Cross-country skiing at the 1988 Winter Olympics – Men's 50 kilometre freestyle
The men's 50 kilometre freestyle cross-country skiing competition at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada, was held on 27 February at the Canmore Nordic Centre.
Each skier started at half a minute intervals, skiing the entire 50 kilometre course. Maurilio De Zolt of Italy was the 1987 World champion and Thomas Wassberg was the defending champion from the 1984 Olympics in Sarajevo, Yugoslavia.Results
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| Rank | Bib | Name | Country | Time | Deficit |
| 69 | Gunde Svan | | 2:04:30.9 | |
| 64 | Maurilio De Zolt | | 2:05:36.4 | |
| 31 | Andreas Grünenfelder | | 2:06:01.9 | |
| 40 | Vegard Ulvang | | 2:06:32.3 | |
| 22 | Holger Bauroth | | 2:07:02.4 | |
| 20 | Jan Ottosson | | 2:07:34.8 | |
| 37 | Kari Ristanen | | 2:08:08.1 | |
| 38 | Uwe Bellmann | | 2:08:18.6 | |
| 6 | Pål Gunnar Mikkelsplass | | 2:08:20.0 | |
| 10 | 58 | Gianfranco Polvara | | 2:08:40.3 | |
| 11 | 57 | Torgeir Bjørn | | 2:08:41.0 | |
| 12 | 17 | Vladimir Sakhnov | | 2:09:00.1 | |
| 13 | 16 | Giachem Guidon | | 2:09:02.2 | |
| 14 | 55 | Jeremias Wigger | | 2:09:05.3 | |
| 15 | 35 | Ladislav Švanda | | 2:09:08.1 | |
| 16 | 41 | Albert Walder | | 2:09:19.6 | |
| 17 | 47 | Claude Pierrat | | 2:09:54.9 | |
| 18 | 12 | Fausto Bormetti | | 2:10:20.7 | |
| 19 | 56 | Andre Blatter | | 2:10:43.6 | |
| 20 | 5 | Radim Nyč | | 2:10:46.3 | |
| 21 | 43 | Pierre Harvey | | 2:10:54.8 | |
| 22 | 59 | Harri Kirvesniemi | | 2:11:41.8 | |
| 23 | 54 | Petr Lisičan | | 2:11:44.4 | |
| 24 | 2 | Guy Balland | | 2:11:58.7 | |
| 25 | 51 | Mikhail Devyatyarov | | 2:12:01.7 | |
| 26 | 72 | Yuri Burlakov | | 2:12:02.2 | |
| 27 | 65 | Pavel Benc | | 2:12:08.4 | |
| 28 | 48 | Torgny Mogren | | 2:12:20.2 | |
| 29 | 10 | Heikki Kivikko | | 2:12:27.1 | |
| 30 | 11 | Janež Kršinar | | 2:12:33.5 | |
| 31 | 70 | Tor Håkon Holte | | 2:12:56.6 | |
| 32 | 50 | Kazunari Sasaki | | 2:13:09.6 | |
| 33 | 49 | Herbert Fritzenwenger | | 2:13:27.6 | |
| 34 | 44 | Georg Fischer | | 2:13:31.3 | |
| 35 | 74 | Markus Fähndrich | | 2:13:33.2 | |
| 36 | 71 | Johann Standmann | | 2:13:39.3 | |
| 37 | 68 | Dominique Locatelli | | 2:13:56.8 | |
| 38 | 36 | Alexey Prokourorov | | 2:14:01.0 | |
| 39 | 28 | Tanayuki Yuki | | 2:16:24.7 | |
| 40 | 52 | Atanas Simidchev | | 2:17:02.4 | |
| 41 | 42 | Alois Schwarz | | 2:17:03.5 | |
| 42 | 3 | Atsushi Egawa | | 2:17:52.8 | |
| 43 | 23 | Dennis Lawrence | | 2:17:55.7 | |
| 44 | 8 | Einar Ólafsson | | 2:18:21.9 | |
| 45 | 66 | Antti Ticklen | | 2:18:41.8 | |
| 46 | 53 | Alain Masson | | 2:19:21.7 | |
| 47 | 14 | Kevin Brochman | | 2:19:45.5 | |
| 48 | 32 | Young Hae-Jun | | 2:20:50.8 | |
| 49 | 61 | Wayne Dustin | | 2:21:31.8 | |
| 50 | 15 | Ki Ho Park | | 2:22:36.4 | |
| 51 | 46 | Kun Pyo Hong | | 2:23:13.6 | |
| 52 | 33 | Sašo Grajf | | 2:23:47.1 | |
| 53 | 26 | Jordi Ribó | | 2:24:10.4 | |
| 54 | 25 | Martin Watkins | | 2:24:48.3 | |
| 55 | 18 | Ewan MacKenzie | | 2:24:58.2 | |
| 56 | 63 | Bill Spencer | | 2:25:22.6 | |
| 57 | 4 | Zidtsagaany Ganbat | | 2:26:22.0 | |
| 58 | 21 | José Giro | | 2:27:05.8 | |
| 59 | 19 | Julio Moreschi | | 2:28:36.5 | |
| 60 | 45 | Dambajantsagiin Battulga | | 2:30:33.7 | |
| 61 | 7 | Roberto Alvárez | | 3:22:25.1 | |
| 1 | Alois Stadlober | | | |
| 13 | Walter Kuss | | | |
| 24 | Todor Makhov | | | |
| 27 | Mano Ketenzhiev | | | |
| 29 | Jean-Luc Thomas | | | |
| 30 | Dan Simoneau | | | |
| 39 | Thomas Wassberg | | | |
| 60 | Jon Engen | | | |
| 67 | Park Byung-woo | | | |
| 9 | Konstantin Ritter | | | |
| 34 | David Hislop | | | |
| 62 | Masaharu Yamazaki | | | |
| 73 | Milush Ivanchev | | | |
