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The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Peggy Fleming Figure skating Ladies' singles
 Silver Tim Wood Figure skating Men's singles
 Silver Terry McDermott Speed skating Men's 500 metres
 Silver Jenny Fish Speed skating Women's 500 metres
 Silver Dianne Holum Speed skating Women's 500 metres
 Silver Mary Meyers Speed skating Women's 500 metres
 Bronze Dianne Holum Speed skating Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jim Barrows Downhill DNF –
Jere Elliott DNF –
Dennis McCoy 2:04.82 21
Billy Kidd 2:03.40 18
Rick Chaffee Giant Slalom 1:46.44 13 1:49.75 14 3:36.19 15
Spider Sabich 1:46.34 12 1:49.81 15 3:36.15 14
Billy Kidd 1:45.91 8 1:46.46 1 3:32.37 5
Jimmy Heuga 1:45.46 7 1:48.43 9 3:33.89 10
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Billy Kidd 53.37 1 QF – – DNF – – – DNF –
Rick Chaffee 54.28 1 QF – – 49.95 10 51.24 10 1:41.19 9
Jimmy Heuga 52.34 1 QF – – 49.96 11 51.01 9 1:40.97 7
Spider Sabich 53.52 2 QF – – 49.75 4 50.74 7 1:40.49 5
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Suzy Chaffee Downhill 1:48.50 28
Sandy Shellworth 1:46.53 21
Kiki Cutter 1:44.94 17
Wendy Allen Giant Slalom 2:00.03 22
Kiki Cutter 1:59.82 21
Suzy Chaffee 1:58.38 17
Judy Nagel 1:57.39 12
Kiki Cutter Slalom DSQ – – – DSQ –
Rosie Fortna DSQ – – – DSQ –
Wendy Allen DSQ – – – DSQ –
Judy Nagel 40.19 1 DSQ – DSQ –

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 Rank
20 km Jonathan Chaffee 1'23:21.1 11 1'34:21.1 49
Edward Williams 1'23:24.5 9 1'32:24.5 45
Bill Spencer 1'20:17.7 10 1'30:17.7 37
Ralph Wakley 1'22:32.9 5 1'27:32.9 27
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
Athletes Race
Misses 2 Time Rank
Ralph Wakley
Edward Williams
Bill Spencer
John Ehrensbeck 		8 2'28:35.5 8
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Run 4 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Paul Lamey
Robert Huscher 		Two-man 1:11.30 8 1:11.54 4 1:11.04 6 1:12.15 9 4:46.03 6
USA-2 Howard Clifton
Michael Luce 		Two-man 1:12.10 14 1:12.18 10 1:11.88 9 1:13.15 15 4:49.31 11
Sled Athletes Event Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
USA-1 Bill Hickey
Howard Clifton
Michael Luce
Paul Savage 		Four-man 1:11.45 14 1:08.92 14 2:20.37 15
USA-2 Boris Said
David Dunn
Robert Crowley
Phil Duprey 		Four-man 1:11.08 11 1:08.48 10 2:19.56 10

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Larry Damon 55:07.2 55
Bob Gray 53:24.8 48
Mike Elliott 52:40.8 41
Mike Gallagher 52:02.4 34
30 km Jon Lufkin 1'51:21.2 55
Charles Kellogg 1'50:03.7 51
Mike Elliott 1'42:22.6 29
Mike Gallagher 1'41:58.2 27
50 km Charles Kellogg 2'44:00.4 36
Larry Damon 2'41:25.2 32
Mike Elliott 2'40:38.5 30
Mike Gallagher 2'36:26.1 22
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Mike Gallagher
Mike Elliott
Bob Gray
John Bower 		2'21:30.4 12

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
John Misha Petkevich 8 4 1806.2 56 6
Gary Visconti 6 5 1810.2 52 5
Tim Wood 2 3 1891.6 17 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Janet Lynn 14 16 1698.7 90 9
Albertina Noyes 5 7 1797.3 40 4
Peggy Fleming 1 1 1970.5 9 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
JoJo Starbuck
Kenneth Shelley 		14 12 176.0 121 13
Sandi Sweitzer
Roy Wagelein 		8 6 294.5 64.5 7
Cynthia Kauffman
Ronald Kauffman 		5 7 297.0 58 6

