Host City: Grenoble 1968
The Winter Olympic Games were held in Grenoble, France, in 1968, between Feb 6-18. 37 Nations with 1158 participants competed in 35 events. Women competed in only 12 events, compared to 21 men's events - there are also two mixed doubles events, in figure skating and luge. Norway won the most medals (14) for the first time, coming in one ahead of the Soviet Union.
Trivia
- This was the first Olympic Games (both Summer and Winter) where gender testing was introduced. See more about Gender Tests.
- This was the first appearance of a mascot in Olympic history, Schuss - a man on skis.
- These were the first Winter Games to be broadcast in color.
- East Germany and West Germany officially sent separate teams for the first time and continued to do up until 1988.
- East German luge competitors Ortrun Enderlein and Anna-Maria Muller - in contention for a clean-sweep - were disqualified when it was discovered their toboggan runners had been heated.
- Peggy Fleming won America's only gold medal at these Games, in figure skating.
- France's Jean-Claude Killy won gold in all three Alpine events (after some controversy surrounding the disqualification of Austria's Karl Schranz in the slalom).
Related Pages
- More Winter Olympics Host Countries
- Winter Olympics main page.
- See more about Gender Testing in Sport
- Sport in France
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