Cross-country skiing at the 2018 Winter Paralympics – Men's 1.5 km sprint classical explained

Event:Men's 1.5km Sprint Classic
Games:2018 Winter
Venue:Alpensia Biathlon Centre in Pyeongchang, South Korea
Dates:14 March
Competitors:80
Nations:27
Prev:2014
Next:2022
Event:Men's 1.5 km sprint (visually impaired)
Games:2018 Winter
Competitors:20
Nations:15
Gold:Brian McKeever
Guide: Russell Kennedy
Goldnpc:CAN
Silver:Zebastian Modin
Guide: Robin Bryntesson
Silvernpc:SWE
Bronze:Eirik Bye
Guide: Arvid Nelson
Bronzenpc:NOR
Event:Men's 1.1 km sprint (sitting)
Games:2018 Winter
Competitors:36
Nations:16
Gold:Andrew Soule
Goldnpc:USA
Silver:Dzmitry Loban
Silvernpc:BLR
Bronze:Daniel Cnossen
Bronzenpc:USA
Event:Men's 1.5 km sprint (standing)
Games:2018 Winter
Competitors:24
Nations:15
Gold:Alexandr Kolyadin
Goldnpc:KAZ
Silver:Yoshihiro Nitta
Silvernpc:JPN
Bronze:Mark Arendz
Bronzenpc:CAN
Bronze2:Ilkka Tuomisto
Bronzenpc2:FIN

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.

Visually impaired

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 121 Zebastian Modin
Guide
3:56.32 3:27.96 Q
2 122 Brian McKeever
Guide
3:33.81 3:33.81 Q
3 123 Jake Adicoff
Guide
3:42.13 3:42.13 +14.17 Q
4 130 Nico Messinger
Guide
3:48.83 3:46.54 +18.58 Q
5 126 Eirik Bye
Guide
3:49.66 3:49.66 +21.70 Q
6 127 Dmytro Suiarko
Guide
3:53.01 3:50.68 +22.72 Q
7 132 Inkki Inola
Guide
3:52.10 3:52.10 +24.14 Q
8 124 Thomas Clarion
Guide
4:27.68 3:55.56 +27.60 Q
9 125 Yury Holub
Guide
3:58.43 3:58.43 +30.47
10 131 Piotr Garbowski
Guide
3:59.34 3:59.34 +31.38
11 134 Thomas Dubois
Guide
4:40.73 4:06.73 +38.77
12 128 Iurii Utkin
Guide
4:09.46 4:06.97 +39.01
13 133 Mikita Ladzesau
Guide
4:20.83 4:18.22 +50.26
14 135 Kairat Kanafin
Guide
4:21.77 4:19.15 +51.19
15 136 Kazuto Takamura
Guide
5:02.08 4:25.83 +57.87
16 137 Lukasz Kubica
Guide
4:26.23 4:26.23 +58.27
17 139 Rudolf Klemetti
Guide
4:28.36 4:28.36
18 140 Svetoslav Georgiev
Guide
4:32.46 4:29.74
19 138 Choi Bo-gue
Guide
4:33.13 4:33.13
20 141 Siyovush Iliasov
Guide
9:31.34 8:22.78
129 Oleksandr Kazik
Guide

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 181 Zebastian Modin
Guide
0:004:21.4 Q
2 185 Eirik Bye
Guide

Arvid Nelson

0:284:35.5 +14.1 Q
3 184 Nico Messinger
Guide
0:264:43.0 +21.6
4 188 Thomas Clarion
Guide
0:004:43.8 +22.4

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 182 Brian McKeever
Guide
0:02 4:10.3 Q
2 183 Jake Adicoff
Guide
0:02 4:10.3 Q
3 186 Dmytro Suiarko
Guide
0:00 4:12.6 +2.3
4 187 Inkki Inola
Guide
0:02 4:17.6 +7.3

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
182 Brian McKeever
Guide
0:284:03.2
181 Zebastian Modin
Guide
0:004:05.7
185 Eirik Bye
Guide
0:284:32.7 +29.5
183 Jake Adicoff
Guide
0:28

