Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| Men's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games | ||||||||||
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| Venue | Chamrousse | |||||||||
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| Date | February 9 | |||||||||
| Competitors | 86 from 29 nations | |||||||||
| Winning time | 1:59.85 | |||||||||
| Medalists | ||||||||||
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| Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||||
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| Downhill | men | women | ||
| Giant slalom | men | women | ||
| Slalom | men | women | ||
| Men's Downhill | |
|---|---|
| Location | Chamrousse |
| Vertical | 840 m (2,756 ft) |
| Top elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) |
| Base elevation | 1,412 m (4,633 ft) |
The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1]
The defending world champion was Jean-Claude Killy of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Gerhard Nenning led the 1968 World Cup.[2][3]
Results
| Rank | Name | Country | Time | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 | Jean-Claude Killy |  France | 1:59.85 | - |
 | Guy Périllat | France | 1:59.93 | +0.08 |
 | Jean-Daniel Dätwyler |  Switzerland | 2:00.32 | +0.47 |
| 4 | Heini Messner |  Austria | 2:01.03 | +1.18 |
| 5 | Karl Schranz | Austria | 2:01.89 | +2.04 |
| 6 | Ivo Mahlknecht |  Italy | 2:02.00 | +2.15 |
| 7 | Gerhard Prinzing | .svg.png){kind=small} West Germany | 2:02.10 | +2.25 |
| 8 | Bernard Orcel | France | 2:02.22 | +2.37 |
| 9 | Gerhard Nenning | Austria | 2:02.31 | +2.46 |
| 10 | Edy Bruggmann | Switzerland | 2:02.36 | +2.51 |
| 11 | Gerhard Mussner | Italy | 2:02.50 | +2.65 |
| 12 | Luggi Leitner | West Germany | 2:02.54 | +2.69 |
| 13 | Egon Zimmermann | Austria | 2:02.55 | +2.70 |
| 14 | Jos Minsch | Switzerland | 2:02.76 | +2.91 |
| 15 | Franz Vogler | West Germany | 2:02.94 | +3.09 |
| 16 | Dumeng Giovanoli | Switzerland | 2:02.98 | +3.13 |
| 17 | Bjarne Strand |  Norway | 2:03.20 | +3.35 |
| 18 | Billy Kidd |  United States | 2:03.40 | +3.55 |
| 19 | Dieter Fersch | West Germany | 2:03.41 | +3.56 |
| 20 | Léo Lacroix | France | 2:03.86 | +4.01 |
| 21 | Dennis McCoy | United States | 2:04.82 | +4.97 |
| 22 | Teresio Vachet | Italy | 2:04.90 | +5.05 |
| 23 | Jon Terje Øverland | Norway | 2:05.34 | +5.49 |
| 24 | Malcolm Milne |  Australia | 2:05.36 | +5.51 |
| 25 | Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson |  Great Britain | 2:05.43 | +5.58 |
| 26 | Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś | .svg.png){kind=small} Poland | 2:05.48 | +5.63 |
| 27 | Wayne Henderson |  Canada | 2:05.56 | +5.71 |
| 28 | Renato Valentini | Italy | 2:05.61 | +5.76 |
| 29 | Rune Lindström |  Sweden | 2:05.69 | +5.84 |
| 30 | Ulf Ekstam |  Finland | 2:06.14 | +6.29 |
| 31 | Gerry Rinaldi | Canada | 2:06.30 | +6.45 |
| 32 | Aurelio García | .svg.png){kind=small} Spain | 2:06.84 | +6.99 |
| 33 | Josef Gassner |  Liechtenstein | 2:06.91 | +7.06 |
