Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 9
Competitors86 from 29 nations
Winning time1:59.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Killy  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guy Périllat  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Daniel Dätwyler  Switzerland
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Alpine skiing at the
1968 Winter Olympics
Downhillmenwomen
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Men's Downhill
LocationChamrousse
Vertical   840 m (2,756 ft)
Top elevation2,252 m (7,388 ft)  
Base elevation1,412 m (4,633 ft)

The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Friday, 9 February.[1][2][3]

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 current season.[4][5]

Killy won the gold medal, teammate Guy Périllat took the silver, and Jean-Daniel Dätwyler of Switzerland won the bronze.[3][6]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 840 m (2,756 ft).[1] The course length was 2.890 km (1.80 mi) and Killy's winning run of 119.85 seconds resulted in an average speed of 86.8085 km/h (53.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.009 m/s (23.0 ft/s).

Results

Rank Bib Name Country Time Difference
1st place, gold medalist(s) 14 Jean-Claude Killy  France 1:59.85 —
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Guy Périllat  France 1:59.93 +0.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler  Switzerland 2:00.32 +0.47
4 9 Heini Messner  Austria 2:01.03 +1.18
5 11 Karl Schranz  Austria 2:01.89 +2.04
6 3 Ivo Mahlknecht  Italy 2:02.00 +2.15
7 21 Gerhard Prinzing  West Germany 2:02.10 +2.25
8 13 Bernard Orcel  France 2:02.22 +2.37
9 10 Gerhard Nenning  Austria 2:02.31 +2.46
10 2 Edy Bruggmann  Switzerland 2:02.36 +2.51
11 6 Gerhard Mussner  Italy 2:02.50 +2.65
12 28 Luggi Leitner  West Germany 2:02.54 +2.69
13 5 Egon Zimmermann  Austria 2:02.55 +2.70
14 8 Jos Minsch  Switzerland 2:02.76 +2.91
15 7 Franz Vogler  West Germany 2:02.94 +3.09
16 27 Dumeng Giovanoli  Switzerland 2:02.98 +3.13
17 24 Bjarne Strand  Norway 2:03.20 +3.35
18 12 Billy Kidd  United States 2:03.40 +3.55
19 19 Dieter Fersch  West Germany 2:03.41 +3.56
20 15 Léo Lacroix  France 2:03.86 +4.01
21 20 Dennis McCoy  United States 2:04.82 +4.97
22 23 Teresio Vachet  Italy 2:04.90 +5.05
23 44 Jon Terje Øverland  Norway 2:05.34 +5.49
24 30 Malcolm Milne  Australia 2:05.36 +5.51
25 42 Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson  Great Britain 2:05.43 +5.58
26 57 Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś  Poland 2:05.48 +5.63
27 48 Wayne Henderson  Canada 2:05.56 +5.71
28 18 Renato Valentini  Italy 2:05.61 +5.76
29 41 Rune Lindström  Sweden 2:05.69 +5.84
30 40 Ulf Ekstam  Finland 2:06.14 +6.29
31 31 Gerry Rinaldi  Canada 2:06.30 +6.45
32 45 Aurelio García  Spain 2:06.84 +6.99
33 47 Josef Gassner  Liechtenstein 2:06.91 +7.06
34 63 Lasse Hamre  Norway 2:06.93 +7.08
35 43 Milan Pažout  Czechoslovakia 2:07.45 +7.60
36 38 Jaroslav Janda  Czechoslovakia 2:07.71 +7.86
37 50 Wolfgang Ender  Liechtenstein 2:08.08 +8.23
38 62 Francisco Fernández Ochoa  Spain 2:08.67 +8.82
39 53 Luciano del Cacho  Spain 2:08.85 +9.00
40 92 Viktor Belyakov  Soviet Union 2:09.32 +9.47
41 46 Andrej Klinar  Yugoslavia 2:09.61 +9.76
42 54 Robert Palmer  New Zealand 2:09.79 +9.94
43 68 Per-Olov Richardsson  Sweden 2:09.83 +9.98
44 61 Ian Todd  Great Britain 2:10.00 +10.15
45 73 Tsuneo Noto  Japan 2:10.32 +10.47
46 71 Mario Vera  Chile 2:10.44 +10.59
47 69 Jože Gazvoda  Yugoslavia 2:10.51 +10.66
48 64 Ryszard Ćwikła  Poland 2:10.63 +10.78
49 72 Andrey Belokrinkin  Soviet Union 2:10.98 +11.13
50 67 Luke O'Reilly  Great Britain 2:10.99 +11.14
51 58 Blaž Jakopič  Yugoslavia 2:11.00 +11.15
52 56 Antonio Campaña  Spain 2:11.11 +11.26
53 70 Jeremy Bujakowski  India 2:11.82 +11.97
54 74 Yoshiharu Fukuhara  Japan 2:14.09 +14.24
55 96 Gustavo Ezquerra  Argentina 2:17.11 +17.26
56 59 David Borradaile  Great Britain 2:17.31 +17.46
57 90 Roberto Thostrup  Argentina 2:17.35 +17.50
58 86 Richard Leatherbee  Chile 2:17.86 +18.01
59 93 Hitonari Maruyama  Japan 2:18.04 +18.19
60 87 Félipe Briones  Chile 2:18.07 +18.22
61 91 Thomas Huppert  New Zealand 2:18.29 +18.44
62 98 Dan Cristea  Romania 2:18.52 +18.67
63 89 Petar Angelov  Bulgaria 2:18.71 +18.86
64 88 Juichi Maruyama  Japan 2:19.33 +19.48
65 78 Dorin Munteanu  Romania 2:22.53 +22.68
66 81 Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki  Iran 2:23.60 +23.75
67 100 Özer Ateşçi  Turkey 2:25.18 +25.33
68 103 Fayzollah Band Ali  Iran 2:27.07 +27.22
69 102 Ovaness Meguerdonian  Iran 2:30.25 +30.40
70 97 Athanasios Tsimikalis  Greece 2:36.93 +37.08
71 101 Mehmet Yıldırım  Turkey 2:40.79 +40.94
72 79 Dimitrios Pappos  Greece 2:44.10 +44.25
73 82 Ali Saveh  Iran 2:47.88 +48.03
- 17 Jere Elliott  United States DNF -
- 22 Rod Hebron  Canada DNF -
- 26 Jim Barrows  United States DNF -
- 29 Eberhard Riedel  East Germany DNF -
- 49 Otto Tschudi  Norway DNF -
- 60 Hans-Walter Schädler  Liechtenstein DNF -
- 80 Arnold Beck  Liechtenstein DNF -
- 83 Bahattin Topal  Turkey DNF -
- 99 Mehmet Gökcan  Turkey DNF -
- 25 Peter Duncan  Canada DQ -
- 39 Raimo Manninen  Finland DQ -
- 55 Vasily Melnikov  Soviet Union DQ -
- 95 Murray Gardner  New Zealand DQ -
- 77 Hernan Briones  Chile DNS -
- 94 Michael Dennis  New Zealand DNS -
Source:[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "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.
  2. ^ "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. ^ a b "Ski champ idol of France". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1968. p. 13.
  4. ^ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ^ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.