| Event: | Men's sprint |
| Games: | 2002 Winter |
| Venue: | Soldier Hollow |
| Dates: | 19 February 2002 |
| Competitors: | 72 |
| Nations: | 36 |
| Win Value: | 02:56.9 |
| Gold: | Tor Arne Hetland |
| Goldnoc: | NOR |
| Silver: | Peter Schlickenrieder |
| Silvernoc: | GER |
| Bronze: | Cristian Zorzi |
| Bronzenoc: | ITA |
| Next: | 2006 |
The men's sprint cross-country skiing competition at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, United States, was held on 19 February at Soldier Hollow.[1]
Seventy-two skiers competed in the qualifying round, of which the 16 fastest competitors advanced to the final rounds. The 16 competitors who advanced from the qualification were divided into 4 quarterfinal heats of 4 skier each. The two best competitors in each quarterfinal advanced to the semifinal. The two best competitors in each semifinal advanced to the A Final competing for gold, silver, bronze and fourth place. The two lowest ranked competitors in the semifinal were placed in the B Final, competing for ranks from 5th to 8th position.
Q — qualified for next round
72 competitors started the qualification race.[2]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit | Note | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 | 02:50.07 | – | Q | ||||
| 14 | 02:50.34 | +0.27 | Q | ||||
| 24 | 02:50.67 | +0.60 | Q | ||||
| 5 | 02:51.09 | +1.02 | Q | ||||
| 15 | 02:51.12 | +1.05 | Q | ||||
| 2 | 02:51.19 | +1.12 | Q | ||||
| 1 | 02:51.51 | +1.44 | Q | ||||
| 12 | 02:52.09 | +2.02 | Q | ||||
| 16 | 02:52.17 | +2.10 | Q | ||||
| 10 | 13 | 02:52.31 | +2.24 | Q | |||
| 11 | 10 | 02:53.03 | +2.96 | Q | |||
| 12 | 4 | 02:53.31 | +3.24 | Q | |||
| 13 | 28 | 02:53.42 | +3.35 | Q | |||
| 14 | 11 | 02:53.55 | +3.48 | Q | |||
| 15 | 6 | 02:53.74 | +3.67 | Q | |||
| 16 | 62 | 02:53.67 | +3.80 | Q | |||
| 17 | 58 | 02:54.35 | +4.28 | ||||
| 18 | 3 | 02:54.45 | +4.38 | ||||
| 19 | 30 | 02:54.76 | +4.69 | ||||
| 20 | 17 | 02:54.87 | +4.80 | ||||
| 21 | 7 | 02:55.28 | +5.21 | ||||
| 22 | 22 | 02:55.47 | +5.40 | ||||
| 23 | 26 | 02:55.91 | +5.84 | ||||
| 24 | 33 | 02:56.20 | +6.13 | ||||
| 25 | 23 | 02:56.84 | +6.77 | ||||
| 26 | 18 | 02:56.91 | +6.84 | ||||
| 27 | 40 | 02:57.48 | +7.41 | ||||
| 28 | 21 | 02:57.60 | +7.53 | ||||
| 29 | 19 | 02:57.76 | +7.69 | ||||
| 30 | 32 | 02:58.56 | +8.49 | ||||
| 31 | 20 | 02:59.21 | +9.14 | ||||
| 32 | 31 | 02:59.40 | +9.33 | ||||
| 33 | 57 | 03:00.02 | +9.95 | ||||
| 34 | 46 | 03:00.31 | +10.24 | ||||
| 35 | 29 | 03:01.04 | +10.97 | ||||
| 36 | 34 | 03:01.32 | +11.25 | ||||
| 37 | 42 | 03:01.41 | +11.34 | ||||
| 38 | 35 | 03:01.47 | +11.40 | ||||
| 39 | 27 | 03:01.75 | +11.68 | ||||
| 40 | 47 | 03:01.90 | +11.83 | ||||
| 41 | 38 | 03:01.98 | +11.91 | ||||
| 42 | 41 | 03:02.68 | +12.61 | ||||
| 43 | 60 | 03:02.73 | +12.66 | ||||
| 44 | 44 | 03:03.02 | +12.95 | ||||
| 45 | 36 | 03:03.21 | +13.14 | ||||
| 46 | 43 | 03:05.24 | +15.17 | ||||
| 47 | 37 | 03:05.90 | +15.83 | ||||
| = | 53 | 03:05.90 | +15.83 | ||||
| 49 | 64 | 03:05.98 | +15.91 | ||||
| 50 | 45 | 03:06.03 | +15.96 | ||||
| 51 | 59 | 03:06.83 | +16.76 | ||||
| 52 | 54 | 03:07.00 | +16.93 | ||||
| 53 | 61 | 03:07.25 | +17.18 | ||||
| = | 52 | 03:07.25 | +17.18 | ||||
| 55 | 39 | 03:08.05 | +17.98 | ||||
| 56 | 48 | 03:08.79 | +18.72 | ||||
| 57 | 63 | 03:11.89 | +21.82 | ||||
| 58 | 50 | 03:13.63 | +23.56 | ||||
| 59 | 51 | 03:14.21 | +24.14 | ||||
| 60 | 55 | 03:15.11 | +25.04 | ||||
| 61 | 65 | 03:18.24 | +28.17 | ||||
| 62 | 56 | 03:18.97 | +28.90 | ||||
| 63 | 49 | 03:24.89 | +34.82 | ||||
| 64 | 66 | 03:29.29 | +39.22 | ||||
| 65 | 67 | 03:51.49 | +1:01.42 | ||||
| 66 | 68 | 04:10.07 | +1:20.00 | ||||
| 67 | 71 | 04:14.55 | +1:24.48 | ||||
| 68 | 69 | 04:22.72 | +1:32.65 | ||||
| 69 | 70 | 04:33.82 | +1:43.75 | ||||
| 70 | 72 | 04:48.42 | +1:58.35 | ||||
| 25 | DNS | DNS | |||||
| 8 | DSQ | DSQ |
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| 6 | 02:56.9 | A Final | ||||
| 5 | 02:57.0 | A Final | ||||
| 2 | 02:57.2 | A Final | ||||
| 9 | 02:58.1 | A Final | ||||
| 11 | 02:56.1 | B Final | ||||
| 4 | 02:56.6 | B Final | ||||
| 10 | 02:58.8 | B Final | ||||
| 16 | 02:59.5 | B Final | ||||
| 3 | Semifinal | |||||
| 10 | 8 | Quarterfinal | ||||
| 11 | 13 | Quarterfinal | ||||
| 12 | 15 | Quarterfinal | ||||
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