1968 Winter Universiade

V Winter Universiade

Nations participating	26
Athletes participating	589
Events	7 sports
Opening ceremony	January 21
Closing ceremony	January 28
Officially opened by	Franz Jonas
Main venue	Bergiselschanze

The 1968 Winter Universiade, the V Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck, Austria.

Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Soviet Union	8	6	5	19
2	United States	4	3	3	10
3	Japan	3	4	4	11
4	Czechoslovakia	3	3	2	8
5	Norway	2	1	0	3
6	Austria	1	2	3	6
7	West Germany	1	1	1	3
8	Switzerland	1	0	0	1
9	Finland	0	1	2	3
10	Poland	0	1	0	1
11	France	0	1	0	1
12	Italy	0	0	2	2
13	Canada	0	0	1	1
Total		23	23	23	69

Alpine Skiing

Men: Slalom
Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Per Sunde (Norway)
Bronze – Bill Marolt (United States)

Men: Giant Slalom
Gold – Per Sunde (Norway)
Silver – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – Franz Vogler (West Germany)

Men: Downhill
Gold – Scott Pyles (United States)
Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany)
Bronze – Loris Werner (United States)

Men: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Robert Wollek (France)
Bronze – Scott Pyles (United States)

Women: Slalom
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)

Women: Giant Slalom
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Marisella Chevallard (Italy)

Women: Downhill
Gold – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland)
Silver – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)
Bronze – Paola Strauss (Italy)

Women: Combined
Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program.
Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States)
Silver – Viki Jones (United States)
Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)

Nordic Skiing

Men: 15km
Gold – Jon Hoias (Norway)
Silver – Yevgeniy Platunov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Anatoliy Zakharov (Soviet Union)

Men: 4 x 10 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Japan
Bronze – Finland

Women: 10km
Gold – Yanna Yelistratova (Soviet Union)
Silver – Lyubov Menchikova (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Lidiya Doronina (Soviet Union)

Women: 3 x 5 km Relay
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Poland
Bronze – Czechoslovakia

Nordic Combined

Small Hill Ski Jumping and 15km Cross-Country

Men:
Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan)
Silver – Masatoshi Sudo (Japan)
Bronze – Antonin Kucera (Czechoslovakia)

Ski Jumping

Men: Small Hill - K90
Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan)
Silver – Masakatsu Asari (Japan)
Bronze – Yukio Kasaya (Japan)

Figure Skating

Men:
Gold – Vladimir Kurernbin (Soviet Union)
Silver – Marian Filch (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Günther Anderl (Austria)

Women:
Gold – Kumiko Ohkawa (Japan)
Silver – Helli Tunner-Sengstschmid (Austria)
Bronze – Kazumi Yamashita (Japan)

Pairs:
Gold – Bohunka Stramkova / Jan Sramek (Czechoslovakia)
Silver – Tatyana Scaranova / Anatoliy Yevdokimov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Lyudmila Suslina / Aleksandr Tikhomirov (Soviet Union)

Ice dancing:
Gold – HeidI Mezger / Herbert Rothkappl (Austria)
Silver – Diana Skotnicka / Martin Skotnicky (Czechoslovakia)
Bronze – none

Ice hockey

Men:
Gold – Soviet Union
Silver – Czechoslovakia
Bronze – Canada (University of Toronto Varsity Blues)

Speed Skating

Men: 500M
Gold – Erhard Keller (West Germany)
Silver – Keiichi Suzuki (Japan)
Bronze – Takayuki Hida (Japan)

Men: 1500M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Valeriy Bayonov (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Arkadiy Kichenko (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Pekka Halinen (Finland)

Men: 3000M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Pekka Halinen (Finland)
Bronze – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union)

Men: 5000M
Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union)
Silver – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union)
Bronze – Yoshiaki Demachi (Japan)