Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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

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–)

Medalists edit

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 edit

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 edit

Men
Event Athlete Time Penalties Adjusted time 1 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
1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing edit

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 edit

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  
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 edit

Medal Round edit

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

  Czechoslovakia –   USA 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.
Referees: Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)

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

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

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

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

Leading scorers/Awards edit

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

IIHF Award:

Best Defender   Josef Horešovský

  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 edit

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 edit

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 edit

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  
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  

References edit