The men's 15 kilometre classical cross-country skiing competition at the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, Italy, was held on 17 February at Pragelato.

[1] Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course.

The defending Olympic champion was the Estonian Andrus Veerpalu, who won in Salt Lake.

However, neither of the World Cup winners took the gold in Turin, as defending champion Veerpalu peaked at the right time to win by 14 seconds.

Martin Tauber, an Austrian skier, originally placed 8th, but was disqualified after the IOC declared him permanently ineligible for doping-related violations.