United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sporting event delegation

United States at the
1968 Winter Olympics

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IOC code| USA
NOC| United States Olympic Committee
in Grenoble
Competitors| 96 (75 men, 21 women) in 6 sports
Flag bearer| Terry McDermott
Medals
Ranked 9th|

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

## Medalists

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Further information: 1968 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Gold | Peggy Fleming | Figure skating | Women's singles | February 10
Silver | Jenny Fish | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9
Silver | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9
Silver | Mary Meyers | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9
Silver | Terry McDermott | Speed skating | Men's 500 meters | February 14
Silver | Tim Wood | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 16
Bronze | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 11

| Multiple medalists

Name  | Sport  |  |  |  | Total
Dianne Holum | Speed skating | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2

## Alpine skiing

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Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Heat 1  | Heat 2  | Final

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Run 1  | Run 2  | Total
Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Jim Barrows | Downhill | —  | DNF
Jere Elliott | DNF
Billy Kidd | 2:03.40  | 18
Dennis McCoy | 2:04.82  | 21
Rick Chaffee | Giant slalom | —  | 1:46.44  | 13  | 1:49.75  | 14  | 3:36.19  | 15
Jimmy Heuga | 1:45.46  | 7  | 1:48.43  | 9  | 3:33.89  | 10
Billy Kidd | 1:45.91  | 8  | 1:46.46  | 1  | 3:32.37  | 5
Spider Sabich | 1:46.34  | 12  | 1:49.81  | 15  | 3:36.15  | 14
Rick Chaffee | Slalom | 54.28  | 1 QF | Bye  | 49.95  | 10  | 51.24  | 10  | 1:41.19  | 9
Jimmy Heuga | 52.34  | 1 QF | Bye  | 49.96  | 11  | 51.01  | 9  | 1:40.97  | 7
Billy Kidd | 53.37  | 1 QF | Bye  | DNF
Spider Sabich | 53.52  | 2 QF | Bye  | 49.75  | 4  | 50.74  | 7  | 1:40.49  | 5

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Karen Budge | Downhill | —  | DNS  |
Suzy Chaffee | 1:48.50  | 28
Kiki Cutter | 1:44.94  | 17
Sandy Shellworth | 1:46.53  | 21
Wendy Allen | Giant slalom | —  | 2:00.03  | 22
Suzy Chaffee | 1:58.38  | 17
Kiki Cutter | 1:59.52  | 21
Judy Nagel | 1:57.39  | 12
Wendy Allen | Slalom | DSQ
Kiki Cutter | DSQ
Rosie Fortna | DSQ
Judy Nagel | 40.19  | 1  | DSQ

## Biathlon

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Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Misses  | Rank

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Jonathan Chaffee | Individual | 1:34:21.1  | 11 (3+2+4+2)  | 49
Bill Spencer | 1:30:17.7  | 10 (2+3+1+4)  | 37
Ralph Wakley | 1:27:32.9  | 5 (1+1+3+0)  | 27
Edward Williams | 1:32:24.5  | 9 (2+5+0+2)  | 45
John Ehrensbeck
Bill Spencer
Ralph Wakley
Edward Williams | Relay | 2:28:35.5  | 8  | 8

## Bobsleigh

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Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athletes  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Run 4  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
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
Paul Lamey
Robert Huscher | 1:11.30  | 8  | 1:11.54  | 4  | 1:11.04  | 6  | 1:12.15  | 9  | 4:46.03  | 6
Bill Hickey
Howard Clifton
Michael Luce
Paul Savage | Four-man | 1:11.45  | 14  | 1:08.92  | 14  | —  | 2:20.37  | 15
Boris Said
David Dunn
Robert Crowley
Phil Duprey | 1:11.08  | 11  | 1:08.48  | 10  | 2:19.56  | 10

## Cross-country skiing

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Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Larry Damon | Men's 15 km | 55:07.2  | 55
Mike Elliott | 52:40.8  | 41
Mike Gallagher | 52:02.4  | 34
Bob Gray | 53:24.8  | 48
Mike Elliott | Men's 30 km | 1:42:22.6  | 29
Mike Gallagher | 1:41:58.2  | 27
Charles Kellogg | 1:50:03.7  | 51
Jon Lufkin | 1:51:21.2  | 55
Larry Damon | Men's 50 km | 2:41:25.2  | 32
Mike Elliott | 2:40:38.5  | 30
Mike Gallagher | 2:36:26.1  | 22
Charles Kellogg | 2:44:00.4  | 36
John Bower
Mike Elliott
Mike Gallagher
Bob Gray | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:21:30.4  | 12

## Figure skating

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Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Ladies' singles skater Peggy Fleming built up a huge lead after the compulsory figures and won the first-place votes of all nine judges.[1] Her victory marked the first gold medal won by an American after the death of an entire US figure skating team in an air crash in 1961, and heralded an American figure skating renaissance.[2]

Individual

Athlete  | Event  | CF | FS | Total

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Rank  | Rank  | Points  | Places  | Rank
John Misha Petkevich | Men's singles | 8  | 4  | 1806.2  | 56  | 6
Gary Visconti | 6  | 5  | 1810.2  | 52  | 5
Tim Wood | 2  | 3  | 1891.6  | 17  |
Peggy Fleming | Ladies' singles | 1  | 1  | 1970.5  | 9  |
Janet Lynn | 14  | 6  | 1698.7  | 90  | 9
Albertina Noyes | 5  | 7  | 1797.3  | 40  | 4

