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The 1968 Winter Olympics (officially the X Olympic Winter Games and also known as Grenoble 1968) were a winter multi-sport event held between 6 and 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated.

Bidding[]

Voting[]

Voting results for the 1968 Winter Olympic Games
City Country Round 1 Round 2 Round 3
Grenoble France 15 18 27
Calgary Canada 12 19 24
Lahti Finland 11 14
Sapporo Japan 6
Oslo Norway 4
Lake Placid United States 3

Highlights[]

Medal table[]

Rank 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 West Germany 2 2 3 7
8 United States 1 5 1 7
9 Finland 1 2 2 5
9 East Germany 1 2 2 5
11 Czechoslovakia 1 2 1 4
12 Canada 1 1 1 3
13 Switzerland 0 2 4 6
14 Romania 0 0 1 1

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  • Logos - A collection of logos featuring this event.
  • Mascots - The official mascots of this Olympics'.
  • Torch - Information about this Olympics' torch.

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Preceded by
Tokyo 1964
Olympics
1968
Succeeded by
Mexico City 1968
Preceded by
Innsbruck 1964
Winter Olympics
1968
Succeeded by
Sapporo 1972
Olympic Games
Summer Olympic Games
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Winter Olympic Games
Chamonix 1924St. Moritz 1928Lake Placid 1932Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936St. Moritz 1948Oslo 1952Cortina d'Ampezzo 1956Squaw Valley 1960Innsbruck 1964Grenoble 1968Sapporo 1972Innsbruck 1976Lake Placid 1980Sarajevo 1984Calgary 1988Albertville 1992Lillehammer 1994Nagano 1998Salt Lake City 2002Torino 2006Vancouver 2010Sochi 2014Pyeongchang 2018Beijing 2022Milan-Cortina d'Ampezzo 2026 . French Alps 2030 . Salt Lake City 2034

References[]

  1. Erin Blakemore (12 February 2018). A Divided Germany Came Together for the Olympics Decades Before Korea Did (English). History. Retrieved on 20 May 2021.
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