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

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Men's 50 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Autrans
Dates17 February
Competitors51
Winning time2:28:45.8
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ole Ellefsæter
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Vyacheslav Vedenin
Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union
Bronze medal icon.svg Josef Haas
Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland
  1964
1972  

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]

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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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg23 Ole Ellefsæter Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:28:45.8
Silver medal icon.svg41 Vyacheslav Vedenin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:29:02.5+16.7
Bronze medal icon.svg31 Josef Haas Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:29:14.8+29.0
442 Pål Tyldum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:29:26.7+40.9
55 Melcher Risberg Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:29:37.0+51.2
652 Gunnar Larsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:29:37.2+51.4
725 Jan Halvarsson Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:30:05.9+1:20.1
851 Reidar Hjermstad Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:31:01.8+2:16.0
928 Walter Demel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 2:31:14.4+2:28.6
1045 Assar Rönnlund Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:31:19.3+2:33.5
1146 Kalevi Laurila Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:31:24.9+2:39.1
1236 Mario Bacher Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:31:33.8+2:48.0
131 Andreas Janc Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:32:32.2+3:46.4
1460 Hannu Taipale Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:32:37.7+3:51.9
1524 Eero Mäntyranta Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:32:53.8+4:08.0
169 Vladimir Voronkov Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:33:07.3+4:21.5
1713 Aldo Stella Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:33:17.9+4:32.1
182 Odd Martinsen Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:33:51.4+5:05.6
193 Pauli Siitonen Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:34:31.2+5:45.4
2019 Anatoly Akentyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:34:54.5+6:08.7
2122 Józef Rysula Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland 2:35:30.9+6:45.1
2216 Mike Gallagher Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:36:26.1+7:40.3
2347 Alois Kälin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:36:40.8+7:55.0
2430 Roger Pires Flag of France.svg  France 2:36:44.8+7:59.0
2521 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany 2:36:52.5+8:06.7
2627 Livio Stuffer Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:37:46.6+9:00.8
2753 Elviro Blanc Flag of Italy.svg  Italy 2:38:12.4+9:26.6
2837 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:39:25.3+10:39.5
2912 Tokio Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:40:00.5+11:14.7
3044 Mike Elliot Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:40:38.5+11:52.7
3159 Igor Voronchikhin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:40:48.2+12:02.4
3229 Larry Damon Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:41:25.2+12:39.4
3317 Helmut Gerlach Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 2:41:55.8+13:10.0
3435 Franz Vetter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:43:51.1+15:05.3
3514 Alojz Kerštajn Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 2:43:54.1+15:08.3
3654 Charles Kellogg Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:44:00.4+15:14.6
376 Franz Kälin Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:44:29.7+15:43.9
3834 Sotoo Okushiba Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan 2:45:09.5+16:23.7
3956 Vít Fousek Jr. Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:45:09.8+16:24.0
4050 Fernand Borrel Flag of France.svg  France 2:45:10.6+16:24.8
417 Claude Legrand Flag of France.svg  France 2:45:36.9+16:51.1
4220 Tibor Holéczy Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:45:38.0+16:52.2
4340 Siegfried Weiss Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany 2:46:53.4+18:07.6
4438 Luc Colin Flag of France.svg  France 2:48:27.9+19:42.1
458 Miklós Holló Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary 2:51:24.1+22:38.3
4632 David Rees Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:56:00.5+27:14.7
4710 Chong-Ihm Yoon Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  South Korea 3:27:22.5+58:36.7
11 Václav Peřina Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNF
26 Janez Mlinar Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia DNF
49 Denis Mast Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland DNF
57 Klaus Ganter Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany DNF
4 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1967-1971).svg  Bulgaria DNS
15 Gerhard Grimmer Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany DNS
18 Karel Štefl Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia DNS
33 Choon-Kie Kim Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  West Germany DNS
39 Akiyoshi Matsuoka Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNS
43 Nils Skulbru Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNS
48 Helmut Unger Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany DNS
55 Peter Thiel Flag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  East Germany DNS
39 Kazuo Sato Flag of Japan (1870-1999).svg  Japan DNS

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