Soviet Union at the 1968 Winter Olympics


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

Alpine skiing

;Men
;Men's slalom
;Women

Biathlon

;Men
EventAthleteTimePenaltiesAdjusted time 1Rank
20 kmViktor Mamatov1'19:20.811'20:20.87
20 kmNikolay Puzanov1'17:14.531'20:14.56
20 kmVladimir Gundartsev1'16:27.421'18:27.4
20 kmAleksandr Tikhonov1'12:40.421'14:40.4

;Men's 4 x 7.5 km relay

Cross-country skiing

;Men
;Men's 4 × 10 km relay
;Women
;Women's 3 x 5 km relay

Figure skating

;Men
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Sergei Volkov16171632.015818
Sergei Chetverukhin11111737.0939

;Women
AthleteCFFSPointsPlacesRank
Galina Grzhibovskaya25111628.514416
Elena Shcheglova13101670.411012

;Pairs
AthletesSPFSPointsPlacesRank
Tamara Moskvina
Alexei Mishin
65300.3445
Tatiana Zhuk
Alexander Gorelik
22312.317
Liudmila Belousova
Oleg Protopopov
11315.210

Ice hockey

Medal round

USSR – Finland 8:0

Goalscorers: Staršinov 2, Mišakov 2, Zimin 2, Firsov, Polupanov.

Referees: Bucala, Kořínek
USSR – East Germany 9:0

Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Vikulov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Alexandrov, Zaytsev.

Referees: Wycisk, Johannessen
USSR – USA 10:2

Goalscorers: Firsov 3, Blinov 2, Polupanov 2, Kuzkin, Starshinov, Moiseyev– Ross, Morrison.

Referees: Dahlberg, Kubinec
USSR – West Germany 9:1

Goalscorers: Polupanov 2, Alexandrov 2, Ionov, Starshinov, Majorov, Moiseyev, Firsov – Funk.

Referees: Trumble, Valentin
USSR – Sweden 3:2

Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Blinov – Öberg, Svedberg.

Referees: Kubinec, Kořínek
Czechoslovakia – USSR 5:4

Goalscorers: Ševčík, Hejma, Havel, Golonka, Jiřík – Majorov 2, Blinov, Polupanov.

Referees: Trumble, Dahlberg
USSR – Canada 5:0

Goalscorers: Firsov 2, Mishakov, Starshinov, Zimin.

Referees: Trumble, Dahlberg

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:

Speed skating

;Men
;Women

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.