The Men's 15 km classical interval start was part of the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011's events held in Oslo

Oslo

Oslo is a municipality, as well as the capital and most populous city in Norway. As a municipality , it was established on 1 January 1838. Founded around 1048 by King Harald III of Norway, the city was largely destroyed by fire in 1624. The city was moved under the reign of Denmark–Norway's King...

, Norway

Norway

Norway , officially the Kingdom of Norway, is a Nordic unitary constitutional monarchy whose territory comprises the western portion of the Scandinavian Peninsula, Jan Mayen, and the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard and Bouvet Island. Norway has a total area of and a population of about 4.9 million...

. The race went underway on 1 March 2011 at 13:00 CET. A 10 km qualifying race took place on 23 February at 11:00 CET. The defending world champion was Estonia's Andrus Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu

Andrus Veerpalu is a former and so far the most successful Estonian male cross country skier.On 17 February 2006 he won his second Winter Olympics gold medal , becoming the fourth Estonian to have won two Olympic gold medals Andrus Veerpalu (born 8 February 1971 in Pärnu) is a former and so far...

 while the defending Olympic champion was Switzerland's Dario Cologna

Dario Cologna

Dario Cologna is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has two overall World Cup victories, one Olympic medal, and two Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.-Athletic career:...

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Results

55.0

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5:45.7

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit
	68	Matti Heikkinen Matti Heikkinen Matti Heikkinen is a Finnish cross country skier and World Champion who has competed since 2002. Heikkinen won his first World Championship at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Holmenkollen 2011. Winning 15 km, he is the first Finnish men's World Champion for over a decade...		38:14.7
	71	Eldar Rønning Eldar Rønning Eldar Rønning is a Norwegian cross-country skier. He skis with the Skogn IL club, in Nord-Trøndelag. He's 178 cm tall and weighs 73 kg . He skis with Rossignol boots and skis, and Rottefella bindings.In 2004/05, he achieved three podium finishes in World Cup Sprint events, including a win at Reit...		38:28.0	+13.3
	70	Martin Johnsrud Sundby Martin Johnsrud Sundby Martin Johnsrud Sundby is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2003. He won the team sprint event at the test event in Liberec, Czech Republic on February 17, 2008....		38:46.6	+31.9
	48	Stanislav Volzhentsev Stanislav Volzhentsev Stanislav Volzhentsev is a Russian cross-country skier.He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and placed fourth in 15 kilometre classical.-References:...		38:51.3	+36.6
	62	Sami Jauhojärvi Sami Jauhojärvi Sami Jauhojärvi is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2000. His best finish at the Winter Olympics was fifth in the 4 x 10 km relay at Vancouver in 2010....		38:58.9	+44.2
	69	Maurice Manificat Maurice Manificat Maurice Manificat is a French cross country skier who has competed since 2004. His lone World Cup victory was a 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in Lahti in March 2010....		39:03.5	+48.8
	75	Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer Lukáš Bauer is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 1996.On February 17, 2006, he won the Winter Olympics silver medal for the 15 km cross-country classical....		39:09.7
	56	Ville Nousiainen Ville Nousiainen Ville Nousiainen is a Finnish cross country skier who has been competing since 2002. He finished fifth in the 4 x 10 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		39:11.0
