| | Event type
50 kilometres, Freestyle, Men
| Date | 27 February 1988 — 8:30 |
|---|---|
| Status | Olympic |
| Location | Canmore Nordic Centre, Canmore |
| Participants | 70 from 23 countries |
| Details | Course Length: ? Height Differential: 130 m Intermediate 1: 15.0 km Intermediate 2: 25.0 km Intermediate 3: 40.0 km Maximum Climb: 56 m Total Climbing: 1,794 m |
The 1987 World Champion was Maurilio De Zolt with Gunde Svan having won in 1985. In 1987-88 Svan was leading the World Cup chase and would win the season title. Both were late starters, with De Zolt off 64th and Svan 69th. When De Zolt started the pace was being set East Germany’s Holger Bauroth and Switzerland’s Andi Grünenfelder, neither of whom had done much in major internationals. At 15 km De Zolt was only in eighth place, but he moved up to third at the 25 km checkpoint. De Zolt would move into second at the 40 km check, but nobody could match Svan. The 1987 Holmenkollen champion was over 40 seconds ahead at 15 km and would extend his lead at each time check, eventually defeating De Zolt by over one minute. Grünenfelder’s bronze medal was considered a major upset. This was the fourth gold medal for Svan, after two at Sarajevo, and a gold in the relay in Calgary, and he would also win seven times at the Worlds. Svan later became a champion rallycross racer. De Zolt would repeat his silver at Albertville four years on, but would win a gold medal in “The Great Race,” the 1994 4 x 10 km relay.
| Pos | Nr | Skier | NOC | Time | Int 1 (Pos) | Int 2 (Pos) | Int 3 (Pos) | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 69 | Gunde Svan |  SWE | 2-04:30.9 | 35:07.5 (1) | 1-01:17.6 (1) | 1-37:51.1 (1) | Gold | ||
| 2 | 64 | Maurilio De Zolt |  ITA | 2-05:36.4 | 36:11.7 (8) | 1-02:26.6 (3) | 1-39:19.0 (2) | Silver | ||
| 3 | 31 | Andi Grünenfelder |  SUI | 2-06:01.9 | 35:57.1 (3) | 1-02:25.1 (2) | 1-39:34.4 (3) | Bronze | ||
| 4 | 40 | Vegard Ulvang |  NOR | 2-06:32.3 | 36:06.4 (4) | 1-02:36.2 (4) | 1-39:49.3 (5) | |||
| 5 | 22 | Holger Bauroth |  GDR | 2-07:02.4 | 35:48.6 (2) | 1-02:38.2 (5) | 1-39:40.3 (4) | |||
| 6 | 20 | Jan Ottosson | SWE | 2-07:34.8 | 36:19.9 (12) | 1-03:38.9 (13) | 1-40:30.9 (6) | |||
| 7 | 37 | Kari Ristanen |  FIN | 2-08:08.1 | 36:17.3 (9) | 1-03:29.7 (10) | 1-41:20.8 (12) | |||
| 8 | 38 | Uwe Bellmann | GDR | 2-08:18.6 | 36:19.3 (10) | 1-03:33.2 (11) | 1-40:50.4 (8) | |||
| 9 | 6 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | NOR | 2-08:20.0 | 36:44.0 (19) | 1-03:49.1 (14) | 1-41:02.7 (9) | |||
| 10 | 58 | Gianfranco Polvara | ITA | 2-08:40.3 | 36:19.6 (11) | 1-03:24.3 (9) | 1-41:17.8 (11) | |||
| 11 | 57 | Torgeir Bjørn | NOR | 2-08:41.0 | 36:35.1 (15) | 1-03:54.5 (16) | 1-41:47.7 (16) | |||
| 12 | 17 | Vladimir Sakhnov |  URS | 2-09:00.1 | 36:11.6 (7) | 1-03:08.7 (7) | 1-41:09.9 (10) | |||
| 13 | 16 | Giachem Guidon | SUI | 2-09:02.2 | 36:42.6 (18) | 1-03:38.2 (12) | 1-41:41.1 (14) | |||
