Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Canada joined the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. These games were important because Canada used its new Maple Leaf Flag for the first time. Canada has been in every Winter Olympic Games since they started. The 1968 Winter Olympics had athletes from many countries competing in fun winter sports.

The Canadian team during the opening ceremony, wearing Hudson's Bay point blanket coats featuring Hudson's Bay stripes

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
Gold	Nancy Greene	Alpine skiing	Women's giant slalom
Silver	Nancy Greene	Alpine skiing	Women's slalom
Bronze	Canada men's national ice hockey team Roger Bourbonnais Ken Broderick Ray Cadieux Paul Conlin Gary Dineen Brian Glennie Ted Hargreaves Fran Huck Marshall Johnston Barry MacKenzie Bill MacMillan Steve Monteith Morris Mott Terry O'Malley Danny O'Shea Gerry Pinder Herb Pinder Wayne Stephenson	Ice hockey	Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Alpine skiing was one of the events at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Both men and women competed in this sport. The men's slalom event was held during the Games, and there were also competitions for women.

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Peter Duncan	Downhill					DSQ	–
Rod Hebron						DNF	–
Gerry Rinaldi						2:06.30	31
Wayne Henderson						2:05.56	27
Keith Shepherd	Giant Slalom	DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Scott Henderson		1:47.85	25	1:50.65	19	3:38.50	21
Rod Hebron		1:47.07	19	DNF	–	DNF	–
Peter Duncan		1:47.06	18	1:51.11	26	3:38.17	18

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Scott Henderson	DSQ	–	56.71	3	did not advance
Peter Duncan	54.57	3	55.07	2	did not advance
Robert Swan	53.50	2 QF	–	–	53.75	34	DSQ	–	DSQ	–
Rod Hebron	56.12	4	54.52	1 QF	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Betsy Clifford	Downhill					1:47.60	23
Karen Dokka						1:47.55	22
Judi Leinweber						1:45.60	20
Nancy Greene						1:43.12	10
Betsy Clifford	Giant Slalom					DSQ	–
Judi Leinweber						2:00.57	25
Karen Dokka						1:58.36	16
Nancy Greene						1:51.97
Betsy Clifford	Slalom	DNF	–	–	–	DNF	–
Judi Leinweber		DSQ	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Karen Dokka		44.92	20	49.59	15	1:34.51	15
Nancy Greene		41.45	3	44.70	1	1:26.15

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics

In the biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics, athletes raced and also shot at targets. If they missed targets, extra time was added to their results. For close misses, one minute was added. For complete misses, two minutes were added. In the relay race, athletes had to ski extra loops for each missed target.

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ¹	Rank
20 km	George Rattai	1'24:03.0	11	1'35:03.0	54
	James Boyde	1'27:02.0	8	1'35:02.0	53
	George Ede	1'26:41.8	8	1'34:41.8	51
	Esko Karu	1'21:42.9	11	1'32:42.9	46

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Misses ²	Time	Rank
George Ede Knowles McGill George Rattai Esko Karu	–	DNF	–

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Run 4		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Purvis McDougall Bob Storey	Two-man	1:13.89	20	1:12.80	17	1:13.68	18	1:13.73	19	4:54.10	19
CAN-2	Hans Gehrig Harry Goetschi	Two-man	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–

Sled	Athletes	Event	Run 1		Run 2		Total
Sled	Athletes	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
CAN-1	Purvis McDougall Bob Storey Michael Young Andrew Faulds	Four-man	1:12.61	17	1:10.21	17	2:22.82	17

Cross-country skiing

Main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
15 km	Rolf Pettersen	58:31.8	63
	David Rees	58:25.9	61
	Nils Skulbru	55:53.4	56
30 km	Rolf Pettersen	1'55:37.2	61
	David Rees	1'52:46.6	58
	Nils Skulbru	1'50:06.1	52
50 km	David Rees	2'56:00.5	46

Athletes	Race
Athletes	Time	Rank
Nils Skulbru Rolf Pettersen Esko Karu David Rees	2'29:12.7	14

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Figure skating was an event at the 1968 Winter Olympics. Athletes from many countries, including Canada, took part in three categories: men's singles, women's singles, and pairs.

