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.
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.
Results Sources: Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit 5 Harald Grønningen 47:54.2 29 Eero Mäntyranta 47:56.1 66 Gunnar Larsson 48:33.7 65 Kalevi Laurila 48:37.6 12 Jan Halvarsson 48:39.1 41 Bjarne Andersson 48:41.1 57 Pål Tyldum 48:42.0 62 Odd Martinsen 48:49.3 17 Valery Tarakanov 49:04.4 10 54 Kalevi Oikarainen 49:11.1 11 26 Assar Rönnlund 49:25.3 12 55 Walter Demel 49:38.4 13 14 Franco Stella 49:59.8 14 72 Karel Štefl 50:15.4 15 47 Giulio Deflorian 50:19.4 16 48 Anatoly Akentyev 50:19.9 17 39 Reidar Hjermstad 50:25.7 18 42 Josef Haas 50:34.8 19 74 Flury Koch 50:37.2 20 38 Karl Buhl 50:38.1 21 52 Józef Rysula 50:38.5 22 69 Vladimir Voronkov 50:40.7 23 45 Ján Fajstavr 50:46.5 24 4 Roger Pires 50:52.6 25 19 Petar Pankov 50:54.1 26 28 Fyodor Simashov 51:05.3 27 27 Václav Peřina 51:06.6 28 32 Victor Arbez 51:20.5 29 33 Gerhard Grimmer 51:22.1 30 8 Albert Giger 51:26.6 31 53 Andreas Janc 51:29.8 32 68 Franco Manfroi 51:47.7 33 58 Gert-Dietmar Klause 51:51.6 34 44 Mike Gallagher 52:02.4 35 20 Konrad Hischier 52:06.4 36 22 Franco Nones 52:06.8 37 2 Peter Thiel 52:07.8 38 71 Helmut Gerlach 52:21.8 39 7 Klaus Ganter 52:30.0 40 9 Alojz Kerštajn 52:31.7 41 21 Mike Elliott 52:40.8 42 67 Heinrich Wallner 52:53.6 43 31 Janez Mlinar 52:54.4 44 59 Felix Mathieu 52:58.8 45 50 Mirko Bavče 53:10.7 46 64 Jean Jobez 53:22.1 47 35 Ernst Pühringer 53:23.0 48 6 Bob Gray 53:24.8 49 46 Tibor Holéczy 53:35.9 50 75 Tokio Sato 53:41.2 51 15 Walter Failer 54:12.5 52 60 Gendgeegin Batmönkh 54:21.3 53 34 Akiyoshi Matsuoka 54:46.2 54 30 Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel 54:46.4 55 73 Larry Damon 55:07.2 56 76 Nils Skulbru 55:53.4 57 51 Svend Carlsen 56:09.5 58 43 Tom Dakin 56:49.9 59 63 Peter Tancock 57:31.1 60 24 Ross Martin 58:00.2 +10:06.0 61 56 David Rees 58:25.9 +10:31.7 62 13 Yun Jong-im 58:28.2 +10:34.0 63 37 Rolf Pettersen 58:31.8 +10:37.6 64 36 Miklós Holló 58:37.2 +10:43.0 65 10 Hiroshi Ogawa 59:55.4 +12:01.2 66 23 Kim Chun-gi +12:10.6 67 18 Apollo Lynge +12:40.6 68 3 Dimitrios Andreadis +12:57.9 69 1 Şeref Çınar +16:18.0 70 61 Rızvan Özbey +17:08.1 71 25 Naci Öğün +18:02.2 72 49 Yaşar Ören +21:09.4 11 Hannu Taipale 40 Kazuo Sato 70 Axel Lesser 16 Vít Fousek Jr.
References
External links (International Ski Federation)