1968 Winter Olympics / Alpine skiing - Downhill (men)
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| sport | Alpine skiing | ||||||||
| discipline | Departure | ||||||||
| gender | Men | ||||||||
| Attendees | 86 athletes from 29 countries | ||||||||
| Competition location | Chamrousse | ||||||||
| Competition phase | February 9, 1968 | ||||||||
| Winning time | 1: 59.85 min | ||||||||
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 Alpine skiing competitions at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
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| Departure | Women | Men |
| Giant slalom | Women | Men |
| slalom | Women | Men |
The men's downhill skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held on February 9th at 12:00 noon in Patscherkofel . The difference in altitude between start and finish was 840 meters and was 2.890 kilometers long.
86 runners from 29 countries took part, of which 73 made it to the finish. The race, which was initially scheduled to start on February 8th at 12 noon, had to be postponed by one day due to fog. For the time being, the two forerunners Andreas Sprecher and Rudolf Sailer had crossed the finish line, but from one minute to the next the storm had become so violent that Guy Périllat (No. 1) was not allowed to start . For the time being, the jury decided to postpone the event by ten minutes, but at 12:30 p.m. it was canceled for safety reasons.
Killy had won the “non-stop training”. As a technician, this route was best for him with an average gradient of 29% (highest gradient 65%) with its delicate curves, frequent bumps and treacherous steep walls. Olympic champion Zimmermann had not convinced in any of the training sessions, but was nevertheless set up by the Austrian team leadership instead of Rudolf Sailer . However, all of the ÖSV runners were a bit skeptical.
Périllat had initially led Dätwyler (No. 4), Messner (No. 9) and Schranz (No. 11) before Killy came with No. 14. In the meantime, his lead over Périllat was around a second, which melted down to eight hundredths in the flat parts of the lower half of the track due to incorrectly waxed skis. Nenning, leading in the Downhill World Cup, who had previously won both on the Lauberhorn and on the Hahnenkamm, did not have a good run: when he crossed the finish line with No. 10, he was already fifth. Bill Kidd's start seemed uncertain; he had a serious fall during training and injured his ankle, which he had broken two years earlier in Kitzbühel . Thanks to the postponement of the start by one day, he started the race (No. 12), more than 2: 03.40 minutes was not possible for him under these circumstances.
Results
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ «The forces of nature forced cancellation» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1968, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ↑ «Downhill run will take place today» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 9, 1968, p. 16 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ «Jean-Claude Killy or the Austrians?» In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 8, 1968, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Ski king Jean-Claude Killy struck" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1968, p. 14 ( Arbeiter-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
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