The Sports Almanac



1968 Winter Olympics
Grenoble, France

MEDAL TOTAL LEADERS

NORWAY - 14 Medals
SOVIET UNION - 13 Medals
AUSTRIA - 11 Medals

Biathlon Bobsled Ice Hockey
Luge Figure Skating Speed Skating
Alpine Skiing Cross Country Skiing Nordic Combined
Ski Jumping



1968 Grenoble Overall Medal Standings
RANK
 COUNTRY
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
 TOTAL
1
 Norway
 6
 6
 2
 14
2
 Soviet Union
 5
 5
 3
 13
3
 Austria 3
 4
 4
 11
4
 France 4
 3
 2
 9
5
 Netherlands 3
 3
 3
 9
6
 Sweden
 3
 2
 3
 8
7
 West Germany 2
 2
 3
 7
8
 United States 1
 5
 1
 7
9
 Switzerland 0
 2
 4
 6
10
 Finland 1
 2
 2
 5
11
 East Germany 1
 2
 2
 5
12
 Italy
 4
 0
 0
 4
13
 Czechoslovakia
 1
 2
 1
 4
14
 Canada
 1
 1
 1
 3
15
 Romania 0
 0
 1
 1

1968 Grenoble Biathlon
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual Magnar Solberg - Norway
 Aleksandr Tikhonov - Soviet Union
 Vladimir Gundartsev - Soviet Union
Relay Soviet Union
 Norway
 Sweden

1968 Grenoble Boblsed
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Two-Man
 Italy
 West Germany
 Romania
Four-Man
 Italy
 Austria
 Switzerland

1968 Grenoble Ice Hockey
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's
 Soviet Union
 Czechoslovakia
 Canada

1968 Grenoble Luge
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles
 Manfred Schmid - Austria
 Thomas Köhler - East Germany
 Klaus-Michael Bonsack - East Germany
Women's Singles
 Erika Lechner - Italy
 Christa Schmuck - West Germany
 Angelika Dünhaupt - West Germany
Doubles
 Klaus-Michael Bonsack, Thomas Köhler - East Germany Manfred Schmid, Ewald Walch - Austria Wolfgang Winkler, Fritz Nachmann - West Germany

1968 Grenoble Figure Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Singles Wolfgang Schwarz - Austria
 Tim Wood - United States
 Patrick Péra - France
Women's Singles Peggy Fleming - United States
 Gabriele Seyfert - East Germany
 Hana Mašková - Czechoslovakia
Pairs Liudmila Belousova, Oleg Protopopov - Soviet Union
 Tatiana Zhuk, Alexander Gorelik - Soviet Union
 Margot Glockshuber, Walfgang Danne - West Germany

1968 Grenoble Speed Skating
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's 500 Meters Erhard Keller - West Germany
 Terry McDermott - United States
Magne Thomassen - Norway
 None Awarded
Women's 500 Meters Lyudmila Titova - Soviet Union
 Jenny Fish - United States
Dianne Holum - United States
Mary Meyers - United States
 None Awarded
Women's 1000 Meters Carry Geijssen - Netherlands
 Lyudmila Titova - Soviet Union Dianne Holum - United States
Men's 1500 Meters Kees Verkerk - Netherlands
 Ivar Eriksen - Norway
Ard Schenk - Netherlands
 None Awarded
Women's 1500 Meters Kaija Mustonen - Finland
 Carry Geijssen - Netherlands Stien Kaiser - Netherlands
Women's 3000 Meters
 Ans Schut - Netherlands
 Kaija Mustonen - Finland Stien Kaiser - Netherlands
Men's 5000 Meters
 Fred Anton Maier - Norway
 Kees Verkerk - Netherlands Peter Nottet - Netherlands
Men's 10000 Meters
 Johnny Höglin - Sweden
 Fred Anton Maier - Norway Örjan Sandler - Sweden

1968 Grenoble Alpine Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Men's Downhill
 Jean-Claude Killy - France
 Guy Périllat - France
 Jean-Daniel Dätwyler - Switzerland
Women's Downhill Olga Pall - Austria
 Isabelle Mir - France
 Christl Haas - Austria
Men's Slalom Jean-Claude Killy - France Herbert Huber - Austria
 Alfred Matt - Austria
Women's Slalom Marielle Goitschel - France
 Nancy Greene - Canada
 Annie Famose - France
Men's Giant Slalom Jean-Claude Killy - France Willy Favre - Switzerland
 Heini Messner - Austria
Women's Giant Slalom
 Nancy Greene - Canada Annie Famose - France Fernande Bochatay - Switzerland

1968 Grenoble Cross Country Skiing
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Women's 5KM
 Toini Gustafsson - Sweden
 Galina Kulakova - Soviet Union
 Alevtina Kolchina - Soviet Union
Women's 10KM Toini Gustafsson - Sweden Berit Mørdre - Norway
 Inger Aufles - Norway
Men's 15KM Harald Grønnigen - Norway
 Eero Mäntyranta - Finland
 Gunnar Larsson - Sweden
Men's 30KM
 Franco Nones - Italy
 Odd Martinsen - Norway
 Eero Mäntyranta - Finland
Men's 50KM Ole Ellefsæter - Norway
 Vyacheslav Vedenin - Soviet Union
 Josef Haas - Switzerland
Men's Relay Norway
 Sweden
 Finland
Women's Relay Norway
 Sweden
 Soviet Union

1968 Grenoble Nordic Combined
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Individual
 Franz Keller - West Germany
 Alois Kälin - Switzerland
 Andreas Kunz -East Germany

1968 Grenoble Ski Jumping
EVENT
 GOLD
 SILVER
 BRONZE
Normal Hill
 Jiří Raška - Czechoslovakia
 Reinhold Bachler - Austria
 Baldur Preiml - Austria
Large Hill
 Vladimir Belousov - Soviet Union
 Jiří Raška - Czechoslovakia Lars Grini - Norway