The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Biathlon Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay Figure skating Pairs Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition Ski jumping Men's large hill Speed skating Women's 500 m Biathlon Men's 20 km Cross-country skiing Men's 50 km Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Figure skating Pairs Speed skating Women's 1000 m Biathlon Men's 20 km Cross-country skiing Women's 5 km Cross-country skiing Women's 3 x 5 km relay
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVasily MelnikovDownhillDSQ–Andrey Belokrinkin2:10.9849Viktor Belyakov2:09.3240Andrey BelokrinkinGiant Slalom1:56.47591:56.36463:52.8352Viktor Belyakov1:52.72541:53.55393:49.2746Vasily Melnikov1:52.42421:56.55473:48.9745
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankViktor Belyakov58.05455:562did not advanceAndrey Belokrinkin57.462 QF––1:08.964558.90292:07.8631Vasily Melnikov54.322 QF––54.943859.48301:54.4226
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGalina SidorovaDownhill1:51.7435Alfina Sukhanova1:48.7429Nina Merkulova1:48.0427Irina TurundayevskayaGiant SlalomDSQ–Nina Merkulova2:12.7140Galina Sidorova2:12.0139Alfina Sukhanova2:06.4834Nina MerkulovaSlalomn/a?DSQ–DSQ–Galina Sidorova49.633053.26241:42.8926Alfina Sukhanova49.572952.01201:41.5825Irina Turundayevskaya46.602551.66191:38.2619
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmViktor Mamatov1'19:20.811'20:20.87Nikolay Puzanov1'17:14.531'20:14.56Vladimir Gundartsev1'16:27.421'18:27.4Aleksandr Tikhonov1'12:40.421'14:40.4
Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankAleksandr TikhonovNikolay PuzanovViktor MamatovVladimir Gundartsev22'13:02.4
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmFyodor Simashov51:05.326Vladimir Voronkov50:40.722Anatoly Akentyev50:19.916Valery Tarakanov49:04.4930 kmValery Tarakanov1'39:25.017Vyacheslav Vedenin1'38:36.114Anatoly Akentyev1'37:52.410Vladimir Voronkov1'37:10.8450 kmIgor Voronchikhin2'40:48.231Anatoly Akentyev2'34:54.520Vladimir Voronkov2'33:07.316Vyacheslav Vedenin2'29:02.5
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankVladimir VoronkovAnatoly AkentyevValery TarakanovVyacheslav Vedenin2'10:57.24
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank5 kmAlevtina Olyunina-Smirnova17:43.220Rita Achkina16:55.16Alevtina Kolchina16:51.6Galina Kulakova16:48.410 kmFaadiya Salimzhanova39:17.913Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova39:10.311Alevtina Kolchina38:52.97Galina Kulakova38:26.76
Women's 3 x 5 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankAlevtina KolchinaRita AchkinaGalina Kulakova58:13.6
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Sergei Volkov16171632.015818 Sergei Chetverukhin11111737.0939
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Galina Grzhibovskaya25111628.514416 Elena Shcheglova13101670.411012
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Tamara MoskvinaAlexei Mishin65300.3445 Tatiana ZhukAlexander Gorelik22312.317 Liudmila BelousovaOleg Protopopov11315.210
Ice hockey
Medal round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts1 7610481012275113317113752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Polupanov. Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)
USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev. Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)
USSR – USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Polupanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moiseyev– Ross, Morrison. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)
USSR – West Germany 9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Polupanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Majorov, Moiseyev, Firsov – Funk. Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)
USSR – Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1) Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2) Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Polupanov. Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin. Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
Roster USSR Goaltenders: Viktor Konovalenko, Viktor Zinger. Defence: Viktor Blinov, Vitalij Davidov, Viktor Kuzkin, Alexandr Ragulin, Oleg Zaytsev, Igor Romiševskij. Forwards: Anatolij Firsov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Viktor Polupanov, Vladimir Vikulov, Venjamin Alexandrov, Yury Moiseyev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Yevgeni Zimin, Anatoly Ionov, Boris Majorov. Coaches: Arkadij Černyšev, Anatolij Tarasov.
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki jumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankMikhail ArtyukhovIndividual66.069.0192.42651:32.4199.5020391.9019Tõnu Haljand68.570.0202.81750:40.5209.8812412.6812Robert Makara72.574.0222.8551:09.3204.1217426.927Vyacheslav Dryagin71.574.5222.8551:22.0201.5819424.388
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankVladimir SmirnovNormal hill69.589.570.0 (fall)58.8148.355Vladimir Belousov73.5102.973.0104.6207.58Gary Napalkov75.0104.373.0101.1205.414Anatoly Zheglanov79.5110.074.5101.5211.56Vladimir SmirnovLarge hill88.089.183.580.8169.941Gary Napalkov96.5107.090.596.1203.111Anatoly Zheglanov99.0108.592.097.2205.78Vladimir Belousov101.5118.098.5113.3231.3
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mValery Kaplan41.621Valery Muratov41.418Anatoly Lepeshkin41.011Yevgeny Grishin40.641500 mValery Kaplan2:07.212Ants Antson2:07.212Aleksandr Kerchenko2:07.111Eduard Matusevich2:06.185000 mAnatoly Mashkov7:41.914Stanislav Selyanin7:38.511Valery Lavrushkin7:37.91010000 mAnatoly Mashkov16:22.116Stanislav Selyanin15:56.410Valery Lavrushkin15:54.89
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mTatyana Sidorova46.99Irina Yegorova46.99Lyudmila Titova46.11000 mLāsma Kauniste1:35.311Irina Yegorova1:34.45Lyudmila Titova1:32.91500 mLidiya Skoblikova2:27.611Lyudmila Titova2:26.87Lāsma Kauniste2:25.453000 mLāsma Kauniste5:16.012Anna Sablina5:12.58Lidiya Skoblikova5:08.06
Medals by republic In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
References
Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com