Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.[1]

Cross-country skiing
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueAutrans
DatesFebruary 7-February 17
No. of events7
Competitors147 (110 men, 37 women) from 25 nations

Medal summary

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Norway (NOR)4217
2 Sweden (SWE)2215
3 Italy (ITA)1001
4 Soviet Union (URS)0224
5 Finland (FIN)0123
6 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (6 nations)77721

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
15 km
Harald Grønningen
 Norway
47:54.2 Eero Mäntyranta
 Finland
47:56.1 Gunnar Larsson
 Sweden
48:33.7
30 km
Franco Nones
 Italy
1:35:39.2 Odd Martinsen
 Norway
1:36:28.9 Eero Mäntyranta
 Finland
1:36:55.3
50 km
Ole Ellefsæter
 Norway
2:28:45.8 Vyacheslav Vedenin
 Soviet Union
2:29:05.5 Josef Haas
 Switzerland
2:29:14.8
4 × 10 km relay
 Norway (NOR)
Odd Martinsen
Pål Tyldum
Harald Grønningen
Ole Ellefsæter
2:08:33.5  Sweden (SWE)
Jan Halvarsson
Bjarne Andersson
Gunnar Larsson
Assar Rönnlund
2:10:13.2  Finland (FIN)
Kalevi Oikarainen
Hannu Taipale
Kalevi Laurila
Eero Mäntyranta
2:10:56.7

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
5 km
Toini Gustafsson
 Sweden
16:45.2 Galina Kulakova
 Soviet Union
16:48.4 Alevtina Kolchina
 Soviet Union
16:51.6
10 km
Toini Gustafsson
 Sweden
36:45.5 Berit Mørdre
 Norway
37:54.6 Inger Aufles
 Norway
37:59.9
3 × 5 km relay
 Norway (NOR)
Inger Aufles
Babben Enger
Berit Mørdre Lammedal
57:30.0  Sweden (SWE)
Barbro Martinsson
Toini Gustafsson
Britt Strandberg
57:51.0  Soviet Union (URS)
Alevtina Kolchina
Rita Achkina
Galina Kulakova
58:13.6

References

  1. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 26 June 2019.
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