Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

Men's 50 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
VenueAutrans
Dates17 February 1968
Competitors51
Winning time2:28:45.8
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ole Ellefsæter
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Vyacheslav Vedenin
 Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Josef Haas
 Switzerland
Cross-country skiing at the
1968 Winter Olympics
5 kmwomen
10 kmwomen
15 kmmen
30 kmmen
50 km
Relaymenwomen

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]

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

Sources:[1][3]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 23 Ole Ellefsæter  Norway 2:28:45.8 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 41 Vyacheslav Vedenin  Soviet Union 2:29:02.5 +16.7
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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  East Germany DNS
18 Karel Štefl  Czechoslovakia DNS
33 Choon-Kie Kim  South Korea 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

  1. ^ a b "50 km Men Autrans". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 11 February 2019.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 14 February 2019.
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