Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

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Men's 15 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Autrans
Dates10 February
Competitors75 from 25 nations
Winning time47:54.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Harald Grønningen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Eero Mäntyranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
Bronze medal icon.svg Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1964
1972  

The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 10 February at Autrans. [1] [2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the 1966 World champion and Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [3]

Results

Sources: [1] [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg5 Harald Grønningen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 47:54.2
Silver medal icon.svg29 Eero Mäntyranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 47:56.1+1.9
Bronze medal icon.svg66 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48:33.7+39.5
465 Kalevi Laurila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 48:37.6+43.4
512 Jan Halvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48:39.1+44.9
641 Bjarne Andersson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 48:41.1+46.9
757 Pål Tyldum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 48:42.0+47.8
862 Odd Martinsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 48:49.3+55.1
917 Valery Tarakanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 49:04.4+1:10.2
1054 Kalevi Oikarainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 49:11.1+1:16.9
1126 Assar Rönnlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 49:25.3+1:31.1
1255 Walter Demel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 49:38.4+1:44.2
1314 Franco Stella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 49:59.8+2:05.6
1472 Karel Štefl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 50:15.4+2:21.2
1547 Giulio Deflorian Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 50:19.4+2:25.2
1648 Anatoly Akentyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50:19.9+2:25.7
1739 Reidar Hjermstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 50:25.7+2:31.5
1842 Josef Haas Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50:34.8+2:40.6
1974 Flury Koch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 50:37.2+2:43.0
2038 Karl Buhl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 50:38.1+2:43.9
2152 Józef Rysula Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 50:38.5+2:44.3
2269 Vladimir Voronkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 50:40.7+2:46.5
2345 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 50:46.5+2:52.3
244 Roger Pires Flag of France.svg  France 50:52.6+2:58.4
2519 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 50:54.1+2:59.9
2628 Fyodor Simashov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 51:05.3+3:11.1
2727 Václav Peřina Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 51:06.6+3:12.4
2832 Victor Arbez Flag of France.svg  France 51:20.5+3:26.3
2933 Gerhard Grimmer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 51:22.1+3:27.9
308 Albert Giger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 51:26.6+3:32.4
3153 Andreas Janc Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 51:29.8+3:35.6
3268 Franco Manfroi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 51:47.7+3:53.5
3358 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 51:51.6+3:57.4
3444 Mike Gallagher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52:02.4+4:08.2
3520 Konrad Hischier Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 52:06.4+4:12.2
3622 Franco Nones Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 52:06.8+4:12.6
372 Peter Thiel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 52:07.8+4:13.6
3871 Helmut Gerlach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 52:21.8+4:27.6
397 Klaus Ganter Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 52:30.0+4:35.8
409 Alojz Kerštajn Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 52:31.7+4:37.5
4121 Mike Elliott Flag of the United States.svg  United States 52:40.8+4:46.6
4267 Heinrich Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 52:53.6+4:59.4
4331 Janez Mlinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 52:54.4+5:00.2
4459 Felix Mathieu Flag of France.svg  France 52:58.8+5:04.6
4550 Mirko Bavče Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 53:10.7+5:16.5
4664 Jean Jobez Flag of France.svg  France 53:22.1+5:27.9
4735 Ernst Pühringer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 53:23.0+5:28.8
486 Bob Gray Flag of the United States.svg  United States 53:24.8+5:30.6
4946 Tibor Holéczy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 53:35.9+5:41.7
5075 Tokio Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 53:41.2+5:47.0
5115 Walter Failer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 54:12.5+6:18.3
5260 Gendgeegin Batmönkh Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 54:21.3+6:27.1
5334 Akiyoshi Matsuoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 54:46.2+6:52.0
5430 Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 54:46.4+6:52.2
5573 Larry Damon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 55:07.2+7:13.0
5676 Nils Skulbru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 55:53.4+7:59.2
5751 Svend Carlsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 56:09.5+8:15.3
5843 Tom Dakin Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 56:49.9+8:55.7
5963 Peter Tancock Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  Great Britain 57:31.1+9:36.9
6024 Ross Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 58:00.2+10:06.0
6156 David Rees Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58:25.9+10:31.7
6213 Yun Jong-im Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 58:28.2+10:34.0
6337 Rolf Pettersen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 58:31.8+10:37.6
6436 Miklós Holló Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 58:37.2+10:43.0
6510 Hiroshi Ogawa Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 59:55.4+12:01.2
6623 Kim Chun-gi Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 1:00:04.8+12:10.6
6718 Apollo Lynge Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:00:34.8+12:40.6
683 Dimitrios Andreadis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece 1:00:52.1+12:57.9
691 Şeref Çınar Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:04:12.2+16:18.0
7061 Rızvan Özbey Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:05:02.3+17:08.1
7125 Naci Öğün Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:05:56.4+18:02.2
7249 Yaşar Ören Flag of Turkey.svg  Turkey 1:09:03.6+21:09.4
11 Hannu Taipale Flag of Finland.svg  Finland DNF
40 Kazuo Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNF
70 Axel Lesser Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany DNF
16 Vít Fousek Jr. Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS

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