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

Event:	Men's 50 kilometre
Games:	1976 Winter
Venue:	Seefeld
Dates:	14 February
Competitors:	59
Nations:	17
Longnames:	yes
Win Value:	2:37:30.05
Gold:	Ivar Formo
Goldnoc:	NOR
Silver:	Gert-Dietmar Klause
Silvernoc:	GDR
Bronze:	Benny Södergren
Bronzenoc:	SWE
Prev:	1972
Next:	1980

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. 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.^[1]

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

Sources:^{[2] [3]}

Rank	Bib	Name	Country	Time	Deficit
	42			2:37:30.05
	37			2:38:13.21
	34			2:39:39.21
	50			2:40:38.94
	24			2:41:15.46
	46			2:41:18.06
	16			2:42:21.86
	6			2:42:43.58
	44			2:42:54.89
10	21			2:43:44.79
11	26			2:44:03.31
12	22			2:44:31.23
13	23			2:44:34.69
14	15			2:44:51.16
15	41			2:44:51.80
16	49			2:45:04.82
17	55			2:45:19.91
18	18			2:45:25.24
19	25			2:45:33.41
20	5			2:45:51.64
21	45			2:46:01.36
22	20			2:46:11.83
23	33			2:46:20.30
24	17			2:46:40.25
25	4			2:46:55.95
26	38			2:47:05.63
27	51			2:47:25.60
28	57			2:47:34.90
29	3			2:47:45.20
30	27			2:48:00.27
31	32			2:48:30.70
32	58			2:49:50.90
33	7			2:49:52.42
34	8			2:50:03.61
35	12			2:50:53.00
36	54			2:51:26.28
37	39			2:51:58.75
38	10			2:54:00.55
39	29			2:55:11.11
40	1			2:57:07.93
41	52			3:01:01.57
42	2			3:02:51.17
43	48			3:03:58.19
44	13			3:05:05.94
	9	Tonio Biondini
	11	Tim Caldwell
	14	Bert Bullock
	19	Jerzy Koryciak
	28	Georg Kandlinger
	30	Ulrico Costner
	31	Oddvar Brå
	35	Jan Staszel
	36	Roland Jeannerod
	40	Chris Haines
	43	Roberto Primus
	47	Pierre Salvi
	53	Wiesław Gębal
	56	Frank Betz
	59	Carlo Favre

External links

• Final results (International Ski Federation)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cross Country Skiing at the 1976 Innsbruck Winter Games: Men's 50 kilometres . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417181605/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1976/CCS/mens-50-kilometres.html . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 29 June 2019.
2. Web site: 50 km Men . www.olympic.org . IOC . 6 February 2019.
3. Web site: Seefeld in Tirol 50 km Men . www.skisport365.com . skisport365 . 6 February 2019.