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
Ivar Formo
 Norway
Gert-Dietmar Klause
 East Germany
Benny Södergren
 Sweden
Cross-country skiing at the
1976 Winter Olympics
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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

Sources:[3][1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
42Ivar Formo Norway2:37:30.05–
37Gert-Dietmar Klause East Germany2:38:13.21+43.16
34Benny Södergren Sweden2:39:39.21+2:09.16
450Ivan Garanin Soviet Union2:40:38.94+3:08.89
524Gerhard Grimmer East Germany2:41:15.46+3:45.41
646Per Knut Aaland Norway2:41:18.06+3:48.01
716Pål Tyldum Norway2:42:21.86+4:51.81
86Tommy Limby Sweden2:42:43.58+5:13.53
944Juhani Repo Finland2:42:54.89+5:24.84
1021Arto Koivisto Finland2:43:44.79+6:14.74
1126Jean-Paul Pierrat France2:44:03.31+6:33.26
1222Vasily Rochev Soviet Union2:44:31.23+7:01.18
1323Bill Koch United States2:44:34.69+7:04.64
1415Milan Jarý Czechoslovakia2:44:51.16+7:21.11
1541Jiří Beran Czechoslovakia2:44:51.80+7:21.75
1649Sven-Åke Lundbäck Sweden2:45:04.82+7:34.77
1755Ján Fajstavr Czechoslovakia2:45:19.91+7:49.86
1818Franz Renggli Switzerland2:45:25.24+7:55.19
1925Matti Kuosko Sweden2:45:33.41+8:03.36
205Heinz Gähler Switzerland2:45:51.64+8:21.59
2145Sergey Savelyev Soviet Union2:46:01.36+8:31.31
2220Hans Skinstad Canada2:46:11.83+8:41.78
2333Georg Zipfel West Germany2:46:20.30+8:50.25
2417Herbert Wachter Austria2:46:40.25+9:10.20
254Walter Demel West Germany2:46:55.95+9:25.90
2638Werner Vogel Austria2:47:05.63+9:35.58
2751Pertti Teurajärvi Finland2:47:25.60+9:55.55
2857Gerd Heßler East Germany2:47:34.90+10:04.85
293Jean-Paul Vandel France2:47:45.20+10:15.15
3027Stanislav Henych Czechoslovakia2:48:00.27+10:30.22
3132Venanz Egger Switzerland2:48:30.70+11:00.65
3258Christian Pfeuti Switzerland2:49:50.90+12:20.85
337Dieter Meinel East Germany2:49:52.42+12:22.37
348Juha Mieto Finland2:50:03.61+12:33.56
3512Reinhold Feichter Austria2:50:53.00+13:22.95
3654Stan Dunklee United States2:51:26.28+13:56.23
3739Edward Day Canada2:51:58.75+14:28.70
3810Yevgeny Belyayev Soviet Union2:54:00.55+16:30.50
3929Lyubomir Toskov Bulgaria2:55:11.11+17:41.06
401Petar Pankov Bulgaria2:57:07.93+19:37.88
4152Ernie Lennie Canada3:01:01.57+23:31.52
422Halldór Matthíasson Iceland3:02:51.17+25:21.12
4348Heinrich Wallner Austria3:03:58.19+26:28.14
4413Maksi Jelenc Yugoslavia3:05:05.94+27:35.89
9Tonio Biondini ItalyDNF
11Tim Caldwell United StatesDNF
14Bert Bullock CanadaDNF
19Jerzy Koryciak PolandDNF
28Georg Kandlinger West GermanyDNF
30Ulrico Costner ItalyDNF
31Oddvar Brå NorwayDNF
35Jan Staszel PolandDNF
36Roland Jeannerod FranceDNF
40Chris Haines United StatesDNF
43Roberto Primus ItalyDNF
47Pierre Salvi FranceDNF
53Wiesław Gębal PolandDNF
56Frank Betz West GermanyDNF
59Carlo Favre ItalyDNF

References
  1. "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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