Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February 1988 at the Canmore Nordic Centre.[1]

Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
at the XV Olympic Winter Games
VenueCanmore Nordic Centre Provincial Park
Dates27 February 1988
Competitors71 from 23 nations
Winning time2:04:30.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s)Gunde Svan
 Sweden
2nd place, silver medalist(s)Maurilio De Zolt
 Italy
3rd place, bronze medalist(s)Andreas Grünenfelder
 Switzerland
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Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Maurilio De Zolt of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Thomas Wassberg was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.[2]

Results

Sources:[3][1]

RankBibNameCountryTimeDeficit
69Gunde Svan  Sweden2:04:30.9
64Maurilio De Zolt  Italy2:05:36.4+1:05.5
31Andi Grünenfelder  Switzerland2:06:01.9+1:31.0
440Vegard Ulvang  Norway2:06:32.3+2:01.4
522Holger Bauroth  East Germany2:07:02.4+2:31.5
620Jan Ottosson  Sweden2:07:34.8+3:03.9
737Kari Ristanen  Finland2:08:08.1+3:37.2
838Uwe Bellmann  East Germany2:08:18.6+3:47.7
96Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass  Norway2:08:20.0+3:49.1
1058Gianfranco Polvara  Italy2:08:40.3+4:09.4
1157Torgeir Bjørn  Norway2:08:41.0+4:10.1
1217Vladimir Sakhnov  Soviet Union2:09:00.1+4:29.2
1316Giachem Guidon  Switzerland2:09:02.2+4:31.3
1455Jeremias Wigger  Switzerland2:09:05.3+4:34.4
1535Ladislav Švanda  Czechoslovakia2:09:08.1+4:37.2
1641Albert Walder  Italy2:09:19.6+4:48.7
1747Claude Pierrat  France2:09:54.9+5:24.0
1812Fausto Bormetti  Italy2:10:20.7+5:49.8
1956Andre Blatter  Austria2:10:43.6+6:12.7
205Radim Nyč  Czechoslovakia2:10:46.3+6:15.4
2143Pierre Harvey  Canada2:10:54.8+6:23.9
2259Harri Kirvesniemi  Finland2:11:41.8+7:10.9
2354Petr Lisičan  Czechoslovakia2:11:44.4+7:13.5
242Guy Balland  France2:11:58.7+7:27.8
2551Mikhail Devyatyarov  Soviet Union2:12:01.7+7:30.8
2672Yuri Burlakov  Soviet Union2:12:02.2+7:31.3
2765Pavel Benc  Czechoslovakia2:12:08.4+7:37.5
2848Torgny Mogren  Sweden2:12:20.2+7:49.3
2910Heikki Kivikko  Finland2:12:27.1+7:56.2
3011Janež Kršinar  Yugoslavia2:12:33.5+8:02.6
3170Tor Håkon Holte  Norway2:12:56.6+8:25.7
3250Kazunari Sasaki  Japan2:13:09.6+8:38.7
3349Herbert Fritzenwenger  West Germany2:13:27.6+8:56.7
3444Georg Fischer  West Germany2:13:31.3+9:00.4
3574Markus Fähndrich  Switzerland2:13:33.2+9:02.3
3671Johann Standmann  Austria2:13:39.3+9:08.4
3768Dominique Locatelli  France2:13:56.8+9:25.9
3836Alexey Prokourorov  Soviet Union2:14:01.0+9:30.1
3928Tanayuki Yuki  Japan2:16:24.7+11:53.8
4052Atanas Simidchev  Bulgaria2:17:02.4+12:31.5
4142Alois Schwarz  Austria2:17:03.5+12:32.6
423Atsushi Egawa  Japan2:17:52.8+13:21.9
4323Dennis Lawrence  Canada2:17:55.7+13:24.8
448Einar Ólafsson  Iceland2:18:21.9+13:51.0
4566Antti Ticklen  Finland2:18:41.8+14:10.9
4653Alain Masson  Canada2:19:21.7+14:50.8
4714Kevin Brochman  United States2:19:45.5+15:14.6
4832Young Hae-Jun  South Korea2:20:50.8+16:19.9
4961Wayne Dustin  Canada2:21:31.8+17:00.9
5015Ki Ho Park  South Korea2:22:36.4+18:05.5
5146Kun Pyo Hong  South Korea2:23:13.6+18:42.7
5233Sašo Grajf  Yugoslavia2:23:47.1+19:16.2
5326Jordi Ribó  Spain2:24:10.4+19:39.5
5425Martin Watkins  Great Britain2:24:48.3+20:17.4
5518Ewan MacKenzie  Great Britain2:24:58.2+20:27.3
5663Bill Spencer  United States2:25:22.6+20:51.7
574Zidtsagaany Ganbat  Mongolia2:26:22.0+21:51.1
5821José Giro  Spain2:27:05.8+22:34.9
5919Julio Moreschi  Argentina2:28:36.5+24:05.6
6045Dambajantsagiin Battulga  Mongolia2:30:33.7+26:02.8
617Roberto Alvárez  Mexico3:22:25.1+1:17:54.2
1Alois Stadlober  AustriaDNF
13Walter Kuss  West GermanyDNF
24Todor Makhov  BulgariaDNF
27Mano Ketenzhiev  BulgariaDNF
29Jean-Luc Thomas  FranceDNF
30Dan Simoneau  United StatesDNF
39Thomas Wassberg  SwedenDNF
60Jon Engen  United StatesDNF
67Park Byung-woo  South KoreaDNF
9Konstantin Ritter  LiechtensteinDNS
34David Hislop  AustraliaDNS
62Masaharu Yamazaki  JapanDNS
73Milush Ivanchev  BulgariaDNS

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