Cross-country skiing at the 1976 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

Men's 50 kilometre
at the XII Olympic Winter Games
VenueSeefeld
Dates14 February
Competitors59 from 17 nations
Winning time2:37:30.05
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Ivar Formo
 Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Gert-Dietmar Klause
 East Germany
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Benny Södergren
 Sweden
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The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria, was held on Saturday 14 February at Seefeld.[1] Gerhard Grimmer of East Germany was the 1974 World champion and Pål Tyldum of Norway was the defending champion from the 1972 Olympics in Sapporo, Japan.[2]

Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 59 athletes who started the race, 15 did not finish. Ivar Formo of Norway took his first and only Olympic gold medal.

Results

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Sources:[3][1]

Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 42 Ivar Formo  Norway 2:37:30.05
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 37 Gert-Dietmar Klause  East Germany 2:38:13.21 +43.16
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 34 Benny Södergren  Sweden 2:39:39.21 +2:09.16
4 50 Ivan Garanin  Soviet Union 2:40:38.94 +3:08.89
5 24 Gerhard Grimmer  East Germany 2:41:15.46 +3:45.41
6 46 Per Knut Aaland  Norway 2:41:18.06 +3:48.01
7 16 Pål Tyldum  Norway 2:42:21.86 +4:51.81
8 6 Tommy Limby  Sweden 2:42:43.58 +5:13.53
9 44 Juhani Repo  Finland 2:42:54.89 +5:24.84
10 21 Arto Koivisto  Finland 2:43:44.79 +6:14.74
11 26 Jean-Paul Pierrat  France 2:44:03.31 +6:33.26
12 22 Vasily Rochev  Soviet Union 2:44:31.23 +7:01.18
13 23 Bill Koch  United States 2:44:34.69 +7:04.64
14 15 Milan Jarý  Czechoslovakia 2:44:51.16 +7:21.11
15 41 Jiří Beran  Czechoslovakia 2:44:51.80 +7:21.75
16 49 Sven-Åke Lundbäck  Sweden 2:45:04.82 +7:34.77
17 55 Ján Fajstavr  Czechoslovakia 2:45:19.91 +7:49.86
18 18 Franz Renggli  Switzerland 2:45:25.24 +7:55.19
19 25 Matti Kuosko  Sweden 2:45:33.41 +8:03.36
20 5 Heinz Gähler  Switzerland 2:45:51.64 +8:21.59
21 45 Sergey Savelyev  Soviet Union 2:46:01.36 +8:31.31
22 20 Hans Skinstad  Canada 2:46:11.83 +8:41.78
23 33 Georg Zipfel  West Germany 2:46:20.30 +8:50.25
24 17 Herbert Wachter  Austria 2:46:40.25 +9:10.20
25 4 Walter Demel  West Germany 2:46:55.95 +9:25.90
26 38 Werner Vogel  Austria 2:47:05.63 +9:35.58
27 51 Pertti Teurajärvi  Finland 2:47:25.60 +9:55.55
28 57 Gerd Heßler  East Germany 2:47:34.90 +10:04.85
29 3 Jean-Paul Vandel  France 2:47:45.20 +10:15.15
30 27 Stanislav Henych  Czechoslovakia 2:48:00.27 +10:30.22
31 32 Venanz Egger  Switzerland 2:48:30.70 +11:00.65
32 58 Christian Pfeuti  Switzerland 2:49:50.90 +12:20.85
33 7 Dieter Meinel  East Germany 2:49:52.42 +12:22.37
34 8 Juha Mieto  Finland 2:50:03.61 +12:33.56
35 12 Reinhold Feichter  Austria 2:50:53.00 +13:22.95
36 54 Stan Dunklee  United States 2:51:26.28 +13:56.23
37 39 Edward Day  Canada 2:51:58.75 +14:28.70
38 10 Yevgeny Belyayev  Soviet Union 2:54:00.55 +16:30.50
39 29 Lyubomir Toskov  Bulgaria 2:55:11.11 +17:41.06
40 1 Petar Pankov  Bulgaria 2:57:07.93 +19:37.88
41 52 Ernie Lennie  Canada 3:01:01.57 +23:31.52
42 2 Halldór Matthíasson  Iceland 3:02:51.17 +25:21.12
43 48 Heinrich Wallner  Austria 3:03:58.19 +26:28.14
44 13 Maksi Jelenc  Yugoslavia 3:05:05.94 +27:35.89
9 Tonio Biondini  Italy DNF
11 Tim Caldwell  United States DNF
14 Bert Bullock  Canada DNF
19 Jerzy Koryciak  Poland DNF
28 Georg Kandlinger  West Germany DNF
30 Ulrico Costner  Italy DNF
31 Oddvar Brå  Norway DNF
35 Jan Staszel  Poland DNF
36 Roland Jeannerod  France DNF
40 Chris Haines  United States DNF
43 Roberto Primus  Italy DNF
47 Pierre Salvi  France DNF
53 Wiesław Gębal  Poland DNF
56 Frank Betz  West Germany DNF
59 Carlo Favre  Italy DNF

References

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  1. ^ a b "Seefeld in Tirol 50 km Men". www.skisport365.com. skisport365. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
  2. ^ "Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 29 June 2019.
  3. ^ "50 km Men". www.olympic.org. IOC. Retrieved 6 February 2019.
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