The men's freestyle sprint cross-country skiing competition in the free technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 11 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. Ola Vigen Hattestad won the gold medal.

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 events (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 Q — qualified for next round LL — lucky loser PF — photo finish

In November 2017, Alexey Petukhov was disqualified from the event.

Qualifying Rank Bib Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 Ola Vigen Hattestad 3:28.35 — Q 2 5 Sergey Ustiugov 3:30.26 +1.91 Q 3 6 Federico Pellegrino 3:30.38 +2.03 Q 4 10 Anders Gløersen 3:30.41 +2.06 Q 5 9 Emil Jönsson 3:30.77 +2.42 Q 6 20 Teodor Peterson 3:31.43 +3.08 Q 7 8 Eirik Brandsdal 3:32.53 +4.18 Q 8 26 Bernhard Tritscher 3:32.60 +4.25 Q 9 18 Alexey Petukhov 3:32.67 +4.32 Q 10 17 Calle Halfvarsson 3:33.11 +4.76 Q 11 13 Nikita Kryukov 3:34.04 +5.69 Q 12 4 Martti Jylhä 3:34.49 +6.14 Q 13 38 Dario Cologna 3:35.03 +6.68 Q 14 28 Renaud Jay 3:35.16 +6.81 Q 15 56 Marcus Hellner 3:35.38 +7.03 Q 16 3 Petter Northug 3:35.44 +7.09 Q 17 11 Andrew Newell 3:35.52 +7.17 Q 18 44 David Hofer 3:35.68 +7.33 Q 19 14 Alex Harvey 3:36.08 +7.73 Q 20 22 Anton Gafarov 3:36.10 +7.75 Q 21 15 Simi Hamilton 3:36.12 +7.77 Q 22 36 Cyril Miranda 3:36.59 +8.24 Q 23 2 Jöri Kindschi 3:36.89 +8.54 Q 24 30 Harald Wurm 3:37.18 +8.83 Q 25 37 Ville Nousiainen 3:37.52 +9.17 Q 26 39 Sun Qinghai 3:37.71 +9.36 Q 27 27 Andrew Musgrave 3:37.75 +9.40 Q 28 19 Tim Tscharnke 3:37.75 +9.40 Q 29 35 Cyril Gaillard 3:37.86 +9.51 Q 30 25 Nikolay Chebotko 3:37.88 +9.53 Q 31 12 Josef Wenzl 3:38.10 +9.75 32 61 Thomas Bing 3:38.30 +9.95 33 52 Roman Ragozin 3:38.56 +10.21 34 24 Anssi Pentsinen 3:38.66 +10.31 35 16 Sebastian Eisenlauer 3:39.00 +10.65 36 32 Len Väljas 3:39.87 +11.52 37 42 Torin Koos 3:40.27 +11.92 37 48 Dietmar Nöckler 3:40.27 +11.92 39 54 Erik Bjornsen 3:40.39 +12.04 40 31 Baptiste Gros 3:40.54 +12.19 41 50 Dušan Kožíšek 3:40.56 +12.21 42 49 Andrew Young 3:40.68 +12.33 43 43 Juho Mikkonen 3:40.72 +12.37 44 41 Enrico Nizzi 3:40.89 +12.54 45 33 Yuichi Onda 3:40.98 +12.63 46 55 Max Hauke 3:41.55 +13.20 47 7 Jovian Hediger 3:42.34 +13.99 48 58 Michail Semenov 3:42.93 +14.58 49 29 Aleš Razym 3:43.24 +14.89 50 62 Ruslan Perekhoda 3:43.61 +15.26 51 45 Raido Ränkel 3:43.82 +15.47 52 34 Peeter Kümmel 3:44.03 +15.68 53 51 Jesse Cockney 3:44.36 +16.01 54 64 Martin Møller 3:44.38 +16.03 55 53 Phillip Bellingham 3:45.65 +17.30 56 40 Devon Kershaw 3:45.77 +17.42 57 63 Sebastian Gazurek 3:46.12 +17.77 58 46 Denis Volotka 3:46.92 +18.57 59 47 Siim Sellis 3:48.06 +19.71 60 69 Imanol Rojo 3:48.44 +20.09 61 65 Arvis Liepiņš 3:49.28 +20.93 62 77 Callum Smith 3:50.13 +21.78 63 78 Milanko Petrović 3:50.20 +21.85 64 68 Andrey Gridin 3:50.57 +22.22 65 71 Paul Constantin Pepene 3:51.54 +23.19 66 57 Peter Mlynár 3:51.76 +23.41 67 21 Maciej Staręga 3:51.84 +23.49 68 74 Florin Daniel Pripici 3:52.68 +24.33 69 75 Edi Dadić 3:52.89 +24.54 70 73 Vytautas Strolia 3:55.48 +27.13 71 60 Jānis Paipals 3:56.21 +27.86 72 72 Sævar Birgisson 3:59.50 +31.15 73 67 Milán Szabó 3:59.68 +31.33 74 80 Apostolos Angelis 4:01.87 +33.52 75 79 Sabahattin Oğlago 4:02.03 +33.68 76 81 Rejhan Šmrković 4:02.28 +33.93 77 83 Victor Pînzaru 4:04.91 +36.56 78 86 Darko Damjanovski 4:08.56 +40.21 79 66 Kari Peters 4:13.08 +44.73 80 82 Leandro Ribela 4:21.12 +52.77 81 70 Oleksiy Krasovsky 4:35.08 +1:06.73 82 85 Mladen Plakalović 4:40.64 +1:12.29 83 23 Roman Schaad 4:56.63 +1:28.28 84 84 Yonathan Fernandez 4:58.63 +1:30.28 85 76 Callum Watson 5:29.62 +2:01.27 59 Xu Wenlong DNF

