Editing 1968 Winter Olympics (section)

== Top athletes and performances ==
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! colspan="8" | The most successful participants

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! Pos.

! Athlete

! Nation

! Event

! [[File:Gold medal.svg|15px|Gold]]

! [[File:Silver medal.svg|15px|Silver]]

! [[File:Bronze medal.svg|15px|Bronze]]

! Total

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| [[Jean-Claude Killy]] 
| {{FRA}} 
| [[Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Alpine Skiing]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 3 
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 3

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| style="text-align:center;"| 2
| [[Toini Gustafsson]] 
| {{SWE}} 
| href |[[Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Cross-country]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 
| style="text-align:center;" | 1 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 3

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| rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" | 3
| [[Harald Grønningen]] 
| {{NOR}} 
| [[Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Cross-country]] 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2

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| [[Ole Ellefsæter]] 
| {{NOR}} 
|[[Cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Cross-country]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2

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| [[Eugenio Monti]] 
| href | {{ITA}} 
|[[Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;" | 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2

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| [[Luciano De Paolis]] 
| {{ITA}} 
|[[Bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics|Bobsleigh]]
| style="text-align:center;"| 2 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 0 
| style="text-align:center;"| 2
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11-years-old Romanian figure skater Beatrice Huștiu became the youngest female participant at the 1968 Winter Games. She took part in the singles event and finished in 29th place, which was third from bottom. The youngest male participant was aged 12 years and 110 days. He was also a figure skater called [[Jan Hoffmann]], who represented East Germany. In Grenoble, he finished in 26th place and was also third from bottom. In 1974 and 1980, he became world champion, and in 1980, he won silver in the Olympic Games at Lake Placid.

American speed skater [[Dianne Holum]] was the youngest medal winner. She won silver in the 500m event at the age of 16 years and 266 days. Two days later, she added a bronze by competing in the 1000m event. The youngest gold medal winner was also from the United States: 19-year-old figure skater [[Peggy Fleming]].

The oldest medal winner and oldest gold medal winner was 40-year-old Italian [[Eugenio Monti]], who won the gold medal in the four-man bobsleigh team. Five days before, he had also won the two-man bobsleigh team gold medal.