Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Cross-country skiing at the X Olympic Winter Games

Venue	Autrans
Dates	February 7-February 17
No. of events	7
Competitors	147 (110 men, 37 women) from 25 nations

The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross-country skiing results.

Medal summary

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	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	37:54.5	Inger Aufles Norway	37:59.9
3×5 km	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

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway (NOR)	4	2	1	7
2	Sweden (SWE)	2	2	1	5
3	Italy (ITA)	1	0	0	1
4	Soviet Union (URS)	0	2	2	4
5	Finland (FIN)	0	1	2	3
6	Switzerland (SUI)	0	0	1	1

References

Official Olympic Report

Cross-country skiing at the Winter Olympics

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List of medalists List of venues

Events at the 1968 Winter Olympics (Grenoble)

Alpine skiing Biathlon Bobsleigh Cross‑country skiing Figure skating Ice hockey Luge Nordic combined Ski jumping Speed skating

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