Standing

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 83 3:45.68 3:36.65 Q
2 72 4:00.37 3:38.74 Q
3 74 4:03.34 3:39.01 Q
4 81 3:49.24 3:40.07 Q
5 80 4:35.58 3:40.46 Q
6 75 4:35.59 3:40.47 Q
7 71 4:03.91 3:41.96 Q
8 73 4:04.18 3:42.20 Q
9 76 4:10.44 3:47.90 +11.25 Q
10 79 4:15.40 3:49.86 +13.21 Q
11 87 4:18.62 3:55.34 +18.69 Q
12 77 4:56.03 3:56.82 +20.17 Q
13 78 4:20.89 3:57.41 +20.76
14 82 4:24.50 3:58.05 +21.40
15 85 5:00.73 4:00.58 +23.93
16 91 4:32.77 4:02.77 +26.12
17 84 5:13.19 4:10.55 +33.90
18 88 4:50.07 4:12.36 +35.71
19 86 4:45.76 4:20.04 +43.39
20 89 4:51.40 4:25.17 +48.52
21 93 4:54.13 4:27.66 +51.01
22 90 5:41.58 4:33.26 +56.61
23 92 5:17.80 4:49.20
24 94 5:37.57 4:53.69

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 141 0:454:52.2 Q
2 148 0:334:58.6 +6.4 Q
3 144 0:454:58.7 +6.5 Q
4 149 0:335:05.4 +13.2
5 1450:005:09.4 +17.2
6 152 0:005:29.8 +37.6

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 142 0:334:50.5 Q
2 1430:304:53.7 Q
3 1470:334:53.8 Q
4 1460:004:56.4
5 150 0:305:09.5+19.0
6 151 0:335:09.6 +19.1

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
141 0:154:19.7
142 0:034:20.5
1430:004:20.8
1470:034:20.8
5 1440:154:21.7
6 148 0:034:34.5 +14.8

Sitting

Qualification

Rank Bib Name Country Real Time Calculated Time Difference Notes
1 1 3:29.95 3:00.56 Q
2 8 3:09.17 3:01.60 Q
3 9 3:14.83 3:07.04 Q
4 10 3:08.28 3:08.28 Q
5 4 3:09.02 3:09.02 Q
6 5 3:09.25 3:09.25 Q
7 14 3:42.34 3:11.21 +10.65 Q
8 2 3:11.33 3:11.33 +10.77 Q
9 6 3:26.25 3:13.88 +13.32 Q
10 15 3:36.34 3:14.71 +14.15 Q
11 11 3:14.96 3:14.96 +14.40 Q
12 3 3:15.27 3:15.27 +14.71 Q
13 13 3:27.81 3:15.34 +14.78
14 19 3:25.39 3:17.17 +16.61
15 16 3:29.96 3:17.36 +16.80
16 20 3:17.72 3:17.72 +17.16
17 18 3:29.03 3:20.67 +20.11
18 26 3:21.75 3:21.75 +21.19
19 21 3:24.26 3:24.26 +23.70
20 22 3:28.70 3:28.70 +28.14
21 27 4:04.05 3:29.88 +29.32
22 12 3:30.01 3:30.01 +29.45
23 25 3:39.46 3:30.68 +30.12
24 17 3:30.89 3:30.89 +30.33
25 24 3:31.63 3:31.63 +31.07
26 23 4:06.55 3:41.90 +41.34
27 28 3:44.53 3:44.53 +43.97
28 30 3:47.57 3:47.57 +47.01
29 29 4:02.40 3:47.86 +47.30
30 31 3:56.50 3:56.50 +55.94
31 32 3:59.48 3:59.48 +58.92
32 33 4:23.87 4:23.87
33 36 4:41.11 4:41.11
34 34 6:02.51 5:26.26
35 35 10:01.36 9:25.28
7

Finals

Semifinal 1

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 112 0:29 3:45.0 Q
2 108 0:29 3:45.8 +0.8 Q
3 105 0:29 3:47.1 +2.1 Q
4 104 0:29 3:48.3 +3.3
5 101 0:00 3:52.4 +7.4
6 109 0:18 3:53.3 +8.3

Semifinal 2

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference Notes
1 106 0:29 3:46.4 Q
2 102 0:22 3:46.4 +0.0 Q
3 111 0:29 3:48.6 +2.2 Q
4 103 0:22 3:49.7 +3.3
5 107 0:00 3:52.1 +5.7
6 110 0:09 3:57.7 +11.3

Final

Rank Bib Name Country Start Time Difference
112 0:07 3:31.4
106 0:07 3:31.4 +0.0
105 0:07 3:31.8 +0.4
4 102 0:00 3:32.1 +0.7
5 111 0:07 3:36.3 +4.9
6 108 0:07 3:38.7 +7.3

See also