1968 Winter Olympics / speed skating
Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics |
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venue | Grenoble |
Competition venue | Anneau de vitesse |
Nations | 19th |
Athletes | 129 (86 , 43 ) |
date | 9-17 February 1968 |
decisions | 8th |
← Innsbruck 1964 |
At the X Olympic Winter Games in Grenoble in 1968 , eight speed skating competitions took place. The venue was the Anneau de vitesse in Parc Paul-Mistral. The uncovered facility had a capacity of 2,500 spectators. The external conditions played a decisive role: The soot and dust emitted by the city's numerous industrial plants were deposited on the ice, so that those runners who were able to start shortly after the ice had been wiped off had an advantage.
Balance sheet
Medal table
space | country | total | |||
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1 | Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
2 | Norway | 1 | 3 | - | 4th |
3 | Finland | 1 | 1 | - | 2 |
Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | |
5 | Sweden | 1 | - | 1 | 2 |
6th | BR Germany | 1 | - | - | 1 |
7th | United States | - | 4th | 1 | 5 |
Medalist
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Results men
500 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Richard McDermott (USA).
space | country | athlete | Time (s) |
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1 | FRG | Erhard Keller | 40.3 |
2 | NOR | Magne Thomassen | 40.5 |
United States | Richard McDermott | ||
4th | URS | Yevgeny Grishin | 40.6 |
5 | NOR | Arne Herjuaune | 40.7 |
United States | Neil Blatchford | ||
United States | John Wurster | ||
8th | FIN | Seppo Hänninen | 40.8 |
SWE | Håkan Holmgren | ||
JPN | Keiichi Suzuki | ||
11 | FRG | Herbert Höfl | 41.0 |
19th | FRG | Gerhard Zimmermann | 41.5 |
26th | AUT | Otmar Braunecker | 42.1 |
31 | FRG | Günter Traub | 42.5 |
43 | SUI | Ruedi Uster | 43.6 |
44 | SUI | Hansruedi Widmer | 43.7 |
Date: February 14, 10:00 a.m.
48 participants from 17 countries, 46 of them in the ranking.
The 23-year-old dentistry student Erhard Keller from Munich was the first German to win the Olympic 500 m speed skating. Keller held the world record with 39.2 s. His run was associated with serious difficulties, because in the pairing with Bob Boucher there were three false starts, then the Canadian was carried out to Keller's side before the lane change and threatened to fall. It turned out that on the deep and difficult track no fast times were possible at all. Only in the last heat ran McDermott, who pushed Grischin out of the medal ranks. The highly esteemed Japanese Keiichi Suzuki also had no chance. The Austrians had expected Otmar Braunecker to set a new national record. However, he stayed above the record of 41.9 s achieved here in Grenoble just a few days ago, although with his 41.2 he was faster than the Dutch class runner Kees Verkerk (33rd in 42.6).
1500 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Ants Antson (URS).
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | NED | Kees Verkerk | 2: 03.4 ( OR ) |
2 | NED | Ard Schenk | 2: 05.0 |
NOR | Ivar Eriksen | ||
4th | NOR | Magne Thomassen | 2: 05.1 |
5 | NOR | Bjørn Tveter | 2: 05.2 |
SWE | Johnny Höglin | ||
7th | NOR | Svein-Erik Stiansen | 2: 05.5 |
8th | UrS | Eduard Matusewitsch | 2: 06.1 |
9 | NED | Peter Nottet | 2: 06.3 |
10 | SWE | Örjan Sandler | 2: 07.0 |
15th | FRG | Günter Traub | 2: 07.7 |
22nd | FRG | Jürgen Traub | 2: 10.2 |
39 | AUT | Otmar Braunecker | 2: 14.4 |
40 | AUT | Hermann Strutz | 2: 14.8 |
44 | AUT | Erich Korbel | 2: 15.7 |
47 | SUI | Hansruedi Widmer | 2: 16.1 |
48 | SUI | Franz Krienbühl | 2: 16.3 |
Date: February 16, 9:00 a.m.
53 participants from 18 countries, all in the ranking.
There were unfavorable external conditions, but good ice cream. The competition was decided after just six pairs. Verkerk ran against the Austrian Hermann Strutz. There were still some strong runners at the start, some of whom had faster intermediate times, but were not able to cope with the last hundred meters Verkerk. World record holder Magne Thomassen (2: 02.5) missed the bronze medal by a tenth of a second. While the Dutchman clearly won (despite an injury handicap when he fell on his racing bike in the summer), the other runners up to 7th place were only separated by half a second.
The Austrians performed as expected, with Otmar Braunecker having to bear the handicap of being the last runner in the field to run alone, but he was still the best in his country, which was seen as a sensation, because Strutz had been the clear number one.
