Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

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Men's 30 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Autrans
Dates7 February
Competitors66 from 22 nations
Winning time1:35:39.2
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Franco Nones
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy
Silver medal icon.svg Odd Martinsen
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Bronze medal icon.svg Eero Mäntyranta
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland
  1964
1972  

The men's 30 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Wednesday 7 February at Autrans. [1] [2]

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Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the 1966 World champion and also the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria. [3]

Results

Sources: [1] [4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg26 Franco Nones Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:35:39.2
Silver medal icon.svg52 Odd Martinsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:36:28.9+49.7
Bronze medal icon.svg33 Eero Mäntyranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:36:55.3+1:16.1
445 Vladimir Voronkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:37:10.8+1:31.6
564 Giulio Deflorian Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:37:12.9+1:33.7
655 Kalevi Laurila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:37:29.8+1:50.6
746 Kalevi Oikarainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:37:34.4+1:55.2
825 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:37:48.1+2:08.9
962 Walter Demel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:37:49.2+2:10.0
1012 Anatoly Akentyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:37:52.4+2:13.2
112 Lorns Skjemstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:37:53.4+2:14.2
1241 Jan Halvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:38:23.2+2:44.0
1350 Harald Grønningen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:38:26.7+2:47.5
1430 Vyacheslav Vedenin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:38:36.1+2:56.9
1547 Gerhard Grimmer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 1:38:46.0+3:06.8
164 Arto Tiainen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 1:38:51.1+3:11.9
1754 Valery Tarakanov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 1:39:25.0+3:45.8
1860 Karel Štefl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:39:25.7+3:46.5
1932 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 1:39:30.5+3:51.3
208 Bruno Åvik Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:39:38.1+3:58.9
2166 Ingvar Sandström Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 1:39:47.5+4:08.3
2235 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:40:05.1+4:25.9
2351 Franco Stella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:40:42.0+5:02.8
2417 Václav Peřina Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 1:40:58.0+5:18.8
253 Franco Manfroi Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 1:41:11.8+5:32.6
2621 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria 1:41:42.9+6:03.7
2728 Mike Gallagher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:41:58.2+6:19.0
286 Denis Mast Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:41:58.8+6:19.6
295 Mike Elliott Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:42:22.6+6:43.4
3022 Konrad Hischier Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:42:26.1+6:46.9
3115 Karl Buhl Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:42:52.2+7:13.0
3265 Flury Koch Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:43:06.9+7:27.7
3340 Tokio Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:43:13.8+7:34.6
3424 Gjermund Eggen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 1:43:29.6+7:50.4
3549 Fritz Stuessi Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 1:43:57.8+8:18.6
3658 Axel Lesser Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 1:44:16.2+8:37.0
3714 Helmut Unger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 1:44:47.9+9:08.7
3863 Ernst Pühringer Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:44:51.0+9:11.8
399 Jean Jobez Flag of France.svg  France 1:45:08.8+9:29.6
4020 Franz Vetter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:45:11.2+9:32.0
4137 Philippe Baradel Flag of France.svg  France 1:45:33.3+9:54.1
4216 Luc Colin Flag of France.svg  France 1:45:40.7+10:01.5
4356 Roger Pires Flag of France.svg  France 1:45:54.6+10:15.4
4410 Alojz Kerštajn Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:46:09.5+10:30.3
4553 Kazuo Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 1:46:12.4+10:33.2
4634 Herbert Steinbeßer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:46:31.2+10:52.0
4738 Janez Mlinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:46:43.2+11:04.0
481 Karl-Heinz Scherzinger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 1:47:08.4+11:29.2
4918 Mirko Bavče Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 1:47:48.9+12:09.7
5042 Hansjörg Farbmacher Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 1:49:43.3+14:04.1
5157 Charles Kellogg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:50:03.7+14:24.5
5259 Nils Skulbru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:50:06.1+14:26.9
5329 Svend Carlsen Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:50:51.8+15:12.6
5448 Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 1:50:52.7+15:13.5
5536 Jon Lufkin Flag of the United States.svg  United States 1:51:21.2+15:42.0
5661 Gendgeegiin Batmönkh Flag of the People's Republic of Mongolia (1940-1992).svg  Mongolia 1:51:39.1+15:59.9
5723 Tibor Holéczy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:51:42.0+16:02.8
5839 David Rees Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:52:46.6+17:07.4
5944 Miklós Holló Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 1:53:41.1+18:01.9
6019 Ross Martin Flag of Australia.svg  Australia 1:55:17.3+19:38.1
6127 Rolf Pettersen Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 1:55:37.2+19:58.0
627 Apollo Lynge Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark 1:55:40.0+20:00.8
6331 Choon-Kie Kim Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 2:11:51.3+36:12.1
11 Dimitrios Andreadis Flag of Greece (1828-1978).svg  Greece DNF
13 Vít Fousek Jr. Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF
33 Chong-Ihm Yoon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea DNF

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