| Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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| IOC code | TCH |
| NOC | Czechoslovak Olympic Committee |
| in Grenoble | |
| Competitors | 48 (41 men, 7 women) in 8 sports |
| Flag bearer | Jiří Raška (ski jumping) |
| Medals Ranked 12th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
| Other related appearances | |
 Czech Republic (1994–) Slovakia (1994–) | |
Czechoslovakia competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Gold | Jiří Raška | Ski jumping | Men's normal hill |
 Silver | Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
| Silver | Jiří Raška | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |
 Bronze | Hana Maskova | Figure skating | Women's singles |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Jaroslav Janda | Downhill | 2:07.71 | 36 | ||||
| Milan Pažout | 2:07.45 | 35 | |||||
| Jaroslav Janda | Giant Slalom | 1:52.20 | 41 | 1:52.07 | 33 | 3:44.27 | 34 |
| Milan Pažout | 1:48.98 | 29 | 1:51.34 | 29 | 3:40.32 | 27 | |
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank | |
| Milan Pažout | DSQ | – | 55.96 | 1 QF | 1:02.29 | 44 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Jaroslav Janda | 53.20 | 2 QF | – | – | 51.62 | 19 | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Anna Mohrová | Downhill | 1:50.22 | 33 | ||||
| Anna Mohrová | Giant Slalom | DSQ | – | ||||
| Anna Mohrová | Slalom | 46.23 | 23 | 49.73 | 16 | 1:35.96 | 18 |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time 1 | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 km | Ladislav Žižka | 1'21:45.3 | 14 | 1'35:45.3 | 55 |
| Pavel Ploc | 1'18:05.0 | 5 | 1'23:05.0 | 15 |
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | ||
| 15 km | Václav Peřina | 51:06.6 | 27 |
| Ján Fajstavr | 50:46.5 | 23 | |
| Karel Štefl | 50:15.4 | 14 | |
| 30 km | Vít Fousek Jr. | DNF | – |
| Václav Peřina | 1'40:58.0 | 24 | |
| Ján Fajstavr | 1'40:05.1 | 22 | |
| Karel Štefl | 1'39:25.7 | 18 | |
| 50 km | Václav Peřina | DNF | – |
| Vít Fousek Jr. | 2'45:09.8 | 39 | |
| Ján Fajstavr | 2'39:25.3 | 28 | |
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Ján Fajstavr Vít Fousek Jr. Václav Peřina Karel Štefl | 2'19:51.3 | 9 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marian Filc | 13 | 8 | 1734.2 | 97 | 10 |
| Ondrej Nepela | 5 | 10 | 1772.8 | 73 | 8 |
| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marie Víchová | 20 | 16 | 1580.4 | 187 | 21 |
| Hana Mašková | 4 | 3 | 1828.8 | 31 | |
| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liana Drahová Peter Bartosiewicz | 11 | 15 | 276.8 | 116 | 12 |
| Bohunka Šrámková Jan Šrámek | 10 | 10 | 285.8 | 91.5 | 10 |
| 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)
Czechoslovakia – West Germany 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.
Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)
Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)
Czechoslovakia – East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)
Czechoslovakia – Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Populanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
Czechoslovakia – Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 5th | Jozef Golonka | 7 | 4 | 6 | 10 |
| 7th | Jan Hrbatý | 7 | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| 10th | Václav Nedomanský | 7 | 5 | 2 | 7 |
IIHF Award:
| Best Defender | Josef Horešovský |
CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Vladimír Dzurilla.
Defence: Josef Horešovský, Jan Suchý, Karel Masopust, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač.
Forwards: Jozef Golonka, Jan Hrbatý, Václav Nedomanský, Jan Havel, Jaroslav Jiřík, Josef Černý, František Ševčík, Petr Hejma, Jiří Holík, Jiří Kochta, Jan Klapáč.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Roland Urban | 59.20 | 25 | 59.59 | 26 | 1:00.24 | 31 | 2:59.03 | 27 |
| František Halíř | 59.07 | 23 | 59.10 | 18 | 58.93 | 19 | 2:57.10 | 20 |
| Horst Urban | 58.93 | 19 | 59.54 | 25 | 59.91 | 27 | 2:58.38 | 24 |
| Jan Hamřík | 58.43 | 15 | 58.56 | 11 | 59.07 | 21 | 2:56.06 | 15 |
(Men's) Doubles
| Athletes | Run 1 | Run 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Horst Urban Roland Urban | 50.46 | 12 | 50.02 | 12 | 1:40.48 | 12 |
| Jan Hamřík František Halíř | 51.85 | 14 | 50.85 | 14 | 1:42.10 | 14 |
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | |
| Olina Tylová-Hatlová | 50.16 | 11 | 50.35 | 9 | 51.14 | 10 | 2:31.65 | 11 |
| Dana Spálenská-Beldová | 49.22 | 3 | 50.36 | 10 | 50.77 | 9 | 2:30.35 | 6 |
Events:
| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Tomáš Kučera | Individual | 72.0 | 73.0 | 217.4 | 9 | 50:07.7 | 216.74 | 6 | 434.14 | 4 |
| Ladislav Rygl | 71.0 | 71.5 | 200.4 | 18 | 50:55.5 | 206.88 | 14 | 407.28 | 16 | |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank | ||
| Zbyněk Hubač | Normal hill | 74.0 | 101.7 | 73.5 | 101.9 | 203.6 | 19 |
| František Rydval | 76.0 | 106.4 | 73.5 | 100.4 | 206.8 | 12 | |
| Ladislav Divila | 76.5 | 107.2 | 73.0 | 100.1 | 207.3 | 9 | |
| Jiří Raška | 79.0 | 115.2 | 72.5 | 101.3 | 216.5 | | |
| František Rydval | Large hill | 92.0 | 95.2 | 88.0 | 89.6 | 184.8 | 27 |
| Zbyněk Hubač | 95.0 | 101.4 | 87.0 | 87.2 | 188.6 | 25 | |
| Rudolf Höhnl | 98.5 | 107.3 | 91.5 | 95.5 | 202.8 | 12 | |
| Jiří Raška | 101.0 | 116.3 | 98.0 | 113.1 | 229.4 | | |
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