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Steve Hutchinson	22	21	1578.3	193	22
David McGillivray	21	9	1663.7	139	16
Jay Humphry	9	6	1795.0	63	7

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Lyndai Cowan	23	DNF	–	–	DNF
Linda Carbonetto	24	9	1662.9	111	13
Karen Magnussen	10	4	1759.4	63	7

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Betty McKilligan John McKilligan	17	17	254.8	154	17
Anna Forder Richard Stephens	16	16	269.2	138	16

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Canada joined the ice hockey competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. This was the first time Canada used its new Maple Leaf Flag in the games.

The team played many matches. They won some games, like beating West Germany 6-1 and the United States 3-2. They also lost some games, like to Czechoslovakia 3-2 and the Soviet Union 5-0.

IIHF Award:

Contestants

!3rd place, bronze medalist(s) CANADA
Goaltenders: Ken Broderick, Wayne Stephenson.
Defence: Marshall Johnston, Terry O'Malley, Barry MacKenzie, Brian Glennie, Paul Conlin.
Forwards: Fran Huck, Morris Mott, Ray Cadieux, Roger Bourbonnais, Danny O'Shea, Bill MacMillan, Gary Dineen, Ted Hargreaves, Herb Pinder, Steve Monteith, Gerry Pinder.
Coach: Jackie McLeod.

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

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
6th	Fran Huck	7	4	5	9
8th	Marshall Johnston	7	2	6	8

Best Goaltender

Ken Broderick

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics

In the luge competition at the 1968 Winter Olympics, there were races for both men and women. The results for these races are shown below.

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
D'Arcy Coulson	1:02.69	39	1:31.24	47	1:02.19	42	3:36.12	47
Colin Nelson	1:01.13	37	1:01.90	38	1:01.53	38	3:04.56	37
Roger Eddy	1:00.69	33	1:00.30	30	1:00.40	32	3:01.39	31
Larry Arbuthnot	1:00.10	30	1:00.92	33	1:01.99	41	3:03.01	33

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
Athlete	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Phyllis Walter	DSQ	–	–	–	–	–	DSQ	–
Martha Diplock	51.94	19	51.51	18	52.03	16	2:35.48	18
Linda Crutchfield-Bocock	50.64	13	50.54	13	51.28	11	2:32.46	12

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The ski jumping events were part of the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Athletes from many countries, including Canada, took part. They tried to jump the farthest and land most accurately.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
Athlete	Event	Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Claude Trahan	Normal hill	61.5	74.2	56.0	56.4	130.6	57
Ulf Kvendbo		61.5	75.2	63.0	78.1	153.3	53
John McInnes		61.5	75.7	60.5	72.6	148.3	55
Claude Trahan	Large hill	64.0	40.0	69.0	51.0	91.0	58
John McInnes		71.5	58.5	73.5	61.8	120.3	57
Ulf Kvendbo		76.5	69.5	77.0	69.2	138.7	55

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Men

Women

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Bob Hodges	43.3	41
	Pete Williamson	42.6	33
	Bob Boucher	42.0	25
1500 m	Pete Williamson	2:16.0	46
1500 m	Bob Hodges	2:12.0	26
5000 m	Bob Hodges	8:05.0	29
5000 m	Paul Enock	7:54.8	19
10,000 m	Bob Hodges	17:01.9	23
10,000 m	Paul Enock	16:21.2	15

Event	Athlete	Race
Event	Athlete	Time	Rank
500 m	Doreen McCannell	49.0	24
	Marcia Parsons	48.8	23
	Wendy Thompson	48.2	19
1000 m	Wendy Thompson	1:41.1	27
	Marcia Parsons	1:37.7	21
	Doreen McCannell	1:37.6	20
1500 m	Marcia Parsons	2:34.4	24
1500 m	Doreen McCannell	2:32.2	21
3000 m	Marcia Parsons	5:29.5	22
3000 m	Doreen McCannell	5:21.5	18

Official Outfitter

HBC made the clothes for the Canadian Olympic team. This was the last time HBC did this job until 2006.

Competitors	70 (55 men, 15 women)
Sports	9 sports
Flag Bearer	Nancy Greene
Medals	Gold 1, Silver 1, Bronze 1 (Total 3)

Medalists

Alpine skiing

Biathlon

Bobsleigh

Cross-country skiing

Figure skating

Ice hockey

Contestants

Luge

Ski jumping

Speed skating

Men

Women

Official Outfitter

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