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

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]

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
← 1964
1972 →

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]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
5Harald Grønningen  Norway47:54.2–
29Eero Mäntyranta  Finland47:56.1+1.9
66Gunnar Larsson  Sweden48:33.7+39.5
465Kalevi Laurila  Finland48:37.6+43.4
512Jan Halvarsson  Sweden48:39.1+44.9
641Bjarne Andersson  Sweden48:41.1+46.9
757Pål Tyldum  Norway48:42.0+47.8
862Odd Martinsen  Norway48:49.3+55.1
917Valery Tarakanov  Soviet Union49:04.4+1:10.2
1054Kalevi Oikarainen  Finland49:11.1+1:16.9
1126Assar Rönnlund  Sweden49:25.3+1:31.1
1255Walter Demel  West Germany49:38.4+1:44.2
1314Franco Stella  Italy49:59.8+2:05.6
1472Karel Štefl  Czechoslovakia50:15.4+2:21.2
1547Giulio Deflorian  Italy50:19.4+2:25.2
1648Anatoly Akentyev  Soviet Union50:19.9+2:25.7
1739Reidar Hjermstad  Norway50:25.7+2:31.5
1842Josef Haas  Switzerland50:34.8+2:40.6
1974Flury Koch  Switzerland50:37.2+2:43.0
2038Karl Buhl  West Germany50:38.1+2:43.9
2152Józef Rysula  Poland50:38.5+2:44.3
2269Vladimir Voronkov  Soviet Union50:40.7+2:46.5
2345Ján Fajstavr  Czechoslovakia50:46.5+2:52.3
244Roger Pires  France50:52.6+2:58.4
2519Petar Pankov  Bulgaria50:54.1+2:59.9
2628Fyodor Simashov  Soviet Union51:05.3+3:11.1
2727Václav Peřina  Czechoslovakia51:06.6+3:12.4
2832Victor Arbez  France51:20.5+3:26.3
2933Gerhard Grimmer  East Germany51:22.1+3:27.9
308Albert Giger  Switzerland51:26.6+3:32.4
3153Andreas Janc  Austria51:29.8+3:35.6
3268Franco Manfroi  Italy51:47.7+3:53.5
3358Gert-Dietmar Klause  East Germany51:51.6+3:57.4
3444Mike Gallagher  United States52:02.4+4:08.2
3520Konrad Hischier  Switzerland52:06.4+4:12.2
3622Franco Nones  Italy52:06.8+4:12.6
372Peter Thiel  East Germany52:07.8+4:13.6
3871Helmut Gerlach  West Germany52:21.8+4:27.6
397Klaus Ganter  West Germany52:30.0+4:35.8
409Alojz Kerštajn  Yugoslavia52:31.7+4:37.5
4121Mike Elliott  United States52:40.8+4:46.6
4267Heinrich Wallner  Austria52:53.6+4:59.4
4331Janez Mlinar  Yugoslavia52:54.4+5:00.2
4459Felix Mathieu  France52:58.8+5:04.6
4550Mirko Bavče  Yugoslavia53:10.7+5:16.5
4664Jean Jobez  France53:22.1+5:27.9
4735Ernst Pühringer  Austria53:23.0+5:28.8
486Bob Gray  United States53:24.8+5:30.6
4946Tibor Holéczy  Hungary53:35.9+5:41.7
5075Tokio Sato  Japan53:41.2+5:47.0
5115Walter Failer  Austria54:12.5+6:18.3
5260Gendgeegin Batmönkh  Mongolia54:21.3+6:27.1
5334Akiyoshi Matsuoka  Japan54:46.2+6:52.0
5430Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel  Mongolia54:46.4+6:52.2
5573Larry Damon  United States55:07.2+7:13.0
5676Nils Skulbru  Canada55:53.4+7:59.2
5751Svend Carlsen  Denmark56:09.5+8:15.3
5843Tom Dakin  Great Britain56:49.9+8:55.7
5963Peter Tancock  Great Britain57:31.1+9:36.9
6024Ross Martin  Australia58:00.2+10:06.0
6156David Rees  Canada58:25.9+10:31.7
6213Yun Jong-im  South Korea58:28.2+10:34.0
6337Rolf Pettersen  Canada58:31.8+10:37.6
6436Miklós Holló  Hungary58:37.2+10:43.0
6510Hiroshi Ogawa  Japan59:55.4+12:01.2
6623Kim Chun-gi  South Korea1:00:04.8+12:10.6
6718Apollo Lynge  Denmark1:00:34.8+12:40.6
683Dimitrios Andreadis  Greece1:00:52.1+12:57.9
691Şeref Çınar  Turkey1:04:12.2+16:18.0
7061Rızvan Özbey  Turkey1:05:02.3+17:08.1
7125Naci Öğün  Turkey1:05:56.4+18:02.2
7249Yaşar Ören  Turkey1:09:03.6+21:09.4
11Hannu Taipale  FinlandDNF
40Kazuo Sato  JapanDNF
70Axel Lesser  East GermanyDNF
16Vít Fousek Jr.  CzechoslovakiaDNS

References

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