United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics
# United States at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The United States competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

## Medalists

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Gold | Peggy Fleming | Figure skating | Ladies' singles | February 10 |
| Silver | Jenny Fish | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9 |
| Silver | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9 |
| Silver | Mary Meyers | Speed skating | Women's 500 meters | February 9 |
| Silver | Terry McDermott | Speed skating | Men's 500 meters | February 14 |
| Silver | Tim Wood | Figure skating | Men's singles | February 16 |
| Bronze | Dianne Holum | Speed skating | Women's 1000 meters | February 11 |

Multiple medalists :

| Name | Sport | | | | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dianne Holum | Speed skating | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |

## Alpine skiing

Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jim Barrows | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Jere Elliott | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | DNF | DNF |
| Billy Kidd | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:03.40 | 18 |
| Dennis McCoy | Downhill | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2:04.82 | 21 |
| Rick Chaffee | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:46.44 | 13 | 1:49.75 | 14 | 3:36.19 | 15 |
| Jimmy Heuga | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:45.46 | 7 | 1:48.43 | 9 | 3:33.89 | 10 |
| Billy Kidd | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:45.91 | 8 | 1:46.46 | 1 | 3:32.37 | 5 |
| Spider Sabich | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:46.34 | 12 | 1:49.81 | 15 | 3:36.15 | 14 |
| Rick Chaffee | Slalom | 54.28 | 1 QF | Bye | Bye | 49.95 | 10 | 51.24 | 10 | 1:41.19 | 9 |
| Jimmy Heuga | Slalom | 52.34 | 1 QF | Bye | Bye | 49.96 | 11 | 51.01 | 9 | 1:40.97 | 7 |
| Billy Kidd | Slalom | 53.37 | 1 QF | Bye | Bye | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF | DNF |
| Spider Sabich | Slalom | 53.52 | 2 QF | Bye | Bye | 49.75 | 4 | 50.74 | 7 | 1:40.49 | 5 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Karen Budge | Downhill | — | — | — | — | DNS | |
| Suzy Chaffee | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:48.50 | 28 |
| Kiki Cutter | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:44.94 | 17 |
| Sandy Shellworth | Downhill | — | — | — | — | 1:46.53 | 21 |
| Wendy Allen | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 2:00.03 | 22 |
| Suzy Chaffee | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:58.38 | 17 |
| Kiki Cutter | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:59.52 | 21 |
| Judy Nagel | Giant slalom | — | — | — | — | 1:57.39 | 12 |
| Wendy Allen | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Kiki Cutter | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Rosie Fortna | Slalom | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |
| Judy Nagel | Slalom | 40.19 | 1 | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ | DSQ |

## Biathlon

| Athlete | Event | Time | Misses | Rank |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Jonathan Chaffee | Individual | 1:34:21.1 | 11 (3+2+4+2) | 49 |
| Bill Spencer | Individual | 1:30:17.7 | 10 (2+3+1+4) | 37 |
| Ralph Wakley | Individual | 1:27:32.9 | 5 (1+1+3+0) | 27 |
| Edward Williams | Individual | 1:32:24.5 | 9 (2+5+0+2) | 45 |
| John Ehrensbeck Bill Spencer Ralph Wakley Edward Williams | Relay | 2:28:35.5 | 8 | 8 |

## Bobsleigh

| Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Run 4 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athletes | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Howard Clifton Michael Luce | Two-man | 1:12.10 | 14 | 1:12.18 | 10 | 1:11.88 | 9 | 1:13.15 | 15 | 4:49.31 | 11 |
| Paul Lamey Robert Huscher | Two-man | 1:11.30 | 8 | 1:11.54 | 4 | 1:11.04 | 6 | 1:12.15 | 9 | 4:46.03 | 6 |
| Bill Hickey Howard Clifton Michael Luce Paul Savage | Four-man | 1:11.45 | 14 | 1:08.92 | 14 | — | — | — | — | 2:20.37 | 15 |
| Boris Said David Dunn Robert Crowley Phil Duprey | Four-man | 1:11.08 | 11 | 1:08.48 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 2:19.56 | 10 |

