| Event: | Men's 15 kilometre |
| Games: | 1968 Winter |
| Venue: | Autrans |
| Dates: | 10 February 1968 |
| Competitors: | 75 |
| Nations: | 25 |
| Win Value: | 47:54.2 |
| Gold: | Harald Grønningen |
| Goldnoc: | NOR |
| Silver: | Eero Mäntyranta |
| Silvernoc: | FIN |
| Bronze: | Gunnar Larsson |
| Bronzenoc: | SWE |
| Prev: | 1964 |
| Next: | 1972 |
The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 10 February at Autrans.[1] [2]
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the 1966 World champion and Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.[3]
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5 | 47:54.2 | |||||
| 29 | 47:56.1 | |||||
| 66 | 48:33.7 | |||||
| 65 | 48:37.6 | |||||
| 12 | 48:39.1 | |||||
| 41 | 48:41.1 | |||||
| 57 | 48:42.0 | |||||
| 62 | 48:49.3 | |||||
| 17 | 49:04.4 | |||||
| 10 | 54 | 49:11.1 | ||||
| 11 | 26 | 49:25.3 | ||||
| 12 | 55 | 49:38.4 | ||||
| 13 | 14 | 49:59.8 | ||||
| 14 | 72 | 50:15.4 | ||||
| 15 | 47 | 50:19.4 | ||||
| 16 | 48 | 50:19.9 | ||||
| 17 | 39 | 50:25.7 | ||||
| 18 | 42 | 50:34.8 | ||||
| 19 | 74 | 50:37.2 | ||||
| 20 | 38 | 50:38.1 | ||||
| 21 | 52 | 50:38.5 | ||||
| 22 | 69 | 50:40.7 | ||||
| 23 | 45 | 50:46.5 | ||||
| 24 | 4 | 50:52.6 | ||||
| 25 | 19 | 50:54.1 | ||||
| 26 | 28 | 51:05.3 | ||||
| 27 | 27 | 51:06.6 | ||||
| 28 | 32 | 51:20.5 | ||||
| 29 | 33 | 51:22.1 | ||||
| 30 | 8 | 51:26.6 | ||||
| 31 | 53 | 51:29.8 | ||||
| 32 | 68 | 51:47.7 | ||||
| 33 | 58 | 51:51.6 | ||||
| 34 | 44 | 52:02.4 | ||||
| 35 | 20 | 52:06.4 | ||||
| 36 | 22 | 52:06.8 | ||||
| 37 | 2 | 52:07.8 | ||||
| 38 | 71 | 52:21.8 | ||||
| 39 | 7 | 52:30.0 | ||||
| 40 | 9 | 52:31.7 | ||||
| 41 | 21 | 52:40.8 | ||||
| 42 | 67 | 52:53.6 | ||||
| 43 | 31 | 52:54.4 | ||||
| 44 | 59 | 52:58.8 | ||||
| 45 | 50 | 53:10.7 | ||||
| 46 | 64 | 53:22.1 | ||||
| 47 | 35 | 53:23.0 | ||||
| 48 | 6 | 53:24.8 | ||||
| 49 | 46 | 53:35.9 | ||||
| 50 | 75 | 53:41.2 | ||||
| 51 | 15 | 54:12.5 | ||||
| 52 | 60 | 54:21.3 | ||||
| 53 | 34 | 54:46.2 | ||||
| 54 | 30 | 54:46.4 | ||||
| 55 | 73 | 55:07.2 | ||||
| 56 | 76 | 55:53.4 | ||||
| 57 | 51 | 56:09.5 | ||||
| 58 | 43 | 56:49.9 | ||||
| 59 | 63 | 57:31.1 | ||||
| 60 | 24 | 58:00.2 | +10:06.0 | |||
| 61 | 56 | 58:25.9 | +10:31.7 | |||
| 62 | 13 | 58:28.2 | +10:34.0 | |||
| 63 | 37 | 58:31.8 | +10:37.6 | |||
| 64 | 36 | 58:37.2 | +10:43.0 | |||
| 65 | 10 | 59:55.4 | +12:01.2 | |||
| 66 | 23 | +12:10.6 | ||||
| 67 | 18 | +12:40.6 | ||||
| 68 | 3 | +12:57.9 | ||||
| 69 | 1 | Şeref Çınar | +16:18.0 | |||
| 70 | 61 | +17:08.1 | ||||
| 71 | 25 | +18:02.2 | ||||
| 72 | 49 | +21:09.4 | ||||
| 11 | Hannu Taipale | |||||
| 40 | Kazuo Sato | |||||
| 70 | Axel Lesser | |||||
| 16 | Vít Fousek Jr. |