United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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IOC code | USA |
NOC | United States Olympic Committee |
in Grenoble | |
Competitors | 96 (75 men, 21 women) in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Terry McDermott |
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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Men
Athlete | Event | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
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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 | |||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
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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 |
Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
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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 | 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 | 1:11.08 | 11 | 1:08.48 | 10 | 2:19.56 | 10 |
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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 | ||
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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 | ||
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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 |
Summary
Team | Event | First round | Medal round | |||||||
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Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | ||
United States men | Men's tournament | Bye | ![]() L 1–5 | ![]() L 3–4 | ![]() L 2–10 | ![]() L 2–3 | ![]() W 8–1 | ![]() W 6–4 | ![]() T 1–1 | 6 |
Roster
Coach: Murray Williamson
Pos. | Name |
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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 |
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1 | ![]() | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
2 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 |
3 | ![]() | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 |
4 | ![]() | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 |
5 | ![]() | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 |
6 | ![]() | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
7 | ![]() | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 |
8 | ![]() | 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)
Men
Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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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 | ||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Total | ||||||
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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 |
Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
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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 |
Men
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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 | 16:50.1 | 21 |
Women
Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
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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 |
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