| Argentina at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | ARG |
| NOC | Argentine Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Grenoble | |
| Competitors | 5 (2 men, 3 women) in 1 sport |
| Medals |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Argentina competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Roberto Thostrup | Downhill | 2:17.35 | 57 | ||||
| Gustavo Ezquerra | 2:17.11 | 55 | |||||
| Gustavo Ezquerra | Giant Slalom | 1:59.60 | 65 | 2:00.51 | 64 | 4:00.11 | 63 |
| Roberto Thostrup | 1:58.92 | 63 | 1:58.70 | 58 | 3:57.62 | 61 | |
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Roberto Thostrup | DSQ | – | 1:00.80 | 4 | Did not advance | |||||
| Gustavo Ezquerra | 57.09 | 3 | 59.96 | 3 | Did not advance | |||||
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ana Sabine Naumann | Giant Slalom | DNF | – | ||||
| Helga María Sista | 2:11.75 | 38 | |||||
| Irene Viaene | 2:11.68 | 37 | |||||
| Irene Viaene | Slalom | DSQ | – | – | – | DSQ | – |
| Ana Sabine Naumann | 53.13 | 33 | 57.04 | 27 | 1:50.17 | 29 | |
| Helga María Sista | 51.98 | 31 | 57.18 | 28 | 1:49.16 | 27 | |
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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.
Biathlon debuted at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley with the men's 20 km individual event. At the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, the men's 4 × 7.5 km relay debuted, followed by the 10 km sprint event at the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid, New York. Beginning at the 1992 Winter Olympics in Albertville, women's biathlon debuted with the 15 km individual, 3 × 7.5 km relay, and 7.5 km sprint. A pursuit race was included at the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City. The top 60 finishers of the sprint race would qualify for the pursuit event. The sprint winner starts the race, followed by each successive biathlete at the same time interval he/she trailed the sprint winner in that event. At the 2006 Winter Olympics in Turin, a mass start was introduced where the top 30 biathletes from the previous four events were allowed to start together for the competition.
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland competed as Great Britain at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Great Britain did not win any medals at these games, the highest finish was 4th in Alpine Skiing.
France was the host nation for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. It was the second time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games, and the fourth time overall.
Norway competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Italy competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Switzerland competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Hungary competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Athletes from the Netherlands competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Spain competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Bulgaria competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Turkey competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
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