Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill
| 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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Jean-Claude Killy |
 France
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Guy Périllat |
France
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Jean-Daniel Dätwyler |
 Switzerland
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| 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.
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.
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