Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre.[1]

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates27 February
Competitors71 from 23 nations
Winning time2:04:30.9
Medalists
Gunde Svan
 Sweden
Maurilio De Zolt
 Italy
Andreas Grünenfelder
 Switzerland
Cross-country skiing at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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10 kmwomen
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20 kmwomen
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50 kmmen
Relaymenwomen

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.[2]

Results

Sources:[3][1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
69Gunde Svan Sweden2:04:30.9–
64Maurilio De Zolt Italy2:05:36.4+1:05.5
31Andreas Grünenfelder Switzerland2:06:01.9+1:31.0
440Vegard Ulvang Norway2:06:32.3+2:01.4
522Holger Bauroth East Germany2:07:02.4+2:31.5
620Jan Ottosson Sweden2:07:34.8+3:03.9
737Kari Ristanen Finland2:08:08.1+3:37.2
838Uwe Bellmann East Germany2:08:18.6+3:47.7
96Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass Norway2:08:20.0+3:49.1
1058Gianfranco Polvara Italy2:08:40.3+4:09.4
1157Torgeir Bjørn Norway2:08:41.0+4:10.1
1217Vladimir Sakhnov Soviet Union2:09:00.1+4:29.2
1316Giachem Guidon Switzerland2:09:02.2+4:31.3
1455Jeremias Wigger Switzerland2:09:05.3+4:34.4
1535Ladislav Švanda Czechoslovakia2:09:08.1+4:37.2
1641Albert Walder Italy2:09:19.6+4:48.7
1747Claude Pierrat France2:09:54.9+5:24.0
1812Fausto Bormetti Italy2:10:20.7+5:49.8
1956Andre Blatter Austria2:10:43.6+6:12.7
205Radim Nyč Czechoslovakia2:10:46.3+6:15.4
2143Pierre Harvey Canada2:10:54.8+6:23.9
2259Harri Kirvesniemi Finland2:11:41.8+7:10.9
2354Petr Lisičan Czechoslovakia2:11:44.4+7:13.5
242Guy Balland France2:11:58.7+7:27.8
2551Mikhail Devyatyarov Soviet Union2:12:01.7+7:30.8
2672Yuri Burlakov Soviet Union2:12:02.2+7:31.3
2765Pavel Benc Czechoslovakia2:12:08.4+7:37.5
2848Torgny Mogren Sweden2:12:20.2+7:49.3
2910Heikki Kivikko Finland2:12:27.1+7:56.2
3011Janež Kršinar Yugoslavia2:12:33.5+8:02.6
3170Tor Håkon Holte Norway2:12:56.6+8:25.7
3250Kazunari Sasaki Japan2:13:09.6+8:38.7
3349Herbert Fritzenwenger West Germany2:13:27.6+8:56.7
3444Georg Fischer West Germany2:13:31.3+9:00.4
3574Markus Fähndrich Switzerland2:13:33.2+9:02.3
3671Johann Standmann Austria2:13:39.3+9:08.4
3768Dominique Locatelli France2:13:56.8+9:25.9
3836Alexey Prokourorov Soviet Union2:14:01.0+9:30.1
3928Tanayuki Yuki Japan2:16:24.7+11:53.8
4052Atanas Simidchev Bulgaria2:17:02.4+12:31.5
4142Alois Schwarz Austria2:17:03.5+12:32.6
423Atsushi Egawa Japan2:17:52.8+13:21.9
4323Dennis Lawrence Canada2:17:55.7+13:24.8
448Einar Ólafsson Iceland2:18:21.9+13:51.0
4566Antti Ticklen Finland2:18:41.8+14:10.9
4653Alain Masson Canada2:19:21.7+14:50.8
4714Kevin Brochman United States2:19:45.5+15:14.6
4832Young Hae-Jun South Korea2:20:50.8+16:19.9
4961Wayne Dustin Canada2:21:31.8+17:00.9
5015Ki Ho Park South Korea2:22:36.4+18:05.5
5146Kun Pyo Hong South Korea2:23:13.6+18:42.7
5233Sašo Grajf Yugoslavia2:23:47.1+19:16.2
5326Jordi Ribó Spain2:24:10.4+19:39.5
5425Martin Watkins Great Britain2:24:48.3+20:17.4
5518Ewan MacKenzie Great Britain2:24:58.2+20:27.3
5663Bill Spencer United States2:25:22.6+20:51.7
574Zidtsagaany Ganbat Mongolia2:26:22.0+21:51.1
5821José Giro Spain2:27:05.8+22:34.9
5919Julio Moreschi Argentina2:28:36.5+24:05.6
6045Dambajantsagiin Battulga Mongolia2:30:33.7+26:02.8
617Roberto Alvárez Mexico3:22:25.1+1:17:54.2
1Alois Stadlober AustriaDNF
13Walter Kuss West GermanyDNF
24Todor Makhov BulgariaDNF
27Mano Ketenzhiev BulgariaDNF
29Jean-Luc Thomas FranceDNF
30Dan Simoneau United StatesDNF
39Thomas Wassberg SwedenDNF
60Jon Engen United StatesDNF
67Park Byung-woo South KoreaDNF
9Konstantin Ritter LiechtensteinDNS
34David Hislop AustraliaDNS
62Masaharu Yamazaki JapanDNS
73Milush Ivanchev BulgariaDNS

References
  1. "Canmore 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
  2. "Cross Country Skiing at the 1988 Calgary Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
  3. "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 5 February 2019.
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