Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results.

Men's events

15 km

February 10, 1968

Medal	Athlete	Time
1 Gold	Harald Grønningen Norway (NOR)	47:54.2
2 Silver	Eero Mäntyranta Finland (FIN)	47:56.1
3 Bronze	Gunnar Larsson (SWE)	48:33.7
4	Kalevi Laurila (FIN)	48:37.6
5	Jan Halvarsson (SWE)	48:39.1
6	Bjarne Andersson (SWE)	48:41.1

30 km

February 6, 1968

Medal	Athlete	Time
1 Gold	Franco Nones Italy (ITA)	1:35:39.2
2 Silver	Odd Martinsen Norway (NOR)	1:36:28.9
3 Bronze	Eero Mäntyranta Finland (FIN)	1:36:55.3
4	Vladimir Voronkov (URS)	1:37:10.8
5	Giulio de Florian (ITA)	1:37:12.9
6	Kalevi Laurila (FIN)	1:37:29.8

Nones was the first winner not from Finland, Norway, Sweden, or the Soviet Union to win an Olympic cross-country skiing gold medal.

50 km

February 15, 1968

Medal	Athlete	Time
1 Gold	Ole Ellefsæter Norway (NOR)	2:28:45.8
2 Silver	Vyacheslav Vedenin Soviet Union (URS)	2:29:02.5
3 Bronze	Josef Haas Switzerland (SUI)	2:29:14.8
4	Pål Tyldum (NOR)	2:29:26.7
5	Melcher Risberg (SWE)	2:29:37.0
6	Gunnar Larsson (SWE)	2:29:37.2

4 x 10 km relay

February 14, 1968

Medal	Team	Time
1 Gold	Norway (Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter)	2:08:33.5
2 Silver	Sweden (Jan Halvarsson, Bjarne Andersson, Gunnar Larsson, Assar Rönnlund)	2:10:13.2
3 Bronze	Finland (Kalevi Oikarainen, Hannu Taipale, Kalevi Laurila, Eero Mäntyranta)	2:10:56.7
4	Soviet Union (Vladimir Voronkov, Anatoliy Akentiev, Valery Tarakanov, Vyacheslav Vedenin)	2:10:57.2
5	Switzerland (Konrad Hischler, Josef Haas, Florian Koch, Alois Kälin)	2:15:32.4
6	Italy (Giulio de Florian, Franco Nones, Palmiro Serafino, Aldo Stella)	2:16:32.2

Women's events

5 km

February 13, 1968

Medal	Athlete	Time
1 Gold	Toini Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)	16:45.2
2 Silver	Galina Kulakova Soviet Union (URS)	16:48.4
3 Bronze	Alevtina Kolchina Soviet Union (URS)	16:51.6
4	Barbro Martinsson (SWE)	16:52.9
5	Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)	16:54.6
6	Rita Achkina (URS)	16:55.1

10 km

February 9, 1968

Medal	Athlete	Time
1 Gold	Toini Gustafsson Sweden (SWE)	36:46.5
2 Silver	Berit Mørdre Lammedal Norway (NOR)	37:54.6
3 Bronze	Inger Aufles Norway (NOR)	37:59.9
4	Barbro Martinsson (SWE)	38:07.1
5	Marjatta Kajosmaa (FIN)	38:09.0
6	Galina Kulakova (URS)	38:26.7

3 x 5 km relay

February 16, 1968

Medal	Team	Time
1 Gold	Norway (Inger Aufles, Babben Enger Damon, Berit Mørdre Lammedal)	57:30.0
2 Silver	Sweden (Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson, Barbro Martinsson)	57:51.0
3 Bronze	Soviet Union (Alevtina Kolchina, Rita Achkina, Galina Kulakova)	58:13.6
4	Finland (Senja Pusula, Marjatta Oikkonen, Marjatta Kajosmaa)	58:45.1
5	Poland (Weronika Budny, Józefa Czerniawska, Stefania Bogun)	59:04.7
6	East Germany (Renate Köhler, Gudrun Schmidt, Christine Nestler)	59:33.9

References

• Official Olympic Report