What is 1968 Winter Olympics?
{{Infobox Olympic games|1968|Winter|Olympics | host_city = [[Grenoble]], [[Auvergne-Rhône-Alpes]], [[France]] | nations = 37 | athletes = 1,158 (947 men, 211 women) | events = 35 in 6 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (10 disciplines) | opening = 6 February | closing = 18 February | opened_by = [[President of France|President]] [[Charles de Gaulle]] | cauldron = [[Alain Calmat]] | stadium = [[Olympic Stadium (Grenoble)|Opening Stadium]] | winter_prev = [[1964 Winter Olympics|Innsbruck 1964]] | winter_next = [[1972 Winter Olympics|Sapporo 1972]] | summer_prev = [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]] | summer_next = [[1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico City 1968]] }} [[File:Toini Gustafsson Rönnlund, 1968.jpg|thumb|220px|right|Toini Gustafsson Rönnland, winner of two gold medals in 1968]] The '''1968 [[Winter Olympics]]''', officially known as the 38th '''Olympic Winter Games''', were held in 1968 in [[Grenoble]], [[France]] and started on February 6. Thirty-seven countries took part. [[Norway]] won the most medals, the first time a country other than the [[USSR]] had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in [[1956]]. == Attention in the USA == Frenchman [[Jean-Claude Killy]] won three gold medals in all the [[alpine skiing]] events. In women's [[figure skating]], [[Peggy Fleming]] won the only [[United States]] gold medal. The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States, largely because of [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]'s coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became very popular among teenage girls. == New practices == [[1968]] was the first year that the [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) let [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]] enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered [[drug]] and [[gender]] testing of the [[Sportsperson|athlete]]s. == Other websites == * [https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968 IOC page for the 1968 Winter Olympics] {{Commonscat}} {{Olympic Games}} {{Sport-stub}} {{autho