Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon
# Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre skiathlon

The men's 30 kilometre skiathlon cross-country skiing competition at the 2018 Winter Olympics was held on 11 February 2018 at 15:15 KST at the Alpensia Cross-Country Skiing Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The event, split into half distance classic skiing and half distance skate skiing, was won by Simen Hegstad Krüger, for whom this was the first Olympic medal. There was a podium sweep for Norway with Martin Johnsrud Sundby and Hans Christer Holund winning silver and bronze medals, respectively.

## Summary

The field included all the 2014 medalists: the defending champion Dario Cologna, the silver medalist Marcus Hellner, who was also the 2010 champion, and the bronze medalist Martin Johnsrud Sundby. Only Sundby returned to the podium.

At 20 km, a group of 15 skiers, which included all eventual medalists, was leading the race, about 20 seconds ahead of the rest of the field. About 5 km before the finish line, Krüger escaped and was not caught by the rest, winning the gold medal. From the chasing group, Sundby and Holund escaped less than 2 km before the finish. Eventually, Sundby was leading, and Holund did not catch him, winning bronze.

## Qualification

A total of up to 310 cross-country skiers qualified across all eleven events. Athletes qualified for this event by having met the A qualification standard, which meant having 100 or less FIS Points in the distance classification. The Points list takes into average the best results of athletes per discipline during the qualification period (1 July 2016 to 21 January 2018). Countries received additional quotas by having athletes ranked in the top 30 of the FIS Olympics Points list (two per gender maximum, overall across all events). Countries also received an additional quota (one per gender maximum) if an athlete was ranked in the top 300 of the FIS Olympics Points list. After the distribution of B standard quotas, the remaining quotas were distributed using the Olympic FIS Points list, with each athlete only counting once for qualification purposes. A country could only enter a maximum of four athletes for the event.

## Competition schedule

All times are (UTC+9).

| Date | Time | Event |
| - | - | - |
| 11 February | 15:15 | Final |

## Results

The race was started at 15:15.

| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | 15 km classic | Rank | Pitstop | 15 km free | Rank | Finish time | Deficit |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | 7 | Simen Hegstad Krüger | Norway | 40:46.1 | 14 | 27.7 | 35:06.2 | 1 | 1:16:20.0 | – |
| | 6 | Martin Johnsrud Sundby | Norway | 40:30.5 | 2 | 35.1 | 35:22.4 | 2 | 1:16:28.0 | +8.0 |
| | 5 | Hans Christer Holund | Norway | 40:33.3 | 7 | 28.5 | 35:28.1 | 5 | 1:16:29.9 | +9.9 |
| 4 | 16 | Denis Spitsov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 40:35.0 | 13 | 31.2 | 35:26.5 | 3 | 1:16:32.7 | +12.7 |
| 5 | 2 | Maurice Manificat | France | 40:33.6 | 8 | 30.0 | 35:30.6 | 6 | 1:16:34.2 | +14.2 |
| 6 | 3 | Dario Cologna | Switzerland | 40:30.9 | 3 | 32.3 | 35:41.9 | 12 | 1:16:45.1 | +25.1 |
| 7 | 10 | Andrew Musgrave | Great Britain | 40:34.9 | 12 | 31.9 | 35:38.9 | 9 | 1:16:45.7 | +25.7 |
| 8 | 4 | Alex Harvey | Canada | 40:31.4 | 4 | 27.3 | 35:54.7 | 14 | 1:16:53.4 | +33.4 |
| 9 | 22 | Martin Jakš | Czech Republic | 40:53.2 | 19 | 33.6 | 35:27.0 | 4 | 1:16:53.8 | +33.8 |
| 10 | 1 | Johannes Høsflot Klæbo | Norway | 40:31.8 | 5 | 26.8 | 36:04.8 | 18 | 1:17:03.4 | +43.4 |
| 11 | 20 | Thomas Bing | Germany | 40:34.4 | 11 | 28.6 | 36:00.7 | 16 | 1:17:03.7 | +43.7 |
| 12 | 14 | Marcus Hellner | Sweden | 40:34.2 | 10 | 30.3 | 36:00.3 | 15 | 1:17:04.8 | +44.8 |
| 13 | 18 | Clément Parisse | France | 40:48.9 | 17 | 28.0 | 35:51.7 | 13 | 1:17:08.6 | +48.6 |
| 14 | 15 | Daniel Rickardsson | Sweden | 40:34.0 | 9 | 34.1 | 36:04.1 | 17 | 1:17:12.1 | +52.2 |
| 15 | 41 | Jules Lapierre | France | 41:13.0 | 24 | 32.9 | 35:33.2 | 8 | 1:17:19.1 | +59.1 |
| 16 | 21 | Lucas Bögl | Germany | 40:47.2 | 15 | 27.5 | 36:05.2 | 19 | 1:17:19.9 | +59.9 |
| 17 | 25 | Jens Burman | Sweden | 41:13.4 | 25 | 31.1 | 35:39.4 | 10 | 1:17:23.9 | +1:03.9 |
| 18 | 33 | Scott Patterson | United States | 41:14.4 | 26 | 31.9 | 35:41.2 | 11 | 1:17:27.5 | +1:07.5 |
| 19 | 8 | Iivo Niskanen | Finland | 40:30.0 | 1 | 29.9 | 36:34.3 | 26 | 1:17:34.2 | +1:14.2 |
| 20 | 13 | Francesco De Fabiani | Italy | 41:11.4 | 22 | 30.0 | 36:13.5 | 20 | 1:17:54.9 | +1:34.9 |
| 21 | 12 | Matti Heikkinen | Finland | 41:55.6 | 34 | 28.3 | 35:32.0 | 7 | 1:17:55.9 | +1:35.9 |
| 22 | 35 | Jonas Dobler | Germany | 40:52.7 | 18 | 32.4 | 36:31.5 | 25 | 1:17.56.6 | +1:36.6 |
| 23 | 28 | Alexey Vitsenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 41:09.2 | 20 | 32.4 | 36:20.6 | 22 | 1:18:02.2 | +1:42.2 |
| 24 | 43 | Paul Constantin Pepene | Romania | 41:16.2 | 30 | 26.4 | 36:37.8 | 28 | 1:18:20.4 | +2:00.4 |
| 25 | 23 | Keishin Yoshida | Japan | 41:11.9 | 23 | 33.6 | 36:37.5 | 27 | 1:18:23.0 | +2:03.0 |
| 26 | 31 | Giandomenico Salvadori | Italy | 40:47.8 | 16 | 28.2 | 37:20.9 | 36 | 1:18:36.9 | +2:16.9 |
| 27 | 38 | Max Hauke | Austria | 41:15.7 | 29 | 31.4 | 36:57.5 | 32 | 1:18:44.6 | +2:24.6 |
| 28 | 9 | Jean-Marc Gaillard | France | 40:32.6 | 6 | 26.8 | 37:49.1 | 38 | 1:18:48.5 | +2:28.5 |
| 29 | 29 | Andrey Melnichenko | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 41:46.4 | 32 | 34.0 | 36:30.1 | 24 | 1:18:50.5 | +2:30.5 |
| 30 | 11 | Andrey Larkov | Olympic Athletes from Russia | 41:37.5 | 31 | 35.1 | 36:38.0 | 29 | 1:18:50.6 | +2:30.6 |
| 31 | 34 | Candide Pralong | Switzerland | 42:26.0 | 39 | 33.5 | 36:16.1 | 21 | 1:19:15.6 | +2:55.6 |
| 32 | 36 | Karel Tammjärv | Estonia | 41:56.6 | 35 | 36.2 | 36:52.4 | 31 | 1:19:25.2 | +3:05.2 |
| 33 | 24 | Lari Lehtonen | Finland | 42:28.9 | 41 | 29.6 | 36:28.1 | 23 | 1:19:26.6 | +3:06.6 |
