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 MedalNameSportEvent Alpine skiing Women's giant slalom Alpine skiing Women's slalom Canada men's national ice hockey team Ice hockey Men's competition
Alpine skiing
Men
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPeter DuncanDownhillDSQ–Rod HebronDNF–Gerry Rinaldi2:06.3031Wayne Henderson2:05.5627Keith ShepherdGiant SlalomDSQ–––DSQ–Scott Henderson1:47.85251:50.65193:38.5021Rod Hebron1:47.0719DNF–DNF–Peter Duncan1:47.06181:51.11263:38.1718
Men's slalom
AthleteHeat 1Heat 2FinalTimeRankTimeRankTime 1RankTime 2RankTotalRankScott HendersonDSQ–56.713did not advancePeter Duncan54.57355.072did not advanceRobert Swan53.502 QF––53.7534DSQ–DSQ–Rod Hebron56.12454.521 QFDNF–––DNF–
Women
AthleteEventRace 1Race 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankBetsy CliffordDownhill1:47.6023Karen Dokka1:47.5522Judi Leinweber1:45.6020Nancy Greene1:43.1210Betsy CliffordGiant SlalomDSQ–Judi Leinweber2:00.5725Karen Dokka1:58.3616Nancy Greene1:51.97Betsy CliffordSlalomDNF–––DNF–Judi LeinweberDSQ–––DSQ–Karen Dokka44.922049.59151:34.5115Nancy Greene41.45344.7011:26.15
Biathlon
Men EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank20 kmGeorge Rattai1'24:03.0111'35:03.054James Boyde1'27:02.081'35:02.053George Ede1'26:41.881'34:41.851Esko Karu1'21:42.9111'32:42.946
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 2TimeRankGeorge EdeKnowles McGillGeorge RattaiEsko Karu–DNF–
2 A penalty loop of 200 metres had to be skied per missed target.
Bobsleigh
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2Run 3Run 4TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCAN-1Purvis McDougallBob StoreyTwo-man1:13.89201:12.80171:13.68181:13.73194:54.1019CAN-2Hans GehrigHarry GoetschiTwo-manDSQ–––––––DSQ–
SledAthletesEventRun 1Run 2TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankCAN-1Purvis McDougallBob StoreyMichael YoungAndrew FauldsFour-man1:12.61171:10.21172:22.8217
Cross-country skiing
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank15 kmRolf Pettersen58:31.863David Rees58:25.961Nils Skulbru55:53.45630 kmRolf Pettersen1'55:37.261David Rees1'52:46.658Nils Skulbru1'50:06.15250 kmDavid Rees2'56:00.546
Men's 4 × 10 km relay AthletesRaceTimeRankNils SkulbruRolf PettersenEsko KaruDavid Rees2'29:12.714
Figure skating
Men AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Steve Hutchinson22211578.319322 David McGillivray2191663.713916 Jay Humphry961795.0637
Women AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank Lyndai Cowan23DNF––DNF Linda Carbonetto2491662.911113 Karen Magnussen1041759.4637
Pairs AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank Betty McKilliganJohn McKilligan1717254.815417 Anna ForderRichard Stephens1616269.213816
Ice hockey
Medal Round RankTeam PldWLTGFGAPts17610481012275113317113 752028151047421231895733117237672412328577160133928707013480
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 RkTeamGPGAPts6th Fran Huck74598th Marshall Johnston7268
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.
Luge
Men AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankD'Arcy Coulson1:02.69391:31.24471:02.19423:36.1247Colin Nelson1:01.13371:01.90381:01.53383:04.5637Roger Eddy1:00.69331:00.30301:00.40323:01.3931Larry Arbuthnot1:00.10301:00.92331:01.99413:03.0133
Women AthleteRun 1Run 2Run 3TotalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankPhyllis WalterDSQ–––––DSQ–Martha Diplock51.941951.511852.03162:35.4818Linda Crutchfield-Bocock50.641350.541351.28112:32.4612
Ski jumping
AthleteEventJump 1Jump 2TotalDistancePointsDistancePointsPointsRankClaude TrahanNormal hill61.574.256.056.4130.657Ulf Kvendbo61.575.263.078.1153.353John McInnes61.575.760.572.6148.355Claude TrahanLarge hill64.040.069.051.091.058John McInnes71.558.573.561.8120.357Ulf Kvendbo76.569.577.069.2138.755
Speed skating
Men EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mBob Hodges43.341Pete Williamson42.633Bob Boucher42.0251500 mPete Williamson2:16.046Bob Hodges2:12.0265000 mBob Hodges8:05.029Paul Enock7:54.81910,000 mBob Hodges17:01.923Paul Enock16:21.215
Women EventAthleteRaceTimeRank500 mDoreen McCannell49.024Marcia Parsons48.823Wendy Thompson48.2191000 mWendy Thompson1:41.127Marcia Parsons1:37.721Doreen McCannell1:37.6201500 mMarcia Parsons2:34.424Doreen McCannell2:32.2213000 mMarcia Parsons5:29.522Doreen McCannell5:21.518
Official Outfitter
HBC was the official outfitter of clothing for members of the Canadian Olympic team. It was HBC last Olympics until 2006.
References Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com