United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics
United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |||||||||
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IOC code | USA | ||||||||
NOC | United States Olympic Committee | ||||||||
in Grenoble | |||||||||
Competitors | 95 (74 men, 21 women) in 10 sports | ||||||||
Flag bearer | Terry McDermott | ||||||||
Medals Ranked 9th |
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Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |||||||||
Other related appearances | |||||||||
1906 Intercalated Games |
The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists
Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
---|---|---|---|
Gold | Fleming, PeggyPeggy Fleming | Figure skating | Ladies' singles |
Silver | Wood, TimTim Wood | Figure skating | Men's singles |
Silver | McDermott, TerryTerry McDermott | Speed skating | Men's 500 metres |
Silver | Fish, JennyJenny Fish | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres |
Silver | Holum, DianneDianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres |
Silver | Meyers, MaryMary Meyers | Speed skating | Women's 500 metres |
Bronze | Holum, DianneDianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 1000 metres |
Alpine skiing
- 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
- 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
Sled | 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 | |||
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
- 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 × 10 km relay
Athletes | Race | |
---|---|---|
Time | Rank | |
Mike Gallagher Mike Elliott Bob Gray John Bower |
2'21:30.4 | 12 |
Figure skating
- 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
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
- Men
Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
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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
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 | ||||||
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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
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
- 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 Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.
- Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com