1968 Winter Olympics

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the USSR had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in 1956.

Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal. The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States, not least of which because of ABC's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became overnight sensations among teenage girls.

The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.

Highlights

Grenoble 1968 is the first Olympiad to adopt a mascot, albeit unofficially. "Schuss", the mascot, is a styled skier. ^*

Medal winners

Medal count

(Host nation in bold.)

Norway || 6 || 6 || 2 || 14 USSR || 5 || 5 || 3 || 13 France || 4 || 3 || 2 || 9Austria || 3 || 4 || 4 || 11 Netherlands || 3 || 3 || 3 || 9 Sweden || 3 || 2 || 3 || 8 West Germany || 2 || 2 || 3 || 7 United States || 1 || 5 || 1 || 7 Finland || 1 || 2 || 2 || 5

1968 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	-	-	-	-	4		4	0	0	4	-	-	-	-	-	-

1968 Winter Olympics

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Highlights

Medal winners

Medal count