Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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The 1968 Winter Olympic Games cross country skiing results.

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[edit] Men's events

[edit] 15 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Norway Harald Grønningen (NOR) 47:54.2
Silver Finland Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 47:56.1
Bronze Sweden Gunnar Larsson (SWE) 48:33.7

[edit] 30 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Italy Franco Nones (ITA) 1:35:39.2
Silver Norway Odd Martinsen (NOR) 1:36:28.9
Bronze Finland Eero Mäntyranta (FIN) 1:36:55.3

Nones was the first winner not from Finland, Norway, Sweden, or the Soviet Union to win an Olympic cross-country skiing gold medal.

[edit] 50 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Norway Ole Ellefsæter (NOR) 2:28:45.8
Silver Soviet Union Vyacheslav Vedenin (URS) 2:29:02.5
Bronze Switzerland Josef Haas (SUI) 2:29:14.8

[edit] 4 x 10 km relay

Medal Team Time
Gold Norway Norway (NOR) (Odd Martinsen, Pål Tyldum, Harald Grønningen, Ole Ellefsæter) 2:08:33.5
Silver Sweden Sweden (SWE) (Jan Halvarsson, Bjarne Andersson, Gunnar Larsson, Assar Rönnlund) 2:10:13.2
Bronze Finland Finland (FIN) (Kalevi Oikarainen, Hannu Taipale, Kalevi Laurila, Eero Mäntyranta) 2:10:56.7

[edit] Women's events

[edit] 5 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Sweden Toini Gustafsson (SWE) 16:45.2
Silver Soviet Union Galina Kulakova (URS) 16:48.4
Bronze Soviet Union Alevtina Kolchina (URS) 16:51.6

[edit] 10 km

Medal Athlete Time
Gold Sweden Toini Gustafsson (SWE) 36:46.5
Silver Norway Berit Mørdre Lammedal (NOR) 37:54.6
Bronze Norway Inger Aufles (NOR) 37:59.9

[edit] 3 x 5 km relay

Medal Team Time
Gold Norway Norway (NOR) (Inger Aufles, Babben Enger Damon, Berit Mørdre Lammedal) 57:30.0
Silver Sweden Sweden (SWE) (Britt Strandberg, Toini Gustafsson, Barbro Martinsson) 57:51.0
Bronze Soviet Union Soviet Union (URS) (Alevtina Kolchina, Rita Achkina, Galina Kulakova) 58:13.6
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