Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Individual

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Men's biathlon individual
at the X Olympic Winter Games
VenueAutrans
Dates12 February
Competitors60 from 16 nations
Winning time1:13:45.9
Medalists
1st place, gold medalist(s) Magnar Solberg  Norway
2nd place, silver medalist(s) Aleksandr Tikhonov  Soviet Union
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Vladimir Gundartsev  Soviet Union
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Biathlon at the
1968 Winter Olympics
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The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Autrans. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.[1][2]

Results[]

Two relatively inexperienced biathletes dominated the individual event. Magnar Solberg was one of only two men to shoot clear, and had the second fastest ski time, more than two minutes faster than the third best time. Aleksandr Tikhonov skied a minute faster than Solberg, but took two minutes in penalties, and ended up with silver, nearly four minutes ahead of their closest pursuer. Vladimir Gundartsev took bronze for the Soviet union, two minutes in penalties complementing the fifth-fastest ski time. Defending world champion Viktor Mamatov, and world silver medalist Stanisław Szczepaniak each took just one minute in penalties, but their ski times left them on the outside of the medals, Szczepaniak in 4th and Mamatov in 7th.[1]

Rank Bib Name Country Ski Time Penalties Result Deficit
1st place, gold medalist(s) 3 Magnar Solberg  Norway 1:13:45.9 0 (0+0+0+0) 1:13:45.9 –
2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1 Aleksandr Tikhonov  Soviet Union 1:12:40.4 2 (1+1+0+0) 1:14:40.4 +54.5
3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 31 Vladimir Gundartsev  Soviet Union 1:16:27.4 2 (0+0+1+1) 1:18:27.4 +4:41.5
4 2 Stanisław Szczepaniak  Poland 1:17:56.8 1 (0+0+1+0) 1:18:56.8 +5:10.9
5 25 Arve Kinnari  Finland 1:17:47.9 2 (0+0+1+1) 1:19:47.9 +6:02.0
6 16 Nikolay Puzanov  Soviet Union 1:17:14.5 3 (0+1+1+1) 1:20:14.5 +6:28.6
7 58 Viktor Mamatov  Soviet Union 1:19:20.8 1 (1+0+0+0) 1:20:20.8 +6:34.9
8 17 Stanisław Łukaszczyk  Poland 1:16:28.1 4 (2+1+1+0) 1:20:28.1 +6:42.2
9 38 Kalevi Vähäkylä  Finland 1:17:56.5 3 (0+2+0+1) 1:20:56.5 +7:10.6
10 8 Horst Koschka  East Germany 1:18:37.7 3 (1+1+1+0) 1:21:37.7 +7:51.8
11 42 Jon Istad  Norway 1:19:43.1 2 (0+1+1+0) 1:21:43.1 +7:57.2
12 5 Theo Merkel  West Germany 1:18:10.5 4 (3+0+1+0) 1:22:10.5 +8:24.6
13 57 Ola Wærhaug  Norway 1:19:12.9 3 (0+2+1+0) 1:22:12.9 +8:27.0
14 11 Constantin Carabela  Romania 1:22:52.2 0 (0+0+0+0) 1:22:52.2 +9:06.3
15 40 Pavel Ploc  Czechoslovakia 1:18:05.0 5 (1+0+0+4) 1:23:05.0 +9:19.1
16 6 Roger Bean  Great Britain 1:19:07.5 5 (2+3+0+0) 1:24:07.5 +10:21.6
17 10 Lars-Göran Arwidson  Sweden 1:18:08.9 6 (0+3+0+3) 1:24:08.9 +10:23.0
18 19 Dieter Speer  East Germany 1:18:13.3 6 (2+2+1+1) 1:24:13.3 +10:27.4
19 24 Olle Petrusson  Sweden 1:18:31.2 6 (3+0+2+1) 1:24:31.2 +10:45.3
20 41 Holmfrid Olsson  Sweden 1:19:01.8 6 (2+2+2+0) 1:25:01.8 +11:15.9
21 53 Hansjörg Knauthe  East Germany 1:23:04.9 2 (1+1+0+0) 1:25:04.9 +11:19.0
