# Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Aleksandr Tikhonov Nikolay Puzanov Viktor Mamatov Vladimir Gundartsev | Biathlon | Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay |
| Gold | Liudmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | Figure skating | Pairs |
| Gold | Soviet Union men's national ice hockey team Viktor KonovalenkoViktor ZingerViktor BlinovVitalij DavidovViktor KuzkinAlexandr RagulinOleg ZaytsevIgor RomishevskyAnatolij FirsovVyacheslav StarshinovViktor PolupanovVladimir VikulovVenjamin AlexandrovYury MoiseyevYevgeni MishakovYevgeni ZiminAnatoly IonovBoris Majorov | Ice hockey | Men's competition |
| Gold | Vladimir Belousov | Ski jumping | Men's large hill |
| Gold | Lyudmila Titova | Speed skating | Women's 500 m |
| Silver | Aleksandr Tikhonov | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Silver | Vyacheslav Vedenin | Cross-country skiing | Men's 50 km |
| Silver | Galina Kulakova | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Silver | Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik | Figure skating | Pairs |
| Silver | Lyudmila Titova | Speed skating | Women's 1000 m |
| Bronze | Vladimir Gundartsev | Biathlon | Men's 20 km |
| Bronze | Alevtina Kolchina | Cross-country skiing | Women's 5 km |
| Bronze | Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova | Cross-country skiing | Women's 3 x 5 km relay |

## Alpine skiing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vasily Melnikov | Downhill | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Andrey Belokrinkin | Downhill | | | | | 2:10.98 | 49 |
| Viktor Belyakov | Downhill | | | | | 2:09.32 | 40 |
| Andrey Belokrinkin | Giant Slalom | 1:56.47 | 59 | 1:56.36 | 46 | 3:52.83 | 52 |
| Viktor Belyakov | Giant Slalom | 1:52.72 | 54 | 1:53.55 | 39 | 3:49.27 | 46 |
| Vasily Melnikov | Giant Slalom | 1:52.42 | 42 | 1:56.55 | 47 | 3:48.97 | 45 |

### Men's slalom

| Athlete | Heat 1 | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Heat 2 | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time 1 | Rank | Time 2 | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Viktor Belyakov | 58.05 | 4 | 55:56 | 2 | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance | did not advance |
| Andrey Belokrinkin | 57.46 | 2 QF | – | – | 1:08.96 | 45 | 58.90 | 29 | 2:07.86 | 31 |
| Vasily Melnikov | 54.32 | 2 QF | – | – | 54.94 | 38 | 59.48 | 30 | 1:54.42 | 26 |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Race 1 | Race 1 | Race 2 | Race 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Galina Sidorova | Downhill | | | | | 1:51.74 | 35 |
| Alfina Sukhanova | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.74 | 29 |
| Nina Merkulova | Downhill | | | | | 1:48.04 | 27 |
| Irina Turundayevskaya | Giant Slalom | | | | | DSQ | – |
| Nina Merkulova | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:12.71 | 40 |
| Galina Sidorova | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:12.01 | 39 |
| Alfina Sukhanova | Giant Slalom | | | | | 2:06.48 | 34 |
| Nina Merkulova | Slalom | n/a | ? | DSQ | – | DSQ | – |
| Galina Sidorova | Slalom | 49.63 | 30 | 53.26 | 24 | 1:42.89 | 26 |
| Alfina Sukhanova | Slalom | 49.57 | 29 | 52.01 | 20 | 1:41.58 | 25 |
| Irina Turundayevskaya | Slalom | 46.60 | 25 | 51.66 | 19 | 1:38.26 | 19 |

## Biathlon
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Time | Penalties | Adjusted time $^1$ | Rank |
| 20 km | Viktor Mamatov | 1'19:20.8 | 1 | 1'20:20.8 | 7 |
| 20 km | Nikolay Puzanov | 1'17:14.5 | 3 | 1'20:14.5 | 6 |
| 20 km | Vladimir Gundartsev | 1'16:27.4 | 2 | 1'18:27.4 | |
| 20 km | Aleksandr Tikhonov | 1'12:40.4 | 2 | 1'14:40.4 | |

### Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Misses $^2$ | Time | Rank |
| Aleksandr Tikhonov Nikolay Puzanov Viktor Mamatov Vladimir Gundartsev | 2 | 2'13:02.4 | |