5000 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Knut Johannesen (NOR) (career ended).
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | NOR | Fred Anton Maier | 7: 22.4 ( WR ) |
2 | NED | Kees Verkerk | 7: 23.2 |
3 | NED | Peter Nottet | 7: 25.5 |
4th | NOR | Per Guttormsen | 7: 27.8 |
5 | SWE | Johnny Höglin | 7: 32.7 |
6th | SWE | Örjan Sandler | 7: 32.8 |
7th | SWE | Jonny Nilsson | 7: 32.9 |
8th | NED | Jan Bols | 7: 33.1 |
9 | FIN | Kimmo Koskinen | 7: 35.9 |
10 | URS | Valery Lavrushkin | 7: 37.9 |
13 | FRG | Günter Traub | 7: 40.4 |
16 | AUT | Hermann Strutz | 7: 53.3 |
20th | FRG | Jürgen Traub | 7: 55.3 |
34 | SUI | Franz Krienbühl | 8: 08.9 |
35 | SUI | Ruedi Uster | 8: 12.2 |
37 | AUT | Erich Korbel | 8: 20.8 |
Date: February 15, 9:00 a.m.
38 participants from 17 countries, all in the ranking.
Maier undercut his own world record over 5000 meters by 3.8 seconds. The other two medal winners also stayed below the old record. In addition, seven other participants beat the Olympic record set in 1964 by the Norwegian Knut Johannesen .
The race was initially scheduled for 2.30 p.m., but it was held in the morning and took place under favorable external conditions. For the time being, a new world record had already run in the order Verkerk and Nottet, Verkerk's time was almost unmatched. But Maier, whose marching table was set at about 7:20, had a lead of 3 seconds. In the end he could no longer keep the target, 500 m from the finish he was still 1.3 s ahead and he still managed to get 0.8 seconds to the finish. Of the two Austrians, Strutz only used this competition as sharp training for the 10,000 m run.
10,000 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Jonny Nilsson (SWE).
space | country | athlete | Time (min) |
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1 | SWE | Johnny Höglin | 15: 23.6 ( OR ) |
2 | NOR | Fred Anton Maier | 15: 23.9 |
3 | SWE | Örjan Sandler | 15: 31.8 |
4th | NOR | Per Guttormsen | 15: 32.6 |
5 | NED | Kees Verkerk | 15: 33.9 |
6th | SWE | Jonny Nilsson | 15: 39.6 |
7th | NOR | Magne Thomassen | 15: 44.9 |
8th | NED | Peter Nottet | 15: 54.7 |
9 | URS | Valery Lavrushkin | 15: 54.8 |
10 | URS | Stanislaw Seljanin | 15: 56.4 |
11 | FRG | Günter Traub | 16: 01.3 |
17th | AUT | Hermann Strutz | 16: 24.9 |
18th | FRG | Jürgen Traub | 16: 33.8 |
Date: February 17th, 8:00 am
28 participants from 13 countries, all in the ranking.
Höglin's victory came as a surprise, he had never run under 16 minutes before. Maier's time had long been considered the best time. Höglin adjusted his marching table to the best time of Fred Anton Maier, put in laps with 35 seconds and after a great finish and with the last of his strength pushed himself to the finish, stayed 3.3 seconds. below the previous world record. After Höglin, Sandler and Guttorsem started - and it was still thought that Jonny Nilsson could overturn the classification as Olympic champion in 1964, but it was only enough for 6th place.
Hermann Strutz remained somewhat below expectations, because his training was entirely geared towards the long distance been.
Results women
500 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Lidija Skoblikowa (URS).
space | country | sportswoman | Time (s) |
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1 | URS | Lyudmila Titova | 46.1 |
2 | United States | Mary Meyers | 46.3 |
United States | Dianne Holum | ||
United States | Jennifer Fish | ||
5 | NED | Elisabeth van den Brom | 46.6 |
6th | FIN | Kaija Mustonen | 46.7 |
NOR | Sigrid Sundby | ||
8th | NOR | Kirsti Biermann | 46.8 |
9 | URS | Irina Yegorova | 46.9 |
URS | Tatiana Sidorova | ||
12 | FRG | Evi Sappl | 47.4 |
16 | GDR | Ruth Schleiermacher | 47.8 |
21st | FRG | Hildegard Sellhuber | 48.4 |
Date: February 9, 10:00 a.m.
28 runners from 11 countries took part.
The race was carried out in warm weather and soft ice.
