1968 Winter Olympics / Participant (Soviet Union)
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The Soviet Union took part in the X. Winter Olympic Games in 1968 in Grenoble, France, with a delegation of 74 athletes in eight disciplines, including 54 men and 20 women. With five gold, five silver and three bronze medals, the Soviet Union was the second most successful nation at these games after Norway .
The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the biathlete Viktor Mamatow .
Participants by sport
biathlon
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Vladimir Gundarzew
- 20 km individual: bronze (1: 18: 27.4 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (2: 13: 02.4 h)
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Viktor Mamatov
- 20 km individual: 7th place (1: 20: 20.8 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (2: 13: 02.4 h)
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Nikolai Pushanov
- 20 km individual: 6th place (1:20: 14.5 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (2: 13: 02.4 h)
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Alexander Tikhonov
- 20 km individual: silver (1: 14: 40.4 h)
- 4 × 7.5 km relay: Gold (2: 13: 02.4 h)
ice Hockey
Men
- gold
figure skating
Men
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Sergei Cheetverukhin
- 9th place (1737.0)
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Sergei Volkov
- 18th place (1632.0)
Women
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Galina Grschibovskaya
- 16th place (1628.5)
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Elena Shcheglova
- 12th place (1670.4)
Couples
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Tamara Moskwina & Alexei Mishin
- 5th place (300.3)
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Tatjana Schuk & Alexander Gorelik
- Silver (312.3)
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Lyudmila Belousova & Oleg Protopopov
- Gold (315.2)
Speed skating
Men
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Ants Antson
- 1500 m: 12th place (2: 07.2 min)
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Yevgeny Grishin
- 500 m: 4th place (40.6 s)
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Valery chaplain
- 500 m: 21st place (41.6 s)
- 1500 m: 12th place (2: 07.2 min)
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Aleksandr Kerchenko
- 1500 m: 11th place (2: 07.1 min)
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Valery Lavrushkin
- 5000 m: 10th place (7: 37.9 min)
- 10,000 m: 9th place (15: 54.8 min)
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Anatoly Lepeshkin
- 500 m: 11th place (41.0 s)
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Anatoly Mashkov
- 5000 m: 14th place (7: 41.9 min)
- 10,000 m: 16th place (16: 22.1 min)
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Eduard Matusewitsch
- 1500 m: 8th place (2: 06.1 min)
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Valery Muratov
- 500 m: 18th place (41.4 s)
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Stanislav Selyanin
- 5000 m: 11th place (7: 38.5 min)
- 10,000 m: 10th place (15: 56.4 min)
Women
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Irina Yegorova
- 500 m: 9th place (46.9 s)
- 1000 m: 5th place (1: 34.4 min)
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Lāsma Kauniste
- 1000 m: 11th place (1: 35.3 min)
- 1500 m: 5th place (2: 25.4 min)
- 3000 m: 12th place (5: 16.0 min)
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Anna Sablina
- 3000 m: 8th place (5: 12.5 min)
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Tatiana Sidorova
- 500 m: 9th place (46.9 s)
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Lidija Skoblikova
- 1500 m: 11th place (2: 27.6 min)
- 3000 m: 6th place (5: 08.0 min)
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Lyudmila Titova
- 500 m: gold (46.1 s)
- 1000 m: silver (1: 32.9 min)
- 1500 m: 7th place (2: 26.8 min)
Nordic combination
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Mikhail Artyukhov
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 19th place (391.90)
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Vyacheslav Drjagin
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 8th place (424.38)
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Tõnu Haljand
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 12th place (412.68)
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Robert Makara
- Individual (normal hill / 15 km): 7th place (426.92)
Alpine skiing
Men
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Viktor Belyakov
- Departure: 40th place (2: 09.32 min)
- Giant Slalom: 46th place (3: 49.27 min)
- Slalom: eliminated in the preliminary run
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Andrey Belokrinkin
- Downhill: 49th place (2: 10.98 min)
- Giant Slalom: 52nd place (3: 52.83 min)
- Slalom: 31st place (2: 07.86 min)
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Vasily Melnikov
- Departure: disqualified
- Giant Slalom: 45th place (3: 48.97 min)
- Slalom: 26th place (1: 54.42 min)
Women
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Nina Merkulova
- Downhill: 27th place (1: 48.04 min)
- Giant Slalom: 40th place (2: 12.71 min)
- Slalom: disqualified
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Galina Sidorova
- Downhill: 35th place (1: 51.74 min)
- Giant Slalom: 39th place (2: 12.01 min)
- Slalom: 26th place (1: 42.89 min)
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Alfina Sukhanova
- Downhill: 29th place (1: 48.74 min)
- Giant Slalom: 34th place (2: 06.48 min)
- Slalom: 25th place (1: 41.58 min)
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Irina Turundayevskaya
- Giant slalom: disqualified
- Slalom: 19th place (1: 38.26 min)
Cross-country skiing
Men
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Anatoly Akentyev
- 15 km: 16th place (50: 19.9 min)
- 30 km: 10th place (1: 37: 52.4 h)
- 50 km: 20th place (2: 34: 54.5 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2: 10: 57.2 h)
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Fyodor Simashov
- 15 km: 26th place (51: 05.3 min)
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Valery Tarakanov
- 15 km: 9th place (49: 04.4 min)
- 30 km: 17th place (1: 39: 25.0 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2: 10: 57.2 h)
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Vyacheslav Vedenin
- 30 km: 14th place (1: 38: 36.1 h)
- 50 km: Silver (2: 29: 02.5 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2: 10: 57.2 h)
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Vladimir Voronkov
- 15 km: 22nd place (50: 40.7 min)
- 30 km: 4th place (1: 37: 10.8 h)
- 50 km: 16th place (2: 33: 07.3 h)
- 4 × 10 km relay: 4th place (2: 10: 57.2 h)
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Igor Vorontschikhin
- 50 km: 31st place (2: 40: 48.2 h)
Women
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Rita Achkina
- 5 km: 6th place (16: 55.1 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: bronze (58: 13.6 min)
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Alevtina Kolchina
- 5 km: Bronze (16: 51.6 min)
- 10 km: 7th place (38: 52.9 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: bronze (58: 13.6 min)
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Galina Kulakova
- 5 km: Silver (16: 48.4 min)
- 10 km: 6th place (38: 26.7 min)
- 3 × 5 km relay: bronze (58: 13.6 min)
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Alevtina Oljunina
- 5 km: 20th place (17: 43.2 min)
- 10 km: 11th place (39: 10.3 min)
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Faadia Salimshanova
- 10 km: 13th place (39: 17.9 min)
Ski jumping
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Vladimir Belousov
- Normal hill: 8th place (207.5)
- Large hill: Gold (231.3)
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Gari Napalkov
- Normal hill: 14th place (205.4)
- Large hill: 11th place (203.1)
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Anatoly Scheglanov
- Normal hill: 6th place (211.5)
- Large hill: 8th place (205.7)
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Vladimir Smirnov
- Large hill: 55th place (148.3)
- Normal hill: 41st place (169.9)
Web links
- Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )