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Men's downhill World Cup 1967/1968
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| 1968 Men's Downhill World Cup | |
| Previous: 1967 | Next: 1969 |
Men's downhill World Cup 1967/1968
| Round | Race No | Place | Country | Date | Winner | Second | Third |
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| 1 | 3 | Wengen |  Switzerland | January 13, 1968 |  Gerhard Nenning | Karl Schranz | Edmund Bruggmann |
| 2 | 5 | Kitzbühel | Austria | January 20, 1968 | Gerhard Nenning |  Jean-Claude Killy | Andreas Sprecher |
| 3 | 7 | Grenoble | France | February 9, 1968 | Jean-Claude Killy | Guy Périllat | Jean-Daniel Dätwyler |
| 4 | 10 | Chamonix | France | February 24, 1968 | Bernard Orcel | Kurt Huggler | Guy Périllat |
| 5 | 15 | Aspen |  United States | March 15, 1968 | Gerhard Nenning | Heinrich Messner | Jean-Claude Killy |
Note: Round 3/Race 7 was the Olympic event, which counts also for the World Cup. See also 1968 Winter Olympics and Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
In men's downhill World Cup 1967/68 the best 3 results count. Deductions are given in ().
| Place | Name | Country | Total Points | Deduction | 3 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 15 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Gerhard Nenning | Austria | 75 | (2) | 25 | 25 | (2) | - | 25 |
| 2 | Jean-Claude Killy | France | 60 | - | 20 | 25 | - | 15 | |
| 3 | Karl Schranz | Austria | 39 | (8) | 20 | 11 | 8 | - | (8) |
| 4 | Bernard Orcel | France | 37 | (3) | 4 | 8 | (3) | 25 | - |
| Guy Périllat | France | 37 | 2 | - | 20 | 15 | - | ||
| Jean-Daniel Dätwyler | Switzerland | 37 | (3) | 11 | - | 15 | 11 | (3) | |
| 7 | Heinrich Messner | Austria | 31 | - | - | 11 | - | 20 | |
| 8 | Kurt Huggler | Switzerland | 20 | - | - | - | 20 | - | |
| 9 | Edmund Bruggmann | Switzerland | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| Billy Kidd | United States | 17 | - | 6 | - | - | 11 | ||
| 11 | Andreas Sprecher | Switzerland | 15 | - | 15 | - | - | - | |
| 12 | Josef Minsch | Switzerland | 10 | 8 | 2 | - | - | - | |
| Franz Vogler |  West Germany | 10 | - | - | - | 8 | 2 | ||
| Rudi Sailer | Austria | 10 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 1 | ||
| 15 | Dodge Phelps | United States | 8 | - | - | - | - | 8 | |
| 16 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Switzerland | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | |
| Ivo Mahlknecht |  Italy | 6 | - | - | 6 | - | - | ||
| 18 | Ludwig Leitner | West Germany | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | |
| Gerhard Mussner | Italy | 4 | - | 4 | - | - | - | ||
| Gerhard Prinzing | West Germany | 4 | - | - | 4 | - | - | ||
| Hansjörg Schlager | West Germany | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | - | ||
| Spider Sabich | United States | 4 | - | - | - | - | 4 | ||
| 23 | Peter Rohr | Switzerland | 3 | - | - | - | 3 | - | |
| 24 | Hans Zingre | Switzerland | 2 | - | - | - | 2 | - | |
| 25 | Egon Zimmermann | Austria | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Michel Dätwyler | Switzerland | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Alpine skiing World Cup | |
| Men | |
Overall | Downhill | Giant slalom | Slalom | |
| 1968 |
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