22 26 Vilmoş Gheorghe  Romania 1:20:07.3 6 (3+0+3+0) 1:26:07.3 +12:21.4
23 50 Gheorghe Cimpoia  Romania 1:25:36.5 1 (0+0+1+0) 1:26:36.5 +12:50.6
24 44 Heinz Kluge  East Germany 1:19:55.2 7 (0+1+1+5) 1:26:55.2 +13:09.3
25 14 Yrjö Salpakari  Finland 1:20:11.6 7 (2+1+2+2) 1:27:11.6 +13:25.7
26 28 Ragnar Tveiten  Norway 1:16:17.4 11 (4+0+2+5) 1:27:17.4 +13:31.5
27 29 Ralph Wakley  United States 1:22:32.9 5 (1+1+3+0) 1:27:32.9 +13:47.0
28 27 Miki Shibuya  Japan 1:21:37.1 6 (1+1+4+0) 1:27:37.1 +13:51.2
29 39 Nicolae Bărbăşescu  Romania 1:24:05.3 4 (2+0+0+2) 1:28:05.3 +14:19.4
30 60 Nore Westin  Sweden 1:21:09.4 7 (1+2+2+2) 1:28:09.4 +14:23.5
31 54 Mauno Luukkonen  Finland 1:19:15.8 9 (4+2+3+0) 1:28:15.8 +14:29.9
32 35 Gerhard Gehring  West Germany 1:20:26.8 8 (2+1+2+3) 1:28:26.8 +14:40.9
33 9 Isao Ono  Japan 1:20:47.8 8 (2+0+1+5) 1:28:47.8 +15:01.9
34 46 Shozo Okuyama  Japan 1:21:51.0 7 (3+0+2+2) 1:28:51.0 +15:05.1
35 30 Jean-Claude Viry  France 1:19:16.2 10 (2+4+1+3) 1:29:16.2 +15:30.3
36 34 Frederick Andrew  Great Britain 1:22:21.3 7 (1+0+2+4) 1:29:21.3 +15:35.4
37 4 Bill Spencer  United States 1:20:17.7 10 (2+3+1+4) 1:30:17.7 +16:31.8
38 32 Bayanjavyn Damdinjav  Mongolia 1:24:30.7 6 (1+3+1+1) 1:30:30.7 +16:44.8
39 23 Xaver Kraus  West Germany 1:18:40.2 12 (4+3+2+3) 1:30:40.2 +16:54.3
40 37 Paul Ernst  Austria 1:25:47.9 6 (1+4+1+0) 1:31:47.9 +18:02.0
41 49 Herbert Hindelang  West Germany 1:21:48.5 10 (3+5+1+1) 1:31:48.5 +18:02.6
42 13 Aimé Gruet-Masson  France 1:20:50.4 11 (3+4+3+1) 1:31:50.4 +18:04.5
43 51 Hajime Yoshimura  Japan 1:23:05.5 9 (3+3+2+1) 1:32:05.5 +18:19.6
44 18 Alan Notley  Great Britain 1:25:23.1 7 (7+0+0+0) 1:32:23.1 +18:37.2
45 48 Edward Williams  United States 1:23:24.5 9 (2+5+0+2) 1:32:24.5 +18:38.6
46 7 Esko Karu  Canada 1:21:42.9 11 (1+3+2+5) 1:32:42.9 +18:57.0
47 55 Horst Schneider  Austria 1:24:49.6 9 (3+2+1+3) 1:33:49.6 +20:03.7
48 47 Józef Stopka  Poland 1:22:17.7 12 (4+4+3+1) 1:34:17.7 +20:31.8
49 33 Jonathan Chaffee  United States 1:23:21.1 11 (3+2+4+2) 1:34:21.1 +20:35.2
50 20 Adolf Scherwitzl  Austria 1:30:21.7 4 (2+0+1+1) 1:34:21.7 +20:35.8
51 43 George Ede  Canada 1:26:41.8 8 (2+2+4+0) 1:34:41.8 +20:55.9
52 21 Bizyaagiin Dashgai  Mongolia 1:26:55.8 8 (5+2+1+0) 1:34:55.8 +21:09.9
53 52 James Boyde  Canada 1:27:02.0 8 (3+2+2+1) 1:35:02.0 +21:16.1
54 15 George Rattai  Canada 1:24:03.0 11 (1+5+2+3) 1:35:03.0 +21:17.1
55 22 Ladislav Žižka  Czechoslovakia 1:21:45.3 14 (7+5+0+2) 1:35:45.3 +21:59.4
56 12 Franz Vetter  Austria 1:16:25.0 20 (5+5+5+5) 1:36:25.0 +22:39.1
57 59 Louis Romand  France 1:25:55.2 12 (4+2+3+3) 1:37:55.2 +24:09.3
58 36 Guy Duraffourg  France 1:23:51.4 18 (5+7+4+2) 1:41:51.4 +28:05.5
59 56 Marcus Halliday  Great Britain 1:23:40.5 19 (5+1+7+6) 1:42:40.5 +28:54.6
– 45 Józef Gąsienica Sobczak  Poland DNF

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References[]

  1. ^ a b c "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved September 20, 2013.
  2. ^ "Biathlon at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games: Men's 20 kilometres". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 31 May 2019.
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