	61	Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer Tobias Angerer is a German cross country skier, and skies with the SC Vachendorf club. He graduated from the Skigymnasium Berchtesgaden in 1996. His occupation is "Sports Soldier"...		39:24.8
10	73	Maxim Vylegzhanin Maxim Vylegzhanin Maxim Mikhailovich Vylegzhanin is a Russian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Height 170 cm. First World Cup start 22.01.2005 Pragelato...		39:25.7
11	35	Sergey Cherepanov Sergey Cherepanov Sergey Cherepanov is a Kazakhstani cross country skier who has competed since 2001. His best World Cup finish was third in a 15 km event in Finland in 2008....		39:35.0
12	55	Keishin Yoshida Keishin Yoshida is a Japanese cross-country skier.He competed at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo, and placed 12th in 15 kilometre classical.At the 2011 Asian Winter Games he won gold medals in the 10 kilometre classical event and in the 15 kilometre freestyle event.-External links:*...		39:40.9	+1:26.2
13	66	Axel Teichmann Axel Teichmann Axel Teichmann is a German cross-country skier.- Background :...		39:42.8
14	44	Jaak Mae Jaak Mae Jaak Mae is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 1994. He won a bronze in the 15km event at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City....		39:43.4
15	52	Petter Eliassen Petter Eliassen Petter Eliassen is a Norwegian cross country skier who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was second in a 4 x 10 km relay event in Finland in March 2010.-References:...		39:45.0	+1:30.3
16	41	Tero Similä Tero Similä Tero Similä is a Finnish cross-country skier. He competed in cross-country skiing at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, and placed tenth in the relay with the Finnish team.-References:...		39:47.6
17	60	Johan Olsson		39:53.1
18	72	Martin Jakš Martin Jakš Martin Jakš is a Czech cross country skier who has competed since 2004. His best World Cup finish was third in a 3.3 km event in Italy in 2008. He also has two wins in the 4 x 10 km relay, earning them in 2007 and 2008....		39:55.0	+1:40.3
19	54	Martin Bajčičák Martin Bajcicák Martin Bajčičák is a Slovakian cross country skier who has been competing since 1994. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was fourth in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit in 2005....		40:11.5	+1:56.8
20	77	Alexander Legkov Alexander Legkov Alexander Gennadiyevich Legkov is a Russian cross country skier who has been competing since 2002...		40:13.9
21	51	Sjur Røthe Sjur Røthe Sjur Røthe is a Norwegian cross-country skier.He made his World Cup debut in March 2009 in Trondheim, but did not finish the race, and collected his first World Cup points in November 2009 in Beitostølen, with an eighteenth place. A fifteenth place in a 4 x 10 km relay race followed.He represents...		40:14.5
22	65	Anders Södergren Anders Södergren Hans Anders Södergren is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 1999. He earned a bronze medal in the 4x10 km relay at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin and also finished 5th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at those same Olympics...		40:22.5
23	38	Algo Kärp Algo Kärp Algo Kärp is an Estonian cross-country skier. He represents Estonia at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.At those games, Kärp finished 14th in the 4 x 10 km relay and 41st in the 50 km event...		40:22.9	+2:08.2
24	67	Kris Freeman Kris Freeman Kris Freeman is one of the United States's most elite cross-country skiers. Born October 14, 1980 in Concord, New Hampshire, he is a member of the U.S. Ski Team, along with his older brother Justin Freeman....		40:24.4	+2:09.7
25	78	Dario Cologna Dario Cologna Dario Cologna is a Swiss cross-country skier. He has two overall World Cup victories, one Olympic medal, and two Tour de Ski victories in his career so far.-Athletic career:...		40:26.5	+2:11.8
26	37	Karel Tammjärv Karel Tammjärv Karel Tammjärv is an Estonian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 46th in the 30 km mixed pursuit and 67th in the 15 km events....		40:29.8
27	40	Giovanni Gullo		40:32.8
28	29	Kouhei Shimizu		40:40.6
29	43	Noah Hoffman		40:42.8
30	59	Ivan Babikov Ivan Babikov Ivan Babikov is a Russian-born Canadian cross country skier who has been competing since 2002...		40:42.9
31	64	Alexey Poltoranin		40:44.6
32	58	Christophe Perrillat Christophe Perrillat Christophe Perrillat is a French cross country skier who has competed since 1998. His lone World Cup victory was in a 4 x 10 km event in France in 2004 while Perrillat's best individual finish was eighth in a 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event at Whistler Olympic Park in January 2009.Competing in...		40:50.5
33	53	Thomas Moriggl Thomas Moriggl Thomas Moriggl is an Italian cross-country skier who has competed since 2000. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 24th in both the 15 km and 30 km mixed pursuit events....		40:56.9
34	74	Marcus Hellner Marcus Hellner Marcus Hellner is a Swedish cross-country skier who has been competing since 2003.-Athletic career:Hellner had a total of seven victories in the junior levels of cross-country skiing up to 30 km from 2003 to 2005...		41:00.6
35	34	Michail Semenov		41:04.9
36	25	Roman Leybyuk Roman Leybyuk Roman Leybyuk is a Ukrainian cross-country skier who has competed since 1998. Competing in three Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 11th in the 10 km + 10 km combined pursuit at Salt Lake City in 2002....		41:05.2
37	63	Evgeniy Belov		41:05.4
38	47	David Hofer David Hofer David Hofer is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 39th in the individual sprint and 53rd in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit events....		41:08.5
39	46	Lars Flora		41:09.5
40	26	Yevgeniy Velichko Yevgeniy Velichko Yevgeniy Velichko is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier. He represents Kazakhstan at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.At the 2010 Games, Velichko earned his best finish of 11th in the 4 x 10 km relay.-References:*...		41:12.8
41	49	Fulvio Scola Fulvio Scola Fulvio Scola is an Italian cross country skier who has competed since 2001. His best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was eighth in the individual sprint event at Liberec in 2009....		41:21.6
42	76	Daniel Rickardsson Daniel Rickardsson Daniel Richardsson is a Swedish cross-country skier who has competed since 2002.-Athletic career:His best World Cup finish in 2008 was second in two in 4 x 10 km events....		41:27.1
43	33	Ivan Bátory Ivan Bátory Ivan Bátory is a Slovak cross-country skier who has competed at the international senior level of cross-country skiing since 1993...		41:31.5
44	27	Alexander Lasutkin		41:34.8
45	45	Paul Constantin Pepene Paul Constantin Pepene Paul Constantin Pepene is a Romanian cross-country skier. Pepene won the 30 km pursuit at the U-23 World Championships in January 2010, and competed in the 2009 World Ski Championships and at the 2010 Winter Olympics. At the 2010 Olympics, Pepene competed at three events, notably finishing...		41:37.0
46	24	Veselin Tzinzov Veselin Tzinzov Veselin Tzinzov is a Bulgarian cross country skier who has competed since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 50th in the 15 km event while not finishing the 30 km mixed pursuit event....		41:40.4
47	50	Hannes Dotzler Hannes Dotzler Hannes Dotzler is a German cross country skier who has competed since 2006. His best World Cup finish was third in a 4 x 10 km relay event in Finland in March 2010.-References:...		41:43.9
48	23	Len Väljas Len Väljas Lennard "Len" Väljas is a Canadian cross-country skier of Estonian descent.Väljas competed at the sprint event at the World Ski Championships 2011 in Oslo where he placed 15th.-Achievements:-External links:...		41:45.9
