United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics

United States at the Olympic Games
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At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble
Competitors	95 (74 men, 21 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Terry McDermott
Medals Rank: 9	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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Peggy Fleming	Figure skating	Ladies' singles
Silver	Tim Wood	Figure skating	Men's singles
Silver	Terry McDermott	Speed skating	Men's 500 metres
Silver	Jenny Fish	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
Silver	Dianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
Silver	Mary Meyers	Speed skating	Women's 500 metres
Bronze	Dianne Holum	Speed skating	Women's 1000 metres

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jim Barrows	Downhill					DNF	–
Jere Elliott						DNF	–
Dennis McCoy						2:04.82	21
Billy Kidd						2:03.40	18
Rick Chaffee	Giant Slalom	1:46.44	13	1:49.75	14	3:36.19	15
Spider Sabich		1:46.34	12	1:49.81	15	3:36.15	14
Billy Kidd		1:45.91	8	1:46.46	1	3:32.37	5
Jimmy Heuga		1:45.46	7	1:48.43	9	3:33.89	10

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Billy Kidd	53.37	1 QF	–	–	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Rick Chaffee	54.28	1 QF	–	–	49.95	10	51.24	10	1:41.19	9
Jimmy Heuga	52.34	1 QF	–	–	49.96	11	51.01	9	1:40.97	7
Spider Sabich	53.52	2 QF	–	–	49.75	4	50.74	7	1:40.49	5

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Suzy Chaffee	Downhill					1:48.50	28
Sandy Shellworth						1:46.53	21
Kiki Cutter						1:44.94	17
Wendy Allen	Giant Slalom					2:00.03	22
Kiki Cutter						1:59.82	21
Suzy Chaffee						1:58.38	17
Judy Nagel						1:57.39	12
Kiki Cutter	Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Rosie Fortna		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Wendy Allen		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Judy Nagel		40.19	1	DSQ	–	DSQ	–

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time 1	Rank
20 km	Jonathan Chaffee	1'23:21.1	11	1'34:21.1	49
	Edward Williams	1'23:24.5	9	1'32:24.5	45
	Bill Spencer	1'20:17.7	10	1'30:17.7	37
	Ralph Wakley	1'22:32.9	5	1'27:32.9	27

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Misses 2	Time	Rank
Ralph Wakley Edward Williams Bill Spencer John Ehrensbeck	8	2'28:35.5	8

² A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	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
USA-2	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

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
			Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
USA-1	Bill Hickey Howard Clifton Michael Luce Paul Savage	Four-man	1:11.45	14	1:08.92	14	2:20.37	15
USA-2	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

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Larry Damon	55:07.2	55
	Bob Gray	53:24.8	48
	Mike Elliott	52:40.8	41
	Mike Gallagher	52:02.4	34
30 km	Jon Lufkin	1'51:21.2	55
	Charles Kellogg	1'50:03.7	51
	Mike Elliott	1'42:22.6	29
	Mike Gallagher	1'41:58.2	27
50 km	Charles Kellogg	2'44:00.4	36
	Larry Damon	2'41:25.2	32
	Mike Elliott	2'40:38.5	30
	Mike Gallagher	2'36:26.1	22

Men's 4 x 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
	Time	Rank
Mike Gallagher Mike Elliott Bob Gray John Bower	2'21:30.4	12

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
John Misha Petkevich	8	4	1806.2	56	6
Gary Visconti	6	5	1810.2	52	5
Tim Wood	2	3	1891.6	17

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Janet Lynn	14	16	1698.7	90	9
Albertina Noyes	5	7	1797.3	40	4
Peggy Fleming	1	1	1970.5	9

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley	14	12	176.0	121	13
Sandi Sweitzer Roy Wagelein	8	6	294.5	64.5	7
Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman	5	7	297.0	58	6

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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)

Leading scorer

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
8th	Jack Morrison	7	2	6	8

Contestants

6. United States
Goaltenders: Pat Rupp, James Logue.
Defence: Lou Nanne, Bob Paradise, Paul Hurley, Donald Ross, Bruce Riutta, Robert Gaudreau.
Forwards: Herb Brooks, Larry Pleau, John Cunniff, Doug Volmar, Leonard Lilyholm, Craig Falkman, Jack Morrison, Tom Hurley, Larry Stordahl, Jack Dale.
Coach: Murray Williamson.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Robin Partch	1:30.36	47	59.78	28	59.53	25	3:29.67	46
James Murray	1:00.34	32	59.94	29	59.72	26	3:00.00	28
Mike Hessel	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

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mike Hessel Jim Moriarty	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ellen Williams	51.67	16	51.09	16	52.39	19	2:35.15	16
Sheila Johansen	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

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tom Upham	Individual	60.5	67.5	182.2	31	56:30.5	142.97	40	325.17	39
John Bower		69.5	69.5	205.2	14	51:00.1	205.96	16	411.16	13
Georg Krog		73.0	74.0	212.2	11	53:55.9	171.56	33	383.76	22
Jim Miller		67.5	67.5	171.6	35	50:56.0	206.78	15	378.38	26

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Jay Rand	Normal hill	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		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 Martin	Large hill	85.0	81.4	85.0	82.4	163.8	43
John Balfanz		84.5	83.7	85.5	86.1	169.8	42
Bill Bakke		90.5	90.1	87.5	85.4	175.5	34
Jay Rand		90.0	90.9	86.0	83.8	174.7	35

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Tom Gray	41.6	21
	John Wurster	40.7	5
	Neil Blatchford	40.7	5
	Terry McDermott	40.5
1500 m	Roger Capan	2:13.6	34
	Bill Lanigan	2:11.7	24
	Wayne LeBombard	2:11.2	23
	Richard Wurster	2:08.4	19
5000 m	Wayne LeBombard	8:03.8	28
	Bill Cox	7:58.1	25
	Bill Lanigan	7:57.7	24
10,000 m	Bill Cox	17:08.2	25
	Bill Lanigan	16:50.1	21

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
500 m	Mary Meyers	46.3
	Dianne Holum	46.3
	Jenny Fish	46.3
1000 m	Jenny Fish	1:38.4	23
	Jeanne Ashworth	1:34.7	7
	Dianne Holum	1:33.4
1500 m	Jeanne Omelenchuk	2:35.5	25
	Jeanne Ashworth	2:30.3	16
	Dianne Holum	2:28.5	13
3000 m	Toy Dorgan	5:17.6	14
	Jeanne Omelenchuk	5:14.9	11
	Jeanne Ashworth	5:14.0	10

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com