| 34 | 49 | Vitaliy Pukhalo | Kazakhstan | 42:27.0 | 40 | 33.8 | 36:45.9 | 30 | 1:19:46.7 | +3:26.7 |
| 35 | 32 | Andreas Katz | Germany | 41:10.3 | 21 | 29.5 | 38:09.4 | 42 | 1:19:49.2 | +3:29.2 |
| 36 | 37 | Devon Kershaw | Canada | 41:14.8 | 27 | 32.9 | 38:07.6 | 41 | 1:19:55.3 | +3:35.3 |
| 37 | 30 | Dietmar Nöckler | Italy | 41:15.2 | 28 | 34.8 | 38:05.5 | 40 | 1:19:55.5 | +3:35.5 |
| 38 | 58 | Petr Knop | Czech Republic | 42:29.8 | 43 | 31.6 | 37:10.7 | 34 | 1:20:12.1 | +3:52.1 |
| 39 | 19 | Jonas Baumann | Switzerland | 42:25.7 | 38 | 27.6 | 37:20.1 | 35 | 1:20:13.4 | +3:53.4 |
| 40 | 27 | Toni Livers | Switzerland | 42:36.1 | 44 | 36.5 | 37:00.8 | 33 | 1:20:13.4 | +3:53.4 |
| 41 | 42 | Perttu Hyvärinen | Finland | 41:57.0 | 36 | 33.5 | 37:58.0 | 39 | 1:20:28.5 | +4:08.5 |
| 42 | 26 | Erik Bjornsen | United States | 42:12.4 | 37 | 29.6 | 38:12.7 | 43 | 1:20:54.7 | +4:34.7 |
| 43 | 44 | Yevgeniy Velichko | Kazakhstan | 41:47.4 | 33 | 32.1 | 38:44.4 | 51 | 1:21:03.9 | +4:43.9 |
| 44 | 46 | Michail Semenov | Belarus | 43:15.4 | 48 | 28.7 | 37:27.9 | 37 | 1:21:12.0 | +4:52.0 |
| 45 | 54 | Graeme Killick | Canada | 42:29.4 | 42 | 35.7 | 38:34.5 | 48 | 1:21:39.6 | +5:19.6 |
| 46 | 39 | Irineu Esteve Altimiras | Andorra | 42:39.0 | 45 | 37.5 | 38:31.2 | 46 | 1:21:47.7 | +5:27.7 |
| 47 | 51 | Andreas Veerpalu | Estonia | 43:03.9 | 47 | 33.9 | 38:33.6 | 47 | 1:22:11.4 | +5:51.4 |
| 48 | 52 | Sergio Rigoni | Italy | 42:41.7 | 46 | 32.6 | 39:40.6 | 57 | 1:22:54.9 | +6:34.9 |
| 49 | 57 | Imanol Rojo | Spain | 43:27.4 | 49 | 33.8 | 39:05.3 | 54 | 1:23:06.5 | +6:46.5 |
| 50 | 45 | Yury Astapenka | Belarus | 44:01.9 | 54 | 33.4 | 38:37.2 | 49 | 1:23:12.5 | +6:52.5 |
| 51 | 40 | Patrick Caldwell | United States | 44:01.3 | 53 | 32.7 | 38:44.1 | 50 | 1:23:18.1 | +6:58.1 |
| 52 | 55 | Dominik Bury | Poland | 44:00.2 | 52 | 35.7 | 38:44.4 | 51 | 1:23:20.3 | +7:00.3 |
| 53 | 65 | Krešimir Crnković | Croatia | 44:31.3 | 58 | 30.5 | 38:25.1 | 44 | 1:23:26.9 | +7:06.9 |
| 54 | 47 | Noah Hoffman | United States | 43:27.7 | 50 | 30.4 | 39:30.6 | 56 | 1:23:28.7 | +7:08.7 |
| 55 | 53 | Aleš Razým | Czech Republic | 43:28.5 | 51 | 36.0 | 39:29.3 | 55 | 1:23:33.8 | +7:13.8 |
| 56 | 48 | Snorri Einarsson | Iceland | 44:02.3 | 55 | 36.8 | 38:54.8 | 53 | 1:23:33.9 | +7:13.9 |
| 57 | 63 | Callum Smith | Great Britain | 44:47.1 | 61 | 33.2 | 38:29.6 | 45 | 1:23:49.9 | +7:29.9 |
| 58 | 62 | Callum Watson | Australia | 44:47.7 | 62 | 31.7 | 39:56.0 | 58 | 1:25:15.4 | +8:55.4 |
| 59 | 66 | Martin Vögeli | Liechtenstein | 44:28.4 | 57 | 27.1 | 41:12.7 | 59 | 1:26:08.2 | +9:48.2 |
| 60 | 60 | Thomas Hjalmar Westgård | Ireland | 44:15.2 | 56 | 33.1 | 47:45.9 | 60 | 1:32:34.2 | +16:14.2 |
| 61 | 59 | Oleksiy Krasovsky | Ukraine | 44:36.7 | 59 | 34.1 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |
| 62 | 61 | Knute Johnsgaard | Canada | 45:49.7 | 63 | 36.0 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |
| 63 | 67 | Mantas Strolia | Lithuania | 47:04.4 | 65 | 28.3 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |
| 64 | 64 | Wang Qiang | China | 47:03.8 | 64 | 33.9 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |
| 65 | 68 | Kim Eun-ho | South Korea | 48:29.9 | 66 | 33.1 | LAP | LAP | LAP | LAP |
| | 56 | Edi Dadić | Croatia | 44:45.2 | 60 | 30.2 | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| | 17 | Calle Halfvarsson | Sweden | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| | 50 | Sergei Dolidovich | Belarus | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
