Cross-country skiing at the
2018 Winter Paralympics
Sprint
1.1 / 1.5 kmmen1women1
Distance
5 / 7.5 kmwomen1
7.5 / 10 kmmen1
12 / 15 kmwomen2
15 / 20 kmmen2
Relay
4 × 2.5 kmmixedopen
1 classical style; 2 free style

The men's 1.5 kilometre sprint classic competition of the 2018 Winter Paralympics was held at Alpensia Cross-Country and Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang. The competition took place on 14 March 2018.

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Canada (CAN)1012
 United States (USA)1012
3 Kazakhstan (KAZ)1001
4 Belarus (BLR)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
 Sweden (SWE)0101
7 Finland (FIN)0011
 Norway (NOR)0011
Totals (8 entries)33410

Visually impaired

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 121 Zebastian Modin
Guide: Robin Bryntesson		  Sweden 3:56.32 3:27.96 – Q
2 122 Brian McKeever
Guide: Russell Kennedy		  Canada 3:33.81 3:33.81 +5.85 Q
3 123 Jake Adicoff
Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim		  United States 3:42.13 3:42.13 +14.17 Q
4 130 Nico Messinger
Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann		  Germany 3:48.83 3:46.54 +18.58 Q
5 126 Eirik Bye
Guide: Arvid Nelson		  Norway 3:49.66 3:49.66 +21.70 Q
6 127 Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Vasyl Potapenko		  Ukraine 3:53.01 3:50.68 +22.72 Q
7 132 Inkki Inola
Guide: Vili Sormunen		  Finland 3:52.10 3:52.10 +24.14 Q
8 124 Thomas Clarion
Guide: Antoine Bollet		  France 4:27.68 3:55.56 +27.60 Q
9 125 Yury Holub
Guide: Dzmitry Budzilovich		  Belarus 3:58.43 3:58.43 +30.47
10 131 Piotr Garbowski
Guide: Jakub Twardowski		  Poland 3:59.34 3:59.34 +31.38
11 134 Thomas Dubois
Guide: Bastien Sauvage		  France 4:40.73 4:06.73 +38.77
12 128 Iurii Utkin
Guide: Ruslan Perekhoda		  Ukraine 4:09.46 4:06.97 +39.01
13 133 Mikita Ladzesau
Guide: Aliaksei Lukyanau		  Belarus 4:20.83 4:18.22 +50.26
14 135 Kairat Kanafin
Guide: Anton Zhdanovich		  Kazakhstan 4:21.77 4:19.15 +51.19
15 136 Kazuto Takamura
Guide: Yuhei Fujita		  Japan 5:02.08 4:25.83 +57.87
16 137 Lukasz Kubica
Guide: Wojciech Suchwałko		  Poland 4:26.23 4:26.23 +58.27
17 139 Rudolf Klemetti
Guide: Jaakko Kallunki		  Finland 4:28.36 4:28.36 +1:00.40
18 140 Svetoslav Georgiev
Guide: Ivan Birnikov		  Bulgaria 4:32.46 4:29.74 +1:01.78
19 138 Choi Bo-gue
Guide: Kim Hyun-woo		  South Korea 4:33.13 4:33.13 +1:05.17
20 141 Siyovush Iliasov
Guide: Ilkhomiddin Abdulloev		  Tajikistan 9:31.34 8:22.78 +4:54.82
129 Oleksandr Kazik
Guide: Sergiy Kucheryaviy		  Ukraine DNS

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 181 Zebastian Modin
Guide: Robin Bryntesson		  Sweden 0:00 4:21.4 – Q
2 185 Eirik Bye
Guide: Arvid Nelson		  Norway 0:28 4:35.5 +14.1 Q
3 184 Nico Messinger
Guide: Lutz Peter Klausmann		  Germany 0:26 4:43.0 +21.6
4 188 Thomas Clarion
Guide: Antoine Bollet		  France 0:00 4:43.8 +22.4

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 182 Brian McKeever
Guide: Russell Kennedy		  Canada 0:02 4:10.3 – Q
2 183 Jake Adicoff
Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim		  United States 0:02 4:10.3 +0.0 Q
3 186 Dmytro Suiarko
Guide: Vasyl Potapenko		  Ukraine 0:00 4:12.6 +2.3
4 187 Inkki Inola
Guide: Vili Sormunen		  Finland 0:02 4:17.6 +7.3

