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Sporting event delegation
Czechoslovakia at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeTCH
NOCCzechoslovak Olympic Committee
in Grenoble
Competitors48 (41 men, 7 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearerJiří Raška (ski jumping)
Medals
Ranked 12th
Gold
1
Silver
2
Bronze
1
Total
4
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Czech Republic (1994–)
 Slovakia (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal Name Sport Event
 Gold Jiří Raška Ski jumping Men's normal hill
 Silver Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team
 Ice hockey Men's competition
 Silver Jiří Raška Ski jumping Men's large hill
 Bronze Hana Maskova Figure skating Women's singles

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Jaroslav Janda Downhill 2:07.71 36
Milan Pažout 2:07.45 35
Jaroslav Janda Giant Slalom 1:52.20 41 1:52.07 33 3:44.27 34
Milan Pažout 1:48.98 29 1:51.34 29 3:40.32 27
Men's slalom
Athlete Heat 1 Heat 2 Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time 1 Rank Time 2 Rank Total Rank
Milan Pažout DSQ – 55.96 1 QF 1:02.29 44 DSQ – DSQ –
Jaroslav Janda 53.20 2 QF – – 51.62 19 DSQ – DSQ –
Women
Athlete Event Race 1 Race 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Anna Mohrová Downhill 1:50.22 33
Anna Mohrová Giant Slalom DSQ –
Anna Mohrová Slalom 46.23 23 49.73 16 1:35.96 18

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time Rank
20 km Ladislav Žižka 1'21:45.3 14 1'35:45.3 55
Pavel Ploc 1'18:05.0 5 1'23:05.0 15
One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Event Athlete Race
Time Rank
15 km Václav Peřina 51:06.6 27
Ján Fajstavr 50:46.5 23
Karel Štefl 50:15.4 14
30 km Vít Fousek Jr. DNF –
Václav Peřina 1'40:58.0 24
Ján Fajstavr 1'40:05.1 22
Karel Štefl 1'39:25.7 18
50 km Václav Peřina DNF –
Vít Fousek Jr. 2'45:09.8 39
Ján Fajstavr 2'39:25.3 28
Men's 4 × 10 km relay
Athletes Race
Time Rank
Ján Fajstavr
Vít Fousek Jr.
Václav Peřina
Karel Štefl 		2'19:51.3 9

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Marian Filc 13 8 1734.2 97 10
Ondrej Nepela 5 10 1772.8 73 8
Women
Athlete CF FS Points Places Rank
Marie Víchová 20 16 1580.4 187 21
Hana Mašková 4 3 1828.8 31 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Pairs
Athletes SP FS Points Places Rank
Liana Drahová
Peter Bartosiewicz 		11 15 276.8 116 12
Bohunka Šrámková
Jan Šrámek 		10 10 285.8 91.5 10

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Medal Round

Rank Team Pld W L T GF GA Pts
1  Soviet Union 7 6 1 0 48 10 12
2  Czechoslovakia 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 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 Czechoslovakia – United States USA 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.
Referees: Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Germany West Germany 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.
Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Finland Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – East Germany East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Canada Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Soviet Union USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Populanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Sweden Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Leading scorers/Awards

Rk Team GP G A Pts
5th Czechoslovakia Jozef Golonka 7 4 6 10
7th Czechoslovakia Jan Hrbatý 7 2 7 9
10th Czechoslovakia Václav Nedomanský 7 5 2 7

IIHF Award:

Best Defender Czechoslovakia Josef Horešovský

2nd place, silver medalist(s) CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Vladimír Dzurilla.
Defence: Josef Horešovský, Jan Suchý, Karel Masopust, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač.
Forwards: Jozef Golonka, Jan Hrbatý, Václav Nedomanský, Jan Havel, Jaroslav Jiřík, Josef Černý, František Ševčík, Petr Hejma, Jiří Holík, Jiří Kochta, Jan Klapáč.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Men
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Roland Urban 59.20 25 59.59 26 1:00.24 31 2:59.03 27
František Halíř 59.07 23 59.10 18 58.93 19 2:57.10 20
Horst Urban 58.93 19 59.54 25 59.91 27 2:58.38 24
Jan Hamřík 58.43 15 58.56 11 59.07 21 2:56.06 15

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes Run 1 Run 2 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Horst Urban
Roland Urban 		50.46 12 50.02 12 1:40.48 12
Jan Hamřík
František Halíř 		51.85 14 50.85 14 1:42.10 14
Women
Athlete Run 1 Run 2 Run 3 Total
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Olina Tylová-Hatlová 50.16 11 50.35 9 51.14 10 2:31.65 11
Dana Spálenská-Beldová 49.22 3 50.36 10 50.77 9 2:30.35 6

Nordic combined

Main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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
Distance 1 Distance 2 Points Rank Time Points Rank Points Rank
Tomáš Kučera Individual 72.0 73.0 217.4 9 50:07.7 216.74 6 434.14 4
Ladislav Rygl 71.0 71.5 200.4 18 50:55.5 206.88 14 407.28 16

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Athlete Event Jump 1 Jump 2 Total
Distance Points Distance Points Points Rank
Zbyněk Hubač Normal hill 74.0 101.7 73.5 101.9 203.6 19
František Rydval 76.0 106.4 73.5 100.4 206.8 12
Ladislav Divila 76.5 107.2 73.0 100.1 207.3 9
Jiří Raška 79.0 115.2 72.5 101.3 216.5 1st place, gold medalist(s)
František Rydval Large hill 92.0 95.2 88.0 89.6 184.8 27
Zbyněk Hubač 95.0 101.4 87.0 87.2 188.6 25
Rudolf Höhnl 98.5 107.3 91.5 95.5 202.8 12
Jiří Raška 101.0 116.3 98.0 113.1 229.4 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

References

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Czechoslovakia did not participate in 1984 due to a boycott. 
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