1968 Winter Olympics medal table

none August 2024 1968 Winter Olympics medals Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund, 1968.jpg Swedish cross-country skier Toini Gustafsson won three medals (two gold, one silver) at the 1968 Winter Olympics, tied for the most of any competing athlete. A smiling short-haired blond woman wears a track suit with gloves, and a hat with white skiing goggles. She holds her hands on her waist and has two medals around her neck. Behind her, a sunny and snowy landscape. Grenoble, FRA 1968 Winter Most total medals NOR 1968 Winter 14 Most gold medals NOR 1968 Winter 6 Medalling NOCs 15 1964 Olympics medal tables 1972 thumb|right|380px|1968 Winter Olympic Games Medals map Legend: #ffc500Gold represents countries that won at least one gold medal silverSilver represents countries that won at least one silver medal #cc9966Bronze represents countries that won at least one bronze medal #d40000Red represents countries that did not win any medals #ecececGrey represents countries that did not participate The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were an international winter multi-sport event held in Grenoble, France, from 4 to 18 February 1968.1968 Winter Olympics Overview https://www.olympedia.org/editions/38 Olympedia 17 March 2025 15 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232551/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/38 live FAQ: What are the Olympic Games? http://olympic.ca/2019/02/08/faq-what-are-the-olympic-games/ Canadian Olympic Committee 2019-02-08 https://web.archive.org/web/20240805233326/http://olympic.ca/2019/02/08/faq-what-are-the-olympic-games/ 2024-08-05 live 20 February 2025 A total of 1,158 athletes representing 37 National Olympic Committees (NOCs) participated.Grenoble 1968 Winter Olympics – Athletes, Medals & Results https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968 International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20240729060019/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968 29 July 2024 live 6 August 2024 This included first-time entrant Morocco,A brief history of African nations at the Winter Olympics https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/brief-history-african-nations-winter-olympics NBC Olympics https://web.archive.org/web/20230606100209/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/brief-history-african-nations-winter-olympics 6 June 2023 live Reuters 6 August 2024 en as well as East and West Germany, who entered separate teams for the first time.1968 Grenoble, France https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/1968-grenoble-france-1.851453 CBC Sports 2009-12-18 https://web.archive.org/web/20241227163417/https://www.cbc.ca/sports/2.722/1968-grenoble-france-1.851453 2024-12-27 live 25 September 2010 The games featured 35 events in 6 sports and 10 disciplines,2024-06-20 Factsheet – The Olympic Winter Games https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf live https://web.archive.org/web/20240711124443/http://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Olympic-Winter-Games.pdf 11 July 2024 6 August 2024 International Olympic Committee 41968 Winter Olympics Overview https://www.olympedia.org/editions/38 Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232551/https://www.olympedia.org/editions/38 15 July 2024 live 6 August 2024 including the team relay event in the biathlon, which was contested for the first time.Biathlon 101: Olympic history https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/biathlon-101-olympic-history NBC Olympics 2021-10-12 https://web.archive.org/web/20231003143847/https://www.nbcolympics.com/news/biathlon-101-olympic-history 3 October 2023 live 6 August 2024 en Athletes representing 15 NOCs won at least one medal, with 13 winning at least one gold medal. Norway won the most medals overall, with 14, and the most gold medals, with 6. East and West Germany won their first Winter Olympic medals of any kind as independent teams,East Germany (GDR) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GDR Olympedia 17 March 2025 13 February 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250213002420/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GDR live West Germany (FRG) https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG Olympedia https://web.archive.org/web/20250308094435/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG 8 March 2025 live 17 March 2025 as did Romania,Romania – Profile https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/romania International Olympic Committee https://web.archive.org/web/20241006044118/https://olympics.com/en/paris-2024/profile/romania 2024-10-06 dead March 17, 2025 while East and West Germany, along with Czechoslovakia, won their first Winter Olympic gold medals.22 January 2012 Jiri Raska, 1968 Olympic Ski Jumping Champion, Dies at 70 (Published 2012) http://nytimes.com/2012/01/23/sports/skiing/jiri-raska-olympic-ski-jumping-champ-dies-at-70.html subscription 17 March 2025 The New York Times en Associated Press 21 January 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20250121012007/https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/23/sports/skiing/jiri-raska-olympic-ski-jumping-champ-dies-at-70.html live Among individual participants, French alpine skier Jean-Claude Killy won the most gold medals with three. Killy (three gold), Swedish cross-country skier Toini Gustafsson (two gold, one silver), and Finnish cross-country skier Eero Mäntyranta (one silver, two bronze) tied for the most medals overall, with three each.1968 Grenoble Winter Games https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ Sports Reference 17 March 2025 https://web.archive.org/web/20200417042444/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/ April 17, 2020 dead Medal table The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won, where a nation is an entity represented by an NOC. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Olympic medal table: USA beat China to top spot at Paris 2024 https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2580716.html The Independent 11 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240812015233/https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/olympics-2024-medal-table-count-paris-b2594580.html 12 August 2024 live Ostlere Lawrence 12 August 2024 enA Medal Count That Adds Up To Little https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html The New York Times 18 August 2008 https://web.archive.org/web/20230321004238/https://www.nytimes.com/2008/08/19/sports/olympics/19araton.html 21 March 2023 live Araton Harvey subscription 25 July 2024 If teams are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically by their IOC country code.What happens if two countries are tied in the Olympic medal table? Tiebreaker rules explained https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ Diario AS 10 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240811152350/https://en.as.com/olympic_games/what-happens-if-two-countries-are-tied-in-the-olympic-medal-table-tiebreaker-rules-explained-n/ 11 August 2024 live Cons Roddy 11 August 2024 en-us At the 1968 Winter Games, in speed skating, two-way ties for second place in the men's 500 and 1,500 metres events, as well as a three-way tie in the women's 500 metres event, resulted in the awarding of an additional four silver medals; as a consequence, three bronze medals were not awarded.Grenoble 1968 500m men Results – Olympic speed-skating https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/500m-men live https://web.archive.org/web/20241009081409/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/500m-men 9 October 2024 17 March 2025 International Olympic CommitteeGrenoble 1968 1500m men Results – Olympic speed-skating https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/1500m-men live https://web.archive.org/web/20241009081409/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/1500m-men 9 October 2024 17 March 2025 International Olympic CommitteeGrenoble 1968 500m women Results – Olympic speed-skating https://www.olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/500m-women live https://web.archive.org/web/20250119191534/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/results/speed-skating/500m-women 19 January 2025 17 March 2025 International Olympic Committee 1968 Winter Olympics medal tableGrenoble 1968 Olympic Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze http://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/medals International Olympic Committee 17 March 2025 26 December 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20241226082532/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968/medals live FRA flagIOC 1968 Winter NOC National Olympic Committee 6 6 2 5 5 3 4 3 2 yes 4 0 0 3 4 4 3 3 3 3 2 3 2 2 3 1 5 1 1 2 2 1 2 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 0 2 4 0 0 1 See also Olympic Games List of 1968 Winter Olympics medal winners All-time Olympic Games medal table 1968 Summer Olympics medal table References Medal tables 1968