United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics

United States at the
1968 Winter Olympics
United States at the; 1968 Winter Olympics
	Flag of the United States
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	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
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The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

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

Alpine skiing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
		Heat 1		Heat 2		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
Athlete	Event	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

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

Bobsleigh

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Athletes	Event	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	Two-man	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	Four-man	1:11.08	11	1:08.48	10	—				2:19.56	10

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Team	Event	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
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
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

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
Athlete	Event	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
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	10,000 m	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

References

^ Beijing 2008 Archived 1 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
^ 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

Official Olympic Reports
"Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com

[1] Beijing 2008 Archived 1 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine

[StillCrystalClear-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.

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[2]

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Africa	Morocco
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Asia	India Iran Japan South Korea Lebanon Mongolia
Europe	Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand