Figure skating Figure skating is a sport in which individuals, pairs, or groups perform on figure skates on ice. It was the first winter sport to be included in the Olympic Games, when contested at the Figure skating at the 1908 Summer Olympics, 1908 Olympics ...

at the 1968 Winter Olympics was held at Le Stade Olympique de Glace in

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Ice dance Ice dance (sometimes referred to as ice dancing) is a discipline of figure skating that historically draws from ballroom dancing. It joined the World Figure Skating Championships in 1952, and became a Winter Olympic Games medal sport in 1976. Ac ...

, then known as "rhythmic skating," was a demonstration event and was won by the team of

Diane Towler Diane Towler MBE married Green, (born 16 December 1946) is an English former ice dancer and currently a figure skating coach. She is a four-time (1966–1969) World and European champion with skating partner Bernard Ford. Personal life Diane ...

and Bernard Ford of Great Britain. It became a medal event eight years later in 1976 Innsbruck.

Medal table

Results

Men

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Josef Dědič Josef Dědič (b. 1924; d. June 19, 1993 in Prague) was a Czechoslovak figure skater and sport official. He placed 9th at the 1948 European Figure Skating Championships and retired from competitive skating in that year. In 1949, he became a skati ...

Assistant Referee: * International_Skating_Union

Sonia Bianchetti Judges: * Martin Felsenkirch *

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* Erika Schiechtl *

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Ladies

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Karl Enderlin Assistant Referee: * International_Skating_Union

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Judges: * Martin Felsenkirch *

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Mollie Phillips Mollie Doreen Phillips OBE (27 July 1907 – 15 December 1994) was a British figure skater and Olympic judge. She is regarded as a pioneer in the sport. Phillips was the first woman to carry a national flag at the opening ceremony of an Olympic ...

* Éva György * Masao Hasegawa * Norman E. Fuller * Konstantin Likharev

Pairs

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Assistant Referee: * International_Skating_Union

Donald H. Gilchrist Donald Hunter Gilchrist (January 2, 1922 – March 14, 2017) was a Canadian figure skater. As a pair skater with Marlene Smith, he became the 1949 North American silver medallist and a two-time Canadian national champion (1949–1950). He was a ...

Judges: *

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* Monique Georgelin *

* Wilhelm Kahle *

Maria Zuchowicz Maria Zuchowicz (born in Poznań, in 1930 – 24 November 2020) was a Polish lawyer and figure skating official. She was Chairperson of Appeal Commission of the International Skating Union and Vice-President of the Polish Figure Skating Associa ...

Tatiana Tolmacheva Tatyana Aleksandrovna Tolmachova (russian: Татьяна Александровна Толмачёва, née Granatkina, Гранаткина; 21 January 1907 – 21 October 1998) was a Russian figure skater, figure skating coach and one o ...

References

External links

Official Olympic Report

{{DEFAULTSORT:Figure Skating At The 1968 Winter Olympics 1968 Winter Olympics events

1968 The year was highlighted by Protests of 1968, protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – "Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechos ...

1968 in figure skating International figure skating competitions hosted by France