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1968 Winter Olympics medal table

1968 Winter Olympics medals
LocationGrenoble,  France
Highlights
Most gold medals Norway (6)
Most total medals Norway (14)
Medalling NOCs15
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The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, was a winter multi-sport event held in Grenoble, France, from 6 to 18 February 1968. A total of 1,158 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated, including first-time entrants Morocco.[1][2] The games featured 35 events in 6 sports and 10 disciplines.[3][4] The team relay event in biathlon was contested for the first time.[5]

Fifteen NOCs won at least one medal, and thirteen of them secured at least one gold. East and West Germany entered separate teams for the first time,[6] ending a run of three straight editions (1956–1964) in which German athletes participated as a single team. Victories by Thomas Köhler and Klaus-Michael Bonsack (luge doubles), and by Franz Keller (Nordic combined), resulted in the first Winter Olympics gold medals for East and West Germany, respectively.[7][8] Czechoslovakia also got its first-ever gold at the Winter Games, thanks to a successful combination of ski jumps by Jiří Raška in the normal hill (70 m) event.[9] In Grenoble, Romania won its first medal at the Winter Games, as Ion Panţuru and Nicolae Neagoe secured the bronze in bobsleigh's two-man event.[10]

Toini Gustafsson, a Swedish cross-country skier, contributed three of her NOC's eight medals, including two of its three golds, with victories in both women's individual events and a runner-up place in the team relay.[11] Among individual participants, French alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy had the most gold medals with three, having swept men's alpine skiing events.[12]

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  2. ^ "A brief history of African nations at the Winter Olympics". NBC Olympics. Reuters. Archived from the original on 6 June 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Factsheet – The Olympic Winter Games" (PDF). International Olympic Committee. 20 June 2024. Archived (PDF) from the original on 11 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  4. ^ "1968 Winter Olympics Overview". Olympedia. Archived from the original on 15 July 2024. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  5. ^ "Biathlon 101: Olympic history". NBC Olympics. 12 October 2021. Archived from the original on 3 October 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2024.
  6. ^ "1968 Grenoble, France". CBC Sports. 18 December 2009. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  7. ^ "East Germany at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  8. ^ "West Germany at the 1968 Grenoble Winter Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  9. ^ "Jiří Raška biography and Olympic results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  10. ^ "Ion Panţuru biography and Olympic results". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 25 September 2010.
  11. ^ Olsen, Kirstin (30 June 1994). Chronology of women's history. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 312. ISBN 0-313-28803-8. Retrieved 25 September 2010. toini gustafsson.
  12. ^ "Super-star Jean-Claude Killy wins 3rd gold medal in slalom". The Modesto Bee. Associated Press. 18 February 1968. p. B-7. Retrieved 25 September 2010.[permanent dead link‍]

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