Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

Men's downhill
at the X Olympic Winter Games
Alpine skiing
VenueChamrousse
DateFebruary 9, 1968
Competitors86 from 29 nations
Winning time1:59.85
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Jean-Claude Killy  France
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Guy Périllat  France
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Jean-Daniel Dätwyler  Switzerland
Men's Downhill
LocationChamrousse
Vertical   840 m (2,756 ft)
Top elevation2,252 m (7,388 ft)  
Base elevation1,412 m (4,633 ft)

The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Friday, 9 February.[1][2][3]

The defending world champion was Jean-Claude Killy of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Gerhard Nenning led the current season.[4][5]

Killy won the gold medal, teammate Guy Périllat took the silver, and Jean-Daniel Dätwyler of Switzerland won the bronze.[3][6]

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2,252 m (7,388 ft) above sea level, with a vertical drop of 840 m (2,756 ft).[1] The course length was 2.890 km (1.80 mi) and Killy's winning run of 119.85 seconds resulted in an average speed of 86.8085 km/h (53.9 mph), with an average vertical descent rate of 7.009 m/s (23.0 ft/s).

Results

RankBibNameCountryTimeDifference
1st place, gold medalist(s)14Jean-Claude Killy France1:59.85—
2nd place, silver medalist(s)1Guy Périllat France1:59.93+0.08
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4Jean-Daniel Dätwyler Switzerland2:00.32+0.47
49Heini Messner Austria2:01.03+1.18
511Karl Schranz Austria2:01.89+2.04
63Ivo Mahlknecht Italy2:02.00+2.15
721Gerhard Prinzing West Germany2:02.10+2.25
813Bernard Orcel France2:02.22+2.37
910Gerhard Nenning Austria2:02.31+2.46
102Edy Bruggmann Switzerland2:02.36+2.51
116Gerhard Mussner Italy2:02.50+2.65
1228Luggi Leitner West Germany2:02.54+2.69
135Egon Zimmermann Austria2:02.55+2.70
148Jos Minsch Switzerland2:02.76+2.91
157Franz Vogler West Germany2:02.94+3.09
1627Dumeng Giovanoli Switzerland2:02.98+3.13
1724Bjarne Strand Norway2:03.20+3.35
1812Billy Kidd United States2:03.40+3.55
1919Dieter Fersch West Germany2:03.41+3.56
2015Léo Lacroix France2:03.86+4.01
2120Dennis McCoy United States2:04.82+4.97
2223Teresio Vachet Italy2:04.90+5.05
2344Jon Terje Øverland Norway2:05.34+5.49
2430Malcolm Milne Australia2:05.36+5.51
2542Jeremy Palmer-Tomkinson Great Britain2:05.43+5.58
2657Andrzej Bachleda-Curuś Poland2:05.48+5.63
2748Wayne Henderson Canada2:05.56+5.71
2818Renato Valentini Italy2:05.61+5.76
2941Rune Lindström Sweden2:05.69+5.84
3040Ulf Ekstam Finland2:06.14+6.29
3131Gerry Rinaldi Canada2:06.30+6.45
3245Aurelio García Spain2:06.84+6.99
3347Josef Gassner Liechtenstein2:06.91+7.06
3463Lasse Hamre Norway2:06.93+7.08
3543Milan Pažout Czechoslovakia2:07.45+7.60
3638Jaroslav Janda Czechoslovakia2:07.71+7.86
3750Wolfgang Ender Liechtenstein2:08.08+8.23
3862Francisco Fernández Ochoa Spain2:08.67+8.82
3953Luciano del Cacho Spain2:08.85+9.00
4092Viktor Belyakov Soviet Union2:09.32+9.47
4146Andrej Klinar Yugoslavia2:09.61+9.76
4254Robert Palmer New Zealand2:09.79+9.94
4368Per-Olov Richardsson Sweden2:09.83+9.98
4461Ian Todd Great Britain2:10.00+10.15
4573Tsuneo Noto Japan2:10.32+10.47
4671Mario Vera Chile2:10.44+10.59
4769Jože Gazvoda Yugoslavia2:10.51+10.66
4864Ryszard Ćwikła Poland2:10.63+10.78
4972Andrey Belokrinkin Soviet Union2:10.98+11.13
5067Luke O'Reilly Great Britain2:10.99+11.14
5158Blaž Jakopič Yugoslavia2:11.00+11.15
5256Antonio Campaña Spain2:11.11+11.26
5370Jeremy Bujakowski India2:11.82+11.97
5474Yoshiharu Fukuhara Japan2:14.09+14.24
5596Gustavo Ezquerra Argentina2:17.11+17.26
5659David Borradaile Great Britain2:17.31+17.46
5790Roberto Thostrup Argentina2:17.35+17.50
5886Richard Leatherbee Chile2:17.86+18.01
5993Hitonari Maruyama Japan2:18.04+18.19
6087Félipe Briones Chile2:18.07+18.22
6191Thomas Huppert New Zealand2:18.29+18.44
6298Dan Cristea Romania2:18.52+18.67
6389Petar Angelov Bulgaria2:18.71+18.86
6488Juichi Maruyama Japan2:19.33+19.48
6578Dorin Munteanu Romania2:22.53+22.68
6681Lotfollah Kia Shemshaki Iran2:23.60+23.75
67100Özer Ateşçi Turkey2:25.18+25.33
68103Fayzollah Band Ali Iran2:27.07+27.22
69102Ovaness Meguerdonian Iran2:30.25+30.40
7097Athanasios Tsimikalis Greece2:36.93+37.08
71101Mehmet Yıldırım Turkey2:40.79+40.94
7279Dimitrios Pappos Greece2:44.10+44.25
7382Ali Saveh Iran2:47.88+48.03
-17Jere Elliott United StatesDNF-
-22Rod Hebron CanadaDNF-
-26Jim Barrows United StatesDNF-
-29Eberhard Riedel East GermanyDNF-
-49Otto Tschudi NorwayDNF-
-60Hans-Walter Schädler LiechtensteinDNF-
-80Arnold Beck LiechtensteinDNF-
-83Bahattin Topal TurkeyDNF-
-99Mehmet Gökcan TurkeyDNF-
-25Peter Duncan CanadaDQ-
-39Raimo Manninen FinlandDQ-
-55Vasily Melnikov Soviet UnionDQ-
-95Murray Gardner New ZealandDQ-
-77Hernan Briones ChileDNS-
-94Michael Dennis New ZealandDNS-
Source:[1]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  2. ↑ "Alpine Skiing at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's Downhill". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2018.
  3. 1 2 "Ski champ idol of France". Spokane Daily Chronicle. Washington. Associated Press. February 9, 1968. p. 13.
  4. ↑ "1967 World Cup standings". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  5. ↑ "1966 World Championships results". FIS. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
  6. ↑ Jenkins, Dan (February 19, 1968). "Breakneck time in France: over the scattered bones came Jean-Claude". Sports Illustrated. p. 12.
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