60 | Marko Skender |  Croatia | 3:31.91 | +24.54 | |
| 62 | 59 | Franco Dal Farra |  Argentina | 3:32.07 | +24.70 | |
| 63 | 63 | Gabriel Cojocaru |  Romania | 3:32.17 | +24.80 | |
| 64 | 85 | Lee Joon-seo |  South Korea | 3:32.40 | +25.03 | |
| 65 | 69 | Samuel Ikpefan |  Nigeria | 3:33.31 | +25.94 | |
| 66 | 77 | Modestas Vaičiulis |  Lithuania | 3:34.87 | +27.50 | |
| 67 | 71 | Strahinja Erić |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | 3:35.07 | +27.70 | |
| 68 | 65 | Li Minglin | China | 3:35.56 | +28.19 | |
| 69 | 62 | Mark Chanloung |  Thailand | 3:35.71 | +28.34 | |
| 70 | 61 | Oleksandr Lisohor | Ukraine | 3:36.57 | +29.20 | |
| 71 | 75 | Robin Frommelt |  Liechtenstein | 3:36.60 | +29.23 | |
| 72 | 76 | Paul Pepene | Romania | 3:37.60 | +30.23 | |
| 73 | 82 | Daniel Peshkov |  Bulgaria | 3:37.69 | +30.32 | |
| 74 | 67 | Mario Matikanov | Bulgaria | 3:37.97 | +30.60 | |
| 75 | 89 | Vitaliy Pukhkalo |  Kazakhstan | 3:38.02 | +30.65 | |
| 76 | 88 | Amirgali Muratbekov | Kazakhstan | 3:38.17 | +30.80 | |
| 77 | 58 | Niks Saulītis | Latvia | 3:38.38 | +31.01 | |
| 78 | 80 | Mateo Sauma | Argentina | 3:38.48 | +31.11 | |
| 79 | 68 | Dagur Benediktsson |  Iceland | 3:40.09 | +32.72 | |
| 80 | 83 | Abdullah Yılmaz |  Turkey | 3:40.34 | +32.97 | |
| 81 | 84 | Batmönkhiin Achbadrakh |  Mongolia | 3:40.75 | +33.38 | |
| 82 | 64 | Stevenson Savart |  Haiti | 3:40.92 | +33.55 | |
| 83 | 72 | Fredrik Fodstad |  Colombia | 3:41.28 | +33.91 | |
| 84 | 66 | Tautvydas Strolia | Lithuania | 3:42.03 | +34.66 | |
| 85 | 86 | Nail Bashmakov | Kazakhstan | 3:43.00 | +35.63 | |
| 86 | 73 | Sebastián Endrestad |  Chile | 3:43.31 | +35.94 | |
| 87 | 78 | Miloš Milosavljević |  Serbia | 3:47.03 | +39.66 | |
| 88 | 87 | Nicolas Claveau-Laviolette |  Venezuela | 3:47.29 | +39.92 | |
| 89 | 90 | Stavre Jada |  North Macedonia | 3:59.56 | +52.19 | |
| 90 | 92 | Ádám Büki |  Hungary | 4:02.02 | +54.65 | |
| 91 | 93 | José Cabeça |  Portugal | 4:02.77 | +55.40 | |
| 92 | 95 | Apostolos Angelis |  Greece | 4:06.03 | +58.66 | |
| 93 | 94 | Timo Juhani Grönlund |  Bolivia | 4:06.04 | +58.67 | |
| 94 | 91 | Artur Saparbekov |  Kyrgyzstan | 4:36.85 | +1:29.48 | |
| 79 | Thomas Maloney Westgård |  Ireland | Did not start | |||
Quarterfinals
Two fastest athletes from each quarterfinal qualified (Q) for semifinals. In addition, two athletes with the fastest times among all others ("lucky losers", LL) also qualified.
- Quarterfinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:30.66 | Q | |
| 2 | 21 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:30.85 | +0.19 | Q |
| 3 | 3 | Jules Chappaz | France | 3:30.92 | +0.26 | |
| 4 | 19 | Edvin Anger | Sweden | 3:31.15 | +0.49 | |
| 5 | 26 | Elia Barp | Italy | 3:31.48 | +0.82 | |
| 6 | 30 | Johan Häggström | Sweden | RAL |
- Quarterfinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:26.10 | Q | |
| 2 | 7 | Alvar Myhlback | Sweden | 3:28.39 | +2.29 | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:28.77 | +2.67 | LL |
| 4 | 27 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:28.99 | +2.89 | LL |
| 5 | 9 | Emil Liekari | Finland | 3:29.28 | +3.18 | |
| 6 | 22 | Théo Schely | France | 3:29.37 | +3.27 |
- Quarterfinal 3
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 17 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:31.03 | Q | |
| 2 | 4 | Jiří Tuž | Czech Republic | 3:31.11 | +0.08 | Q |
| 3 | 16 | Joni Mäki | Finland | 3:31.42 | +0.39 | |
| 4 | 10 | Lucas Chanavat | France | 3:32.22 | +1.19 | |
| 5 | 11 | Jan Stölben | Germany | 3:36.07 | +5.04 | |
| 6 | 23 | Zak Ketterson | United States | 3:53.33 | +22.30 |
- Quarterfinal 4
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 20 | Oskar Opstad Vike | Norway | 3:31.96 | Q | |
| 2 | 28 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:32.07 | +0.11 | Q |
| 3 | 5 | Harald Østberg Amundsen | Norway | 3:32.50 | +0.54 | |
| 4 | 8 | Valerio Grond | Switzerland | 3:32.54 | +0.58 | |
| 5 | 18 | Richard Jouve | France | 3:41.45 | +9.49 | |
| 6 | 29 | Bernat Sellés | Spain | 3:41.76 | +9.80 |
- Quarterfinal 5
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 25 | Anton Grahn | Sweden | 3:38.25 | Q | |
| 2 | 24 | Simone Daprà | Italy | 3:38.70 | +0.45 | Q |
| 3 | 14 | Ondřej Černý | Czech Republic | 3:38.72 | +0.47 | |
| 4 | 6 | Noe Näff | Switzerland | 3:39.13 | +0.88 | |
| 5 | 12 | Janik Riebli | Switzerland | 3:39.80 | +1.55 | |
| 6 | 13 | Jaume Pueyo | Spain | 3:40.44 | +2.19 |
Semifinals
Two fastest athletes from each semifinal qualified (Q) for the final. In addition, two athletes with the fastest times among all others ("lucky losers", LL) also qualified.
- Semifinal 1
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:39.72 | Q | |
| 2 | 27 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:40.28 | +0.56 | Q |
| 3 | 2 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:40.32 | +0.60 | LL |
| 4 | 21 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 3:41.48 | +1.76 | LL |
| 5 | 7 | Alvar Myhlback | Sweden | 3:44.47 | +4.75 | |
| 6 | 17 | Simone Mocellini | Italy | 3:56.89 | +17.17 |
- Semifinal 2
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | Jiří Tuž | Czech Republic | 3:41.00 | Q | |
| 2 | 20 | Oskar Opstad Vike | Norway | 3:41.00 | +0.00 | Q |
| 3 | 15 | Federico Pellegrino | Italy | 3:42.42 | +1.42 | |
| 4 | 28 | JC Schoonmaker | United States | 3:43.16 | +2.16 | |
| 5 | 25 | Anton Grahn | Sweden | 3:44.53 | +3.53 | |
| 6 | 24 | Simone Daprà | Italy | 3:45.12 | +4.12 |
Final
The final was held at 13:38.[2][7]
| Rank | Seed | Athlete | Country | Time | Deficit | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 3:39.74 | ||
 | 2 | Ben Ogden | United States | 3:40.61 | +0.87 | |
 | 20 | Oskar Opstad Vike | Norway | 3:46.55 | +6.81 | |
| 4 | 27 | Lauri Vuorinen | Finland | 3:51.39 | +11.65 | |
| 5 | 4 | Jiří Tuž | Czech Republic | 3:58.28 | +18.54 | |
| 6 | 21 | Erik Valnes | Norway | 4:14.58 | +34.84 |