Downhill
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Chamrousse
Chamrousse () is a ski resort in southeastern France, in the Belledonne mountain range near Grenoble in the Isère department. It is located in a commune of the same name and is situated on the Recoin at and the Roche Béranger at . The ski- ...
on Friday, 9 February.
The defending
world champion
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was
Jean-Claude Killy
Jean-Claude Killy (born 30 August 1943) is a French former World Cup alpine ski racer. He dominated the sport in the late 1960s, and was a triple Olympic champion, winning the three alpine events at the 1968 Winter Olympics, becoming the most su ...
of France, who was also the defending
World Cup
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downhill champion and Austria's
Gerhard Nenning
Gerhard Nenning (29 September 1940 in Lech – 22 June 1995 in Bregenz) was an Austria
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led the current season.
Killy won the gold medal, teammate
Guy Périllat
Guy Périllat Merceroz (born 24 February 1940) is a former World Cup alpine ski racer from the resort of La Clusaz, Haute-Savoie, one of the top ski racers of the 1960s.Jean-Daniel Dätwyler of Switzerland won the bronze.
The starting gate was at an
elevation
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of above
sea level
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, with a vertical drop of . The course length was and Killy's winning run of 119.85 seconds resulted in an average speed of , with an average vertical descent rate of .
Results
:
References
External links
FIS results
{{DEFAULTSORT:Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics - Men's downhill
1968
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Events January–February
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Winter Olympics
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