| 14 | 55 | Jeremias Wigger | SUI | 2-09:05.3 | 36:48.3 (21) | 1-04:16.7 (19) | 1-42:07.3 (17) | |||
| 15 | 35 | Ladislav Švanda |  TCH | 2-09:08.1 | 36:11.5 (6) | 1-02:55.7 (6) | 1-40:43.3 (7) | |||
| 16 | 41 | Albert Walder | ITA | 2-09:19.6 | 36:09.4 (5) | 1-03:18.0 (8) | 1-41:32.7 (13) | |||
| 17 | 47 | Claude Pierrat |  FRA | 2-09:54.9 | 36:56.8 (23) | 1-04:21.7 (20) | 1-42:23.7 (18) | |||
| 18 | 12 | Fausto Bormetti | ITA | 2-10:20.7 | 36:57.2 (24) | 1-04:43.7 (22) | 1-43:28.7 (23) | |||
| 19 | 56 | André Blatter |  AUT | 2-10:43.6 | 36:40.3 (17) | 1-03:53.0 (15) | 1-41:43.1 (15) | |||
| 20 | 5 | Radim Nyč | TCH | 2-10:46.3 | 37:29.0 (33) | 1-05:24.2 (32) | 1-43:29.2 (24) | |||
| 21 | 43 | Pierre Harvey |  CAN | 2-10:54.8 | 37:19.8 (27) | 1-05:03.9 (25) | 1-43:24.0 (21) | |||
| 22 | 59 | Harri Kirvesniemi | FIN | 2-11:41.8 | 37:27.9 (31) | 1-05:15.3 (27) | 1-43:27.6 (22) | |||
| 23 | 54 | Petr Lisičan | TCH | 2-11:44.4 | 36:38.5 (16) | 1-04:09.9 (18) | 1-42:45.9 (19) | |||
| 24 | 2 | Guy Balland | FRA | 2-11:58.7 | 37:54.0 (37) | 1-05:50.3 (37) | 1-43:30.8 (25) | |||
| 25 | 51 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | URS | 2-12:01.7 | 37:28.9 (32) | 1-05:42.3 (34) | 1-44:14.6 (29) | |||
| 26 | 72 | Yury Burlakov | URS | 2-12:02.2 | 37:15.9 (26) | 1-05:13.6 (26) | 1-44:04.9 (26) | |||
| 27 | 65 | Pavel Benc | TCH | 2-12:08.4 | 36:34.7 (14) | 1-03:58.0 (17) | 1-42:47.4 (20) | |||
| 28 | 48 | Torgny Mogren | SWE | 2-12:20.2 | 37:05.7 (25) | 1-05:17.0 (29) | 1-44:13.0 (=27) | |||
| 29 | 10 | Heikki Kivikko | FIN | 2-12:27.1 | 37:56.5 (38) | 1-05:45.3 (36) | 1-44:41.6 (32) | |||
| 30 | 11 | Janež Kršinar |  YUG | 2-12:33.5 | 37:26.6 (29) | 1-05:15.4 (28) | 1-44:13.0 (=27) | |||
| 31 | 70 | Tor Håkon Holte | NOR | 2-12:56.6 | 37:35.4 (34) | 1-06:13.2 (38) | 1-45:00.1 (37) | |||
| 32 | 50 | Kazunari Sasaki |  JPN | 2-13:09.6 | 37:50.9 (36) | 1-05:45.0 (35) | 1-44:44.6 (36) | |||
| 33 | 49 | Herbert Fritzenwenger |  FRG | 2-13:27.6 | 38:19.9 (41) | 1-06:47.6 (40) | 1-45:53.4 (39) | |||
| 34 | 44 | Georg Fischer | FRG | 2-13:31.3 | 36:49.4 (22) | 1-05:03.1 (24) | 1-44:43.4 (34) | |||
| 35 | 74 | Markus Fähndrich | SUI | 2-13:33.2 | 37:20.2 (28) | 1-05:21.5 (31) | 1-44:43.6 (35) | |||
| 36 | 71 | Johann Standmann | AUT | 2-13:39.3 | 37:43.9 (35) | 1-05:41.9 (33) | 1-44:35.3 (31) | |||
| 37 | 68 | Dominique Locatelli | FRA | 2-13:56.8 | 38:05.5 (39) | 1-06:33.1 (39) | 1-46:05.2 (40) | |||
| 38 | 36 | Aleksey Prokurorov | URS | 2-14:01.0 | 36:24.6 (13) | 1-04:52.5 (23) | 1-44:42.4 (33) | |||
| 39 | 28 | Tanayuki Yuki | JPN | 2-16:24.7 | 37:27.1 (30) | 1-05:19.9 (30) | 1-45:28.3 (38) | |||
| 40 | 52 | Atanas Simitchiev |  BUL | 2-17:02.4 | 36:45.8 (20) | 1-04:43.6 (21) | 1-44:18.3 (30) | |||
| 41 | 42 | Alois Schwarz | AUT | 2-17:03.5 | 38:24.7 (42) | 1-07:42.7 (42) | 1-48:26.6 (42) | |||
| 42 | 3 | Atsushi Egawa | JPN | 2-17:52.8 | 38:59.1 (48) | 1-08:04.8 (45) | 1-48:41.7 (43) | |||
| 43 | 23 | Dennis Lawrence | CAN | 2-17:55.7 | 38:48.0 (45) | 1-07:51.3 (43) | 1-48:42.4 (44) | |||
| 44 | 8 | Einar Ólafsson |  ISL | 2-18:21.9 | 38:56.9 (47) | 1-07:56.1 (44) | 1-48:53.8 (45) | |||
| 45 | 66 | Antti Ticklén | FIN | 2-18:41.8 | 38:16.4 (40) | 1-07:12.9 (41) | 1-47:35.1 (41) | |||
| 46 | 53 | Alain Masson | CAN | 2-19:21.7 | 38:35.6 (43) | 1-08:09.6 (46) | 1-49:22.2 (46) | |||
| 47 | 14 | Kevin Brochman |  USA | 2-19:45.5 | 39:21.1 (49) | 1-08:36.6 (47) | 1-49:49.8 (48) | |||
| 48 | 32 | Jun Jeung-Hae |  KOR | 2-20:50.8 | 39:26.5 (51) | 1-09:03.3 (50) | 1-49:46.0 (47) | |||
| 49 | 61 | Wayne Dustin | CAN | 2-21:31.8 | 38:55.0 (46) | 1-09:12.9 (51) | 1-50:11.7 (49) | |||
| 50 | 15 | Park Ki-Ho | KOR | 2-22:36.4 | 39:25.8 (50) | 1-09:01.0 (49) | 1-50:53.6 (50) | |||
| 51 | 46 | Hong Kun-Pyo | KOR | 2-23:13.6 | 39:51.4 (52) | 1-09:30.0 (52) | 1-51:29.4 (51) | |||
| 52 | 33 | Sašo Grajf | YUG | 2-23:47.1 | 38:46.3 (44) | 1-08:40.0 (48) | 1-51:56.2 (53) | |||
| 53 | 26 | Jordi Ribó |  ESP | 2-24:10.4 | 40:33.6 (55) | 1-10:08.7 (53) | 1-51:30.3 (52) | |||
| 54 | 25 | Marty Watkins |  GBR | 2-24:48.3 | 40:31.0 (53) | 1-10:58.7 (55) | 1-53:17.3 (54) | |||
| 55 | 18 | Ewan McKenzie | GBR | 2-24:58.2 | 41:57.2 (59) | 1-12:36.3 (59) | 1-53:52.5 (57) | |||
| 56 | 63 | Bill Spencer | USA | 2-25:22.6 | 40:41.5 (56) | 1-11:12.9 (56) | 1-53:41.0 (55) | |||
| 57 | 4 | Ziitsagaany Ganbat |  MGL | 2-26:22.0 | 41:28.0 (58) | 1-12:09.2 (58) | 1-54:46.1 (59) | |||
| 58 | 21 | José Giro | ESP | 2-27:05.8 | 40:59.7 (57) | 1-11:36.6 (57) | 1-54:16.8 (58) | |||
| 59 | 19 | Julio César Moreschi |  ARG | 2-28:36.5 | 40:31.2 (54) | 1-10:57.4 (54) | 1-53:45.4 (56) | |||
| 60 | 45 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga | MGL | 2-30:33.7 | 42:15.9 (60) | 1-13:57.1 (60) | 1-58:24.3 (60) | |||
| 61 | 7 | Roberto Álvarez |  MEX | 3-22:25.1 | 52:52.9 (61) | 1-34:26.8 (61) | 2-33:20.4 (61) | |||
| 13 | Walter Kuß | FRG | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 29 | Jean-Luc Thomas | FRA | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 1 | Alois Stadlober | AUT | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 24 | Todor Mahov | BUL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 27 | Mano Ketenzhiev | BUL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 67 | Park Byung-Woo | KOR | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 39 | Thomas Wassberg | SWE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 60 | Jon Engen | USA | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 30 | Dan Simoneau | USA | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 34 | David Hislop |  AUS | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 73 | Milush Ivanchev | BUL | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 62 | Masaharu Yamazaki | JPN | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) | ||||
| 9 | Konstantin Ritter |  LIE | – | – (–) | – (–) | – (–) |