The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February 1988 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Maurilio De Zolt of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Thomas Wassberg was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.
Results Sources: Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 69 Gunde Svan 2:04:30.9 64 Maurilio De Zolt 2:05:36.4 31 Andi Grünenfelder 2:06:01.9 40 Vegard Ulvang 2:06:32.3 22 Holger Bauroth 2:07:02.4 20 Jan Ottosson 2:07:34.8 37 Kari Ristanen 2:08:08.1 38 Uwe Bellmann 2:08:18.6 6 Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass 2:08:20.0 10 58 Gianfranco Polvara 2:08:40.3 11 57 Torgeir Bjørn 2:08:41.0 12 17 Vladimir Sakhnov 2:09:00.1 13 16 Giachem Guidon 2:09:02.2 14 55 Jeremias Wigger 2:09:05.3 15 35 Ladislav Švanda 2:09:08.1 16 41 Albert Walder 2:09:19.6 17 47 Claude Pierrat 2:09:54.9 18 12 Fausto Bormetti 2:10:20.7 19 56 Andre Blatter 2:10:43.6 20 5 Radim Nyč 2:10:46.3 21 43 Pierre Harvey 2:10:54.8 22 59 Harri Kirvesniemi 2:11:41.8 23 54 Petr Lisičan 2:11:44.4 24 2 Guy Balland 2:11:58.7 25 51 Mikhail Devyatyarov 2:12:01.7 26 72 Yuri Burlakov 2:12:02.2 27 65 Pavel Benc 2:12:08.4 28 48 Torgny Mogren 2:12:20.2 29 10 Heikki Kivikko 2:12:27.1 30 11 Janež Kršinar 2:12:33.5 31 70 Tor Håkon Holte 2:12:56.6 32 50 Kazunari Sasaki 2:13:09.6 33 49 Herbert Fritzenwenger 2:13:27.6 34 44 Georg Fischer 2:13:31.3 35 74 Markus Fähndrich 2:13:33.2 36 71 Johann Standmann 2:13:39.3 37 68 Dominique Locatelli 2:13:56.8 38 36 Alexey Prokourorov 2:14:01.0 39 28 Tanayuki Yuki 2:16:24.7 40 52 Atanas Simidchev 2:17:02.4 41 42 Alois Schwarz 2:17:03.5 42 3 Atsushi Egawa 2:17:52.8 43 23 Dennis Lawrence 2:17:55.7 44 8 Einar Ólafsson 2:18:21.9 45 66 Antti Ticklen 2:18:41.8 46 53 Alain Masson 2:19:21.7 47 14 Kevin Brochman 2:19:45.5 48 32 Young Hae-Jun 2:20:50.8 49 61 Wayne Dustin 2:21:31.8 50 15 Ki Ho Park 2:22:36.4 51 46 Kun Pyo Hong 2:23:13.6 52 33 Sašo Grajf 2:23:47.1 53 26 Jordi Ribó 2:24:10.4 54 25 Martin Watkins 2:24:48.3 55 18 Ewan MacKenzie 2:24:58.2 56 63 Bill Spencer 2:25:22.6 57 4 Zidtsagaany Ganbat 2:26:22.0 58 21 José Giro 2:27:05.8 59 19 Julio Moreschi 2:28:36.5 60 45 Dambajantsagiin Battulga 2:30:33.7 61 7 Roberto Alvárez 3:22:25.1 1 Alois Stadlober 13 Walter Kuss 24 Todor Makhov 27 Mano Ketenzhiev 29 Jean-Luc Thomas 30 Dan Simoneau 39 Thomas Wassberg 60 Jon Engen 67 Park Byung-woo 9 Konstantin Ritter 34 David Hislop 62 Masaharu Yamazaki 73 Milush Ivanchev
References
External links Final results (International Ski Federation)