Fire løpere røk ut i dagens kvalifisering, og disse var Tore Sandvik, Ingunn Fristad, Øystein Kvaal Østerbø og Carl Waaler Kaas.

Langdistansen avgjøres fra skistadion i Otepää.

Resultater fra kvalifiseringen:

Men-1
9600m 17KP Climb:370m Splits
1. Olle Kärner EST 01:01.27
2. Fabian Hertner SUI 01:01.41
3. Jani Lakanen FIN 01:02.11
4. Anders Nordberg NOR 01:02.48
5. Mats Troeng SWE 01:03.53
6. Marius Mazulis LTU 01:04.02
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22. Tore Sandvik NOR 01:14.05



Men-2
9650m 17KP Climb:370m
1. Vyacheslav Mukhidinov UKR 01:02.28
2. Michal Smola CZE 01:04.25
3. Kalle Dalin SWE 01:06.17
4. Rene Rokkjær DEN 01:07.21
5. Jon Duncan GBR 01:07.28
6. Gernot Kerschbaumer AUT 01:07.32
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12. Audun Weltzien NOR 01:09.08
26. Carl Waaler Kaas NOR 01:16.38

Men-3
9680m 17KP Climb:370m
1. Valentin Novikov RUS 01:02.49
2. Matthias Merz SUI 01:03.30
3. Chris Terkelsen DEN 01:03.39
4. Mats Haldin FIN 01:03.44
5. Francois Gonon FRA 01:04.24
6. Carsten Jørgensen DEN 01:04.39
7. Holger Hott Johansen NOR 01:05.12
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19. Øystein Kvaal Østerbø NOR 01:11.16

Women-1
6980m 13KP Climb:260m
1. Signe Søes DEN 00:58.42
2. Esther Gil Brotons ESP 00:58.53
3. Marianne Riddervold NOR 01:00.27
4. Tatiana Ryabkina RUS 01:00.53
5. Lea Mueller SUI 01:01.22
6. Karin Schmalfeld GER 01:01.48
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8. Ingunn Weltzien NOR 01:03.32

Women-2
6890m 13KP Climb:260m
1. Simone Niggli SUI 00:50.54
2. Marianne Andersen NOR 00:54.19
3. Heli Jukkola FIN 00:55.50
4. Emma Engstrand SWE 00:55.56
5. Paula Haapakoski FIN 00:58.11
6. Anu Annus EST 00:58.41
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Ingunn Fristad NOR DNF


Women-3
6900m 13KP Climb:260m Splits Index
Pos. Name Ctr Result
1. Anne Konring Olesen DEN 00:54.12
2. Mari Fasting NOR 00:54.16
3. Dana Brozkova CZE 00:55.29
4. Karolina Höjsgaard SWE 00:56.17
5. Irina Mikhalko RUS 00:56.31
6. Pinja Satri FIN 00:56.46
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16. Tone Wigemyr NOR 01:02.26