# Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre

The men's 50 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 17 February at Autrans. Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the defending World champion while Sixten Jernberg of Sweden was the defending Olympic champion.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Of the 51 athletes who started the race, 4 did not finish.
Ole Ellefsæter of Norway took his second gold medal of the Games after being a part of Norway's winning team in the 4×10 kilometre relay earlier in the games.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 23 | Ole Ellefsæter | Norway | 2:28:45.8 | – |
| | 41 | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Soviet Union | 2:29:02.5 | +16.7 |
| | 31 | Josef Haas | Switzerland | 2:29:14.8 | +29.0 |
| 4 | 42 | Pål Tyldum | Norway | 2:29:26.7 | +40.9 |
| 5 | 5 | Melcher Risberg | Sweden | 2:29:37.0 | +51.2 |
| 6 | 52 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 2:29:37.2 | +51.4 |
| 7 | 25 | Jan Halvarsson | Sweden | 2:30:05.9 | +1:20.1 |
| 8 | 51 | Reidar Hjermstad | Norway | 2:31:01.8 | +2:16.0 |
| 9 | 28 | Walter Demel | West Germany | 2:31:14.4 | +2:28.6 |
| 10 | 45 | Assar Rönnlund | Sweden | 2:31:19.3 | +2:33.5 |
| 11 | 46 | Kalevi Laurila | Finland | 2:31:24.9 | +2:39.1 |
| 12 | 36 | Mario Bacher | Italy | 2:31:33.8 | +2:48.0 |
| 13 | 1 | Andreas Janc | Austria | 2:32:32.2 | +3:46.4 |
| 14 | 60 | Hannu Taipale | Finland | 2:32:37.7 | +3:51.9 |
| 15 | 24 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland | 2:32:53.8 | +4:08.0 |
| 16 | 9 | Vladimir Voronkov | Soviet Union | 2:33:07.3 | +4:21.5 |
| 17 | 13 | Aldo Stella | Italy | 2:33:17.9 | +4:32.1 |
| 18 | 2 | Odd Martinsen | Norway | 2:33:51.4 | +5:05.6 |
| 19 | 3 | Pauli Siitonen | Finland | 2:34:31.2 | +5:45.4 |
| 20 | 19 | Anatoly Akentyev | Soviet Union | 2:34:54.5 | +6:08.7 |
| 21 | 22 | Józef Rysula | Poland | 2:35:30.9 | +6:45.1 |
| 22 | 16 | Mike Gallagher | United States | 2:36:26.1 | +7:40.3 |
| 23 | 47 | Alois Kälin | Switzerland | 2:36:40.8 | +7:55.0 |
| 24 | 30 | Roger Pires | France | 2:36:44.8 | +7:59.0 |
| 25 | 21 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | East Germany | 2:36:52.5 | +8:06.7 |
| 26 | 27 | Livio Stuffer | Italy | 2:37:46.6 | +9:00.8 |
| 27 | 53 | Elviro Blanc | Italy | 2:38:12.4 | +9:26.6 |
| 28 | 37 | Ján Fajstavr | Czechoslovakia | 2:39:25.3 | +10:39.5 |
| 29 | 12 | Tokio Sato | Japan | 2:40:00.5 | +11:14.7 |
| 30 | 44 | Mike Elliot | United States | 2:40:38.5 | +11:52.7 |
| 31 | 59 | Igor Voronchikhin | Soviet Union | 2:40:48.2 | +12:02.4 |
| 32 | 29 | Larry Damon | United States | 2:41:25.2 | +12:39.4 |
| 33 | 17 | Helmut Gerlach | West Germany | 2:41:55.8 | +13:10.0 |
| 34 | 35 | Franz Vetter | Austria | 2:43:51.1 | +15:05.3 |
| 35 | 14 | Alojz Kerštajn | Yugoslavia | 2:43:54.1 | +15:08.3 |
| 36 | 54 | Charles Kellogg | United States | 2:44:00.4 | +15:14.6 |
| 37 | 6 | Franz Kälin | Switzerland | 2:44:29.7 | +15:43.9 |
| 38 | 34 | Sotoo Okushiba | Japan | 2:45:09.5 | +16:23.7 |
| 39 | 56 | Vít Fousek Jr. | Czechoslovakia | 2:45:09.8 | +16:24.0 |
| 40 | 50 | Fernand Borrel | France | 2:45:10.6 | +16:24.8 |
| 41 | 7 | Claude Legrand | France | 2:45:36.9 | +16:51.1 |
| 42 | 20 | Tibor Holéczy | Hungary | 2:45:38.0 | +16:52.2 |
| 43 | 40 | Siegfried Weiss | West Germany | 2:46:53.4 | +18:07.6 |
| 44 | 38 | Luc Colin | France | 2:48:27.9 | +19:42.1 |
| 45 | 8 | Miklós Holló | Hungary | 2:51:24.1 | +22:38.3 |
| 46 | 32 | David Rees | Canada | 2:56:00.5 | +27:14.7 |
| 47 | 10 | Chong-Ihm Yoon | South Korea | 3:27:22.5 | +58:36.7 |
| | 11 | Václav Peřina | Czechoslovakia | DNF | |
| | 26 | Janez Mlinar | Yugoslavia | DNF | |
| | 49 | Denis Mast | Switzerland | DNF | |
| | 57 | Klaus Ganter | West Germany | DNF | |
| | 4 | Petar Pankov | Bulgaria | DNS | |
| | 15 | Gerhard Grimmer | East Germany | DNS | |
| | 18 | Karel Štefl | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |
| | 33 | Choon-Kie Kim | South Korea | DNS | |
| | 39 | Akiyoshi Matsuoka | Japan | DNS | |
| | 43 | Nils Skulbru | Canada | DNS | |
| | 48 | Helmut Unger | East Germany | DNS | |
| | 55 | Peter Thiel | East Germany | DNS | |
| | 39 | Kazuo Sato | Japan | DNS | |