France was the host nation for the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble. It was the second time that France had hosted the Winter Olympic Games (after the 1924 Games in Chamonix), and the fourth time overall (after the 1900 and 1924 Summer Olympics, both in Paris).
Medalists MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Men's giant slalom Alpine skiing Men's slalom Alpine skiing Women's slalom Alpine skiing Men's downhill Alpine skiing Women's downhill Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's slalom Figure skating Men's singles
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankLéo LacroixDownhill2:03.8620Bernard Orcel2:02.228Guy Périllat1:59.93Jean-Claude Killy1:59.85Bernard OrcelGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Georges Mauduit1:44.8641:48.92123:33.789Guy Périllat1:44.7831:47.2853:32.064Jean-Claude Killy1:42.7411:46.5423:29.28
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankJean-Pierre Augert52.10354.911 QF51.3217DSQ–DSQ–Guy Périllat57.71355.371 QF49.896DSQ–DSQ–Alain Penz54.632 QF––49.89651.25111:41.148Jean-Claude Killy49.891 QF––49.37150.3641:39.73
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFlorence SteurerDownhill1:43.009Marielle Goitschel1:42.958Annie Famose1:42.155Isabelle Mir1:41.33Marielle GoitschelGiant Slalom1:56.097Isabelle Mir1:56.076Florence Steurer1:54.754Annie Famose1:54.61Florence SteurerSlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Annie Famose42.21745.6831:27.89Isabelle Mir42.14646.0841:28.225Marielle Goitschel40.27245.5921:25.86
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmGuy Daraffourg1'23:51.4181'41:51.458Louis Romand1'25:55.2121'37:55.257Aimé Gruet-Masson1'20:50.4111'31:50.442Jean-Claude Viry1'19:16.2101'29:16.235
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 AthletesRaceMisses 2TimeRankDaniel ClaudonSerge LegrandAimé Gruet-MassonJean-Claude Viry102'31:12.910
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Bertrand CrosetHenri SirvainTwo-man1:12.36151:12.79161:12.35111:13.78204:51.2816FRA-2Gérard Christaud-PipolaJacques Christaud-PipolaTwo-man1:11.2461:34.47201:12.49131:13.47185:11.6720
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankFRA-1Francis LuiggiAndré PateyGérard MonrazelMaurice GretherFour-man1:10.6571:08.1972:18.847FRA-2Bertrand CrosetClaude RousselLouis CourtoisHenri SirvainFour-man1:11.11121:08.61112:19.7211
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmJean Jobez53:22.146Félix Mathieu52:58.844Victor Arbez51:20.528Roger Pires50:52.62430 kmRoger Pires1'45:54.643Luc Colin1'45:40.742Philippe Baradel1'45:33.341Jean Jobez1'45:08.83950 kmLuc Colin2'48:57.944Claude Legrand2'45:36.941Fernand Borrel2'45:10.640Roger Pires2'36:48.824
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankFélix MathieuVictor ArbezPhilippe BaradelRoger Pires2'21:23.011
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Jacques Mrozek18201601.017920 Philippe Pélissier14121706.011413 Patrick Péra371864.531
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Sylvaine Duban19291551.421927 Micheline Joubert28151594.818220
Ice hockey
Consolation round Teams in this group play for 9th-14th places. France entered in this round, from the start, they did not play for a medal.
RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts9550033910105410271281153201515612523022234135140122721450509320
Norway – France 4:1 (1:1, 2:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Hagensen, Smefjell, Dalsören, Mikkelsen – Liberman.
France – Romania 3:7 (0:2, 0:2, 3:3) Goalscorers: Itzicsohn, Mazza, Lacarriere – Iuliu Szabo 2, Florescu 2, Pana, Geza Szabo, Stefan.
France – Austria 2:5 (0:1, 2:3, 0:1) Goalscorers: Faucomprez, Caux – Puschnig 2, Kirchbaumer, St. John, Schupp.
France – Yugoslavia 1:10 (0:6, 0:1, 1:3) Goalscorers: Itzicsohn – Tisler 3, Ivo Jan 2, Felc 2, Beravs, Roman Smolej, Hiti.
France – Japan 2:6 (0:0, 0:4, 2:2) Goalscorers: Mazza, Faucomprez – Ebina 2, Hikigi, Itoh, Okajima, Araki.
Contestants 14. FRANCE Goaltenders: Jean-Claude Sozzi, Bernard Deschamps Defence: Joel Godeau, Claude Blanchard, Philippe Lacarriere, René Blanchard, Joel Gauvin Forwards: Bernard Cabanis, Gerard Faucomprez, Alain Mazza, Olivier Prechac, Gilbert Lepre, Patrick Pourtanel, Michel Caux, Gilbert Itzicsohn, Daniel Grando, Patrick Francheterre, Charles Liberman.
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankIon Pervilhac1:01.98381:02.99401:01.45373:06.4238Jean-Pierre De Petro1:01.03361:01.24341:01.26353:03.5335Georges Tresallet59.75281:00.41311:00.21303:00.3729
(Men's) Doubles AthletesRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankGeorges TresalletIon Pervilhac49.971149.2991:39.2611
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJacqueline Barasinski51.962052.392152.44202:36.7920Sylvette Grassi51.851752.082052.55212:36.4819
Nordic combined
Events: normal hill ski jumping 15 km cross-country skiing
AthleteEventSki JumpingCross-countryTotalDistance 1Distance 2PointsRankTimePointsRankPointsRankJean-Marie BourgeoisIndividual53.552.5111.44050:18.0214.509325.9038Émile Salvi63.063.0158.63953:44.3173.7832332.3837Gervais Poirot53.053.0102.44150:22.2213.5810315.9841
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankMichel Saint LezerNormal hill67.085.064.079.7164.750Maurice Arbez70.091.368.587.4178.741Alain Macle74.0104.272.599.8204.018Gilbert Poirot76.5106.773.5100.4207.110Michel Saint LezerLarge hill85.580.676.062.3142.954Maurice Arbez87.083.279.066.0149.250Alain Macle89.593.793.5100.3194.017Gilbert Poirot97.0103.794.0100.0203.710
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mFrançois Perrenoud44.146Michel Thépénier43.8451500 mFrançois Perrenoud2:14.037Michel Thépénier2:13.7365000 mFrançois Perrenoud8:07.531Michel Thépénier8:06.23010,000 mFrançois Perrenoud17:10.226
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mMartine Ivangine48.522Marie-Louise Perrenoud48.2191000 mPatricia Demartini1:44.628Marie-Louise Perrenoud1:39.324Martine Ivangine1:37.4171500 mPatricia Demartini2:40.629Marie-Louise Perrenoud2:39.228Martine Ivangine2:29.9143000 mMarie-Louise Perrenoud5:41.725Martine Ivangine5:19.315
References Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com