United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Grenoble
Competitors	96 (75 men, 21 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Terry McDermott
Medals Ranked 9th	Gold 1 Silver 5 Bronze 1 Total 7
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
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Medalists

Further information: 1968 Winter Olympics medal table

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date   Gold Peggy Fleming Figure skating Ladies' singles February 10   Silver Jenny Fish Speed skating Women's 500 meters February 9   Silver Dianne Holum Speed skating Women's 500 meters February 9   Silver Mary Meyers Speed skating Women's 500 meters February 9   Silver Terry McDermott Speed skating Men's 500 meters February 14   Silver Tim Wood Figure skating Men's singles February 16   Bronze Dianne Holum Speed skating Women's 1000 meters February 11

Multiple medalists Name Sport       Total Dianne Holum Speed skating 0 1 1 2

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
						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
		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

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Misses	Rank
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

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
		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

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Individual

Athlete	Event	CF	FS	Total
		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
		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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Summary

Team	Event	First round	Medal round
		Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Bye	Czechoslovakia L 1–5	Sweden L 3–4	Soviet Union L 2–10	Canada L 2–3	West Germany W 8–1	East Germany W 6–4	Finland T 1–1	6

Roster
Coach: Murray Williamson

Pos.	Name
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
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)

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
		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
		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

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
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
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

References

• "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2009-06-05.