49	42	Benoit-Gilles Dufourd		41:51.5
50	36	Andrew Musgrave Andrew Musgrave Andrew Musgrave is a British cross-country skier. Musgrave was born in Dorset, England, and he has also lived in Shetland, Alaska, Aberdeenshire and Norway...		42:00.2
51	14	Simeon Hamilton		42:08.3
52	39	Stefan Kuhn Stefan Kuhn Stefan Kuhn is a Canadian cross-country skier and chef. Kuhn was born in Banff and competed in various international skiing events from 1998 to 2000, before retiring in 2001 to become a full-time chef. In 2005, while working at a fine restaurant in Edmonton, Kuhn decided to relaunch his...		42:10.6
53	13	Andrey Golovko Andrey Golovko Andrey Golovko is a Kazakhstani cross-country skier. He competed at the Winter Olympics in 2002 in Salt Lake City, and in Turin in 2006, placing 29th in the 30 km and 29th in the 50 km.-References:...		42:17.7
54	18	Maciej Staręga		42:20.5
55	28	Maciej Kreczmer Maciej Kreczmer Maciej Kreczmer is a Polish cross country skier who has competed since 1999. His best individual finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 17th in the sprint event in 2005 while his best overall finish was fifth in the team sprint event in 2007.Kreczmer's best individual finish at the...		42:23.8
56	8	Sergey Mikayelyan Sergey Mikayelyan Sergey Mikayelyan is an Armenian cross-country skier who has competed since 2008. He finished 70th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		42:38.9
57	57	George Grey George Grey (skier) George Grey is a Canadian cross-country skier.Grey made his World Cup debut in 2001, with his best finish coming in early 2009, when he teamed with Alex Harvey to win a bronze medal in the team sprint. His best individual performance thus far is 16th place, which he achieved at Canmore in 2005 and...		42:42.3
58	30	Vicenç Vilarrubla Vicenç Vilarrubla Vicenç Vilarrubla Solsona is a Catalan Spanish cross-country skier from Bellestar who has competed in the World Cup since 2001. Vilarrubla competed in four FIS Nordic World Ski Championships from 2003 to 2009 and at 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics...		42:45.1
59	31	Ben Sim Ben Sim Ben Sim is an Australian cross-country skier who has competed since 2002. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 20th in the team sprint, 45th in the 15 km, and 47th in the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event.Sim's best finish at the FIS Nordic World Ski Championships was 14th twice...		42:45.5
60	16	Oleksiy Shvidkiy		42:55.1
61	20	Myroslav Bilosyuk		42:59.2
62	10	Edi Dadić		43:17.7
63	32	Javier Gutiérrez Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas Javier Gutiérrez Cuevas is a Spanish cross-country skier who has competed since 2004. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 40th in the 30 km mixed pursuit, 69th in the 15 km events, and did not finish the 50 km events.Gutierrez finish 67th in the 15 km event at the FIS Nordic...		43:19.8	+5:05.1
64	7	Sabahattin Oğlago		43:21.6	+5:06.9
65	12	Francois Soulie Francois Soulie Francois Soulie is an Andorran cross country skier who has competed since 1999. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 47th in the 50 km event at Vancouver in 2010....		43:40.7	+5:26.0
66	15	Callum Watson		43:56.4	+5:41.7
67	3	Ewan Watson		43:58.7
68	2	Benjamin Koons Benjamin Koons Benjamin Koons is a cross-country skier from New Zealand who has competed since 2004. He attended high school at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine...		44:00.4
69	19	Nils Koons		44:16.8	+6:02.1
70	4	Callum Smith		44:26.9	+6:12.2
71	1	Mark van der Ploeg		44:40.5	+6:25.8
72	22	Ivan Bilosyuk		44:43.3	+6:28.6
73	5	Ivan Burgov		44:57.1	+6:42.4
74	6	Asger Fischer Moelgaard		45:19.1	+7:04.4
75	9	Arvis Liepiņš		45:31.7	+7:17.0
76	11	Kristian Wulff		45:49.9	+7:35.2

