Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

The men's 30 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Wednesday 7 February at Autrans.[1][2]

Men's 30 kilometre
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueAutrans
Dates7 February
Competitors66 from 22 nations
Winning time1:35:39.2
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Franco Nones
 Italy
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Odd Martinsen
 Norway
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Eero Mäntyranta
 Finland
← 1964
1972 →

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the 1966 World champion and also the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[3]

Results

Sources:[1][4]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
26Franco Nones  Italy1:35:39.2
52Odd Martinsen  Norway1:36:28.9+49.7
33Eero Mäntyranta  Finland1:36:55.3+1:16.1
445Vladimir Voronkov  Soviet Union1:37:10.8+1:31.6
564Giulio Deflorian  Italy1:37:12.9+1:33.7
655Kalevi Laurila  Finland1:37:29.8+1:50.6
746Kalevi Oikarainen  Finland1:37:34.4+1:55.2
825Gunnar Larsson  Sweden1:37:48.1+2:08.9
962Walter Demel  West Germany1:37:49.2+2:10.0
1012Anatoly Akentyev  Soviet Union1:37:52.4+2:13.2
112Lorns Skjemstad  Norway1:37:53.4+2:14.2
1241Jan Halvarsson  Sweden1:38:23.2+2:44.0
1350Harald Grønningen  Norway1:38:26.7+2:47.5
1430Vyacheslav Vedenin  Soviet Union1:38:36.1+2:56.9
1547Gerhard Grimmer  East Germany1:38:46.0+3:06.8
164Arto Tiainen  Finland1:38:51.1+3:11.9
1754Valery Tarakanov  Soviet Union1:39:25.0+3:45.8
1860Karel Štefl  Czechoslovakia1:39:25.7+3:46.5
1932Gert-Dietmar Klause  East Germany1:39:30.5+3:51.3
208Bruno Åvik  Sweden1:39:38.1+3:58.9
2166Ingvar Sandström  Sweden1:39:47.5+4:08.3
2235Ján Fajstavr  Czechoslovakia1:40:05.1+4:25.9
2351Franco Stella  Italy1:40:42.0+5:02.8
2417Václav Peřina  Czechoslovakia1:40:58.0+5:18.8
253Franco Manfroi  Italy1:41:11.8+5:32.6
2621Petar Pankov  Bulgaria1:41:42.9+6:03.7
2728Mike Gallagher  United States1:41:58.2+6:19.0
286Denis Mast  Switzerland1:41:58.8+6:19.6
295Mike Elliott  United States1:42:22.6+6:43.4
3022Konrad Hischier  Switzerland1:42:26.1+6:46.9
3115Karl Buhl  West Germany1:42:52.2+7:13.0
3265Flury Koch  Switzerland1:43:06.9+7:27.7
3340Tokio Sato  Japan1:43:13.8+7:34.6
3424Gjermund Eggen  Norway1:43:29.6+7:50.4
3549Fritz Stuessi  Switzerland1:43:57.8+8:18.6
3658Axel Lesser  East Germany1:44:16.2+8:37.0
3714Helmut Unger  East Germany1:44:47.9+9:08.7
3863Ernst Pühringer  Austria1:44:51.0+9:11.8
399Jean Jobez  France1:45:08.8+9:29.6
4020Franz Vetter  Austria1:45:11.2+9:32.0
4137Philippe Baradel  France1:45:33.3+9:54.1
4216Luc Colin  France1:45:40.7+10:01.5
4356Roger Pires  France1:45:54.6+10:15.4
4410Alojz Kerštajn  Yugoslavia1:46:09.5+10:30.3
4553Kazuo Sato  Japan1:46:12.4+10:33.2
4634Herbert Steinbeßer  West Germany1:46:31.2+10:52.0
4738Janez Mlinar  Yugoslavia1:46:43.2+11:04.0
481Karl-Heinz Scherzinger  West Germany1:47:08.4+11:29.2
4918Mirko Bavče  Yugoslavia1:47:48.9+12:09.7
5042Hansjörg Farbmacher  Austria1:49:43.3+14:04.1
5157Charles Kellogg  United States1:50:03.7+14:24.5
5259Nils Skulbru  Canada1:50:06.1+14:26.9
5329Svend Carlsen  Denmark1:50:51.8+15:12.6
5448Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel  Mongolia1:50:52.7+15:13.5
5536Jon Lufkin  United States1:51:21.2+15:42.0
5661Gendgeegiin Batmönkh  Mongolia1:51:39.1+15:59.9
5723Tibor Holéczy  Hungary1:51:42.0+16:02.8
5839David Rees  Canada1:52:46.6+17:07.4
5944Miklós Holló  Hungary1:53:41.1+18:01.9
6019Ross Martin  Australia1:55:17.3+19:38.1
6127Rolf Pettersen  Canada1:55:37.2+19:58.0
627Apollo Lynge  Denmark1:55:40.0+20:00.8
6331Choon-Kie Kim  South Korea2:11:51.3+36:12.1
11Dimitrios Andreadis  GreeceDNF
13Vít Fousek Jr.  CzechoslovakiaDNF
33Chong-Ihm Yoon  South KoreaDNF

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