Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

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Men's 50 kilometre
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
Cross country skiing pictogram.svg
Venue Seefeld
Dates14 February 1976
Competitors59 from 17 nations
Winning time2:37:30.05
Medalists
Gold medal icon.svg Ivar Formo
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway
Silver medal icon.svg Gert-Dietmar Klause
Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany
Bronze medal icon.svg Benny Södergren
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden
  1972
1980  

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on Saturday 14 February at Seefeld. [1] Gerhard Grimmer of East Germany was the 1974 World champion and Pål Tyldum of Norway was the defending champion from the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan. [2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 59 athletes who started the race, 15 did not finish. Ivar Formo of Norway took his first and only Olympic gold medal.

Results

Sources: [3] [1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
Gold medal icon.svg42 Ivar Formo Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:37:30.05
Silver medal icon.svg37 Gert-Dietmar Klause Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:38:13.21+43.16
Bronze medal icon.svg34 Benny Södergren Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:39:39.21+2:09.16
450 Ivan Garanin Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:40:38.94+3:08.89
524 Gerhard Grimmer Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:41:15.46+3:45.41
646 Per Knut Aaland Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:41:18.06+3:48.01
716 Pål Tyldum Flag of Norway.svg  Norway 2:42:21.86+4:51.81
86 Tommy Limby Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:42:43.58+5:13.53
944 Juhani Repo Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:42:54.89+5:24.84
1021 Arto Koivisto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:43:44.79+6:14.74
1126 Jean-Paul Pierrat Flag of France.svg  France 2:44:03.31+6:33.26
1222 Vasily Rochev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:44:31.23+7:01.18
1323 Bill Koch Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:44:34.69+7:04.64
1415 Milan Jarý Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:44:51.16+7:21.11
1541 Jiří Beran Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:44:51.80+7:21.75
1649 Sven-Åke Lundbäck Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:45:04.82+7:34.77
1755 Ján Fajstavr Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:45:19.91+7:49.86
1818 Franz Renggli Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:45:25.24+7:55.19
1925 Matti Kuosko Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden 2:45:33.41+8:03.36
205 Heinz Gähler Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:45:51.64+8:21.59
2145 Sergey Savelyev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:46:01.36+8:31.31
2220 Hans Skinstad Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:46:11.83+8:41.78
2333 Georg Zipfel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:46:20.30+8:50.25
2417 Herbert Wachter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:46:40.25+9:10.20
254 Walter Demel Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany 2:46:55.95+9:25.90
2638 Werner Vogel Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:47:05.63+9:35.58
2751 Pertti Teurajärvi Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:47:25.60+9:55.55
2857 Gerd Heßler Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:47:34.90+10:04.85
293 Jean-Paul Vandel Flag of France.svg  France 2:47:45.20+10:15.15
3027 Stanislav Henych Flag of Czechoslovakia.svg  Czechoslovakia 2:48:00.27+10:30.22
3132 Venanz Egger Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:48:30.70+11:00.65
3258 Christian Pfeuti Flag of Switzerland.svg  Switzerland 2:49:50.90+12:20.85
337 Dieter Meinel Flag of East Germany.svg  East Germany 2:49:52.42+12:22.37
348 Juha Mieto Flag of Finland.svg  Finland 2:50:03.61+12:33.56
3512 Reinhold Feichter Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 2:50:53.00+13:22.95
3654 Stan Dunklee Flag of the United States.svg  United States 2:51:26.28+13:56.23
3739 Edward Day Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 2:51:58.75+14:28.70
3810 Yevgeny Belyayev Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Soviet Union 2:54:00.55+16:30.50
3929 Lyubomir Toskov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:55:11.11+17:41.06
401 Petar Pankov Flag of Bulgaria (1971-1990).svg  Bulgaria 2:57:07.93+19:37.88
4152 Ernie Lennie Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada 3:01:01.57+23:31.52
422 Halldór Matthíasson Flag of Iceland.svg  Iceland 3:02:51.17+25:21.12
4348 Heinrich Wallner Flag of Austria.svg  Austria 3:03:58.19+26:28.14
4413 Maksi Jelenc Flag of SFR Yugoslavia.svg  Yugoslavia 3:05:05.94+27:35.89
9 Tonio Biondini Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
11 Tim Caldwell Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
14 Bert Bullock Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada DNF
19 Jerzy Koryciak Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNF
28 Georg Kandlinger Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF
30 Ulrico Costner Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
31 Oddvar Brå Flag of Norway.svg  Norway DNF
35 Jan Staszel Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNF
36 Roland Jeannerod Flag of France.svg  France DNF
40 Chris Haines Flag of the United States.svg  United States DNF
43 Roberto Primus Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF
47 Pierre Salvi Flag of France.svg  France DNF
53 Wiesław Gębal Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Poland DNF
56 Frank Betz Flag of Germany.svg  West Germany DNF
59 Carlo Favre Flag of Italy.svg  Italy DNF

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