Canada at the
1968 Winter Olympics
IOC codeCAN
NOCCanadian Olympic Committee
Websitewww.olympic.ca (in English and French)
in Grenoble, France
6 February 1968 (1968-02-06) – 18 February 1968 (1968-02-18)
Competitors70 (55 men, 15 women) in 9 sports
Flag bearerNancy Greene (alpine skiing)
Medals
Ranked 13th
Gold
1
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
3
Winter Olympics appearances (overview)

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.

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
 Ice hockey Men's competition

Alpine skiing

Main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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 1st place, gold medalist(s)
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 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

Biathlon

Main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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.

Bobsleigh

Main article: Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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

Cross-country skiing

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

Figure skating

Main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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

Ice hockey

Main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics

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 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 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 Canada – Germany West Germany 6:1 (0:0, 4:1, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Bourbonnais 2, Cadieux, Dinnen, Mott, Huck – Kopf.
Referees: Seglin, Snětkov (URS)

Canada Canada – Finland 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 Canada – East Germany 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 Canada – United States USA 3:2 (1:2, 0:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Cadieux 2, Johnston – Pleau, Riutta.
Referees: Snětkov, Seglin (URS)

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia – Canada Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Sweden Sweden – Canada Canada 0:3 (0:2, 0.0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Johnston, G. Pinder, O'Shea.
Referees: Sillankorva (FIN), Kořínek (TCH)

Soviet Union USSR – Canada 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 Canada Fran Huck 7 4 5 9
8th Canada Marshall Johnston 7 2 6 8

IIHF Award:

Best Goaltender Canada Ken Broderick

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.

Luge

Main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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

Ski jumping

Main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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

Speed skating

Main article: Speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics
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

Official Outfitter

HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. It was HBC last Olympics until 2006.

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