1968 Winter Olympics 1968 Winter Olympics The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games (), were a winter multi-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France, and opened on 6 February. Thirty-seven countries participated. Frenchman Jean-Claude Killy won three gold medals in all the alpine skiing events. In women's figure skating, Peggy Fleming won the only United States gold medal. The games have been credited with making the Winter Olympics more popular in the United States, not least of which because of ABC's extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became overnight sensations among teenage girls. The
Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill of the downhill event at the Winter Games, which debuted in 1948. Seventy-five alpine skiers from 27 nations competed. "Friday, 3 February 1956" Alpine skiing at the 1956 Winter Olympics – Men's downhill The men's alpine skiing downhill event of the 1956 Winter Olympics at Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, was held on Friday, 3 February, at 11:00 a.m.. The starting elevation on the Olimpia - Tofana run was above sea level and the course length was , with a vertical drop of and just 15 control gates. It was the final alpine event of the games and the third straight victory