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

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]

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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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 edit

Sources:[3][1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  69 Gunde Svan   Sweden 2:04:30.9
  64 Maurilio De Zolt   Italy 2:05:36.4 +1:05.5
  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 edit

  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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