Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Individual

The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Autrans. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.[1][2]

Men's biathlon individual
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueAutrans
Dates12 February
Competitors60 from 16 nations
Winning time1:13:45.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Magnar Solberg  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Tikhonov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Gundartsev  Soviet Union
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Results

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Two relatively inexperienced biathletes dominated the individual event. Magnar Solberg was one of only two men to shoot clear, and had the second fastest ski time, more than two minutes faster than the third best time. Aleksandr Tikhonov skied a minute faster than Solberg, but took two minutes in penalties, and ended up with silver, nearly four minutes ahead of their closest pursuer. Vladimir Gundartsev took bronze for the Soviet union, two minutes in penalties complementing the fifth-fastest ski time. Defending world champion Viktor Mamatov, and world silver medalist Stanisław Szczepaniak each took just one minute in penalties, but their ski times left them on the outside of the medals, Szczepaniak in 4th and Mamatov in 7th.[1]

Rank Bib Name Country Ski Time Penalties Result Deficit
  3 Magnar Solberg   Norway 1:13:45.9 0 (0+0+0+0) 1:13:45.9
  1 Aleksandr Tikhonov   Soviet Union 1:12:40.4 2 (1+1+0+0) 1:14:40.4 +54.5
  31 Vladimir Gundartsev   Soviet Union 1:16:27.4 2 (0+0+1+1) 1:18:27.4 +4:41.5
4 2 Stanisław Szczepaniak   Poland 1:17:56.8 1 (0+0+1+0) 1:18:56.8 +5:10.9
5 25 Arve Kinnari   Finland 1:17:47.9 2 (0+0+1+1) 1:19:47.9 +6:02.0
6 16 Nikolay Puzanov   Soviet Union 1:17:14.5 3 (0+1+1+1) 1:20:14.5 +6:28.6
7 58 Viktor Mamatov   Soviet Union 1:19:20.8 1 (1+0+0+0) 1:20:20.8 +6:34.9
8 17 Stanisław Łukaszczyk   Poland 1:16:28.1 4 (2+1+1+0) 1:20:28.1 +6:42.2
9 38 Kalevi Vähäkylä   Finland 1:17:56.5 3 (0+2+0+1) 1:20:56.5 +7:10.6
10 8 Horst Koschka   East Germany 1:18:37.7 3 (1+1+1+0) 1:21:37.7 +7:51.8
11 42 Jon Istad   Norway 1:19:43.1 2 (0+1+1+0) 1:21:43.1 +7:57.2
12 5 Theo Merkel   West Germany 1:18:10.5 4 (3+0+1+0) 1:22:10.5 +8:24.6
13 57 Ola Wærhaug   Norway 1:19:12.9 3 (0+2+1+0) 1:22:12.9 +8:27.0
14 11 Constantin Carabela   Romania 1:22:52.2 0 (0+0+0+0) 1:22:52.2 +9:06.3
15 40 Pavel Ploc   Czechoslovakia 1:18:05.0 5 (1+0+0+4) 1:23:05.0 +9:19.1
16 6 Roger Bean   Great Britain 1:19:07.5 5 (2+3+0+0) 1:24:07.5 +10:21.6
17 10 Lars-Göran Arwidson   Sweden 1:18:08.9 6 (0+3+0+3) 1:24:08.9 +10:23.0
18 19 Dieter Speer   East Germany 1:18:13.3 6 (2+2+1+1) 1:24:13.3 +10:27.4
19 24 Olle Petrusson   Sweden 1:18:31.2 6 (3+0+2+1) 1:24:31.2 +10:45.3
20 41 Holmfrid Olsson   Sweden 1:19:01.8 6 (2+2+2+0) 1:25:01.8 +11:15.9
21 53 Hansjörg Knauthe   East Germany 1:23:04.9 2 (1+1+0+0) 1:25:04.9 +11:19.0
