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

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]

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
← 1972
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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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Rank Bib Name Country Time Deficit
  42 Ivar Formo   Norway 2:37:30.05
  37 Gert-Dietmar Klause   East Germany 2:38:13.21 +43.16
  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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