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 48 10 12
2  Czechoslovakia 7 5 1 1 33 17 11
3  Canada 7 5 2 0 28 15 10
4  Sweden 7 4 2 1 23 18 9
5  Finland 7 3 3 1 17 23 7
6  United States 7 2 4 1 23 28 5
7  West Germany 7 1 6 0 13 39 2
8  East Germany 7 0 7 0 13 48 0

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – United States USA 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.
Referees: Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)

Sweden Sweden – United States USA 4:3 (0:0, 4:2, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne.
Referees: McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)

Soviet Union USSR – United States USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Populanov 2, Kuzkin, Staršinov, Mojsejev – Ross, Morrison.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)

Canada Canada – United States USA 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.
Referees: Snětkov, Seglin (URS)

United States USA – Germany West Germany 8:1 (2:1, 4:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk.
Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Seglin (URS)

East Germany East Germany – United States USA 4:6 (1:3, 1:1, 2:2)
Goalscorers: Fuchs 2, Karrenbauer 2 – Stordahl 2, P. Hurley 2, Volmar, Lilyholm.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

United States USA – Finland Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0)
Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten.
Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

Leading scorer

Rk Team GP G A Pts
8th United States Jack Morrison 7 2 6 8

Contestants

6. United States
Goaltenders: Pat Rupp, James Logue.
Defence: Lou Nanne, Bob Paradise, Paul Hurley, Donald Ross, Bruce Riutta, Robert Gaudreau.
Forwards: Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau, John Cunniff, Doug Volmar, Leonard Lilyholm, Craig Falkman, Jack Morrison, Tom Hurley, Larry Stordahl, Jack Dale.
Coach: Murray Williamson.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Robin Partch 1:30.36 47 59.78 28 59.53 25 3:29.67 46
James Murray 1:00.34 32 59.94 29 59.72 26 3:00.00 28
Mike Hessel 1:00.00 29 1:00.46 32 1:00.16 29 3:00.62 30
Kim Layton 59.73 27 59.45 23 59.46 24 2:58.64 26

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty 		DNF – – – DNF –
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Ellen Williams 51.67 16 51.09 16 52.39 19 2:35.15 16
Sheila Johansen 51.21 15 51.90 19 52.36 18 2:35.47 17
Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad 50.62 12 51.04 15 51.94 15 2:33.60 14

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

  • normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
  • 15 km cross-country skiing
Athlete Event Ski Jumping Cross-country Total
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Tom Upham Individual 60.5 67.5 182.2 31 56:30.5 142.97 40 325.17 39
John Bower 69.5 69.5 205.2 14 51:00.1 205.96 16 411.16 13
Georg Krog 73.0 74.0 212.2 11 53:55.9 171.56 33 383.76 22
Jim Miller 67.5 67.5 171.6 35 50:56.0 206.78 15 378.38 26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Jay Rand Normal hill 70.0 85.8 70.5 92.6 178.4 42
Adrian Watt 71.0 86.9 68.0 87.1 174.0 44
Bill Bakke 69.5 90.0 70.0 90.8 180.8 40
John Balfanz 72.5 97.8 68.5 91.9 189.7 33
Jay Martin Large hill 85.0 81.4 85.0 82.4 163.8 43
John Balfanz 84.5 83.7 85.5 86.1 169.8 42
Bill Bakke 90.5 90.1 87.5 85.4 175.5 34
Jay Rand 90.0 90.9 86.0 83.8 174.7 35

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Tom Gray 41.6 21
John Wurster 40.7 5
Neil Blatchford 40.7 5
Terry McDermott 40.5 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1500 m Roger Capan 2:13.6 34
Bill Lanigan 2:11.7 24
Wayne LeBombard 2:11.2 23
Richard Wurster 2:08.4 19
5000 m Wayne LeBombard 8:03.8 28
Bill Cox 7:58.1 25
Bill Lanigan 7:57.7 24
10,000 m Bill Cox 17:08.2 25
Bill Lanigan 16:50.1 21
Women
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
500 m Mary Meyers 46.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Dianne Holum 46.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Jenny Fish 46.3 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
1000 m Jenny Fish 1:38.4 23
Jeanne Ashworth 1:34.7 7
Dianne Holum 1:33.4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
1500 m Jeanne Omelenchuk 2:35.5 25
Jeanne Ashworth 2:30.3 16
Dianne Holum 2:28.5 13
3000 m Toy Dorgan 5:17.6 14
Jeanne Omelenchuk 5:14.9 11
Jeanne Ashworth 5:14.0 10

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
  • Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com

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