22 26 Vilmoş Gheorghe   Romania 1:20:07.3 6 (3+0+3+0) 1:26:07.3 +12:21.4
23 50 Gheorghe Cimpoia   Romania 1:25:36.5 1 (0+0+1+0) 1:26:36.5 +12:50.6
24 44 Heinz Kluge   East Germany 1:19:55.2 7 (0+1+1+5) 1:26:55.2 +13:09.3
25 14 Yrjö Salpakari   Finland 1:20:11.6 7 (2+1+2+2) 1:27:11.6 +13:25.7
26 28 Ragnar Tveiten   Norway 1:16:17.4 11 (4+0+2+5) 1:27:17.4 +13:31.5
27 29 Ralph Wakley   United States 1:22:32.9 5 (1+1+3+0) 1:27:32.9 +13:47.0
28 27 Miki Shibuya   Japan 1:21:37.1 6 (1+1+4+0) 1:27:37.1 +13:51.2
29 39 Nicolae Bărbăşescu   Romania 1:24:05.3 4 (2+0+0+2) 1:28:05.3 +14:19.4
30 60 Nore Westin   Sweden 1:21:09.4 7 (1+2+2+2) 1:28:09.4 +14:23.5
31 54 Mauno Luukkonen   Finland 1:19:15.8 9 (4+2+3+0) 1:28:15.8 +14:29.9
32 35 Gerhard Gehring   West Germany 1:20:26.8 8 (2+1+2+3) 1:28:26.8 +14:40.9
33 9 Isao Ono   Japan 1:20:47.8 8 (2+0+1+5) 1:28:47.8 +15:01.9
34 46 Shozo Okuyama   Japan 1:21:51.0 7 (3+0+2+2) 1:28:51.0 +15:05.1
35 30 Jean-Claude Viry   France 1:19:16.2 10 (2+4+1+3) 1:29:16.2 +15:30.3
36 34 Frederick Andrew   Great Britain 1:22:21.3 7 (1+0+2+4) 1:29:21.3 +15:35.4
37 4 Bill Spencer   United States 1:20:17.7 10 (2+3+1+4) 1:30:17.7 +16:31.8
38 32 Bayanjavyn Damdinjav   Mongolia 1:24:30.7 6 (1+3+1+1) 1:30:30.7 +16:44.8
39 23 Xaver Kraus   West Germany 1:18:40.2 12 (4+3+2+3) 1:30:40.2 +16:54.3
40 37 Paul Ernst   Austria 1:25:47.9 6 (1+4+1+0) 1:31:47.9 +18:02.0
41 49 Herbert Hindelang   West Germany 1:21:48.5 10 (3+5+1+1) 1:31:48.5 +18:02.6
42 13 Aimé Gruet-Masson   France 1:20:50.4 11 (3+4+3+1) 1:31:50.4 +18:04.5
43 51 Hajime Yoshimura   Japan 1:23:05.5 9 (3+3+2+1) 1:32:05.5 +18:19.6
44 18 Alan Notley   Great Britain 1:25:23.1 7 (7+0+0+0) 1:32:23.1 +18:37.2
45 48 Edward Williams   United States 1:23:24.5 9 (2+5+0+2) 1:32:24.5 +18:38.6
46 7 Esko Karu   Canada 1:21:42.9 11 (1+3+2+5) 1:32:42.9 +18:57.0
47 55 Horst Schneider   Austria 1:24:49.6 9 (3+2+1+3) 1:33:49.6 +20:03.7
48 47 Józef Stopka   Poland 1:22:17.7 12 (4+4+3+1) 1:34:17.7 +20:31.8
49 33 Jonathan Chaffee   United States 1:23:21.1 11 (3+2+4+2) 1:34:21.1 +20:35.2
50 20 Adolf Scherwitzl   Austria 1:30:21.7 4 (2+0+1+1) 1:34:21.7 +20:35.8
51 43 George Ede   Canada 1:26:41.8 8 (2+2+4+0) 1:34:41.8 +20:55.9
52 21 Bizyaagiin Dashgai   Mongolia 1:26:55.8 8 (5+2+1+0) 1:34:55.8 +21:09.9
53 52 James Boyde   Canada 1:27:02.0 8 (3+2+2+1) 1:35:02.0 +21:16.1
54 15 George Rattai   Canada 1:24:03.0 11 (1+5+2+3) 1:35:03.0 +21:17.1
55 22 Ladislav Žižka   Czechoslovakia 1:21:45.3 14 (7+5+0+2) 1:35:45.3 +21:59.4
56 12 Franz Vetter   Austria 1:16:25.0 20 (5+5+5+5) 1:36:25.0 +22:39.1
57 59 Louis Romand   France 1:25:55.2 12 (4+2+3+3) 1:37:55.2 +24:09.3
58 36 Guy Duraffourg   France 1:23:51.4 18 (5+7+4+2) 1:41:51.4 +28:05.5
59 56 Marcus Halliday   Great Britain 1:23:40.5 19 (5+1+7+6) 1:42:40.5 +28:54.6
45 Józef Gąsienica Sobczak   Poland DNF

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References

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  1. ^ a b c "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2019.