## Cross-country skiing
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 15 km | Fyodor Simashov | 51:05.3 | 26 |
| 15 km | Vladimir Voronkov | 50:40.7 | 22 |
| 15 km | Anatoly Akentyev | 50:19.9 | 16 |
| 15 km | Valery Tarakanov | 49:04.4 | 9 |
| 30 km | Valery Tarakanov | 1'39:25.0 | 17 |
| 30 km | Vyacheslav Vedenin | 1'38:36.1 | 14 |
| 30 km | Anatoly Akentyev | 1'37:52.4 | 10 |
| 30 km | Vladimir Voronkov | 1'37:10.8 | 4 |
| 50 km | Igor Voronchikhin | 2'40:48.2 | 31 |
| 50 km | Anatoly Akentyev | 2'34:54.5 | 20 |
| 50 km | Vladimir Voronkov | 2'33:07.3 | 16 |
| 50 km | Vyacheslav Vedenin | 2'29:02.5 | |

### Men's 4 × 10 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Vladimir Voronkov Anatoly Akentyev Valery Tarakanov Vyacheslav Vedenin | 2'10:57.2 | 4 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 5 km | Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova | 17:43.2 | 20 |
| 5 km | Rita Achkina | 16:55.1 | 6 |
| 5 km | Alevtina Kolchina | 16:51.6 | |
| 5 km | Galina Kulakova | 16:48.4 | |
| 10 km | Faadiya Salimzhanova | 39:17.9 | 13 |
| 10 km | Alevtina Olyunina-Smirnova | 39:10.3 | 11 |
| 10 km | Alevtina Kolchina | 38:52.9 | 7 |
| 10 km | Galina Kulakova | 38:26.7 | 6 |

### Women's 3 x 5 km relay

| Athletes | Race | Race |
| Athletes | Time | Rank |
| Alevtina Kolchina Rita Achkina Galina Kulakova | 58:13.6 | |

## Figure skating
### Men

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Sergei Volkov | 16 | 17 | 1632.0 | 158 | 18 |
| Sergei Chetverukhin | 11 | 11 | 1737.0 | 93 | 9 |

### Women

| Athlete | CF | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Galina Grzhibovskaya | 25 | 11 | 1628.5 | 144 | 16 |
| Elena Shcheglova | 13 | 10 | 1670.4 | 110 | 12 |

### Pairs

| Athletes | SP | FS | Points | Places | Rank |
| Tamara Moskvina Alexei Mishin | 6 | 5 | 300.3 | 44 | 5 |
| Tatiana Zhuk Alexander Gorelik | 2 | 2 | 312.3 | 17 | |
| Liudmila Belousova Oleg Protopopov | 1 | 1 | 315.2 | 10 | |

## Ice hockey
### Medal round

| Rank | Team | Pld | W | L | T | GF | GA | Pts |
| 1 | Soviet Union | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 48 | 10 | 12 |
| 2 | Czechoslovakia | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 17 | 11 |
| 3 | Canada | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 15 | 10 |
| 4 | Sweden | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 18 | 9 |
| 5 | Finland | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 23 | 7 |
| 6 | United States | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 28 | 5 |
| 7 | West Germany | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 39 | 2 |
| 8 | East Germany | 7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13 | 48 | 0 |
USSR – Finland 8:0 (3:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Polupanov. Referees: Bucala, Kořínek (TCH)
USSR – East Germany 9:0 (4:0, 2:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev. Referees: Wycisk (POL), Johannessen (NOR)
USSR – USA 10:2 (6:0, 4:2, 0:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Polupanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moiseyev– Ross, Morrison. Referees: Dahlberg (SWE), Kubinec (CAN)
USSR – West Germany 9:1 (4:1, 4:0, 1:0) Goalscorers: Polupanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Majorov, Moiseyev, Firsov – Funk. Referees: Trumble (USA), Valentin (AUT)
USSR – Sweden 3:2 (1:1, 0:0, 2:1) Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg. Referees: Kubinec (CAN), Kořínek (TCH)
Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4 (3:1, 1:1, 1:2) Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Polupanov. Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)
USSR – Canada 5:0 (1:0, 1:0, 3:0) Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin. Referees: Trumble (USA), Dahlberg (SWE)

### Roster

USSR Goaltenders: Viktor Konovalenko, Viktor Zinger. Defence: Viktor Blinov, Vitalij Davidov, Viktor Kuzkin, Alexandr Ragulin, Oleg Zaytsev, Igor Romiševskij. Forwards: Anatolij Firsov, Vyacheslav Starshinov, Viktor Polupanov, Vladimir Vikulov, Venjamin Alexandrov, Yury Moiseyev, Yevgeni Mishakov, Yevgeni Zimin, Anatoly Ionov, Boris Majorov. Coaches: Arkadij Černyšev, Anatolij Tarasov.

