Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics

IOC code	CAN
NOC	Canadian Olympic Committee
Website	www.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Grenoble, France 6 February 1968 (1968-02-06) – 18 February 1968 (1968-02-18)
Competitors	70 (55 men, 15 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearer	Nancy Greene (alpine skiing)
Medals Ranked 13th	Gold 1 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)
1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022

Canada competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games. This was the first Winter Olympic Games in which the new Maple Leaf Flag was used to represent the country.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nancy Greene	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Nancy Greene	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Canada men's national ice hockey team Roger Bourbonnais Ken Broderick Ray Cadieux Paul Conlin Gary Dineen Brian Glennie Ted Hargreaves Fran Huck Marshall Johnston Barry MacKenzie Bill MacMillan Steve Monteith Morris Mott Terry O'Malley Danny O'Shea Gerry Pinder Herb Pinder Wayne Stephenson	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Duncan	Downhill					DSQ	–
Rod Hebron						DNF	–
Gerry Rinaldi						2:06.30	31
Wayne Henderson						2:05.56	27
Keith Shepherd	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Scott Henderson		1:47.85	25	1:50.65	19	3:38.50	21
Rod Hebron		1:47.07	19	DNF	–	DNF	–
Peter Duncan		1:47.06	18	1:51.11	26	3:38.17	18

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Scott Henderson	DSQ	–	56.71	3	did not advance
Peter Duncan	54.57	3	55.07	2	did not advance
Robert Swan	53.50	2 QF	–	–	53.75	34	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Rod Hebron	56.12	4	54.52	1 QF	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Betsy Clifford	Downhill					1:47.60	23
Karen Dokka						1:47.55	22
Judi Leinweber						1:45.60	20
Nancy Greene						1:43.12	10
Betsy Clifford	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Judi Leinweber						2:00.57	25
Karen Dokka						1:58.36	16
Nancy Greene						1:51.97
Betsy Clifford	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Judi Leinweber		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Karen Dokka		44.92	20	49.59	15	1:34.51	15
Nancy Greene		41.45	3	44.70	1	1:26.15

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time	Rank
20 km	George Rattai	1'24:03.0	11	1'35:03.0	54
	James Boyde	1'27:02.0	8	1'35:02.0	53
	George Ede	1'26:41.8	8	1'34:41.8	51
	Esko Karu	1'21:42.9	11	1'32:42.9	46

One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses	Time	Rank
George Ede Knowles McGill George Rattai Esko Karu	–	DNF	–

A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Purvis McDougall Bob Storey	Two-man	1:13.89	20	1:12.80	17	1:13.68	18	1:13.73	19	4:54.10	19
CAN-2	Hans Gehrig Harry Goetschi	Two-man	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Purvis McDougall Bob Storey Michael Young Andrew Faulds	Four-man	1:12.61	17	1:10.21	17	2:22.82	17

Cross-country skiing

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

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Rolf Pettersen	58:31.8	63
	David Rees	58:25.9	61
	Nils Skulbru	55:53.4	56
30 km	Rolf Pettersen	1'55:37.2	61
	David Rees	1'52:46.6	58
	Nils Skulbru	1'50:06.1	52
50 km	David Rees	2'56:00.5	46

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Nils Skulbru Rolf Pettersen Esko Karu David Rees	2'29:12.7	14

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Steve Hutchinson	22	21	1578.3	193	22
David McGillivray	21	9	1663.7	139	16
Jay Humphry	9	6	1795.0	63	7

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Lyndai Cowan	23	DNF	–	–	DNF
Linda Carbonetto	24	9	1662.9	111	13
Karen Magnussen	10	4	1759.4	63	7

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Betty McKilligan John McKilligan	17	17	254.8	154	17
Anna Forder Richard Stephens	16	16	269.2	138	16

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	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

Canada – West Germany 6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dinnen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.
Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)

Canada – Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: O'Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)

Canada – East Germany 11:0 (4:0, 4:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O'Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Canada – USA 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.
Referees: Snětkov, Seglin (URS)

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

Sweden – Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O'Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)

USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mišakov, Staršinov, Zimin.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

Leading scorers/Awards

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
6th	Fran Huck	7	4	5	9
8th	Marshall Johnston	7	2	6	8

IIHF Award:

Best Goaltender

Ken Broderick

Contestants

CANADA
Goaltenders: Ken Broderick, Wayne Stephenson.
Defence: Marshall Johnston, Terry O'Malley, Barry MacKenzie, Brian Glennie, Paul Conlin.
Forwards: Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Ray Cadieux, Roger Bourbonnais, Danny O'Shea, Bill MacMillan, Gary Dineen, Ted Hargreaves, Herb Pinder, Steve Monteith, Gerry Pinder.
Coach: Jackie McLeod.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
D'Arcy Coulson	1:02.69	39	1:31.24	47	1:02.19	42	3:36.12	47
Colin Nelson	1:01.13	37	1:01.90	38	1:01.53	38	3:04.56	37
Roger Eddy	1:00.69	33	1:00.30	30	1:00.40	32	3:01.39	31
Larry Arbuthnot	1:00.10	30	1:00.92	33	1:01.99	41	3:03.01	33

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Phyllis Walter	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Martha Diplock	51.94	19	51.51	18	52.03	16	2:35.48	18
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock	50.64	13	50.54	13	51.28	11	2:32.46	12

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Claude Trahan	Normal hill	61.5	74.2	56.0	56.4	130.6	57
Ulf Kvendbo		61.5	75.2	63.0	78.1	153.3	53
John McInnes		61.5	75.7	60.5	72.6	148.3	55
Claude Trahan	Large hill	64.0	40.0	69.0	51.0	91.0	58
John McInnes		71.5	58.5	73.5	61.8	120.3	57
Ulf Kvendbo		76.5	69.5	77.0	69.2	138.7	55

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Bob Hodges	43.3	41
	Pete Williamson	42.6	33
	Bob Boucher	42.0	25
1500 m	Pete Williamson	2:16.0	46
1500 m	Bob Hodges	2:12.0	26
5000 m	Bob Hodges	8:05.0	29
5000 m	Paul Enock	7:54.8	19
10,000 m	Bob Hodges	17:01.9	23
10,000 m	Paul Enock	16:21.2	15

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Doreen McCannell	49.0	24
	Marcia Parsons	48.8	23
	Wendy Thompson	48.2	19
1000 m	Wendy Thompson	1:41.1	27
	Marcia Parsons	1:37.7	21
	Doreen McCannell	1:37.6	20
1500 m	Marcia Parsons	2:34.4	24
1500 m	Doreen McCannell	2:32.2	21
3000 m	Marcia Parsons	5:29.5	22
3000 m	Doreen McCannell	5:21.5	18

Official Outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. It was HBC last Olympics until 2006.

References

Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com

Canada at the Olympics

Summer Olympic Games	1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter Olympic Games	1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006 2010 2014 2018 2022
Intercalated Games	1906

Canada hosted the 1976 Summer Olympics, as well as the 1988 and 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada did not participate in 1980 due to a boycott.

v t e Nations at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France
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Europe	Austria Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Italy Liechtenstein Netherlands Norway Poland Romania Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand

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