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 | ||||||||||||
Date | February 9 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 86 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.85 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
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Men's Downhill | |
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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 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 |
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14 | Jean-Claude Killy | France | 1:59.85 | — | |
1 | Guy Périllat | France | 1:59.93 | +0.08 | |
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
- ^ 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.
- ^ "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.
- ^ a b "Ski champ idol of France". Spokane Daily Chronicle. (Washington). Associated Press. February 9, 1968. p. 13.
- ^ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
- ^ Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
External links
- FIS results