## Nordic combined

Events:
* normal hill ski jumping (Three jumps, best two counted and shown here.)
* 15 km cross-country skiing
| Athlete | Event | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Ski jumping | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance 1 | Distance 2 | Points | Rank | Time | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Mikhail Artyukhov | Individual | 66.0 | 69.0 | 192.4 | 26 | 51:32.4 | 199.50 | 20 | 391.90 | 19 |
| Tõnu Haljand | Individual | 68.5 | 70.0 | 202.8 | 17 | 50:40.5 | 209.88 | 12 | 412.68 | 12 |
| Robert Makara | Individual | 72.5 | 74.0 | 222.8 | 5 | 51:09.3 | 204.12 | 17 | 426.92 | 7 |
| Vyacheslav Dryagin | Individual | 71.5 | 74.5 | 222.8 | 5 | 51:22.0 | 201.58 | 19 | 424.38 | 8 |

## Ski jumping

| Athlete | Event | Jump 1 | Jump 1 | Jump 2 | Jump 2 | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Distance | Points | Distance | Points | Points | Rank |
| Vladimir Smirnov | Normal hill | 69.5 | 89.5 | 70.0 (fall) | 58.8 | 148.3 | 55 |
| Vladimir Belousov | Normal hill | 73.5 | 102.9 | 73.0 | 104.6 | 207.5 | 8 |
| Gary Napalkov | Normal hill | 75.0 | 104.3 | 73.0 | 101.1 | 205.4 | 14 |
| Anatoly Zheglanov | Normal hill | 79.5 | 110.0 | 74.5 | 101.5 | 211.5 | 6 |
| Vladimir Smirnov | Large hill | 88.0 | 89.1 | 83.5 | 80.8 | 169.9 | 41 |
| Gary Napalkov | Large hill | 96.5 | 107.0 | 90.5 | 96.1 | 203.1 | 11 |
| Anatoly Zheglanov | Large hill | 99.0 | 108.5 | 92.0 | 97.2 | 205.7 | 8 |
| Vladimir Belousov | Large hill | 101.5 | 118.0 | 98.5 | 113.3 | 231.3 | |

## Speed skating
### Men

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Valery Kaplan | 41.6 | 21 |
| 500 m | Valery Muratov | 41.4 | 18 |
| 500 m | Anatoly Lepeshkin | 41.0 | 11 |
| 500 m | Yevgeny Grishin | 40.6 | 4 |
| 1500 m | Valery Kaplan | 2:07.2 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Ants Antson | 2:07.2 | 12 |
| 1500 m | Aleksandr Kerchenko | 2:07.1 | 11 |
| 1500 m | Eduard Matusevich | 2:06.1 | 8 |
| 5000 m | Anatoly Mashkov | 7:41.9 | 14 |
| 5000 m | Stanislav Selyanin | 7:38.5 | 11 |
| 5000 m | Valery Lavrushkin | 7:37.9 | 10 |
| 10000 m | Anatoly Mashkov | 16:22.1 | 16 |
| 10000 m | Stanislav Selyanin | 15:56.4 | 10 |
| 10000 m | Valery Lavrushkin | 15:54.8 | 9 |

### Women

| Event | Athlete | Race | Race |
| Event | Athlete | Time | Rank |
| 500 m | Tatyana Sidorova | 46.9 | 9 |
| 500 m | Irina Yegorova | 46.9 | 9 |
| 500 m | Lyudmila Titova | 46.1 | |
| 1000 m | Lāsma Kauniste | 1:35.3 | 11 |
| 1000 m | Irina Yegorova | 1:34.4 | 5 |
| 1000 m | Lyudmila Titova | 1:32.9 | |
| 1500 m | Lidiya Skoblikova | 2:27.6 | 11 |
| 1500 m | Lyudmila Titova | 2:26.8 | 7 |
| 1500 m | Lāsma Kauniste | 2:25.4 | 5 |
| 3000 m | Lāsma Kauniste | 5:16.0 | 12 |
| 3000 m | Anna Sablina | 5:12.5 | 8 |
| 3000 m | Lidiya Skoblikova | 5:08.0 | 6 |

## Medals by republic

In the following table for team events number of team representatives, who received medals are counted, not "one medal for all the team", as usual. Because there were people from different republics in one team.
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
| 1 | Russian SFSR | 26 | 6 | 4 | 36 |
| 2 | Belarusian SSR | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Totals (2 entries) | Totals (2 entries) | 26 | 6 | 5 | 37 |