Ski jumping at the X Olympic Winter Games | |
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Venue | Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte (large hill) & Autrans (normal hill) |
Dates | 11–18 February |
Competitors | 66 from 17 nations |
Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics | |
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Normal hill | men |
Large hill | men |
Ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of two events held from 11 to 18 February, with the large hill event taking place at Saint-Nizier-du-Moucherotte, and the normal hill event at Autrans. [1] [2]
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
2 | Soviet Union (URS) | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
3 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
4 | Norway (NOR) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
Totals (4 entries) | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
Czechoslovakia led the medal table with two, one gold. The gold medal won by Vladimir Belussov in the large hill event was the only medal in ski jumping ever won by the Soviet Union.
Event [1] | Gold | Silver | Bronze | |||
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Normal hill |
Jiří Raška Czechoslovakia |
216.5 |
Reinhold Bachler Austria |
214.2 |
Baldur Preiml Austria |
212.6 |
Large hill |
Vladimir Belousov Soviet Union |
231.3 |
Jiří Raška Czechoslovakia |
229.4 |
Lars Grini Norway |
214.3 |
Seventeen nations participated in ski jumping at the Grenoble Games. [1]