Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Winter Olympics explained

Noc:	TCH
Nocname:	Czechoslovak Olympic Committee
Games:	Winter Olympics
Year:	1968
Location:	Grenoble
Competitors:	48 (41 men, 7 women)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Jiří Raška (ski jumping)
Rank:	12
Gold:	1
Silver:	2
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App End Year:	1992
See also:	(1900–1912) (1994–) (1994–)

Czechoslovakia competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's normal hill
	Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team		Men's competition
			Men's large hill
			Women's singles

Alpine skiing

See main article: Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Jaroslav Janda	Downhill					2:07.71	36
Milan Pažout						2:07.45	35
Jaroslav Janda	Giant Slalom	1:52.20	41	1:52.07	33	3:44.27	34
Milan Pažout		1:48.98	29	1:51.34	29	3:40.32	27

Men's slalom

Athlete	Heat 1		Heat 2		Final
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time 1	Rank	Time 2	Rank	Total	Rank
Milan Pažout	DSQ	-	55.96	1 QF	1:02.29	44	DSQ	-	DSQ	-
Jaroslav Janda	53.20	2 QF	-	-	51.62	19	DSQ	-	DSQ	-

Women

Athlete	Event	Race 1		Race 2		Total
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Anna Mohrová	Downhill					1:50.22	33
Anna Mohrová	Giant Slalom					DSQ	-
Anna Mohrová	Slalom	46.23	23	49.73	16	1:35.96	18

Biathlon

See main article: Biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Time	Penalties	Adjusted time ^1	Rank
20 km	Ladislav Žižka	1'21:45.3	14	1'35:45.3	55
	Pavel Ploc	1'18:05.0	5	1'23:05.0	15

¹ One minute added per close miss (a hit in the outer ring), two minutes added per complete miss.

Cross-country skiing

See main article: Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Event	Athlete	Race
		Time	Rank
15 km	Václav Peřina	51:06.6	27
	Ján Fajstavr	50:46.5	23
	Karel Štefl	50:15.4	14
30 km	Vít Fousek Jr.	DNF	-
	Václav Peřina	1'40:58.0	24
	Ján Fajstavr	1'40:05.1	22
	Karel Štefl	1'39:25.7	18
50 km	Václav Peřina	DNF	-
	Vít Fousek Jr.	2'45:09.8	39
	Ján Fajstavr	2'39:25.3	28

Men's 4 × 10 km relay

Figure skating

See main article: Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Marian Filc	13	8	1734.2	97	10
Ondrej Nepela	5	10	1772.8	73	8

Women

Athlete	CF	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Marie Víchová	20	16	1580.4	187	21
Hana Mašková	4	3	1828.8	31

Pairs

Athletes	SP	FS	Points	Places	Rank
Liana Drahová Peter Bartosiewicz	11	15	276.8	116	12
	10	10	285.8	91.5	10

Ice hockey

See main article: Ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Medal Round

Rank	Team	Pld	W	L	T	GF	GA	Pts
1		7	6	1	0	48	10	12
2		7	5	1	1	33	17	11
3		7	5	2	0	28	15	10
4		7	4	2	1	23	18	9
5		7	3	3	1	17	23	7
6		7	2	4	1	23	28	5
7		7	1	6	0	13	39	2
8		7	0	7	0	13	48	0

Czechoslovakia – USA 5:1 (1:1, 2:0, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Suchý, Havel, Jiřík, Hejma, Jiří Holík – Volmar.
Referees: Dahlberg, Wiking (SWE)

Czechoslovakia – West Germany 5:1 (1:0, 2:0, 2:1)
Goalscorers: Hrbatý, Golonka, Havel, Hejma, Ševčík – Lax.
Referees: Kubinec, McEvoy (CAN)

Czechoslovakia – Finland 4:3 (0:1, 3:0, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Nedomanský 2, Golonka, Havel – Keinonen, Ketola, Oksanen.
Referees: Wiking (SWE), Snětkov (URS)

Czechoslovakia – East Germany 10:3 (5:2, 1:0, 4:1)
Goalscorers: Horešovský 4, Nedomanský 2, Jiřík, Suchý, Kochta, Ševčík – Karrenbauer, Novy, Peters.
Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia – Canada 2:3 (0:0, 0:3, 2:0)
Goalscorers: Havel, Nedomanský – Huck, Bourbonnais, Cadieux.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2)
Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Populanov.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

Czechoslovakia – Sweden 2:2 (1:1, 1:0, 0:1)
Goalscorers: Golonka, Hrbatý – Bengtsson, Henriksson.
Referees: Trumble (USA), Sillankorva (FIN)

Leading scorers/Awards

Rk	Team	GP	G	A	Pts
5th	Jozef Golonka	7	4	6	10
7th	Jan Hrbatý	7	2	7	9
10th	Václav Nedomanský	7	5	2	7

IIHF Award:

Best Defender

Josef Horešovský

CZECHOSLOVAKIA
Goaltenders: Vladimír Nadrchal, Vladimír Dzurilla.
Defence: Josef Horešovský, Jan Suchý, Karel Masopust, František Pospíšil, Oldřich Machač.
Forwards: Jozef Golonka, Jan Hrbatý, Václav Nedomanský, Jan Havel, Jaroslav Jiřík, Josef Černý, František Ševčík, Petr Hejma, Jiří Holík, Jiří Kochta, Jan Klapáč.
Coaches: Jaroslav Pitner, Vladimír Kostka.

Luge

See main article: Luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Roland Urban	59.20	25	59.59	26	1:00.24	31	2:59.03	27
František Halíř	59.07	23	59.10	18	58.93	19	2:57.10	20
Horst Urban	58.93	19	59.54	25	59.91	27	2:58.38	24
Jan Hamřík	58.43	15	58.56	11	59.07	21	2:56.06	15

(Men's) Doubles

Athletes	Run 1		Run 2		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Horst Urban Roland Urban	50.46	12	50.02	12	1:40.48	12
Jan Hamřík František Halíř	51.85	14	50.85	14	1:42.10	14

Women

Athlete	Run 1		Run 2		Run 3		Total
	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Olina Tylová-Hatlová	50.16	11	50.35	9	51.14	10	2:31.65	11
Dana Spálenská-Beldová	49.22	3	50.36	10	50.77	9	2:30.35	6

Nordic combined

See main article: Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Events:

• normal hill ski jumping
• 15 km cross-country skiing

Athlete	Event	Ski Jumping				Cross-country			Total
		Distance 1	Distance 2	Points	Rank	Time	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Tomáš Kučera	Individual	72.0	73.0	217.4	9	50:07.7	216.74	6	434.14	4
Ladislav Rygl		71.0	71.5	200.4	18	50:55.5	206.88	14	407.28	16

Ski jumping

See main article: Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Jump 1		Jump 2		Total
		Distance	Points	Distance	Points	Points	Rank
Zbyněk Hubač	Normal hill	74.0	101.7	73.5	101.9	203.6	19
František Rydval		76.0	106.4	73.5	100.4	206.8	12
Ladislav Divila		76.5	107.2	73.0	100.1	207.3	9
Jiří Raška		79.0	115.2	72.5	101.3	216.5
František Rydval	Large hill	92.0	95.2	88.0	89.6	184.8	27
Zbyněk Hubač		95.0	101.4	87.0	87.2	188.6	25
Rudolf Höhnl		98.5	107.3	91.5	95.5	202.8	12
Jiří Raška		101.0	116.3	98.0	113.1	229.4

References

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database
• Olympic Winter Games 1968, full results by sports-reference.com