Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the X Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Autrans
Dates	February 7–17
No. of events	7
Competitors	147 (110 men, 37 women) from 25 nations
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The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results. ^[1]

Medal summary

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	4	2	1	7
2	Sweden	2	2	1	5
3	Italy	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union	0	2	2	4
5	Finland	0	1	2	3
6	Switzerland	0	0	1	1
Totals (6 entries)		7	7	7	21

Men's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
15 km details	Harald Grønningen   Norway	47:54.2	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland	47:56.1	Gunnar Larsson   Sweden	48:33.7
30 km details	Franco Nones   Italy	1:35:39.2	Odd Martinsen   Norway	1:36:28.9	Eero Mäntyranta   Finland	1:36:55.3
50 km details	Ole Ellefsæter   Norway	2:28:45.8	Vyacheslav Vedenin   Soviet Union	2:29:05.5	Josef Haas   Switzerland	2:29:14.8
4 × 10 km relay details	Norway Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter	2:08:33.5	Sweden Jan Halvarsson Bjarne Andersson Gunnar Larsson Assar Rönnlund	2:10:13.2	Finland Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta	2:10:56.7

Women's events

Event	Gold		Silver		Bronze
5 km details	Toini Gustafsson   Sweden	16:45.2	Galina Kulakova   Soviet Union	16:48.4	Alevtina Kolchina   Soviet Union	16:51.6
10 km details	Toini Gustafsson   Sweden	36:45.5	Berit Mørdre   Norway	37:54.6	Inger Aufles   Norway	37:59.9
3 × 5 km relay details	Norway Inger Aufles Babben Enger Berit Mørdre Lammedal	57:30.0	Sweden Barbro Martinsson Toini Gustafsson Britt Strandberg	57:51.0	Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova	58:13.6

References

1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved June 26, 2019.

External links

• Official Olympic Report