1968 Winter Olympics - Definition and Overview

X Olympic Winter Games
Nations participating	37
Athletes participating	1158 (947 men, 211 women)
Events	35 in 6 sports
Opening ceremony	February 6, 1968
Closing ceremony	February 18, 1968
Officially opened by	Charles de Gaulle
Athlete's Oath	Leo Lacroix
Official's Oath	n/a
Olympic Torch	Alain Calmat

See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics

The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the Soviet Union had done so since the Soviet Union first entered the Winter Games in 1956.

Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal.

The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.

Medal winners

• Alpine skiing
• Bobsleigh
• Ice hockey
• Figure skating

Medal count

Top medal-collecting nations:

1968 Winter Olympics medal count
Pos.	Country	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Norway	6	6	2	14
2	Soviet Union	5	5	3	13
3	France	4	3	2	9
4	Italy	4	0	0	4
5	Austria	3	4	4	11
6	Netherlands	3	3	3	9
7	Sweden	3	2	3	8
8	West Germany	2	2	3	7
9	United States	1	5	1	7
10	Finland	1	2	2	5