Canada_at_the_1968_Winter_Olympics
Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Canada competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France. Canada has competed at every Winter Olympic Games. This was the first Winter Olympic Games in which the new Maple Leaf Flag was used to represent the country.
| Canada at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | CAN |
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Grenoble, France 6 February 1968 (1968-02-06) – 18 February 1968 (1968-02-18) | |
| Competitors | 70 (55 men, 15 women) in 9 sports |
| Flag bearer | Nancy Greene (alpine skiing) |
| Medals Ranked 13th |
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| Winter Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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| 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 |
Ice hockey | Men's competition |
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
- Men's slalom
| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Final | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | – |
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | | |
- Men
| 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 |
- 1 One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.
- Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay
| Athletes | Race | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Misses 2 | Time | Rank | |
| George Ede Knowles McGill George Rattai Esko Karu |
– | DNF | – |
- 2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
| Sled | Athletes | Event | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Run 4 | Total | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- Men's 4 × 10 km relay
| Athletes | Race | |
|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | |
| Nils Skulbru Rolf Pettersen Esko Karu David Rees |
2'29:12.7 | 14 |
- Men
| 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 |
- Women
| 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 |
- Pairs
| 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 |
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 |
Canada – West Germany 6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dinnen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.
Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)
Canada – Finland 2:5 (1:2, 0:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: O'Shea, McMillan – Keinonen, Oksanen, J. Peltonen, Koskela, Wahlsten.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Seglin (URS)
Canada – East Germany 11:0 (4:0, 4:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Mott 4, Huck 2, Hargreaves, O'Shea, Bourbonnais, Monteith, H. Pinder.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Canada – USA 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.
Referees: Snětkov, Seglin (URS)
Czechoslovakia – Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)
Sweden – Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O'Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)
USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0)
Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mišakov, Staršinov, Zimin.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
Leading scorers/Awards
| Rk | Team | GP | G | A | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 6th | Fran Huck |
7 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| 8th | Marshall Johnston |
7 | 2 | 6 | 8 |
IIHF Award:
| Best Goaltender | Ken Broderick |
Contestants
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.
- Men
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
- Women
| Athlete | Run 1 | Run 2 | Run 3 | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
- Men
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Bob Hodges | 2:12.0 | 26 | |
| 5000 m | Bob Hodges | 8:05.0 | 29 |
| Paul Enock | 7:54.8 | 19 | |
| 10,000 m | Bob Hodges | 17:01.9 | 23 |
| Paul Enock | 16:21.2 | 15 | |
- Women
| Event | Athlete | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
| Doreen McCannell | 2:32.2 | 21 | |
| 3000 m | Marcia Parsons | 5:29.5 | 22 |
| Doreen McCannell | 5:21.5 | 18 | |
HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. It was HBC last Olympics until 2006.