| 34 | Lasse Hamre | Norway | 2:06.93 | +7.08 |
| 35 | Milan Pažout |  Czechoslovakia | 2:07.45 | +7.60 |
| 36 | Jaroslav Janda | Czechoslovakia | 2:07.71 | +7.86 |
| 37 | Wolfgang Ender | Liechtenstein | 2:08.08 | +8.23 |
| 38 | Francisco Fernández Ochoa | Spain | 2:08.67 | +8.82 |
| 39 | Luciano del Cacho | Spain | 2:08.85 | +9.00 |
| 40 | Viktor Belyakov | .svg.png){kind=small} Soviet Union | 2:09.32 | +9.47 |
| 41 | Andrej Klinar |  Yugoslavia | 2:09.61 | +9.76 |
| 42 | Robert Palmer |  New Zealand | 2:09.79 | +9.94 |
| 43 | Per-Olov Richardsson | Sweden | 2:09.83 | +9.98 |
| 44 | Ian Todd | Great Britain | 2:10.00 | +10.15 |
| 45 | Tsuneo Noto |  Japan | 2:10.32 | +10.47 |
| 46 | Mario Vera |  Chile | 2:10.44 | +10.59 |
| 47 | Jože Gazvoda | Yugoslavia | 2:10.51 | +10.66 |
| 48 | Ryszard Ćwikła | Poland | 2:10.63 | +10.78 |
| 49 | Andrey Belokrinkin | Soviet Union | 2:10.98 | +11.13 |
| 50 | Luke O'Reilly | Great Britain | 2:10.99 | +11.14 |
| 51 | Blaž Jakopič | Yugoslavia | 2:11.00 | +11.15 |
| 52 | Antonio Campaña | Spain | 2:11.11 | +11.26 |
| 53 | Jeremy Bujakowski |  India | 2:11.82 | +11.97 |
| 54 | Yoshiharu Fukuhara | Japan | 2:14.09 | +14.24 |
| 55 | Gustavo Ezquerra |  Argentina | 2:17.11 | +17.26 |
| 56 | David Borradaile | Great Britain | 2:17.31 | +17.46 |
| 57 | Roberto Thostrup | Argentina | 2:17.35 | +17.50 |
| 58 | Richard Leatherbee | Chile | 2:17.86 | +18.01 |
| 59 | Hitonari Maruyama | Japan | 2:18.04 | +18.19 |
| 60 | Félipe Briones | Chile | 2:18.07 | +18.22 |
| 61 | Thomas Huppert | New Zealand | 2:18.29 | +18.44 |
| 62 | Dan Cristea | .svg.png){kind=small} Romania | 2:18.52 | +18.67 |
| 63 | Petar Angelov | .svg.png){kind=small} Bulgaria | 2:18.71 | +18.86 |
| 64 | Juichi Maruyama | Japan | 2:19.33 | +19.48 |
| 65 | Dorin Munteanu | Romania | 2:22.53 | +22.68 |
| 66 | Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki | .svg.png){kind=small} Iran | 2:23.60 | +23.75 |
| 67 | Özer Ateşçi |  Turkey | 2:25.18 | +25.33 |
| 68 | Fayzollah Band Ali | Iran | 2:27.07 | +27.22 |
| 69 | Ovaness Meguerdonian | Iran | 2:30.25 | +30.40 |
| 70 | Athanasios Tsimikalis | .svg.png){kind=small} Greece | 2:36.93 | +37.08 |
| 71 | Mehmet Yıldırım | Turkey | 2:40.79 | +40.94 |
| 72 | Dimitrios Pappos | Greece | 2:44.10 | +44.25 |
| 73 | Ali Saveh | Iran | 2:47.88 | +48.03 |
| - | Jere Elliott | United States | DNF | - |
| - | Rod Hebron | Canada | DNF | - |
| - | Jim Barrows | United States | DNF | - |
| - | Eberhard Riedel | East Germany | DNF | - |
| - | Otto Tschudi | Norway | DNF | - |
| - | Hans-Walter Schädler | Liechtenstein | DNF | - |
| - | Arnold Beck | Liechtenstein | DNF | - |
| - | Bahattin Topal | Turkey | DNF | - |
| - | Mehmet Gökcan | Turkey | DNF | - |
| - | Peter Duncan | Canada | DQ | - |
| - | Raimo Manninen | Finland | DQ | - |
| - | Vasily Melnikov | Soviet Union | DQ | - |
| - | Murray Gardner | New Zealand | DQ | - |
References
- 1 2 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ↑ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
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