1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the X. Winter Olympic Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 70 athletes in nine disciplines, 55 of them men and 15 women. With one gold, one silver and one bronze medal, Canada achieved 13th place in the medal table.

The flag bearer at the opening ceremony was ski racer Nancy Greene . Greene became Olympic champion in giant slalom and silver in slalom. The ice hockey team secured the bronze medal .

Participants by sport

biathlon

• James Boyde

  20 km individual: 53rd place (1: 35: 02.0 h)

• George Ede

  20 km individual: 51st place (1: 34: 41.8 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: race not finished

• Esko Karu

  20 km individual: 46th place (1: 32: 42.9 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: race not finished

• Knowles McGill

  4 × 7.5 km relay: race not finished

• George Rattai

  20 km individual: 54th place (1: 35: 03.0 h)

  4 × 7.5 km relay: race not finished

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Men, twos

• Purvis McDougall , Bob Storey (CAN-1)

  19th place (4: 54.10 min)

• Hans Gehrig , Harry Goetschi (CAN-2)

  disqualified in the first run

Men, foursome

• Purvis McDougall , Bob Storey , Michael Young , Andrew Faulds (CAN-1)

  17th place (2: 22.82 min)

ice Hockey

Men

Kenneth Broderick Wayne Stephenson Marshall Johnston Terry O'Malley Barry MacKenzie Brian Glennie Paul Conlin Fran Huck Morris mott

Ray Cadieux Roger Bourbonnais Danny O'Shea Bill MacMillan Gary Dineen Ted Hargreaves Herb Pinder Steve Monteith Gerry Pinder

• bronze

figure skating

Men

• Jay Humphry

  7th place (1795.0)

• Steve Hutchinson

  22nd place (1578.3)

• David McGillivray

  16th place (1663.7)

Women

• Linda Carbonetto

  13th place (1662.9)

• Lyndai Cowan

  Contest not over

• Karen Magnussen

  7th place (1759.4)

Couples

• Betty McKilligan & John McKilligan

  17th place (254.8)

• Anna Ford & Richard Stephens

  16th place (269.2)

Speed ​​skating

Men

• Bob Boucher

  500 m: 25th place (42.0 s)

• Bob Hodges

  500 m: 41st place (43.3 s)

  1500 m: 26th place (2: 12.0 min)

  5000 m: 29th place (8: 05.0 min)

  10,000 m: 23rd place (17: 01.9 min)

• Pete Williamson

  500 m: 33rd place (42.6 s)

  1500 m: 46th place (2: 16.0 min)

• Paul Enock

  5000 m: 19th place (7: 54.8 min)

  10,000 m: 15th place (16: 21.2 min)

Women

• Doreen McCannell

  500 m: 24th place (49.0 s)

  1000 m: 20th place (1: 37.6 min)

  1500 m: 21st place (2: 32.2 min)

  3000 m: 18th place (5: 21.5 min)

• Marcia Parsons

  500 m: 23rd place (48.8 s)

  1000 m: 21st place (1: 37.7 min)

  1500 m: 24th place (2: 34.4 min)

  3000 m: 22nd place (5: 29.5 min)

• Wendy Thompson

  500 m: 19th place (48.2 s)

  1000 m: 27th place (1: 41.1 min)

Luge

Men, single-seaters

• Larry Arbuthnot

  33rd place (3: 03.01 min)

• D'Arcy Coulson

  47th place (3: 36.12 min)

• Roger Eddy

  31st place (3: 01.39 min)

• Colin Nelson

  37th place (3: 04.56 min)

Women

• Linda Crutchfield-Bocock

  12th place (2: 32.46 min)

• Martha Diplock

  18th place (2: 35.48 min)

• Phyllis Walter

  disqualified in the first run

Alpine skiing

Men

• Peter Duncan

  Departure: disqualified

  Giant Slalom: 18th place (3: 38.17 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Rod Hebron

  Departure: race not finished

  Giant slalom: race not finished

  Slalom: race not finished

• Scott Henderson

  Giant Slalom: 21st place (3: 38.50 min)

  Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Wayne Henderson

  Downhill: 27th place (2: 05.56 min)

• Gerry Rinaldi

  Departure: 31st place (2: 6.30 min)

• Keith Shepherd

  Giant slalom: disqualified

• Robert Swan

  Slalom: disqualified in the final run

Women

• Betsy Clifford

  Departure: 23rd place (1: 47.60 min)

  Giant slalom: disqualified

  Slalom: race not finished

• Karen Dokka

  Downhill: 22nd place (1: 47.55 min)

  Giant Slalom: 16th place (1: 58.36 min)

  Slalom: 15th place (1: 34.51 min)

• Nancy Greene

  Downhill: 10th place (1: 43.12 min)

  Giant Slalom: Gold (1: 51.97 min)

  Slalom: Silver (1: 26.15 min)

• Judi Leinweber

  Downhill: 20th place (1: 45.60 min)

  Giant Slalom: 25th place (2: 00.57 min)

  Slalom: disqualified

Cross-country skiing

Men

• Esko Karu

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2: 29: 12.7 h)

• Rolf Pettersen

  15 km: 63rd place (58: 31.8 min)

  30 km: 61st place (1: 55: 37.2 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2: 29: 12.7 h)

• David Rees

  15 km: 61st place (58: 25.9 min)

  30 km: 58th place (1: 52: 46.6 h)

  50 km: 46th place (2: 56: 00.5 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2: 29: 12.7 h)

• Nils Skulbru

  15 km: 56th place (55: 53.4 min)

  30 km: 52nd place (1: 50: 06.1 h)

  4 × 10 km relay: 14th place (2: 29: 12.7 h)

Ski jumping

• Ulf Kvendbo

  Normal hill: 53rd place (153.3)

  Large hill: 55th place (138.7)

• John McInnes

  Normal hill: 55th place (148.3)

  Large hill: 57th place (120.3)

• Claude Trahan

  Normal hill: 57th place (130.6)

  Large hill: 58th place (91.0)

Web links

• Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )