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| Men's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
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| Venue | Chamrousse | ||||||||||||
| Date | February 9, 1968 | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 86 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.85 | ||||||||||||
| Medalists | |||||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
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| Downhill | men | women |
| Giant slalom | men | women |
| Slalom | men | women |
| Men's Downhill | |
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| Location | Chamrousse |
| Vertical | 840 m (2,756 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,412 m (4,633 ft) |
The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Friday, 9 February. [1] [2] [3]
The defending world champion was Jean-Claude Killy of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Gerhard Nenning led the current season. [4] [5]
Killy won the gold medal, teammate Guy Périllat took the silver, and Jean-Daniel Dätwyler of Switzerland won the bronze. [3] [6]
The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 840 m (2,756 ft). [1] The course length was 2.890 km (1.80 mi) and Killy's winning run of 119.85 seconds resulted in an average speed of 86.8085 km/h (53.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.009 m/s (23.0 ft/s).