## Cross-country skiing

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Larry Damon | Men's 15 km | 55:07.2 | 55 |
| Mike Elliott | Men's 15 km | 52:40.8 | 41 |
| Mike Gallagher | Men's 15 km | 52:02.4 | 34 |
| Bob Gray | Men's 15 km | 53:24.8 | 48 |
| Mike Elliott | Men's 30 km | 1:42:22.6 | 29 |
| Mike Gallagher | Men's 30 km | 1:41:58.2 | 27 |
| Charles Kellogg | Men's 30 km | 1:50:03.7 | 51 |
| Jon Lufkin | Men's 30 km | 1:51:21.2 | 55 |
| Larry Damon | Men's 50 km | 2:41:25.2 | 32 |
| Mike Elliott | Men's 50 km | 2:40:38.5 | 30 |
| Mike Gallagher | Men's 50 km | 2:36:26.1 | 22 |
| Charles Kellogg | Men's 50 km | 2:44:00.4 | 36 |
| John Bower Mike Elliott Mike Gallagher Bob Gray | Men's 4 × 10 km relay | 2:21:30.4 | 12 |

## Figure skating

Ladies' singles skater Peggy Fleming built up a huge lead after the compulsory figures and won the first-place votes of all nine judges. Her victory marked the first gold medal won by an American after the death of an entire US figure skating team in an air crash in 1961, and heralded an American figure skating renaissance.

Individual

| Athlete | Event | CF | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| John Misha Petkevich | Men's singles | 8 | 4 | 1806.2 | 56 | 6 |
| Gary Visconti | Men's singles | 6 | 5 | 1810.2 | 52 | 5 |
| Tim Wood | Men's singles | 2 | 3 | 1891.6 | 17 | |
| Peggy Fleming | Ladies' singles | 1 | 1 | 1970.5 | 9 | |
| Janet Lynn | Ladies' singles | 14 | 6 | 1698.7 | 90 | 9 |
| Albertina Noyes | Ladies' singles | 5 | 7 | 1797.3 | 40 | 4 |

Mixed

| Athlete | Event | SP | FS | Total | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Rank | Rank | Points | Places | Rank |
| Cynthia Kauffman Ronald Kauffman | Pairs | 5 | 7 | 297.0 | 58 | 6 |
| JoJo Starbuck Kenneth Shelley | Pairs | 14 | 12 | 276.0 | 121 | 13 |
| Sandi Sweitzer Roy Wagelein | Pairs | 8 | 6 | 294.5 | 64.5 | 7 |

## Ice hockey

Summary

| Team | Event | First round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round | Medal round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| United States men | Men's tournament | Bye | Czechoslovakia L 1–5 | Sweden L 3–4 | Soviet Union L 2–10 | Canada L 2–3 | West Germany W 8–1 | East Germany W 6–4 | Finland T 1–1 | 6 |

Roster Coach: Murray Williamson

| Pos. | Name |
| - | - |
| G | Jim Logue |
| G | Pat Rupp |
| D | Robert Gaudreau |
| D | Paul Hurley |
| D | Lou Nanne |
| D | Bob Paradise |
| D | Bruce Riutta |
| D | Donald Ross |
| F | Herb Brooks |
| F | John Cunniff |
| F | Jack Dale |
| F | Craig Falkman |
| F | Tom Hurley |
| F | Leonard Lilyholm |
| F | Jack Morrison |
| F | Larry Pleau |
| F | Larry Stordahl |
| F | Doug Volmar |

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 |

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

Sweden – USA 4:3 (0:0, 4:2, 0:1) Goalscorers: Nilsson, Wickberg, Hedlund, Bengsston – Falkman, Lilyholm, Nanne. Referees: McEvoy, Kubinec (CAN)

USSR – USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Populanov 2, Kuzkin, Staršinov, Mojsejev – Ross, Morrison. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)

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

USA – West Germany 8:1 (2:1, 4:0, 2:0) Goalscorers: Volmar 2, Ross, Morrison, Nanne, Pleau, Cunnoff, P. Hurley – Funk. Referees: McEvoy (CAN), Seglin (URS)

East Germany – USA 4:6 (1:3, 1:1, 2:2) Goalscorers: Fuchs 2, Karrenbauer 2 – Stordahl 2, P. Hurley 2, Volmar, Lilyholm. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

USA – Finland 1:1 (1:1, 0:0, 0:0) Goalscorers: Volmar – Wahlsten. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Seglin (URS)

## Luge

Men

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Mike Hessel | Singles | 1:00.00 | 29 | 1:00.46 | 32 | 1:00.16 | 29 | 3:00.62 | 30 |
| Kim Layton | Singles | 59.73 | 27 | 59.45 | 23 | 59.46 | 24 | 2:58.64 | 26 |
| James Murray | Singles | 1:00.34 | 32 | 59.94 | 29 | 59.72 | 26 | 3:00.00 | 28 |
| Robin Partch | Singles | 1:30.36 | 47 | 59.78 | 28 | 59.53 | 25 | 3:29.67 | 46 |
| Mike Hessel Jim Moriarty | Doubles | DNS | DNS | DNS | DNS | — | — | DNS | DNS |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Run 1 | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 3 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Sheila Johansen | Singles | 51.21 | 15 | 51.90 | 19 | 52.36 | 18 | 2:35.47 | 17 |
| Kathleen Ann Roberts-Homstad | Singles | 50.62 | 12 | 51.04 | 15 | 51.94 | 15 | 2:33.60 | 14 |
| Ellen Williams | Singles | 51.67 | 16 | 51.09 | 16 | 52.39 | 19 | 2:35.15 | 16 |

## Nordic combined

| Athlete | Event | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Ski Jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| John Bower | Individual | 104.2 | 101.0 | 205.2 | 14 | 51:00.1 | 205.96 | 16 | 411.16 | 13 |
| Georg Krog | Individual | 105.4 | 106.8 | 212.2 | 11 | 53:55.9 | 171.56 | 33 | 383.76 | 22 |
| Jim Miller | Individual | 85.1 | 86.5 | 171.6 | 35 | 50:56.0 | 206.78 | 15 | 378.38 | 26 |
| Tom Upham | Individual | 92.2 | 90.0 | 182.2 | 31 | 56:30.5 | 142.97 | 40 | 325.17 | 39 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Bill Bakke | Normal hill | 69.5 | 90.0 | 70.0 | 90.8 | 180.8 | 40 |
| John Balfanz | Normal hill | 72.5 | 97.8 | 68.5 | 91.9 | 189.7 | 33 |
| Jay Rand | Normal hill | 70.0 | 85.8 | 70.5 | 92.6 | 178.4 | 42 |
| Adrian Watt | Normal hill | 71.0 | 86.9 | 68.0 | 87.1 | 174.0 | 44 |
| Bill Bakke | Large hill | 90.5 | 90.1 | 87.5 | 85.4 | 175.5 | 34 |
| John Balfanz | Large hill | 84.5 | 83.7 | 85.5 | 86.1 | 169.8 | 42 |
| Jay Martin | Large hill | 85.0 | 81.4 | 85.0 | 82.4 | 163.8 | 43 |
| Jay Rand | Large hill | 90.0 | 90.9 | 86.0 | 83.8 | 174.7 | 35 |

## Speed skating

Men

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Neil Blatchford | 500 m | 40.7 | 5 |
| Tom Gray | 500 m | 41.6 | 21 |
| Terry McDermott | 500 m | 40.5 | |
| John Wurster | 500 m | 40.7 | 5 |
| Roger Capan | 1500 m | 2:13.6 | 34 |
| Bill Lanigan | 1500 m | 2:11.7 | 24 |
| Wayne LeBombard | 1500 m | 2:11.2 | 23 |
| Richard Wurster | 1500 m | 2:08.4 | 19 |
| Bill Cox | 5000 m | 7:58.1 | 25 |
| Bill Lanigan | 5000 m | 7:57.7 | 24 |
| Wayne LeBombard | 5000 m | 8:03.8 | 28 |
| Bill Cox | 10,000 m | 17:08.2 | 25 |
| Bill Lanigan | 10,000 m | 16:50.1 | 21 |

Women

| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
| - | - | - | - |
| Jenny Fish | 500 m | 46.3 | |
| Dianne Holum | 500 m | 46.3 | |
| Mary Meyers | 500 m | 46.3 | |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 1000 m | 1:34.7 | 7 |
| Jenny Fish | 1000 m | 1:38.4 | 23 |
| Dianne Holum | 1000 m | 1:33.4 | |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 1500 m | 2:30.3 | 16 |
| Dianne Holum | 1500 m | 2:28.5 | 13 |
| Jeanne Omelenchuk | 1500 m | 2:35.5 | 25 |
| Jeanne Ashworth | 3000 m | 5:14.0 | 10 |
| Toy Dorgan | 3000 m | 5:17.6 | 14 |
| Jeanne Omelenchuk | 3000 m | 5:14.9 | 11 |