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Petrica Hogiu

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Qualification

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39.5

42.5

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50.8

51.4

54.4

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1:08.4

1:28.1

11:39.8

Rank	Bib	Athlete	Country	Time	Deficit	Notes
1	36	Benjamin Koons Benjamin Koons Benjamin Koons is a cross-country skier from New Zealand who has competed since 2004. He attended high school at Messalonskee High School in Oakland, Maine...		29:59.0		Q
2	39	Callum Smith		30:15.9	+16.9	Q
3	47	Sergey Mikayelyan Sergey Mikayelyan Sergey Mikayelyan is an Armenian cross-country skier who has competed since 2008. He finished 70th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		30:20.6	+21.6	Q
4	35	Mark van der Ploeg		30:24.6
Q
5	31	Janis Paipals Janis Paipals Janis Paipals is a Latvian cross-country skier who has competed since 2006. At the 2010 Winter Olympics, he finished 62nd in the individual sprint, 72nd in the 15 km, and was lapped during the 15 km + 15 km double pursuit event....		30:28.3
Q
6	37	Ewan Watson		30:38.5
Q
7	40	Aleksei Novoselski Aleksei Novoselski Aleksei Novoselski is a Lithuanian cross country skier who has competed since 2002. Competing in two Winter Olympics, he earned his best finish of 53rd in the individual sprint event at Vancouver in 2010....		30:41.5
Q
8	44	Asger Fischer Moelgaard		30:42.3
Q
9	41	Ivan Burgov		30:49.8
Q
10	45	Sabahattin Oğlago		30:50.4
Q
11	30	Nick Grimmer		30:53.4
12	46	Jonas Thor Olsen Jonas Thor Olsen Jonas Thor Olsen is a Danish cross country skier who has competed since 1999. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 48th in the 50 km, 78th in the 15 km, and was lapped in the 30 km mixed pursuit events....		30:57.3
13	27	Modestas Vaičiulis Modestas Vaičiulis Modestas Vaičiulis is a Lithuanian cross-country skier since 2007. At the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, he finished 18th in the team sprint and 54th in the individual sprint events....		31:07.4
14	22	Artem Rojin		31:27.1
15	42	Chris Darlington		31:45.3	+1:46.3
16	34	Jens Hulgaard		31:51.4	+1:52.4
17	28	Nauris Bikernieks		31:56.3	+1:57.3
18	43	Andrej Burić Andrej Burić Andrej Burić is a Croatian cross-country skier who has competed since 2005. He finished 75th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		31:57.5	+1:58.5
19	19	Sattar Seid Sattar Seid Seyed Sattar Seid is an Iranian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. He finished 89th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver.Seid has six victories in lesser events up to 10 km since 2009.- References :...		32:05.2	+2:06.2
20	26	Adam Konya		32:10.3	+2:11.3
21	29	Simeon Deyanov		32:16.3	+2:17.3
22	25	Simon James Platt		32:18.9	+2:19.9
23	16	Alexis Gkounko		32:26.6	+2:27.6
24	20	Tadevos Poghosyan		32:30.0	+2:31.0
25	32	Vytautas Strolia		32:31.5	+2:32.5
26	23	Carlos Lannes Carlos Lannes Carlos Lannes is an Argentine cross country skier who has competed since 2004. He finished 82nd in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		32:38.5	+2:39.5
27	21	Federico Pablo Cichero		32:45.1	+2:46.1
28	18	Bijan Kangarloo Bijan Kangarloo Bijan "Justin" Kangarloo is a Canadian-Iranian cross-country skier who has competed since 2003. Kangarloo was born in Calgary, Canada, to an Iranian father. - References :...		33:10.2	+3:11.2
29	33	Anton Sinapov		33:10.7	+3:11.7
30	13	Daniel Kuzmin		33:19.0	+3:20.0
30	38	Ha Tae Bok		33:19.0	+3:20.0
32	15	Shavarsh Gasparyan		33:37.5	+3:38.5
33	9	Csaba Cseke		34:33.9	+4:34.9
34	14	Yasin Shemshaki		34:38.5	+4:39.5
35	12	Dimitrios Kappas		34:44.5	+4:45.5
36	11	Georgios Nakas		34:47.7	+4:48.7
37	24	Karoly Gombos		34:48.5	+4:49.5
38	10	Peter-James Barron Peter-James Barron Peter-James Barron is an Irish cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. He finished 91st in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		35:16.6	+5:17.6
39	6	Mate Palfy		35:24.3	+5:25.3
40	8	Hovhannes Sargsyan		36:35.9	+6:36.9
41	7	Abolfazl Savei		36:48.8	+6:49.8
42	2	Philip Boit Philip Boit Philip Kimely Boit is a cross-county skier and the first Kenyan to participate in the Winter Olympics. His first name is sometimes spelled as "Phillip"....		37:08.0	+7:09.0
43	5	Leonardo Lutz		39:04.4	+9:05.4
44	17	Leandro Ribela Leandro Ribela Leandro Ribela is a Brazilian cross-country skier who has competed since 2007. He finished 90th in the 15 km event at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver....		39:10.7	+9:11.7
45	4	Cesar Baena Cesar Baena Cesar Augusto Baena Sierraalta, , is a Venezuelan cross country skier. He was the winner of the 7 km Merino Muster in New Zealand in 2009. He is the first South-American Cross Country Skier to participate in World Cup for Cross Country Skiing.- Education :Baena was born in Altamira, Caracas...		39:33.4	+9:34.4
46	3	Rory Morrish Rory Morrish Rory Michael Morrish is an Irish cross-country skier who participated in the 2006 Winter Olympics, as well as multiple world championships. During the 2011 World Championships, Morrish received attention for racing with wooden skis.-References:...		41:38.8
47	1	Bernardo Baena		44:22.6	+14:23.6
	48	Andrew Young Andrew Young (skier) Andrew Young is a Scottish cross-country skier. He competed for Great Britain in the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver, finishing in 74th place in the 15 km freestyle. In 2008 he became the youngest skier to compete in a World Cup event.At the 2010 Games, Young finished 14th in the team...