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 182 Brian McKeever
Guide: Russell Kennedy		  Canada 0:28 4:03.2 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 181 Zebastian Modin
Guide: Robin Bryntesson		  Sweden 0:00 4:05.7 +2.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 185 Eirik Bye
Guide: Arvid Nelson		  Norway 0:28 4:32.7 +29.5
4 183 Jake Adicoff
Guide: Sawyer Kesselheim		  United States 0:28 RAL

Standing

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 83 Alexandr Kolyadin  Kazakhstan 3:45.68 3:36.65 – Q
2 72 Yoshiro Nitta  Japan 4:00.37 3:38.74 +2.09 Q
3 74 Mark Arendz  Canada 4:03.34 3:39.01 +2.36 Q
4 81 Alexander Ehler  Germany 3:49.24 3:40.07 +3.42 Q
5 80 Taiki Kawayoke  Japan 4:35.58 3:40.46 +3.81 Q
6 75 Witold Skupień  Poland 4:35.59 3:40.47 +3.82 Q
7 71 Ilkka Tuomisto  Finland 4:03.91 3:41.96 +5.31 Q
8 73 Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine 4:04.18 3:42.20 +5.55 Q
9 76 Håkon Olsrud  Norway 4:10.44 3:47.90 +11.25 Q
10 79 Alexandr Gerlits  Kazakhstan 4:15.40 3:49.86 +13.21 Q
11 87 Luca Tavasci  Switzerland 4:18.62 3:55.34 +18.69 Q
12 77 Du Haitao  China 4:56.03 3:56.82 +20.17 Q
13 78 Serhii Romaniuk  Ukraine 4:20.89 3:57.41 +20.76
14 82 Ganbold Batmunkh  Mongolia 4:24.50 3:58.05 +21.40
15 85 Ma Mingtao  China 5:00.73 4:00.58 +23.93
16 91 Johannes Birkelund  Norway 4:32.77 4:02.77 +26.12
17 84 Wu Junbao  China 5:13.19 4:10.55 +33.90
18 88 Keigo Iwamoto  Japan 4:50.07 4:12.36 +35.71
19 86 Masaru Hoshizawa  Japan 4:45.76 4:20.04 +43.39
20 89 Ruslan Reiter  United States 4:51.40 4:25.17 +48.52
21 93 Aboulfazl Khatibi Mianaei  Iran 4:54.13 4:27.66 +51.01
22 90 Wang Chenyang  China 5:41.58 4:33.26 +56.61
23 92 Christian Toninelli  Italy 5:17.80 4:49.20 +1:12.55
24 94 Antun Bošnjaković  Croatia 5:37.57 4:53.69 +1:17.04

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 141 Alexandr Kolyadin  Kazakhstan 0:45 4:52.2 – Q
2 148 Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine 0:33 4:58.6 +6.4 Q
3 144 Alexander Ehler  Germany 0:45 4:58.7 +6.5 Q
4 149 Håkon Olsrud  Norway 0:33 5:05.4 +13.2
5 145 Taiki Kawayoke  Japan 0:00 5:09.4 +17.2
6 152 Du Haitao  China 0:00 5:29.8 +37.6

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 142 Yoshiro Nitta  Japan 0:33 4:50.5 – Q
2 143 Mark Arendz  Canada 0:30 4:53.7 +3.2 Q
3 147 Ilkka Tuomisto  Finland 0:33 4:53.8 +3.3 Q
4 146 Witold Skupień  Poland 0:00 4:56.4 +5.9
5 150 Alexandr Gerlits  Kazakhstan 0:30 5:09.5 +19.0
6 151 Luca Tavasci  Switzerland 0:33 5:09.6 +19.1

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 141 Alexandr Kolyadin  Kazakhstan 0:15 4:19.7 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 142 Yoshiro Nitta  Japan 0:03 4:20.5 +0.8
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 143 Mark Arendz  Canada 0:00 4:20.8 +1.1
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 147 Ilkka Tuomisto  Finland 0:03 4:20.8 +1.1
5 144 Alexander Ehler  Germany 0:15 4:21.7 +2.0
6 148 Grygorii Vovchynskyi  Ukraine 0:03 4:34.5 +14.8