The winner Titowa had only five days ago in Davos improved the world record by two tenths to 44.5 and clearly won the Olympic speed skating competition. Mary Meyers' best time lasted for a long time. Sidorova, one of the big favorites, did not have the necessary strength towards the end and ran for only 46.9 s. Halfway through the field, the ice was reprocessed, and immediately afterwards Titowa ran, who improved tremendously and took the lead in a rhythmic style. Dianne Holum, who came up against the Dutch Christina Kaiser (known as Stien Kaiser), ran slower towards the end, so it was "only" 46.3 s.
1000 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Lidija Skoblikowa (URS).
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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1 | NED | Carolina Geijssen | 1: 32.6 ( OR ) |
2 | URS | Lyudmila Titova | 1: 32.9 |
3 | United States | Dianne Holum | 1: 33.4 |
4th | FIN | Kaija Mustonen | 1: 33.6 |
5 | URS | Irina Yegorova | 1: 34.4 |
6th | NOR | Sigrid Sundby | 1: 34.5 |
7th | United States | Jeanne Ashworth | 1: 34.7 |
8th | FIN | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 1: 34.8 |
9 | NOR | Kirsti Biermann | 1: 35.0 |
10 | NED | Christina Kaiser | 1: 35.2 |
12 | GDR | Ruth Schleiermacher | 1: 35.6 |
16 | FRG | Hildegard Sellhuber | 1: 37.2 |
17th | FRG | Evi Sappl | 1: 37.4 |
Date: February 11th, 10:00 a.m.
29 participants from 12 countries, all rated.
Titowa, who won the 500m two days ago, seemed to have won her second gold. Geijssen was only at the start in one of the last heats and after 400 m was still behind the Soviet runner.
1500 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Lidija Skoblikowa (URS).
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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1 | FIN | Kaija Mustonen | 2: 22.4 ( OR ) |
2 | NED | Carolina Geijssen | 2: 22.7 |
3 | NED | Christina Kaiser | 2: 24.5 |
4th | NOR | Sigrid Sundby | 2: 25.2 |
5 | URS | Lāsma Kauniste | 2: 25.4 |
6th | FIN | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 2: 25.8 |
7th | URS | Lyudmila Titova | 2: 26.8 |
8th | GDR | Ruth Schleiermacher | 2: 27.1 |
9 | SWE | Christina Scherling | 2: 27.5 |
FRG | Hildegard Sellhuber | ||
30th | FRG | Paula Dufter | 2: 45.2 |
Date: February 10, 11 a.m.
30 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.
There was warm weather and good ice conditions.
Titowa started, her 2: 26.8 were not bad, but were only enough for rank 7. Skoblikova was no longer as dynamic as before, looked burned out, her 2: 27.6 only brought her eleventh place. Mustonen ran against Dianne Holum, but she couldn't keep up. In contrast, the Finn accelerated her pace and set a new Olympic record.
3000 m
Olympic champion 1964 : Lidija Skoblikowa (URS).
space | country | sportswoman | Time (min) |
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1 | NED | Johanna Schut | 4: 56.2 ( OR ) |
2 | FIN | Kaija Mustonen | 5: 01.0 min |
3 | NED | Christina Kaiser | 5: 01.3 |
4th | FIN | Kaija-Liisa Keskivitikka | 5: 03.9 |
5 | NED | Wilhelmina Burgmeijer | 5: 05.1 |
6th | URS | Lidija Skoblikova | 5: 08.0 |
7th | SWE | Christina Scherling | 5: 09.8 |
8th | URS | Anna Alexandrovna Paulina | 5: 12.5 |
9 | NOR | Sigrid Sundby-Dybedahl | 5: 13.3 |
10 | United States | Jeanne Ashworth | 5: 14.0 |
19th | FRG | Paula Dufter | 5: 27.0 |
Date: February 12, 9:30 a.m.
26 participants from 12 countries, all in the ranking.
In unfavorable conditions - warm weather and rain - Schut ran a splendid race, glided calmly over the track and then started a wonderful sprint. She stayed below the ominous five-minute limit, but she couldn't reach the world record set by her compatriot Stien Kaiser (4: 54.6). (Please see footnote on the 1,000-meter run.)
Web links
- Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Official report of the 1968 Winter Olympics (PDF; 19.4 MB)
Individual evidence
- ↑ «Cellar winner despite difficulties» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 15, 1968, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "After silver, now gold for Cees Verkeerk" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 17, 1968, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Verkerk: Gold with an injured leg"; »Kronen-Zeitung Wien« from February 17, 1968
- ^ «Maier won with a world record» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 16, 1968, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Höglin surprisingly Olympic champion" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 18, 1968, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Kronen-Zeitung Wien" of February 18, 1968
- ^ "Titova in front of three American women" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 10, 1968, p. 13 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ "Twice gold for Dutch women" . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 13, 1968, p. 12 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).
- ^ «Mustonen won over 1500 meters» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna February 11, 1968, p. 11 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized).