Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
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Men's downhill at the X Olympic Winter Games
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Venue | Chamrousse | ||||||||||||
Date | February 9 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 86 from 29 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:59.85 | ||||||||||||
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Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics ![]() |
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Downhill | men | women | ||
Giant slalom | men | women | ||
Slalom | men | women |
Men's Downhill | |
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Location | Chamrousse |
Vertical | 840 m (2,756 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,252 m (7,388 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,412 m (4,633 ft) |
The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.[1]
The defending world champion was Jean-Claude Killy of France, who was also the defending World Cup downhill champion and Austria's Gerhard Nenning led the 1968 World Cup.[2][3]