# Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's 15 kilometre

The men's 15 kilometre cross-country skiing competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France, was held on Saturday 10 February at Autrans.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 15 kilometre course. Gjermund Eggen of Norway was the 1966 World champion and Eero Mäntyranta of Finland was the defending Olympic champion from the 1964 Olympics in Innsbruck, Austria.

## Results

Sources:
| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| | 5 | Harald Grønningen | Norway | 47:54.2 | – |
| | 29 | Eero Mäntyranta | Finland | 47:56.1 | +1.9 |
| | 66 | Gunnar Larsson | Sweden | 48:33.7 | +39.5 |
| 4 | 65 | Kalevi Laurila | Finland | 48:37.6 | +43.4 |
| 5 | 12 | Jan Halvarsson | Sweden | 48:39.1 | +44.9 |
| 6 | 41 | Bjarne Andersson | Sweden | 48:41.1 | +46.9 |
| 7 | 57 | Pål Tyldum | Norway | 48:42.0 | +47.8 |
| 8 | 62 | Odd Martinsen | Norway | 48:49.3 | +55.1 |
| 9 | 17 | Valery Tarakanov | Soviet Union | 49:04.4 | +1:10.2 |
| 10 | 54 | Kalevi Oikarainen | Finland | 49:11.1 | +1:16.9 |
| 11 | 26 | Assar Rönnlund | Sweden | 49:25.3 | +1:31.1 |
| 12 | 55 | Walter Demel | West Germany | 49:38.4 | +1:44.2 |
| 13 | 14 | Franco Stella | Italy | 49:59.8 | +2:05.6 |
| 14 | 72 | Karel Štefl | Czechoslovakia | 50:15.4 | +2:21.2 |
| 15 | 47 | Giulio Deflorian | Italy | 50:19.4 | +2:25.2 |
| 16 | 48 | Anatoly Akentyev | Soviet Union | 50:19.9 | +2:25.7 |
| 17 | 39 | Reidar Hjermstad | Norway | 50:25.7 | +2:31.5 |
| 18 | 42 | Josef Haas | Switzerland | 50:34.8 | +2:40.6 |
| 19 | 74 | Flury Koch | Switzerland | 50:37.2 | +2:43.0 |
| 20 | 38 | Karl Buhl | West Germany | 50:38.1 | +2:43.9 |
| 21 | 52 | Józef Rysula | Poland | 50:38.5 | +2:44.3 |
| 22 | 69 | Vladimir Voronkov | Soviet Union | 50:40.7 | +2:46.5 |
| 23 | 45 | Ján Fajstavr | Czechoslovakia | 50:46.5 | +2:52.3 |
| 24 | 4 | Roger Pires | France | 50:52.6 | +2:58.4 |
| 25 | 19 | Petar Pankov | Bulgaria | 50:54.1 | +2:59.9 |
| 26 | 28 | Fyodor Simashov | Soviet Union | 51:05.3 | +3:11.1 |
| 27 | 27 | Václav Peřina | Czechoslovakia | 51:06.6 | +3:12.4 |
| 28 | 32 | Victor Arbez | France | 51:20.5 | +3:26.3 |
| 29 | 33 | Gerhard Grimmer | East Germany | 51:22.1 | +3:27.9 |
| 30 | 8 | Albert Giger | Switzerland | 51:26.6 | +3:32.4 |
| 31 | 53 | Andreas Janc | Austria | 51:29.8 | +3:35.6 |
| 32 | 68 | Franco Manfroi | Italy | 51:47.7 | +3:53.5 |
| 33 | 58 | Gert-Dietmar Klause | East Germany | 51:51.6 | +3:57.4 |
