| United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | USA |
| NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
| inGrenoble | |
| Competitors | 96 (75 men, 21 women) in 6 sports |
| Flag bearer | Terry McDermott |
| Medals Ranked 9th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
TheUnited States competed at the1968 Winter Olympics inGrenoble,France.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names arebolded.
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Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 1QF | Bye | 49.95 | 10 | 51.24 | 10 | 1:41.19 | 9 | |
| Jimmy Heuga | 52.34 | 1QF | Bye | 49.96 | 11 | 51.01 | 9 | 1:40.97 | 7 | ||
| Billy Kidd | 53.37 | 1QF | Bye | DNF | |||||||
| Spider Sabich | 53.52 | 2QF | Bye | 49.75 | 4 | 50.74 | 7 | 1:40.49 | 5 | ||
Women
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Ladies' singles skaterPeggy 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 thedeath 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Summary
| Team | Event | First round | Medal round | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
| United States men | Men's tournament | Bye | L 1–5 | L 3–4 | L 2–10 | L 2–3 | W 8–1 | W 6–4 | T 1–1 | 6 |
Roster
Coach:Murray Williamson
Medal Round
| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 | |
| 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 | |
| 3 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 | |
| 4 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 | |
| 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 | |
| 6 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 | |
| 7 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 | |
| 8 | 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)
Men
| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
Men
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.