The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 17 February at Autrans.[1] Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the defending World champion while Sixten Jernberg of Sweden was the defending Olympic champion.[2]
| Men's 50 kilometre at the X Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Autrans | |||||||||
| Dates | 17 February | |||||||||
| Competitors | 51 | |||||||||
| Winning time | 2:28:45.8 | |||||||||
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Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 51 athletes who started the race, 4 did not finish.
Ole Ellefsæter of Norway took his second gold medal of the Games after being a part of Norway's winning team in the 4×10 kilometre relay earlier in the games.
Results edit
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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23 | Ole Ellefsæter |  Norway |
2:28:45.8 | – |
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41 | Vyacheslav Vedenin |  Soviet Union |
2:29:02.5 | +16.7 |
 |
31 | Josef Haas |  Switzerland |
2:29:14.8 | +29.0 |
| 4 | 42 | Pål Tyldum | Norway |
2:29:26.7 | +40.9 |
| 5 | 5 | Melcher Risberg |  Sweden |
2:29:37.0 | +51.2 |
| 6 | 52 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden |
2:29:37.2 | +51.4 |
| 7 | 25 | Jan Halvarsson | Sweden |
2:30:05.9 | +1:20.1 |
| 8 | 51 | Reidar Hjermstad | Norway |
2:31:01.8 | +2:16.0 |
| 9 | 28 | Walter Demel |  West Germany |
2:31:14.4 | +2:28.6 |
| 10 | 45 | Assar Rönnlund | Sweden |
2:31:19.3 | +2:33.5 |
| 11 | 46 | Kalevi Laurila |  Finland |
2:31:24.9 | +2:39.1 |
| 12 | 36 | Mario Bacher |  Italy |
2:31:33.8 | +2:48.0 |
| 13 | 1 | Andreas Janc |  Austria |
2:32:32.2 | +3:46.4 |
| 14 | 60 | Hannu Taipale | Finland |
2:32:37.7 | +3:51.9 |
| 15 | 24 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland |
2:32:53.8 | +4:08.0 |
| 16 | 9 | Vladimir Voronkov | Soviet Union |
2:33:07.3 | +4:21.5 |
| 17 | 13 | Aldo Stella | Italy |
2:33:17.9 | +4:32.1 |
| 18 | 2 | Odd Martinsen | Norway |
2:33:51.4 | +5:05.6 |
| 19 | 3 | Pauli Siitonen | Finland |
2:34:31.2 | +5:45.4 |
| 20 | 19 | Anatoly Akentyev | Soviet Union |
2:34:54.5 | +6:08.7 |
| 21 | 22 | Józef Rysula |  Poland |
2:35:30.9 | +6:45.1 |
| 22 | 16 | Mike Gallagher |  United States |
2:36:26.1 | +7:40.3 |
| 23 | 47 | Alois Kälin | Switzerland |
2:36:40.8 | +7:55.0 |
| 24 | 30 | Roger Pires |  France |
2:36:44.8 | +7:59.0 |
| 25 | 21 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | East Germany |
2:36:52.5 | +8:06.7 |
| 26 | 27 | Livio Stuffer | Italy |
2:37:46.6 | +9:00.8 |
| 27 | 53 | Elviro Blanc | Italy |
2:38:12.4 | +9:26.6 |
| 28 | 37 | Ján Fajstavr |  Czechoslovakia |
2:39:25.3 | +10:39.5 |
| 29 | 12 | Tokio Sato |  Japan |
2:40:00.5 | +11:14.7 |
| 30 | 44 | Mike Elliot | United States |
2:40:38.5 | +11:52.7 |
| 31 | 59 | Igor Voronchikhin | Soviet Union |
2:40:48.2 | +12:02.4 |
| 32 | 29 | Larry Damon | United States |
2:41:25.2 | +12:39.4 |
| 33 | 17 | Helmut Gerlach | West Germany |
2:41:55.8 | +13:10.0 |
| 34 | 35 | Franz Vetter | Austria |
2:43:51.1 | +15:05.3 |
| 35 | 14 | Alojz Kerštajn |  Yugoslavia |
2:43:54.1 | +15:08.3 |
| 36 | 54 | Charles Kellogg | United States |
2:44:00.4 | +15:14.6 |
| 37 | 6 | Franz Kälin | Switzerland |
2:44:29.7 | +15:43.9 |
| 38 | 34 | Sotoo Okushiba | Japan |
2:45:09.5 | +16:23.7 |
| 39 | 56 | Vít Fousek Jr. | Czechoslovakia |
2:45:09.8 | +16:24.0 |
| 40 | 50 | Fernand Borrel | France |
2:45:10.6 | +16:24.8 |
| 41 | 7 | Claude Legrand | France |
2:45:36.9 | +16:51.1 |
| 42 | 20 | Tibor Holéczy |  Hungary |
2:45:38.0 | +16:52.2 |
| 43 | 40 | Siegfried Weiss | West Germany |
2:46:53.4 | +18:07.6 |
| 44 | 38 | Luc Colin | France |
2:48:27.9 | +19:42.1 |
| 45 | 8 | Miklós Holló | Hungary |
2:51:24.1 | +22:38.3 |
| 46 | 32 | David Rees |  Canada |
2:56:00.5 | +27:14.7 |
| 47 | 10 | Chong-Ihm Yoon |  South Korea |
3:27:22.5 | +58:36.7 |
| 11 | Václav Peřina | Czechoslovakia |
DNF | ||
| 26 | Janez Mlinar | Yugoslavia |
DNF | ||
| 49 | Denis Mast | Switzerland |
DNF | ||
| 57 | Klaus Ganter | West Germany |
DNF | ||
| 4 | Petar Pankov |  Bulgaria |
DNS | ||
| 15 | Gerhard Grimmer | West Germany |
DNS | ||
| 18 | Karel Štefl | Czechoslovakia |
DNS | ||
| 33 | Choon-Kie Kim | West Germany |
DNS | ||
| 39 | Akiyoshi Matsuoka | Japan |
DNS | ||
| 43 | Nils Skulbru | Canada |
DNS | ||
| 48 | Helmut Unger | East Germany |
DNS | ||
| 55 | Peter Thiel | East Germany |
DNS | ||
| 39 | Kazuo Sato | Japan |
DNS |
References edit
- ^ a b "50 km Men Autrans". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
- ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
- ^ "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 February 2019.