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

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.