1968 Winter Universiade

Host City Innsbruck
Country AUT
Held 21 – 28 January 1968
Competitors 175
Countries 18

Events

Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Downhill Men — Medal 10 5
Giant Slalom Men — Medal 10 6
Slalom Men — Medal 10 6
Combined Men — Medal 10 6
Downhill Women — Medal 10 6
Giant Slalom Women — Medal 10 4
Slalom Women — Medal 10 6
Combined Women — Medal 10 6
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
15 km classical Men — Medal 10 4
4 x 10 km relay classical Men — Medal 24 8
10 km classical Women — Medal 8 3
3 x 5 km relay classical Women — Medal 9 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Singles Men — Medal 3 3
Singles Women — Medal 3 2
Pairs Mixed — Medal 6 2
Ice Dancing Mixed — Medal 4 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Ice Hockey Men — Medal 50 3
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km Men — Medal 7 5
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
Normal Hill Men — Medal 6 2
Event Gender Held Status Competitors Countries
500 m Men 22 January 1968 Medal 21 9
1,500 m Men 23 January 1968 Medal 22 9
3,000 m Men 22 January 1968 Medal 22 8
5,000 m Men 23 January 1968 Medal 14 7

Medal table

Pos Country 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze Total
1 Soviet Union URS 8 5 5 18
2 United States USA 4 3 3 10
3 Japan JPN 3 4 4 11
4 Czechoslovakia TCH 3 4 2 9
5 Norway NOR 2 1 0 3
6 Austria AUT 1 2 3 6
7 Germany GER 1 1 1 3
8 Switzerland SUI 1 0 0 1
9 Finland FIN 0 1 2 3
10 France FRA 0 1 0 1
= Poland POL 0 1 0 1
12 Italy ITA 0 0 2 2
13 Canada CAN 0 0 1 1

Medal winners

Event 🥇 Gold 🥈 Silver 🥉 Bronze
Downhill, Men Scott Pyles USA Günter Scheuerl GER Loris Werner USA
Giant Slalom, Men Per Martin Sunde NOR Milan Pažout TCH Franz Vogler GER
Slalom, Men Milan Pažout TCH Per Martin Sunde NOR Bill Marolt USA
Combined, Men Milan Pažout TCH Bob Wollek FRA Scott Pyles USA
Downhill, Women Heidi Obrecht SUI Christl Ditfurth AUT Paola Strauss ITA
Giant Slalom, Women Cathy Nagel USA Viki Jones USA Marisella Chevallard ITA
Slalom, Women Cathy Nagel USA Viki Jones USA Christl Ditfurth AUT
Combined, Women Cathy Nagel USA Viki Jones USA Christl Ditfurth AUT
15 km classical, Men Jon Høiås NOR Yevgeny Platunov URS Anatoly Zakharov URS
4 x 10 km relay classical, Men Soviet Union URS Japan JPN Finland FIN
10 km classical, Women Yana Yelistratova URS Lyubov Menchikova URS Lidiya Doronina URS
3 x 5 km relay classical, Women Soviet Union URS Poland POL Czechoslovakia TCH
Singles, Men Vladimir Kurenbin URS Marián Filc TCH Günter Anderl AUT
Pairs, Mixed Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek TCH Tatyana Sharanova / Anatoly Yevdokimov URS Lyudmila Suslina / Aleksandr Tikhomirov URS
Ice Dancing, Mixed Heidi Metzger / Herbert Rothkappel AUT Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický TCH
Singles, Women Kumiko Sato JPN Helli Sengstschmid AUT Kazumi Yamashita JPN
Ice Hockey, Men Soviet Union URS Czechoslovakia TCH Canada CAN
Normal Hill (two jumps)/15 km, Men Hiroshi Itagaki JPN Masatoshi Suto JPN Antonín Kučera TCH
Normal Hill, Men Hiroshi Itagaki JPN Masakatsu Asari JPN Yukio Kasaya JPN
500 m, Men Erhard Keller GER Keiichi Suzuki JPN Takayuki Hida JPN
1,500 m, Men Aleksandr Chekulayev URS Valery Bayonov URS Arkady Kichenko
Pekka Halinen 		URS
FIN
3,000 m, Men Aleksandr Chekulayev URS Pekka Halinen FIN Anatoly Nokhrin URS
5,000 m, Men Aleksandr Chekulayev URS Anatoly Nokhrin URS Yoshiaki Demachi JPN