1968 Winter Olympics

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X Olympic Winter Games

Emblem of the 1968 Winter Olympics[a]
Host city	Grenoble, France
Nations	37
Athletes	1,158 (947 men, 211 women)
Events	35 in 6 sports (10 disciplines)
Opening	6 February 1968
Closing	18 February 1968
Opened by	President Charles de Gaulle
Cauldron	Alain Calmat
Stadium	Opening Stadium
Winter ← Innsbruck 1964 Sapporo 1972 → Summer ← Tokyo 1964 Mexico City 1968 →

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (French: Les Xes Jeux olympiques d'hiver), were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 18 February 1968 in Grenoble, France. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events.

The 1968 Winter Games marked the first time the IOC permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.

Norway won the most gold and overall medals, the first time since 1952 Winter Olympics that the Soviet Union did not top the medal table by both parameters.
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