Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics explained

Figure skating at the Winter Olympics
Comptype:Olympic Games
Venue:Le Stade Olympique de Glace
Championmen: Wolfgang Schwarz
Championladies: Peggy Fleming
Championpairs: Liudmila Belousova / Oleg Protopopov
Previouscomp:1964 Winter Olympics
Nextcomp:1972 Winter Olympics

Figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held at Le Stade Olympique de Glace in Grenoble, France. Ice dance, then known as "rhythmic skating," was a demonstration event and was won by the team of Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of Great Britain.[1] It became a medal event eight years later in 1976 Innsbruck.[2]

American figure skater Peggy Fleming built up a huge lead after the compulsory figures and won the first-place votes of all nine judges.[3] Her victory marked the first gold medal won by an American after the death of an entire US figure skating team in an air crash in 1961, and heralded an American figure skating renaissance.[4]

Results

Men

RankNameNationCFFSPointsPlaces
1121904.113
2231891.617
3371864.531
4411873.029
5651810.252
6841806.256
7961795.063
85101772.873
911111737.093
101381734.297
1110141727.9100
127161723.2104
1314121706.0114
1412181690.9117
1515151650.9147
162191663.7139
1719131639.5154
1816171632.0158
1917241595.4180
2018201601.0179
2124191584.0189
2222211578.3193
2320231574.7193
2425221530.3219
2523261529.6218
2626251437.8238
2727271399.3241
2828281360.3250

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Ladies

RankNameNationCFFSPointsPlaces
1111970.59
2221882.318
3431828.831
4571797.340
53121773.251
6681757.057
71041759.463
8851763.661
91461698.790
1011131687.199
117171680.9105
1213101670.4110
132491662.9111
1415141639.0139
159271634.6140
1625111628.5144
1716181611.2161
1817191612.5164
1912231600.3171
2028151594.8182
2120161580.4187
2221261571.5202.5
2326211562.6208
2422281557.2211
2527241549.2216.5
2618251552.7218
2719291551.4219
2829221475.9251
2931201457.2257
3030301359.9271
3132311336.2277
WD23

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Pairs

RankNameNationSPFSPointsPlaces
111315.210
222312.317
333304.430
444303.137
565300.344
657297.058
786294.564.5
879293.667
998289.482
101010285.891.5
111211282.7100
121115276.8116
131412276.0121
141314274.1120
151513272.2129
161616269.2138
171717254.8154
181818251.2160

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External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Rapport Officiel Xes Jeux Olympiques D'Hiver 1968 Grenoble . LA84 Foundation . Comité d'organisation des Xemes jeux olympiques d'hiver . 1968 . 28 January 2014.
  2. Web site: Figure Skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics . Olympedia . 3 July 2020 . 3 July 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200703181603/https://www.olympedia.org/games/38/sports/FSK . dead .
  3. http://en.beijing2008.cn/spirit/pastgames/winterolympics/grenoble1968/n214049648.shtml Beijing 2008
  4. News: Still Crystal Clear. The plane crash that killed the 1961 U.S. world championship figure skating team decimated families and the sport, but alongside grief came renewal.. Ford. Bonnie D.. 2011. ESPN. February 19, 2014.