| 34 | 44 | Mike Gallagher | United States | 52:02.4 | +4:08.2 |
| 35 | 20 | Konrad Hischier | Switzerland | 52:06.4 | +4:12.2 |
| 36 | 22 | Franco Nones | Italy | 52:06.8 | +4:12.6 |
| 37 | 2 | Peter Thiel | East Germany | 52:07.8 | +4:13.6 |
| 38 | 71 | Helmut Gerlach | West Germany | 52:21.8 | +4:27.6 |
| 39 | 7 | Klaus Ganter | West Germany | 52:30.0 | +4:35.8 |
| 40 | 9 | Alojz Kerštajn | Yugoslavia | 52:31.7 | +4:37.5 |
| 41 | 21 | Mike Elliott | United States | 52:40.8 | +4:46.6 |
| 42 | 67 | Heinrich Wallner | Austria | 52:53.6 | +4:59.4 |
| 43 | 31 | Janez Mlinar | Yugoslavia | 52:54.4 | +5:00.2 |
| 44 | 59 | Felix Mathieu | France | 52:58.8 | +5:04.6 |
| 45 | 50 | Mirko Bavče | Yugoslavia | 53:10.7 | +5:16.5 |
| 46 | 64 | Jean Jobez | France | 53:22.1 | +5:27.9 |
| 47 | 35 | Ernst Pühringer | Austria | 53:23.0 | +5:28.8 |
| 48 | 6 | Bob Gray | United States | 53:24.8 | +5:30.6 |
| 49 | 46 | Tibor Holéczy | Hungary | 53:35.9 | +5:41.7 |
| 50 | 75 | Tokio Sato | Japan | 53:41.2 | +5:47.0 |
| 51 | 15 | Walter Failer | Austria | 54:12.5 | +6:18.3 |
| 52 | 60 | Gendgeegin Batmönkh | Mongolia | 54:21.3 | +6:27.1 |
| 53 | 34 | Akiyoshi Matsuoka | Japan | 54:46.2 | +6:52.0 |
| 54 | 30 | Luvsan-Ayuushiin Dashdemberel | Mongolia | 54:46.4 | +6:52.2 |
| 55 | 73 | Larry Damon | United States | 55:07.2 | +7:13.0 |
| 56 | 76 | Nils Skulbru | Canada | 55:53.4 | +7:59.2 |
| 57 | 51 | Svend Carlsen | Denmark | 56:09.5 | +8:15.3 |
| 58 | 43 | Tom Dakin | Great Britain | 56:49.9 | +8:55.7 |
| 59 | 63 | Peter Tancock | Great Britain | 57:31.1 | +9:36.9 |
| 60 | 24 | Ross Martin | Australia | 58:00.2 | +10:06.0 |
| 61 | 56 | David Rees | Canada | 58:25.9 | +10:31.7 |
| 62 | 13 | Yun Jong-im | South Korea | 58:28.2 | +10:34.0 |
| 63 | 37 | Rolf Pettersen | Canada | 58:31.8 | +10:37.6 |
| 64 | 36 | Miklós Holló | Hungary | 58:37.2 | +10:43.0 |
| 65 | 10 | Hiroshi Ogawa | Japan | 59:55.4 | +12:01.2 |
| 66 | 23 | Kim Chun-gi | South Korea | 1:00:04.8 | +12:10.6 |
| 67 | 18 | Apollo Lynge | Denmark | 1:00:34.8 | +12:40.6 |
| 68 | 3 | Dimitrios Andreadis | Greece | 1:00:52.1 | +12:57.9 |
| 69 | 1 | Şeref Çınar | Turkey | 1:04:12.2 | +16:18.0 |
| 70 | 61 | Rızvan Özbey | Turkey | 1:05:02.3 | +17:08.1 |
| 71 | 25 | Naci Öğün | Turkey | 1:05:56.4 | +18:02.2 |
| 72 | 49 | Yaşar Ören | Turkey | 1:09:03.6 | +21:09.4 |
| | 11 | Hannu Taipale | Finland | DNF | |
| | 40 | Kazuo Sato | Japan | DNF | |
| | 70 | Axel Lesser | East Germany | DNF | |
| | 16 | Vít Fousek Jr. | Czechoslovakia | DNS | |