The men's team sprint cross-country skiing competition in the classical technique at the 2014 Sochi Olympics took place on 19 February at Laura Biathlon & Ski Complex. The race was won by Finland's Iivo Niskanen and Sami Jauhojärvi, followed by Russia's Maxim Vylegzhanin and Nikita Kriukov second (+0.97 seconds) and Sweden's Emil Jönsson and Teodor Peterson third (+15.12 seconds). Teamed up with Hannes Dotzler, Germany's anchor Tim Tscharnke clashed with Jauhojärvi's skis in the last leg, as Jauhojärvi changed his line. The results were protested by Germany, but the protest was rejected and the results were confirmed. Yelena Välbe, president of the Russian Ski Federation, told reporters: "Finland should be disqualified but the protest has already been rejected".
In November 2017 Maxim Vylegzhanin was disqualified for doping offenses, as a result Russia lost its silver medal.IOC sanctions four Russian athletes as part of Oswald Commission findings On 22 December, Nikita Kryukov was disqualified as well. On 1 February 2018, their results were restored as a result of the successful appeal.
Results The races were started at 14:05.
Semifinals Rank Heat Bib Country Athletes Time Note 1 1 2 Hannes DotzlerTim Tscharnke 23:36.23 Q 2 1 6 Martin JakšAleš Razým 23:39.06 Q 3 1 5 Dario ColognaGianluca Cologna 23:42.31 LL 4 1 1 Ola Vigen HattestadPetter Northug 23:43.63 LL 5 1 3 Federico PellegrinoDietmar Nöckler 23:58.12 6 1 4 Devon KershawAlex Harvey 24:20.37 7 1 9 Peeter KümmelRaido Ränkel 24:26.49 8 1 7 Harald WurmMax Hauke 25:01.23 9 1 10 Daniel PripiciPaul Constantin Pepene 26:06.80 1 8 Andrew YoungAndrew Musgrave DNF 1 11 Sun QinghaiXu Wenlong DNS 1 2 16 Iivo NiskanenSami Jauhojärvi 23:26.13 Q 2 2 13 Maxim VylegzhaninNikita Kryukov 23:26.91 Q 3 2 15 Emil JönssonTeodor Peterson 23:28.22 LL 4 2 14 Nikolay ChebotkoAlexey Poltoranin 23:28.50 LL 5 2 17 Simi HamiltonErik Bjornsen 23:29.14 LL 6 2 12 Cyril MirandaJean-Marc Gaillard 23:41.79 LL 7 2 19 Hiroyuki MiyazawaYuichi Onda 23:49.41 8 2 18 Maciej KreczmerMaciej Staręga 23:53.09 9 2 20 Peter MlynárMartin Bajčičák 24:58.06 10 2 21 Andrey GridinVeselin Tsinzov 25:11.06 11 2 23 Ruslan PerekhodaOleksiy Krasovsky 25:31.13 12 2 22 Phil BellinghamCallum Watson 25:54.31
Final Rank Bib Country Athletes Time Deficit 16 Iivo NiskanenSami Jauhojärvi 23:14.89 — 13 Maxim VylegzhaninNikita Kryukov 23:15.86 +0.97 15 Emil JönssonTeodor Peterson 23:30.01 +15.12 1 Ola Vigen HattestadPetter Northug 23:33.55 +18.66 5 Dario ColognaGianluca Cologna 23:35.90 +21.01 17 Simi HamiltonErik Bjornsen 23:49.95 +35.06 2 Hannes DotzlerTim Tscharnke 23:57.02 +42.13 14 Nikolay ChebotkoAlexey Poltoranin 24:01.38 +46.49 6 Martin JakšAleš Razým 24:01.83 +46.94 10 12 Cyril MirandaJean-Marc Gaillard DNS
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