Women's giant slalom at the X Olympic Winter Games | |||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Venue | Chamrousse | ||||||||||||
Date | February 15 | ||||||||||||
Competitors | 47 from 18 nations | ||||||||||||
Winning time | 1:51.97 | ||||||||||||
Medalists | |||||||||||||
| |||||||||||||
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics | ||
---|---|---|
Downhill | men | women |
Giant slalom | men | women |
Slalom | men | women |
Women's Giant Slalom | |
---|---|
Location | Chamrousse |
Vertical | 440 m (1,444 ft) |
Top elevation | 2,090 m (6,857 ft) |
Base elevation | 1,650 m (5,413 ft) |
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse. [1] [2]
The defending world champion was Marielle Goitschel of France, while Canada's Nancy Greene was the defending World Cup giant slalom champion, who also led the current season, along with Switzerland's Fernande Bochatay. [3] [4]
Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France. Jean-Claude Killy of France won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956. Since Killy's feat, no male alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics..
Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics, was held from 4 to 12 February. Eight events were contested at L'Anneau de Vitesse in Grenoble, France.
The 2nd World Cup season began in January in West Germany and concluded in April in the US Jean-Claude Killy of France repeated as the overall champion, and announced his retirement from World Cup competition. Nancy Greene of Canada repeated as the women's World Cup overall champion.
The men's 20 kilometre individual biathlon competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held on 12 February, at Autrans. Each miss of the target cost two minutes, while hitting the outer circle cost one minute.
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Val d'Isère.
The Men's slalom competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Les Ménuires.
The Women's Super-G competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel on Tuesday, 18 February.
The Women's giant slalom competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel.
The Women's slalom competition of the Albertville 1992 Olympics was held at Meribel.
The Men's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Friday, 9 February.
The Men's giant slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
The Men's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
The Women's Downhill competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse on Saturday, 10 February.
The Women's slalom competition of the Grenoble 1968 Olympics was held at Chamrousse.
The Women's singles luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble was held from 11 to 13 February, at Villard-de-Lans.
The men's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 14 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
The women's 500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 9 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
The women's 1000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 11 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
The women's 1500 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on February 10, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.
The women's 3000 metres in speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics took place on 12 February, at the L'Anneau de Vitesse.