# Cross-country skiing at the 1992 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle

The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, France, was held on 22 February in Les Saisies.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. The Swede Torgny Mogren was the 1991 World champion and Gunde Svan was the defending Olympic champion from 1988 Olympics in Calgary, Canada. Svan retired in 1991 and did not participate in this event.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 79 | Bjørn Dæhlie | Norway | 2:03:41.5 | – |
| | 66 | Maurilio De Zolt | Italy | 2:04:39.1 | +57.6 |
| | 58 | Giorgio Vanzetta | Italy | 2:06:42.1 | +3:00.6 |
| 4 | 16 | Alexey Prokourorov | Unified Team | 2:07:06.1 | +3:24.6 |
| 5 | 73 | Hervé Balland | France | 2:07:17.7 | +3:36.2 |
| 6 | 15 | Radim Nyč | Czechoslovakia | 2:07:41.5 | +4:00.0 |
| 7 | 64 | Johann Mühlegg | Germany | 2:07:45.2 | +4:03.7 |
| 8 | 48 | Pavel Benc | Czechoslovakia | 2:08:13.6 | +4:26.3 |
| 9 | 62 | Vegard Ulvang | Norway | 2:08:21.5 | +4:40.0 |
| 10 | 32 | Gianfranco Polvara | Italy | 2:09:27.8 | +5:34.7 |
| 11 | 14 | Alfredo Runggaldier | Italy | 2:09:27.8 | +6:21.6 |
| 12 | 76 | Torgny Mogren | Sweden | 2:10:29.9 | +6:48.4 |
| 13 | 77 | Václav Korunka | Czechoslovakia | 2:10:30.7 | +6:49.2 |
| 14 | 49 | Guy Balland | France | 2:10:40.8 | +6:59.3 |
| 15 | 72 | Giachem Guidon | Switzerland | 2:10:55.0 | +7:13.5 |
| 16 | 27 | Christer Majbäck | Sweden | 2:11:13.3 | +7:31.8 |
| 17 | 23 | Alexander Golubyov | Unified Team | 2:11:20.1 | +7:38.6 |
| 18 | 2 | Terje Langli | Norway | 2:11:32.0 | +7:50.5 |
| 19 | 75 | Juan Jesús Gutiérrez | Spain | 2:11:42.1 | +8:00.6 |
| 20 | 26 | Kristen Skjeldal | Norway | 2:11:44.5 | +8:03.0 |
| 21 | 19 | Jiří Teplý | Czechoslovakia | 2:12:00.2 | +8:18.7 |
| 22 | 59 | Jari Isometsä | Finland | 2:12:03.5 | +8:22.0 |
| 23 | 18 | Mika Kuusisto | Finland | 2:13:09.3 | +9:27.8 |
| 24 | 46 | Jose Kavalar | Slovenia | 2:13:17.9 | +9:36.4 |
| 25 | 47 | Hiroyuki Imai | Japan | 2:13:33.0 | +9:51.5 |
| 26 | 5 | Stéphane Azambre | France | 2:13:49.8 | +10:08.3 |
| 26 | 43 | Holger Bauroth | Germany | 2:13:49.8 | +10:08.3 |
| 28 | 57 | Mikhail Botvinov | Unified Team | 2:14:20.8 | +10:39.3 |
| 29 | 33 | Janko Neuber | Germany | 2:14:37.1 | +10:55.6 |
| 30 | 21 | Hans Diethelm | Switzerland | 2:14:41.6 | +11:00.1 |
| 31 | 24 | Jari Räsänen | Finland | 2:14:53.6 | +11:12.1 |
| 32 | 51 | Wiesław Cempa | Poland | 2:15:06.7 | +11:25.2 |
| 33 | 45 | John Aalberg | United States | 2:15:33.5 | +11:52.0 |
| 34 | 52 | Anthony Evans | Australia | 2:15:46.9 | +12:05.4 |
| 35 | 63 | Vladimir Smirnov | Unified Team | 2:15:48.5 | +12:07.0 |
| 36 | 12 | Viorel Sotropa | Romania | 2:16:03.5 | +12:22.0 |
| 37 | 17 | Henrik Forsberg | Sweden | 2:16:22.7 | +12:41.2 |
| 38 | 42 | Jordi Ribo | Spain | 2:16:58.8 | +13:17.3 |
| 39 | 44 | Jaanus Teppan | Estonia | 2:17:15.1 | +13:33.6 |
| 40 | 78 | Kazunari Sasaki | Japan | 2:17:20.1 | +13:38.6 |
| 41 | 61 | Markus Gandler | Austria | 2:17:21.8 | +13:40.3 |
| 42 | 3 | Andreas Ringhofer | Austria | 2:18:00.4 | +14:18.9 |
| 43 | 36 | Luke Bodensteiner | United States | 2:18:42.4 | +15:00.9 |
| 44 | 50 | Jan Ottosson | Sweden | 2:18:59.9 | +15:18.4 |
| 45 | 68 | Elmo Kassin | Estonia | 2:19:29.3 | +15:47.8 |
| 46 | 71 | Wayne Dustin | Canada | 2:20:24.6 | +16:43.1 |
| 47 | 54 | Andre Jungen | Switzerland | 2:20:32.1 | +16:50.6 |
| 48 | 28 | Andrzej Piotrowski | Poland | 2:20:32.9 | +16:51.4 |
| 49 | 55 | Ebbe Hartz | Denmark | 2:21:23.1 | +17:41.6 |
| 50 | 22 | Petar Zografov | Bulgaria | 2:22:20.8 | +18:39.3 |
| 51 | 56 | Antonio Cascos | Spain | 2:22:59.0 | +19:17.5 |
| 52 | 67 | Martin Standmann | Austria | 2:24:19.6 | +20:38.1 |
| 53 | 4 | David Belam | Great Britain | 2:24:54.3 | +21:12.8 |
| 54 | 37 | Rögnvaldur Ingþórsson | Iceland | 2:25:16.9 | +21:35.4 |
| 55 | 25 | Paul Gray | Australia | 2:25:29.0 | +21:47.5 |
| 56 | 69 | Jim Curran | United States | 2:26:17.0 | +22:35.5 |
| 57 | 7 | Pete Vordenberg | United States | 2:26:25.8 | +22:44.3 |
| 58 | 34 | Robert Kerštajn | Slovenia | 2:26:26.3 | +22:44.8 |
| 59 | 11 | Spas Zlatev | Bulgaria | 2:28:07.1 | +24:25.6 |
| 60 | 35 | Siniša Vukonić | Croatia | 2:28:19.4 | +24:37.9 |
| 61 | 60 | Darren Derochie | Canada | 2:29:42.0 | +26:00.5 |
| 62 | 10 | Jintao Wu | China | 2:29:59.7 | +26:18.2 |
| 63 | 53 | Glen Scott | Great Britain | 2:31:40.6 | +27:59.1 |
| 64 | 9 | Gongoryn Merei | Mongolia | 2:32:27.2 | +28:45.7 |
| 65 | 1 | Aleksandar Milenković | Yugoslavia | 2:34:31.1 | +30:49.6 |
| 66 | 4 | Jānis Hermanis | Latvia | 2:37:24.3 | +33:42.8 |
| 67 | 13 | Roberto Alvárez | Mexico | 3:09:04.7 | +1:05:23.2 |
| | 30 | Mark Croasdale | Great Britain | DNF | |
| | 70 | Jukka Hartonen | Finland | DNF | |
| | 41 | Taivo Kuus | Estonia | DNF | |
| | 31 | Alexander Marent | Austria | DNF | |
| | 38 | Alain Masson | Canada | DNF | |
| | 40 | Momo Skokić | Yugoslavia | DNF | |
| | | Guillermo Alder | Argentina | DNS | |
| | — | Michael Binzer | Denmark | DNS | |
| | — | Zidtsagaany Ganbat | Mongolia | DNS | |
| | — | Luis Argel Mancilla | Argentina | DNS | |
| | — | John Read | Great Britain | DNS | |
| | — | Patrick Rémy | France | DNS | |