Mixed

Athlete  | Event  | SP | FS | Total

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Rank  | Rank  | Points  | Places  | Rank
Cynthia Kauffman
Ronald Kauffman | Pairs | 5  | 7  | 297.0  | 58  | 6
JoJo Starbuck
Kenneth Shelley | 14  | 12  | 276.0  | 121  | 13
Sandi Sweitzer
Roy Wagelein | 8  | 6  | 294.5  | 64.5  | 7

## Ice hockey

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Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team  | Event  | First round  | Medal round

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Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Opposition
Score  | Rank
United States men | Men's tournament | Bye  |  Czechoslovakia
L 1–5  |  Sweden
L 3–4  |  Soviet Union
L 2–10  |  Canada
L 2–3  |  West Germany
W 8–1  |  East Germany
W 6–4  |  Finland
T 1–1  | 6

Roster
Coach: Murray Williamson

Pos.  | Name

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G  | Jim Logue
G  | Pat Rupp
D  | Robert Gaudreau
D  | Paul Hurley
D  | Lou Nanne
D  | Bob Paradise
D  | Bruce Riutta
D  | Donald Ross
F  | Herb Brooks
F  | John Cunniff
F  | Jack Dale
F  | Craig Falkman
F  | Tom Hurley
F  | Leonard Lilyholm
F  | Jack Morrison
F  | Larry Pleau
F  | Larry Stordahl
F  | Doug Volmar

Medal Round

Rank  | Team  | Pld  | W  | L  | T  | GF  | GA  | Pts

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

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

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

USA –  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 –  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)

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

## Luge

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Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Mike Hessel | Singles | 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
James Murray | 1:00.34  | 32  | 59.94  | 29  | 59.72  | 26  | 3:00.00  | 28
Robin Partch | 1:30.36  | 47  | 59.78  | 28  | 59.53  | 25  | 3:29.67  | 46
Mike Hessel
Jim Moriarty | Doubles | DNS | —  | DNS

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Run 1  | Run 2  | Run 3  | Total

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Sheila Johansen | Singles | 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
Ellen Williams | 51.67  | 16  | 51.09  | 16  | 52.39  | 19  | 2:35.15  | 16

## Nordic combined

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Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Ski Jumping  | Cross-country  | Total

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Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Points  | Rank  | Time  | Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
John Bower | Individual | 104.2  | 101.0  | 205.2  | 14  | 51:00.1  | 205.96  | 16  | 411.16  | 13
Georg Krog | 105.4  | 106.8  | 212.2  | 11  | 53:55.9  | 171.56  | 33  | 383.76  | 22
Jim Miller | 85.1  | 86.5  | 171.6  | 35  | 50:56.0  | 206.78  | 15  | 378.38  | 26
Tom Upham | 92.2  | 90.0  | 182.2  | 31  | 56:30.5  | 142.97  | 40  | 325.17  | 39

## Ski jumping

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Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Jump 1  | Jump 2  | Total

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Distance  | Points  | Distance  | Points  | Points  | Rank
Bill Bakke | Normal hill | 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 Rand | 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 | Large hill | 90.5  | 90.1  | 87.5  | 85.4  | 175.5  | 34
John Balfanz | 84.5  | 83.7  | 85.5  | 86.1  | 169.8  | 42
Jay Martin | 85.0  | 81.4  | 85.0  | 82.4  | 163.8  | 43
Jay Rand | 90.0  | 90.9  | 86.0  | 83.8  | 174.7  | 35

## Speed skating

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Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Neil Blatchford | 500 m | 40.7  | 5
Tom Gray | 41.6  | 21
Terry McDermott | 40.5  |
John Wurster | 40.7  | 5
Roger Capan | 1500 m | 2:13.6  | 34
Bill Lanigan | 2:11.7  | 24
Wayne LeBombard | 2:11.2  | 23
Richard Wurster | 2:08.4  | 19
Bill Cox | 5000 m | 7:58.1  | 25
Bill Lanigan | 7:57.7  | 24
Wayne LeBombard | 8:03.8  | 28
Bill Cox | 10,000 m | 17:08.2  | 25
Bill Lanigan | 16:50.1  | 21

Women

Athlete  | Event  | Time  | Rank

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Jenny Fish | 500 m | 46.3  |
Dianne Holum | 46.3  |
Mary Meyers | 46.3  |
Jeanne Ashworth | 1000 m | 1:34.7  | 7
Jenny Fish | 1:38.4  | 23
Dianne Holum | 1:33.4  |
Jeanne Ashworth | 1500 m | 2:30.3  | 16
Dianne Holum | 2:28.5  | 13
Jeanne Omelenchuk | 2:35.5  | 25
Jeanne Ashworth | 3000 m | 5:14.0  | 10
Toy Dorgan | 5:17.6  | 14
Jeanne Omelenchuk | 5:14.9  | 11

## References

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1. ^ Beijing 2008 Archived 1 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
2. ^ Ford, Bonnie D. (2011). "Still Crystal Clear". ESPN. Retrieved February 19, 2014. "The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal."

## Sources

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* 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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