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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 1908 Olympics in London. The Olympic disciplines are me ...
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1968 Winter Olympics 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. Frenchm ...
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. A ...
, then known as "rhythmic skating," was a demonstration event and was won by the team of Diane Towler and Bernard Ford of Great Britain. It became a medal event eight years later in 1976 Innsbruck.


Medal table


Results


Men

Referee: *
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 sk ...
Assistant Referee: * Sonia Bianchetti Judges: * Martin Felsenkirch * Ralph S. McCreath * Emil Skákala * Jeanine Donnier-Blanc * Erika Schiechtl *
Geoffrey S. Yates Geoffrey, Geoffroy, Geoff, etc., may refer to: People * Geoffrey (name), including a list of people with the name * Geoffroy (surname), including a list of people with the name * Geoffrey of Monmouth (c. 1095–c. 1155), clergyman and one of the m ...
* Michele Beltrami *
Haruo Kanno Haruo (written: 春雄, 春生, 春男, 春夫, 晴生, 晴男, 晴夫, 暎夫, 治夫 or 治夫) is a masculine Japanese given name. Notable people with the name include: *, Japanese footballer *, Japanese chemist *, Japanese film director *, Jap ...
* Yvonne S. McGowan


Ladies

Referee: * Karl Enderlin Assistant Referee: * Néri Valdes Judges: * Martin Felsenkirch * Dagmar Řeháková * Carla Listing * János Zsigmondy *
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 Masao (written: 正雄, 正夫, 正生, 正男, 正郎, 雅雄, 雅央, 雅夫, 雅勇, 雅男, 昌雄, 昌夫, 昌男, 昌朗, 昌郎, 昌大, 政雄, 政夫, 政男, 政於, 征夫, 優夫, 聖雄, 利生, 将雄, 将夫 or 眞男) is a masculine ...
* Norman E. Fuller *
Konstantin Likharev The first name Konstantin () is a derivation from the Latin name ''Constantinus'' ( Constantine) in some European languages, such as Russian and German. As a Christian given name, it refers to the memory of the Roman emperor Constantine the Great ...


Pairs

Referee: * Gérard Rodrigues Henriques Assistant Referee: * Donald H. Gilchrist Judges: * Franz Wojtanowskyj * Ralph S. McCreath * Emil Skákala * Monique Georgelin * Carla Listing * 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 ...
* Yvonne S. McGowan *
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 and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...
1968 in figure skating International figure skating competitions hosted by France