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

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates27 February 1988
Competitors71 from 23 nations
Winning time2:04:30.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Gunde Svan
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Maurilio De Zolt
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Andreas Grünenfelder
 Switzerland
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Cross-country skiing at the
1988 Winter Olympics
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The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February 1988 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.[1]

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]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 69 Gunde Svan  Sweden 2:04:30.9 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 64 Maurilio De Zolt  Italy 2:05:36.4 +1:05.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 31 Andi Grünenfelder  Switzerland 2:06:01.9 +1:31.0
4 40 Vegard Ulvang  Norway 2:06:32.3 +2:01.4
5 22 Holger Bauroth  East Germany 2:07:02.4 +2:31.5
6 20 Jan Ottosson  Sweden 2:07:34.8 +3:03.9
7 37 Kari Ristanen  Finland 2:08:08.1 +3:37.2
8 38 Uwe Bellmann  East Germany 2:08:18.6 +3:47.7
9 6 Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass  Norway 2:08:20.0 +3:49.1
10 58 Gianfranco Polvara  Italy 2:08:40.3 +4:09.4
11 57 Torgeir Bjørn  Norway 2:08:41.0 +4:10.1
12 17 Vladimir Sakhnov  Soviet Union 2:09:00.1 +4:29.2
13 16 Giachem Guidon  Switzerland 2:09:02.2 +4:31.3
14 55 Jeremias Wigger  Switzerland 2:09:05.3 +4:34.4
15 35 Ladislav Švanda  Czechoslovakia 2:09:08.1 +4:37.2
16 41 Albert Walder  Italy 2:09:19.6 +4:48.7
17 47 Claude Pierrat  France 2:09:54.9 +5:24.0
18 12 Fausto Bormetti  Italy 2:10:20.7 +5:49.8
19 56 Andre Blatter  Austria 2:10:43.6 +6:12.7
20 5 Radim Nyč  Czechoslovakia 2:10:46.3 +6:15.4
21 43 Pierre Harvey  Canada 2:10:54.8 +6:23.9
22 59 Harri Kirvesniemi  Finland 2:11:41.8 +7:10.9
23 54 Petr Lisičan  Czechoslovakia 2:11:44.4 +7:13.5
24 2 Guy Balland  France 2:11:58.7 +7:27.8
25 51 Mikhail Devyatyarov  Soviet Union 2:12:01.7 +7:30.8
26 72 Yuri Burlakov  Soviet Union 2:12:02.2 +7:31.3
27 65 Pavel Benc  Czechoslovakia 2:12:08.4 +7:37.5
28 48 Torgny Mogren  Sweden 2:12:20.2 +7:49.3
29 10 Heikki Kivikko  Finland 2:12:27.1 +7:56.2
30 11 Janež Kršinar  Yugoslavia 2:12:33.5 +8:02.6
31 70 Tor Håkon Holte  Norway 2:12:56.6 +8:25.7
32 50 Kazunari Sasaki  Japan 2:13:09.6 +8:38.7
33 49 Herbert Fritzenwenger  West Germany 2:13:27.6 +8:56.7
34 44 Georg Fischer  West Germany 2:13:31.3 +9:00.4
35 74 Markus Fähndrich  Switzerland 2:13:33.2 +9:02.3
36 71 Johann Standmann  Austria 2:13:39.3 +9:08.4
37 68 Dominique Locatelli  France 2:13:56.8 +9:25.9
38 36 Alexey Prokourorov  Soviet Union 2:14:01.0 +9:30.1
39 28 Tanayuki Yuki  Japan 2:16:24.7 +11:53.8
40 52 Atanas Simidchev  Bulgaria 2:17:02.4 +12:31.5
41 42 Alois Schwarz  Austria 2:17:03.5 +12:32.6
42 3 Atsushi Egawa  Japan 2:17:52.8 +13:21.9
43 23 Dennis Lawrence  Canada 2:17:55.7 +13:24.8
44 8 Einar Ólafsson  Iceland 2:18:21.9 +13:51.0
45 66 Antti Ticklen  Finland 2:18:41.8 +14:10.9
46 53 Alain Masson  Canada 2:19:21.7 +14:50.8
47 14 Kevin Brochman  United States 2:19:45.5 +15:14.6
48 32 Young Hae-Jun  South Korea 2:20:50.8 +16:19.9
49 61 Wayne Dustin  Canada 2:21:31.8 +17:00.9
50 15 Ki Ho Park  South Korea 2:22:36.4 +18:05.5
51 46 Kun Pyo Hong  South Korea 2:23:13.6 +18:42.7
52 33 Sašo Grajf  Yugoslavia 2:23:47.1 +19:16.2
53 26 Jordi Ribó  Spain 2:24:10.4 +19:39.5
54 25 Martin Watkins  Great Britain 2:24:48.3 +20:17.4
55 18 Ewan MacKenzie  Great Britain 2:24:58.2 +20:27.3
56 63 Bill Spencer  United States 2:25:22.6 +20:51.7
57 4 Zidtsagaany Ganbat  Mongolia 2:26:22.0 +21:51.1
58 21 José Giro  Spain 2:27:05.8 +22:34.9
59 19 Julio Moreschi  Argentina 2:28:36.5 +24:05.6
60 45 Dambajantsagiin Battulga  Mongolia 2:30:33.7 +26:02.8
61 7 Roberto Alvárez  Mexico 3:22:25.1 +1:17:54.2
1 Alois Stadlober  Austria DNF
13 Walter Kuss  West Germany DNF
24 Todor Makhov  Bulgaria DNF
27 Mano Ketenzhiev  Bulgaria DNF
29 Jean-Luc Thomas  France DNF
30 Dan Simoneau  United States DNF
39 Thomas Wassberg  Sweden DNF
60 Jon Engen  United States DNF
67 Park Byung-woo  South Korea DNF
9 Konstantin Ritter  Liechtenstein DNS
34 David Hislop  Australia DNS
62 Masaharu Yamazaki  Japan DNS
73 Milush Ivanchev  Bulgaria DNS

References

  1. ^ a b "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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