Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle at the XV Olympic Winter Games
Venue	Canmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates	27 February 1988
Competitors	71 from 23 nations
Winning time	2:04:30.9
Medalists
Gunde Svan   Sweden Maurilio De Zolt   Italy Andreas Grünenfelder   Switzerland
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The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February 1988 at the Canmore Nordic Centre. ^[1]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Maurilio De Zolt of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Thomas Wassberg was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia. ^[2]

Results

Sources: ^{[3] [1]}

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Deficit
	69	Gunde Svan	Sweden	2:04:30.9	–
	64	Maurilio De Zolt	Italy	2:05:36.4	+1:05.5
	31	Andi Grünenfelder	Switzerland	2:06:01.9	+1:31.0
4	40	Vegard Ulvang	Norway	2:06:32.3	+2:01.4
5	22	Holger Bauroth	East Germany	2:07:02.4	+2:31.5
6	20	Jan Ottosson	Sweden	2:07:34.8	+3:03.9
7	37	Kari Ristanen	Finland	2:08:08.1	+3:37.2
8	38	Uwe Bellmann	East Germany	2:08:18.6	+3:47.7
9	6	Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass	Norway	2:08:20.0	+3:49.1
10	58	Gianfranco Polvara	Italy	2:08:40.3	+4:09.4
11	57	Torgeir Bjørn	Norway	2:08:41.0	+4:10.1
12	17	Vladimir Sakhnov	Soviet Union	2:09:00.1	+4:29.2
13	16	Giachem Guidon	Switzerland	2:09:02.2	+4:31.3
14	55	Jeremias Wigger	Switzerland	2:09:05.3	+4:34.4
15	35	Ladislav Švanda	Czechoslovakia	2:09:08.1	+4:37.2
16	41	Albert Walder	Italy	2:09:19.6	+4:48.7
17	47	Claude Pierrat	France	2:09:54.9	+5:24.0
18	12	Fausto Bormetti	Italy	2:10:20.7	+5:49.8
19	56	Andre Blatter	Austria	2:10:43.6	+6:12.7
20	5	Radim Nyč	Czechoslovakia	2:10:46.3	+6:15.4
21	43	Pierre Harvey	Canada	2:10:54.8	+6:23.9
22	59	Harri Kirvesniemi	Finland	2:11:41.8	+7:10.9
23	54	Petr Lisičan	Czechoslovakia	2:11:44.4	+7:13.5
24	2	Guy Balland	France	2:11:58.7	+7:27.8
25	51	Mikhail Devyatyarov	Soviet Union	2:12:01.7	+7:30.8
26	72	Yuri Burlakov	Soviet Union	2:12:02.2	+7:31.3
27	65	Pavel Benc	Czechoslovakia	2:12:08.4	+7:37.5
28	48	Torgny Mogren	Sweden	2:12:20.2	+7:49.3
29	10	Heikki Kivikko	Finland	2:12:27.1	+7:56.2
30	11	Janež Kršinar	Yugoslavia	2:12:33.5	+8:02.6
31	70	Tor Håkon Holte	Norway	2:12:56.6	+8:25.7
32	50	Kazunari Sasaki	Japan	2:13:09.6	+8:38.7
33	49	Herbert Fritzenwenger	West Germany	2:13:27.6	+8:56.7
34	44	Georg Fischer	West Germany	2:13:31.3	+9:00.4
35	74	Markus Fähndrich	Switzerland	2:13:33.2	+9:02.3
36	71	Johann Standmann	Austria	2:13:39.3	+9:08.4
37	68	Dominique Locatelli	France	2:13:56.8	+9:25.9
38	36	Alexey Prokourorov	Soviet Union	2:14:01.0	+9:30.1
39	28	Tanayuki Yuki	Japan	2:16:24.7	+11:53.8
40	52	Atanas Simidchev	Bulgaria	2:17:02.4	+12:31.5
41	42	Alois Schwarz	Austria	2:17:03.5	+12:32.6
42	3	Atsushi Egawa	Japan	2:17:52.8	+13:21.9
43	23	Dennis Lawrence	Canada	2:17:55.7	+13:24.8
44	8	Einar Ólafsson	Iceland	2:18:21.9	+13:51.0
45	66	Antti Ticklen	Finland	2:18:41.8	+14:10.9
46	53	Alain Masson	Canada	2:19:21.7	+14:50.8
47	14	Kevin Brochman	United States	2:19:45.5	+15:14.6
48	32	Young Hae-Jun	South Korea	2:20:50.8	+16:19.9
49	61	Wayne Dustin	Canada	2:21:31.8	+17:00.9
50	15	Ki Ho Park	South Korea	2:22:36.4	+18:05.5
51	46	Kun Pyo Hong	South Korea	2:23:13.6	+18:42.7
52	33	Sašo Grajf	Yugoslavia	2:23:47.1	+19:16.2
53	26	Jordi Ribó	Spain	2:24:10.4	+19:39.5
54	25	Martin Watkins	Great Britain	2:24:48.3	+20:17.4
55	18	Ewan MacKenzie	Great Britain	2:24:58.2	+20:27.3
56	63	Bill Spencer	United States	2:25:22.6	+20:51.7
57	4	Zidtsagaany Ganbat	Mongolia	2:26:22.0	+21:51.1
58	21	José Giro	Spain	2:27:05.8	+22:34.9
59	19	Julio Moreschi	Argentina	2:28:36.5	+24:05.6
60	45	Dambajantsagiin Battulga	Mongolia	2:30:33.7	+26:02.8
61	7	Roberto Alvárez	Mexico	3:22:25.1	+1:17:54.2
	1	Alois Stadlober	Austria	DNF
	13	Walter Kuss	West Germany	DNF
	24	Todor Makhov	Bulgaria	DNF
	27	Mano Ketenzhiev	Bulgaria	DNF
	29	Jean-Luc Thomas	France	DNF
	30	Dan Simoneau	United States	DNF
	39	Thomas Wassberg	Sweden	DNF
	60	Jon Engen	United States	DNF
	67	Park Byung-woo	South Korea	DNF
	9	Konstantin Ritter	Liechtenstein	DNS
	34	David Hislop	Australia	DNS
	62	Masaharu Yamazaki	Japan	DNS
	73	Milush Ivanchev	Bulgaria	DNS

References

1. "Canmore 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
3. "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.

External links

• Final results (International Ski Federation)