Quarterfinals Quarterfinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 3:37.99 — Q 2 20 Anton Gafarov 3:38.52 +0.53 Q 3 11 Nikita Kryukov 3:39.10 +1.11 PF 4 10 Calle Halfvarsson 3:39.13 +1.14 PF 5 30 Nikolay Chebotko 3:39.66 +1.67 6 21 Simi Hamilton 3:39.83 +1.84

Quarterfinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 4 Anders Gløersen 3:36.28 — Q 2 7 Eirik Brandsdal 3:36.59 +0.31 Q 3 14 Renaud Jay 3:37.00 +0.72 4 17 Andrew Newell 3:37.12 +0.84 5 24 Harald Wurm 3:38.32 +2.04 6 27 3:48.69 +12.41

Quarterfinal 3 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 5 Emil Jönsson 3:33.20 — Q 2 6 3:33.34 +0.14 Q 3 15 Marcus Hellner 3:33.62 +0.42 LL 4 17 Petter Northug 3:36.70 +3.50 LL 5 25 Ville Nousiainen 3:40.84 +7.64 6 26 Sun Qinghai 3:47.26 +14.06

Quarterfinal 4 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Sergey Ustiugov 3:36.14 — Q 2 9 3:36.39 +0.25 Q 3 22 Cyril Miranda 3:37.57 +1.43 4 19 Alex Harvey 3:37.89 +1.75 5 12 Martti Jylhä 3:37.98 +1.84 6 29 Cyril Gaillard 3:40.77 +4.63

Quarterfinal 5 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3 3:43.97 — Q, PF 2 8 Bernhard Tritscher 3:44.01 +0.04 Q, PF 3 18 David Hofer 3:44.87 +0.90 4 28 Tim Tscharnke 3:46.81 +2.84 5 23 Jöri Kindschi 3:47.94 +3.97 6 13 Dario Cologna 4:39.69 +55.72

Semifinals Semifinal 1 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 1 3:36.33 — Q 2 6 Teodor Peterson 3:36.48 +0.15 Q 3 4 Anders Gløersen 3:36.95 +0.62 LL, PF 4 15 Marcus Hellner 3:36.98 +0.65 LL, PF 5 7 Eirik Brandsdal 3:37.09 +0.76 6 20 Anton Gafarov 6:25.95 +2:49.62

Semifinal 2 Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 2 Sergey Ustiugov 3:37.37 — Q, PF 2 5 Emil Jönsson 3:37.43 +0.06 Q, PF 3 8 Bernhard Tritscher 3:37.64 +0.27 4 9 Alexey Petukhov 3:37.89 +0.52 5 16 Petter Northug 3:54.28 +16.91 6 3 3:55.99 +18.62

Final The final was held at 17:40.

Rank Seed Athlete Country Time Deficit Note 1 3:38.39 — 6 Teodor Peterson 3:39.61 +1.22 5 Emil Jönsson 3:58.13 +19.74 4 4 Anders Gløersen 4:02.05 +23.66 5 2 Sergey Ustiugov 4:32.48 +54.09 6 15 Marcus Hellner 5:24.31 +1:45.92

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