1968 Winter Olympics
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| X Olympic Winter Games | |
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| Nations participating | 37 |
| Athletes participating | 1158 (947 men, 211 women) |
| Events | 35 in 6 sports |
| Opening ceremony | February 6, 1968 |
| Closing ceremony | February 18, 1968 |
| Officially opened by | Charles de Gaulle |
| Athlete's Oath | Leo Lacroix |
| Official's Oath | n/a |
| Olympic Torch | Alain Calmat |
See also: 1968 Winter Paralympics
The X Olympic Winter Games were held in 1968 Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the USSR had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in 1956.
Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal.
The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.
Medal winners
Medal count
Top medal-collecting nations:
(Host nation in bold.)
| 1968 Winter Olympics medal count | 
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| Pos. | Country | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 |  Norway | 6 | 6 | 2 | 14 |
| 2 | Missing image Flag_of_the_Soviet_Union.png USSR | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 3 |  France | 4 | 3 | 2 | 9 |
| 4 | Template:ITA | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 5 |  Austria | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 |
| 6 |  Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 7 |  Sweden | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 |
| 8 |  West Germany | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 |
| 9 | Missing image USA_flag.png United States | 1 | 5 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Missing image Finland_flag_large.png Finland | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
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