Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

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Men's 15 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueAutrans
Dates10 February
Competitors75 from 25 nations
Winning time47:54.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Harald Grønningen  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Eero Mäntyranta  Finland
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Gunnar Larsson  Sweden
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Cross-country skiing at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 10 February at Autrans.[1][2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the 1966 World champion and Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[3]

Results

Sources:[1][4]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 Harald Grønningen  Norway 47:54.2 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 29 Eero Mäntyranta  Finland 47:56.1 +1.9
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 66 Gunnar Larsson  Sweden 48:33.7 +39.5
4 65 Kalevi Laurila  Finland 48:37.6 +43.4
5 12 Jan Halvarsson  Sweden 48:39.1 +44.9
6 41 Bjarne Andersson  Sweden 48:41.1 +46.9
7 57 Pål Tyldum  Norway 48:42.0 +47.8
8 62 Odd Martinsen  Norway 48:49.3 +55.1
9 17 Valery Tarakanov  Soviet Union 49:04.4 +1:10.2
10 54 Kalevi Oikarainen  Finland 49:11.1 +1:16.9
11 26 Assar Rönnlund  Sweden 49:25.3 +1:31.1
12 55 Walter Demel  West Germany 49:38.4 +1:44.2
13 14 Franco Stella  Italy 49:59.8 +2:05.6
14 72 Karel Štefl  Czechoslovakia 50:15.4 +2:21.2
15 47
Giulio Deflorian
  Italy 50:19.4 +2:25.2
16 48 Anatoly Akentyev  Soviet Union 50:19.9 +2:25.7
17 39 Reidar Hjermstad  Norway 50:25.7 +2:31.5
18 42 Josef Haas  Switzerland 50:34.8 +2:40.6
19 74 Flury Koch  Switzerland 50:37.2 +2:43.0
20 38 Karl Buhl  West Germany 50:38.1 +2:43.9
21 52 Józef Rysula  Poland 50:38.5 +2:44.3
22 69 Vladimir Voronkov  Soviet Union 50:40.7 +2:46.5
23 45
Ján Fajstavr
  Czechoslovakia 50:46.5 +2:52.3
24 4 Roger Pires  France 50:52.6 +2:58.4
25 19 Petar Pankov  Bulgaria 50:54.1 +2:59.9
26 28
Fyodor Simashov
  Soviet Union 51:05.3 +3:11.1
27 27 Václav Peřina  Czechoslovakia 51:06.6 +3:12.4
28 32 Victor Arbez  France 51:20.5 +3:26.3
29 33 Gerhard Grimmer  East Germany 51:22.1 +3:27.9
30 8 Albert Giger  Switzerland 51:26.6 +3:32.4
31 53 Andreas Janc  Austria 51:29.8 +3:35.6
32 68 Franco Manfroi  Italy 51:47.7 +3:53.5
33 58 Gert-Dietmar Klause  East Germany 51:51.6 +3:57.4
34 44
Mike Gallagher
  United States 52:02.4 +4:08.2
35 20 Konrad Hischier  Switzerland 52:06.4 +4:12.2
36 22 Franco Nones  Italy 52:06.8 +4:12.6
37 2 Peter Thiel  East Germany 52:07.8 +4:13.6
38 71 Helmut Gerlach  West Germany 52:21.8 +4:27.6
39 7 Klaus Ganter  West Germany 52:30.0 +4:35.8
40 9 Alojz Kerštajn  Yugoslavia 52:31.7 +4:37.5
41 21
Mike Elliott
  United States 52:40.8 +4:46.6
42 67 Heinrich Wallner  Austria 52:53.6 +4:59.4
43 31 Janez Mlinar  Yugoslavia 52:54.4 +5:00.2
44 59
Felix Mathieu
  France 52:58.8 +5:04.6
45 50 Mirko Bavče  Yugoslavia 53:10.7 +5:16.5
46 64 Jean Jobez  France 53:22.1 +5:27.9
47 35 Ernst Pühringer  Austria 53:23.0 +5:28.8
48 6 Bob Gray  United States 53:24.8 +5:30.6
49 46 Tibor Holéczy  Hungary 53:35.9 +5:41.7
50 75 Tokio Sato  Japan 53:41.2 +5:47.0
51 15 Walter Failer  Austria 54:12.5 +6:18.3
52 60
Gendgeegin Batmönkh
  Mongolia 54:21.3 +6:27.1
53 34 Akiyoshi Matsuoka  Japan 54:46.2 +6:52.0
54 30 Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel  Mongolia 54:46.4 +6:52.2
55 73 Larry Damon  United States 55:07.2 +7:13.0
56 76 Nils Skulbru  Canada 55:53.4 +7:59.2
57 51 Svend Carlsen  Denmark 56:09.5 +8:15.3
58 43 Tom Dakin  Great Britain 56:49.9 +8:55.7
59 63 Peter Tancock  Great Britain 57:31.1 +9:36.9
60 24 Ross Martin  Australia 58:00.2 +10:06.0
61 56 David Rees  Canada 58:25.9 +10:31.7
62 13 Yun Jong-im  South Korea 58:28.2 +10:34.0
63 37 Rolf Pettersen  Canada 58:31.8 +10:37.6
64 36 Miklós Holló  Hungary 58:37.2 +10:43.0
65 10 Hiroshi Ogawa  Japan 59:55.4 +12:01.2
66 23 Kim Chun-gi  South Korea 1:00:04.8 +12:10.6
67 18 Apollo Lynge  Denmark 1:00:34.8 +12:40.6
68 3 Dimitrios Andreadis  Greece 1:00:52.1 +12:57.9
69 1 Şeref Çınar  Turkey 1:04:12.2 +16:18.0
70 61 Rızvan Özbey  Turkey 1:05:02.3 +17:08.1
71 25 Naci Öğün  Turkey 1:05:56.4 +18:02.2
72 49 Yaşar Ören  Turkey 1:09:03.6 +21:09.4
11 Hannu Taipale  Finland DNF
40 Kazuo Sato  Japan DNF
70 Axel Lesser  East Germany DNF
16 Vít Fousek Jr.  Czechoslovakia DNS

References

  1. ^ a b "Autrans 15 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 15 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
  3. ^ "15 km Men Innsbruck". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  4. ^ "15 km Men Grenoble". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 6 March 2019.

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