Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay

The 4 × 10 kilometre relay cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France was held on Wednesday 14 February at Autrans.^[1] It was the seventh appearance of the 4 × 10 km relay in the Winter Olympics.^[2]

Men's 4 × 10 kilometre relay at the X Olympic Winter Games
Cross-country skiing
Venue	Autrans
Date	14 February
Competitors	60 (15 teams) from 15 nations
Winning time	2:08:33.5
Medalists
Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter  Norway Jan Halvarsson Bjarne Andersson Gunnar Larsson Assar Rönnlund  Sweden Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta  Finland
← 1964 1972 →

It was the first time that Norway won the gold medal in the event. Sweden finished second in the relay, Finland in third place.

Results

Sources:^[1][3]

Rank	Bib	Team	Time	Deficit
	1	Norway Odd Martinsen Pål Tyldum Harald Grønningen Ole Ellefsæter	2:08:33.5	–
	4	Sweden Jan Halvarsson Bjarne Andersson Gunnar Larsson Assar Rönnlund	2:10:13.2	+1:39.7
	2	Finland Kalevi Oikarainen Hannu Taipale Kalevi Laurila Eero Mäntyranta	2:10:56.7	+2:23.2
4	5	Soviet Union Vladimir Voronkov Anatoly Akentyev Valery Tarakanov Vyacheslav Vedenin	2:10:57.2	+2:23.7
5	6	Switzerland Konrad Hischier Josef Haas Flury Koch Alois Kälin	2:15:32.4	+6:58.9
6	3	Italy Giulio Deflorian Franco Nones Palmiro Serafini Aldo Stella	2:16:32.2	+7:58.7
7	8	East Germany Gerhard Grimmer Axel Lesser Peter Thiel Gert-Dietmar Klause	2:19:22.8	+10:49.3
8	9	West Germany Helmut Gerlach Walter Demel Herbert Steinbeißer Karl Buhl	2:19:37.6	+11:04.1
9	14	Czechoslovakia Ján Fajstavr Vít Fousek Jr. Václav Peřina Karel Štefl	2:19:51.3	+11:17.8
10	10	Japan Tokio Sato Sotoo Okushiba Kazuo Sato Akiyoshi Matsuoka	2:20:54.8	+12:21.3
11	7	France Félix Mathieu Victor Arbez Philippe Baradel Roger Pires	2:21:23.0	+12:49.5
12	11	United States Mike Gallagher Mike Elliott Bob Gray John Bower	2:21:30.4	+12:56.9
13	15	Austria Heinrich Wallner Franz Vetter Ernst Pühringer Andreas Janc	2:22:29.4	+13:55.9
14	12	Canada Nils Skulbru Rolf Pettersen Esko Karu David Rees	2:29:12.7	+20:39.2
15	12	Turkey Rızvan Özbey Yaşar Ören Şeref Çınar Naci Öğün	3:01:52.1	+53:18.6

References

1. "4x10 km relay Autrans". www.skisport365.com. Skisport365.com. Retrieved 5 March 2019.
2. . Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
3. "Relay 4x10 km Men". www.olympic.org. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 5 March 2019.

External links

• Results International Ski Federation (FIS)