Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held at Le Stade Olympique de Glace in Grenoble, France. Ice dance, then known as "rhythmic skating," was a demonstration event and was won by the team of Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of Great Britain.[1] It became a medal event eight years later in 1976 Innsbruck.[2]
Figure skating at the Winter Olympics | |
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Type: | Olympic Games |
Venue: | Le Stade Olympique de Glace |
Champions | |
Men's singles: ![]() | |
Ladies' singles: ![]() | |
Pair skating: ![]() | |
Previous: 1964 Winter Olympics | |
Next: 1972 Winter Olympics |
Medal tableEdit
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Soviet Union | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
United States | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
3 | Austria | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
4 | East Germany | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
5 | Czechoslovakia | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
France | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
West Germany | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (7 nations) | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
ResultsEdit
MenEdit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Martin Felsenkirch
- Ralph S. McCreath
- Emil Skákala
- Jeanine Donnier-Blanc
- Erika Schiechtl
- Geoffrey S. Yates
- Michele Beltrami
- Haruo Kanno
- Yvonne S. McGowan
LadiesEdit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
- Martin Felsenkirch
- Dagmar Řeháková
- Carla Listing
- János Zsigmondy
- Mollie Phillips
- Éva György
- Masao Hasegawa
- Norman E. Fuller
- Konstantin Likharev
PairsEdit
Referee:
Assistant Referee:
Judges:
ReferencesEdit
- ^ "Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble" (PDF). Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver. LA84 Foundation. 1968. Retrieved 28 January 2014.
- ^ "Figure Skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics". Olympedia. Retrieved 3 July 2020.