# Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 30 kilometre

The men's 30 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Wednesday 7 February at Autrans.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 30 kilometre course. Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the 1966 World champion and also the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 26 | Franco Nones | Italy | 1:35:39.2 | – |
| | 52 | Odd Martinsen | Norway | 1:36:28.9 | +49.7 |
| | 33 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland | 1:36:55.3 | +1:16.1 |
| 4 | 45 | Vladimir Voronkov | Soviet Union | 1:37:10.8 | +1:31.6 |
| 5 | 64 | Giulio Deflorian | Italy | 1:37:12.9 | +1:33.7 |
| 6 | 55 | Kalevi Laurila | Finland | 1:37:29.8 | +1:50.6 |
| 7 | 46 | Kalevi Oikarainen | Finland | 1:37:34.4 | +1:55.2 |
| 8 | 25 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 1:37:48.1 | +2:08.9 |
| 9 | 62 | Walter Demel | West Germany | 1:37:49.2 | +2:10.0 |
| 10 | 12 | Anatoly Akentyev | Soviet Union | 1:37:52.4 | +2:13.2 |
| 11 | 2 | Lorns Skjemstad | Norway | 1:37:53.4 | +2:14.2 |
| 12 | 41 | Jan Halvarsson | Sweden | 1:38:23.2 | +2:44.0 |
| 13 | 50 | Harald Grønningen | Norway | 1:38:26.7 | +2:47.5 |
| 14 | 30 | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Soviet Union | 1:38:36.1 | +2:56.9 |
| 15 | 47 | Gerhard Grimmer | East Germany | 1:38:46.0 | +3:06.8 |
| 16 | 4 | Arto Tiainen | Finland | 1:38:51.1 | +3:11.9 |
| 17 | 54 | Valery Tarakanov | Soviet Union | 1:39:25.0 | +3:45.8 |
| 18 | 60 | Karel Štefl | Czechoslovakia | 1:39:25.7 | +3:46.5 |
| 19 | 32 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | East Germany | 1:39:30.5 | +3:51.3 |
| 20 | 8 | Bruno Åvik | Sweden | 1:39:38.1 | +3:58.9 |
| 21 | 66 | Ingvar Sandström | Sweden | 1:39:47.5 | +4:08.3 |
| 22 | 35 | Ján Fajstavr | Czechoslovakia | 1:40:05.1 | +4:25.9 |
| 23 | 51 | Franco Stella | Italy | 1:40:42.0 | +5:02.8 |
| 24 | 17 | Václav Peřina | Czechoslovakia | 1:40:58.0 | +5:18.8 |
| 25 | 3 | Franco Manfroi | Italy | 1:41:11.8 | +5:32.6 |
| 26 | 21 | Petar Pankov | Bulgaria | 1:41:42.9 | +6:03.7 |
| 27 | 28 | Mike Gallagher | United States | 1:41:58.2 | +6:19.0 |
| 28 | 6 | Denis Mast | Switzerland | 1:41:58.8 | +6:19.6 |
| 29 | 5 | Mike Elliott | United States | 1:42:22.6 | +6:43.4 |
| 30 | 22 | Konrad Hischier | Switzerland | 1:42:26.1 | +6:46.9 |
| 31 | 15 | Karl Buhl | West Germany | 1:42:52.2 | +7:13.0 |
| 32 | 65 | Flury Koch | Switzerland | 1:43:06.9 | +7:27.7 |
| 33 | 40 | Tokio Sato | Japan | 1:43:13.8 | +7:34.6 |
| 34 | 24 | Gjermund Eggen | Norway | 1:43:29.6 | +7:50.4 |
| 35 | 49 | Fritz Stuessi | Switzerland | 1:43:57.8 | +8:18.6 |
| 36 | 58 | Axel Lesser | East Germany | 1:44:16.2 | +8:37.0 |
| 37 | 14 | Helmut Unger | East Germany | 1:44:47.9 | +9:08.7 |
| 38 | 63 | Ernst Pühringer | Austria | 1:44:51.0 | +9:11.8 |
| 39 | 9 | Jean Jobez | France | 1:45:08.8 | +9:29.6 |
| 40 | 20 | Franz Vetter | Austria | 1:45:11.2 | +9:32.0 |
| 41 | 37 | Philippe Baradel | France | 1:45:33.3 | +9:54.1 |
| 42 | 16 | Luc Colin | France | 1:45:40.7 | +10:01.5 |
| 43 | 56 | Roger Pires | France | 1:45:54.6 | +10:15.4 |
| 44 | 10 | Alojz Kerštajn | Yugoslavia | 1:46:09.5 | +10:30.3 |
| 45 | 53 | Kazuo Sato | Japan | 1:46:12.4 | +10:33.2 |
| 46 | 34 | Herbert Steinbeßer | West Germany | 1:46:31.2 | +10:52.0 |
| 47 | 38 | Janez Mlinar | Yugoslavia | 1:46:43.2 | +11:04.0 |
| 48 | 1 | Karl-Heinz Scherzinger | West Germany | 1:47:08.4 | +11:29.2 |
| 49 | 18 | Mirko Bavče | Yugoslavia | 1:47:48.9 | +12:09.7 |
| 50 | 42 | Hansjörg Farbmacher | Austria | 1:49:43.3 | +14:04.1 |
| 51 | 57 | Charles Kellogg | United States | 1:50:03.7 | +14:24.5 |
| 52 | 59 | Nils Skulbru | Canada | 1:50:06.1 | +14:26.9 |
| 53 | 29 | Svend Carlsen | Denmark | 1:50:51.8 | +15:12.6 |
| 54 | 48 | Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel | Mongolia | 1:50:52.7 | +15:13.5 |
| 55 | 36 | Jon Lufkin | United States | 1:51:21.2 | +15:42.0 |
| 56 | 61 | Gendgeegiin Batmönkh | Mongolia | 1:51:39.1 | +15:59.9 |
| 57 | 23 | Tibor Holéczy | Hungary | 1:51:42.0 | +16:02.8 |
| 58 | 39 | David Rees | Canada | 1:52:46.6 | +17:07.4 |
| 59 | 44 | Miklós Holló | Hungary | 1:53:41.1 | +18:01.9 |
| 60 | 19 | Ross Martin | Australia | 1:55:17.3 | +19:38.1 |
| 61 | 27 | Rolf Pettersen | Canada | 1:55:37.2 | +19:58.0 |
| 62 | 7 | Apollo Lynge | Denmark | 1:55:40.0 | +20:00.8 |
| 63 | 31 | Choon-Kie Kim | South Korea | 2:11:51.3 | +36:12.1 |
| | 11 | Dimitrios Andreadis | Greece | DNF | |
| | 13 | Vít Fousek Jr. | Czechoslovakia | DNF | |
| | 33 | Chong-Ihm Yoon | South Korea | DNF | |