Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics Alpine skiing at the 1968 Winter Olympics consisted of six events, held 9–17 February at Chamrousse, southeast of Grenoble, France. Jean-Claude Killy of France won all three men's events, repeating Toni Sailer's triple-gold of 1956. Since Killy's feat, no alpine ski racer has won three gold medals in a single Olympics. This was the first Olympics with a two-run men's giant slalom, with one run per day. The women's giant slalom was one run until 1980. For the only time, the results from Olympic races were included in the World Cup standings, then
Canada at the Winter Olympics her the first Canadian to have won a medal in both the Summer and Winter Olympics), and two in 2006. Canada's most celebrated alpine skier is Nancy Greene, who won gold and silver at the 1968 games in Grenoble. Canada's first medal in cross country skiing was the gold won by Beckie Scott in Salt Lake City (2002), the first time a North American woman won any Olympic medal in this sport. Chandra Crawford followed this up at the next games with a gold medal in the sprint event, and the team of Scott and Sara Renner also won a