Editing 1968 Winter Olympics (section)

==Medal table==
[[File:Dossard JO d'hiver 1968.jpg|thumb|Bib used during the games.]]
{{Main|1968 Winter Olympics medal table}}

These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1968 Winter Games.
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = FRA
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1968 Winter
 | team           = 
 | gold_FRA = 4 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 2 | host_FRA = yes
 | gold_NOR = 6 | silver_NOR = 6 | bronze_NOR = 2
 | gold_URS = 5 | silver_URS = 5 | bronze_URS = 3
 | gold_ITA = 4 | silver_ITA = 0 | bronze_ITA = 0
 | gold_AUT = 3 | silver_AUT = 4 | bronze_AUT = 4
 | gold_NED = 3 | silver_NED = 3 | bronze_NED = 3
 | gold_SWE = 3 | silver_SWE = 2 | bronze_SWE = 3
 | gold_FRG = 2 | silver_FRG = 2 | bronze_FRG = 3
 | gold_USA = 1 | silver_USA = 5 | bronze_USA = 1
 | gold_GDR = 1 | silver_GDR = 2 | bronze_GDR = 2
 | gold_FIN = 1 | silver_FIN = 2 | bronze_FIN = 2
}}

=== Medals and diplomas ===
For the 1968 Winter Games, 228 gold, silver and bronze medals were manufactured in total, designed by [[Roger Excoffon]] and coined by French [[Mint (facility)|minting company]] [[Monnaie de Paris]]. For the first time in Olympic history, the medals, given out for the winners in every sport, had their own design. The logo of the games was depicted on the front of the medal, and on the back was a [[pictogram]] etched into the surface that depicted the sport that the medal winner competed in. The medals had a diameter of {{convert|50|mm|0|abbr=on}} and were {{convert|3|mm|0|abbr=on}} thick. The gold and silver medals consisted of [[silver]] with a composition of 925/1000, but the gold medals were coated in an additional six grams of [[gold]]. The medals hang of ribbons in the Olympic colours, which happened to also be a first, as they had used chains before 1968 . In addition, the athletes received a box made of black leather, lined with either white, blue or red silk.

[[File:Médailles d'or de Jean-Claude Killy - 1968 Grenoble.jpg|thumb|The gold medals of [[Jean-Claude Killy]] during the exhibition celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Games at the [[Musée dauphinois]].]]

The commemoration medal was designed by Josette Hébert-Coeffin. The front side of the medal depicted the decorated head of a Greek athlete with snowflakes and ice crystals in the background. The other side depicted the silhouette of Grenoble in front of the mountain range Belladonne. There were three different types of medals. 20 were made of silver, 210 of silver-coated bronze and 15,000 of bronze.

Excoffon also designed the Olympic diplomas, which were given to the six best athletes in each discipline. They were made of cream coloured parchment paper. Around the logo contained the words "X<sup>es</sup> Jeux Olympiques d'Hiver Grenoble 1968", as well as the Olympic motto "[[Citius, Altius, Fortius (Olympic motto)|Citius, altius, fortius]]". In the middle of the paper, the word "Diplome" was written in gold writing. However, similar diplome were handed out to officials, participants, journalists and volunteers on ordinary white paper and without the gold writing as a souvenir.

The medal ceremonies took place in the evening of the finals event in the Stade de Glace.