1968 Winter Olympics
10th edition of Winter Olympics, in Grenoble, France
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Summary
1968 Winter Olympics is a Winter Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 1,486 Wikipedia views per month (winter olympic games edition category, ranking #21 of 29).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: France[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Home venue: Olympic Stadium in Grenoble[5]
- Follows: 1964 Winter Olympics[6]
- Followed by: 1972 Winter Olympics[7]
- Location: Grenoble[8]
- Commons category: 1968 Winter Olympics[9]
- Edition number: 10[10]
- Has part(s): speed skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics[11], Nordic combined at the 1968 Winter Olympics[12], biathlon at the 1968 Winter Olympics[13], bobsleigh at the 1968 Winter Olympics[14], luge at the 1968 Winter Olympics[15], Nordic skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics[16], cross-country skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics[17], alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics[18], ski jumping at the 1968 Winter Olympics[19], ice hockey at the 1968 Winter Olympics[20], figure skating at the 1968 Winter Olympics[21]
- Officially opened by: Charles de Gaulle[22]
- Oath made by: Léo Lacroix[23]
- Torch lit by: Alain Calmat[24]
- Start time: February 6, 1968[25]
- End time: February 18, 1968[26]
- Point in time: February 1968[27]
- Sport: winter sport[28]
- Mascot: Schuss[29]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/grenoble-1968[30]
- Topic's main category: Category:1968 Winter Olympics[31]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/winter/1968/[32]
- Number of participants: 37[33], 1158[34]
- Official name: X. Olympesch Wanterspiller[35]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[36]
- Sports season of league or competition: Winter Olympic Games[37]
Why It Matters
1968 Winter Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[38] It is known by 50 alternative names across languages and contexts.[39]