Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill

The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Friday, 9 February.

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 current season.

Killy won the gold medal, teammate Guy Périllat took the silver, and Jean-Daniel Dätwyler of Switzerland won the bronze.

The starting gate was at an elevation of 2252 m above sea level, with a vertical drop of 840 m. The course length was 2.890 km and Killy's winning run of 119.85 seconds resulted in an average speed of 86.8085 km/h, with an average vertical descent rate of 7.009 m/s.

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