United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics
The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
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 10 sports |
Flag bearer | Terry McDermott |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Alpine skiing
- 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 | N/A | DNF | ||||||||
Jere Elliott | DNF | ||||||||||
Billy Kidd | 2:03.40 | 18 | |||||||||
Dennis McCoy | 2:04.82 | 21 | |||||||||
Rick Chaffee | Giant slalom | N/A | 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 | N/A | DNS | ||||
Suzy Chaffee | 1:48.50 | 28 | |||||
Kiki Cutter | 1:44.94 | 17 | |||||
Sandy Shellworth | 1:46.53 | 21 | |||||
Wendy Allen | Giant slalom | N/A | 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
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
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 | N/A | 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
- Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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Larry Damon | 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 | 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 | 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 |
4×10 km relay | 2:21:30.4 | 12 |
Figure skating
- 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 |
- Pairs
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
- Summary
Team | Event | First round | Medal round | |||||||
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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 |
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- Roster
Coach: Murray Williamson
Pos. | Name |
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G | James 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 Stordhal |
F | Doug Volmar |
- Medal Round
Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
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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)
Luge
- 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 | N/A | 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
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
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
- 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 |