Sitting

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 1 Maksym Yarovyi  Ukraine 3:29.95 3:00.56 – Q
2 8 Collin Cameron  Canada 3:09.17 3:01.60 +1.04 Q
3 9 Aaron Pike  United States 3:14.83 3:07.04 +6.48 Q
4 10 Yauheni Lukyanenka  Belarus 3:08.28 3:08.28 +7.72 Q
5 4 Daniel Cnossen  United States 3:09.02 3:09.02 +8.46 Q
6 5 Dzmitry Loban  Belarus 3:09.25 3:09.25 +8.69 Q
7 14 Zheng Peng  China 3:42.34 3:11.21 +10.65 Q
8 2 Sin Eui-hyun  South Korea 3:11.33 3:11.33 +10.77 Q
9 6 Chris Klebl  Canada 3:26.25 3:13.88 +13.32 Q
10 15 Derek Zaplotinsky  Canada 3:36.34 3:14.71 +14.15 Q
11 11 Taras Rad  Ukraine 3:14.96 3:14.96 +14.40 Q
12 3 Andrew Soule  United States 3:15.27 3:15.27 +14.71 Q
13 13 Denis Petrenko  Kazakhstan 3:27.81 3:15.34 +14.78
14 19 Sean Halsted  United States 3:25.39 3:17.17 +16.61
15 16 Cristian Ribera  Brazil 3:29.96 3:17.36 +16.80
16 20 Scott Meenagh  Great Britain 3:17.72 3:17.72 +17.16
17 18 Sebastien Fortier  Canada 3:29.03 3:20.67 +20.11
18 26 Huang Feixing  China 3:21.75 3:21.75 +21.19
19 21 Arkadz Shykuts  Belarus 3:24.26 3:24.26 +23.70
20 22 Huang Bita  China 3:28.70 3:28.70 +28.14
21 27 Wang Quan  China 4:04.05 3:29.88 +29.32
22 12 Kamil Rosiek  Poland 3:30.01 3:30.01 +29.45
23 25 Jeremy Wagner  United States 3:39.46 3:30.68 +30.12
24 17 Du Mingyuan  China 3:30.89 3:30.89 +30.33
25 24 Sergey Ussoltsev  Kazakhstan 3:31.63 3:31.63 +31.07
26 23 Lu Jingfeng  China 4:06.55 3:41.90 +41.34
27 28 Ethan Hess  Canada 3:44.53 3:44.53 +43.97
28 30 Vadzim Lipinski  Belarus 3:47.57 3:47.57 +47.01
29 29 Yves Bourque  Canada 4:02.40 3:47.86 +47.30
30 31 Temuri Dadiani  Georgia 3:56.50 3:56.50 +55.94
31 32 Ma Yu-chol  North Korea 3:59.48 3:59.48 +58.92
32 33 Kim Jong-hyon  North Korea 4:23.87 4:23.87 +1:23.31
33 36 Stas Nazaryan  Armenia 4:41.11 4:41.11 +1:40.55
34 34 Miloš Zarić  Serbia 6:02.51 5:26.26 +2:25.70
35 35 Josip Zima  Croatia 10:01.36 9:25.28 +6:24.72
7 Trygve Steinar Larsen  Norway DNF

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 112 Andrew Soule  United States 0:29 3:45.0 – Q
2 108 Sin Eui-hyun  South Korea 0:29 3:45.8 +0.8 Q
3 105 Daniel Cnossen  United States 0:29 3:47.1 +2.1 Q
4 104 Yauheni Lukyanenka  Belarus 0:29 3:48.3 +3.3
5 101 Maksym Yarovyi  Ukraine 0:00 3:52.4 +7.4
6 109 Chris Klebl  Canada 0:18 3:53.3 +8.3

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 106 Dzmitry Loban  Belarus 0:29 3:46.4 – Q
2 102 Collin Cameron  Canada 0:22 3:46.4 +0.0 Q
3 111 Taras Rad  Ukraine 0:29 3:48.6 +2.2 Q
4 103 Aaron Pike  United States 0:22 3:49.7 +3.3
5 107 Zheng Peng  China 0:00 3:52.1 +5.7
6 110 Derek Zaplotinsky  Canada 0:09 3:57.7 +11.3

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 112 Andrew Soule  United States 0:07 3:31.4 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 106 Dzmitry Loban  Belarus 0:07 3:31.4 +0.0
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 105 Daniel Cnossen  United States 0:07 3:31.8 +0.4
4 102 Collin Cameron  Canada 0:00 3:32.1 +0.7
5 111 Taras Rad  Ukraine 0:07 3:36.3 +4.9
6 108 Sin Eui-hyun  South Korea 0:07 3:38.7 +7.3

See also