Date | 4 – 17 February 1968 | |
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Status | Olympic | |
Location | Patinoire Municipale, Grenoble / Stade de Glace, Grenoble | |
Participants | 250 from 14 countries | |
Format | Qualifying round placed teams into final and consolation round-robin pools. |
The USSR had won the 1965, 1966, and 1967 World Championships and had not lost an international game since 1963. They won their first five Olympic games handily, but then lost to Czechoslovakia, 5-4. Going into the final series of games, they had identical 5-1 records, and if they both won their final game, Czechoslovakia would win the gold medal, based on the head-to-head victory. But Sweden pulled out a tie against the Czechs. This left the gold medal in the Soviet’s hands and they easily defeated Canada, 5-0, in the final game, to defend their Olympic title. The USSR was led by Anatoly Firsov, considered by many the greatest Russian ice hockey player ever. A winger with great speed, he was an outstanding athlete who once scored 6 goals in a game against the Canadian national team. He led the 1968 Olympic scorers with 12 goals.
Pos | Nr | Team | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | GP | MP | GLS | SOG | ASS | PTS | +/- | PIM | SVS | SV% | GAA | |||
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1 | Soviet Union | URS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 48–10 | Gold | ||||||||||||||
2 | Czechoslovakia | TCH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 33–17 | Silver | ||||||||||||||
3 | Canada | CAN | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 28–15 | Bronze | ||||||||||||||
4 | Sweden | SWE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 23–18 | |||||||||||||||
5 | Finland | FIN | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 28–25 | |||||||||||||||
6 | United States | USA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23–28 | |||||||||||||||
7 | West Germany | FRG | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 20–39 | |||||||||||||||
8 | East Germany | GDR | 1 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 16–49 | |||||||||||||||
9 | Yugoslavia | YUG | 5 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 35–20 | |||||||||||||||
10 | Japan | JPN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 27–12 | |||||||||||||||
11 | Norway | NOR | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16–18 | |||||||||||||||
12 | Romania | ROU | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 22–30 | |||||||||||||||
13 | Austria | AUT | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12–27 | |||||||||||||||
14 | France | FRA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9–32 |
Winners advanced to final round, losers to consolation round. Soviet Union, Sweden, Canada, Czechoslovakia and United States (1967 World Championships top 5) were directly qualified for the final round. France, Austria and Japan were directly placed for the consolation round.
Match #1 | 04 Feb | GDR | 3 – 1 | NOR |
Match #2 | 04 Feb | FRG | 7 – 0 | ROU |
Match #3 | 04 Feb | FIN | 11 – 2 | YUG |
Round-robin pool.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
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1 | YUG | 5 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 33–9 | |||
2 | JPN | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 27–12 | |||
3 | NOR | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 15–15 | |||
4 | ROU | 2 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 22–23 | |||
5 | AUT | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 12–27 | |||
6 | FRA | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 9–32 |
Match #1 | 07 Feb 16:45 | YUG | 5 – 1 | JPN |
Match #2 | 07 Feb 20:30 | ROU | 3 – 2 | AUT |
Match #3 | 08 Feb 20:30 | NOR | 4 – 1 | FRA |
Match #4 | 09 Feb 16:45 | ROU | 7 – 3 | FRA |
Match #5 | 09 Feb 20:30 | YUG | 6 – 0 | AUT |
Match #6 | 10 Feb 20:30 | JPN | 4 – 0 | NOR |
Match #7 | 11 Feb 20:30 | AUT | 5 – 2 | FRA |
Match #8 | 12 Feb 16:45 | JPN | 5 – 4 | ROU |
Match #9 | 12 Feb 20:30 | NOR | 5 – 4 | AUT |
Match #10 | 13 Feb 20:30 | YUG | 10 – 1 | FRA |
Match #11 | 14 Feb 20:30 | NOR | 4 – 3 | ROU |
Match #12 | 15 Feb 20:30 | JPN | 11 – 1 | AUT |
Match #13 | 16 Feb 20:30 | YUG | 9 – 5 | ROU |
Match #14 | 17 Feb 16:45 | JPN | 6 – 2 | FRA |
Match #15 | 17 Feb 20:30 | YUG | 3 – 2 | NOR |
Round-robin pool.
Pos | NOC | W | T | L | Pts | Goals | |||
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1 | URS | 6 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 48–10 | |||
2 | TCH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 33–17 | |||
3 | CAN | 5 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 28–15 | |||
4 | SWE | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 23–18 | |||
5 | FIN | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 17–23 | |||
6 | USA | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 23–28 | |||
7 | FRG | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 13–39 | |||
8 | GDR | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 13–48 |
Match #1 | 06 Feb 17:30 | TCH | 5 – 1 | USA |
Match #2 | 06 Feb 21:00 | URS | 8 – 0 | FIN |
Match #3 | 06 Feb 21:00 | CAN | 6 – 1 | FRG |
Match #4 | 07 Feb 17:00 | SWE | 4 – 3 | USA |
Match #5 | 07 Feb 21:00 | URS | 9 – 0 | GDR |
Match #6 | 08 Feb 17:00 | TCH | 5 – 1 | FRG |
Match #7 | 08 Feb 21:00 | FIN | 5 – 2 | CAN |
Match #8 | 09 Feb 13:00 | CAN | 11 – 0 | GDR |
Match #9 | 09 Feb 13:00 | SWE | 5 – 4 | FRG |
Match #10 | 09 Feb 16:30 | URS | 10 – 2 | USA |
Match #11 | 10 Feb 12:00 | TCH | 4 – 3 | FIN |
Match #12 | 10 Feb 15:30 | SWE | 5 – 2 | GDR |
Match #13 | 11 Feb 16:30 | CAN | 3 – 2 | USA |
Match #14 | 11 Feb 21:00 | URS | 9 – 1 | FRG |
Match #15 | 12 Feb 13:00 | TCH | 10 – 3 | GDR |
Match #16 | 12 Feb 16:30 | SWE | 5 – 1 | FIN |
Match #17 | 12 Feb 21:00 | USA | 8 – 1 | FRG |
Match #18 | 13 Feb 17:00 | URS | 3 – 2 | SWE |
Match #19 | 13 Feb 21:00 | CAN | 3 – 2 | TCH |
Match #20 | 14 Feb 16:00 | FIN | 3 – 2 | GDR |
Match #21 | 15 Feb 13:00 | USA | 6 – 4 | GDR |
Match #22 | 15 Feb 16:30 | CAN | 3 – 0 | SWE |
Match #23 | 15 Feb 21:00 | TCH | 5 – 4 | URS |
Match #24 | 16 Feb 15:30 | FIN | 4 – 1 | FRG |
Match #25 | 17 Feb 10:30 | FRG | 4 – 2 | GDR |
Match #26 | 17 Feb 14:00 | FIN | 1 – 1 | USA |
Match #27 | 17 Feb 17:30 | SWE | 2 – 2 | TCH |
Match #28 | 17 Feb 21:00 | URS | 5 – 0 | CAN |