Toini Gustafsson of Sweden won three medals in cross-country skiing in Grenoble.The1968 Winter Olympics , officially known as theX Olympic Winter Games , was a wintermulti-sport event held inGrenoble , France, from 6 to 18 February 1968. A total of 1,158 athletes representing 37National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated in 35 events from 10 differentsports and disciplines .[ 1] in Innsbruck ; one event was added, arelay event inbiathlon .[ 2]
Norway won the most medals, with 14, and the most gold medals with 6. TheSoviet Union finished second in both tallies, with 5 golds and 13 medals in total.[ 3] [ 3] East andWest Germany entered separate teams for the first time, havingcompeted together in the three prior Winter Olympics. Both nations won gold medals, their first competing as different nations.[ 4] Czechoslovakia won its first gold Winter Olympics medal, achieved byJiří Raška in theski jumping normal hill event.[ 5] Romania won its first, and as of the2018 Winter Olympics , only medal in a Winter Olympics in thetwo-man bobsleigh event.[ 6] [ 7]
Jean-Claude Killy ofFrance was the most successful athlete at these games, winning all three of the men'salpine skiing events. Two other athletes each won three medals:Sweden's Toini Gustafsson earned two golds and a silver, andFinland's Eero Mäntyranta won a silver and two bronzes. Both of them were competitors incross-country skiing . Four other athletes—Luciano de Paolis ,Ole Ellefsæter ,Harald Grønningen , andEugenio Monti —won two gold medals, and 29 individuals in total won at least two medals in Grenoble.[ 3] speed skating , three different events ended with ties for the silver medal position, one, thewomen's 500 metres ended in a three-way tie for silver.[ 8] [ 9] [ 10] figure skating , AmericanPeggy Flemming won the gold medal in ladies' singles; this came a mere seven years after the 1961 crash ofSabena Flight 548 that killed the entire US figure skating team.[ 11]
Jean-Claude Killy won all three men's events in alpine skiing.Aleksandr Tikhonov won the first two of his ultimate five medals in Grenoble.[ 18]
Cross-country skiing [ edit ] Inger Aufles won a gold and a bronze medal in 1968.Peggy Fleming won gold in the ladies' singles event.
Carry Geijssen won a gold and a silver in Grenoble.Athletes who won three medals or two gold medals during the 1968 Winter Olympics are listed below.[ 3]
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