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
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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

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Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  5 Harald Grønningen   Norway 47:54.2
  29 Eero Mäntyranta   Finland 47:56.1 +1.9
  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

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  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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