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Ice Hockey, Men

Date4 – 17 February 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationPatinoire Municipale, Grenoble / Stade de Glace, Grenoble
Participants250 from 14 countries
FormatQualifying 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.

PosNumberTeamNOC
1Soviet UnionURSGold
Goalkeeper1Viktor Zinger
Goalkeeper20Viktor Konovalenko
Defense2Vitaly Davydov
Defense3Oleg Zaytsev
Defense4Viktor Blinov
Defense5Aleksandr Ragulin
Defense6Igor Romishevsky
Defense15Viktor Kuzkin
Forward9Boris Mayorov
Forward12Viktor Polupanov
Forward10Yevgeny Mishakov
Forward11Anatoly Firsov
Forward16Anatoly Ionov
Forward17Vladimir Vikulov
Forward14Yevgeny Zimin
Forward18Vyacheslav Starshinov
Forward19Yury Moiseyev
Forward8Veniamin Aleksandrov
CoachAnatoly Tarasov
2CzechoslovakiaTCHSilver
Goalkeeper18Vladimír Dzurilla
Goalkeeper1Vladimír Nadrchal
Defense4Oldřich Macháč
Defense5Josef Horešovský
Defense17Jan Suchý
Defense2Karel Masopust
Forward8František Ševčík
Forward21Jan Havel
Forward19Petr Hejma
Forward10Jan Hrbatý
Forward12Jiří Kochta
Forward20Jiří Holík
Forward15Josef Černý
Forward14Václav Nedomanský
Forward9Jozef Golonka
Forward16Jaroslav Jiřík
Forward11Jan Klapáč
Defense7František Pospíšil
CoachJaroslav Pitner
3CanadaCANBronze
Goalkeeper1Ken Broderick
Goalkeeper21Wayne Stephenson
Defense10Marshall Johnston
Defense4Barry MacKenzie
Defense5Brian Glennie
Defense3Paul Conlin
Forward2Terry O'Malley
Forward11Ted Hargreaves
Forward16Ray Cadieux
Forward9Fran Huck
Forward20Morris Mott
Forward17Steve Monteith
Forward7Gary Dineen
Forward14Herb Pinder
Forward12Bill MacMillan
Forward18Danny O'Shea
Forward8Roger Bourbonnais
Forward15Gerry Pinder
CoachJackie McLeod
4SwedenSWE
Goalkeeper1Leif Holmqvist
Goalkeeper2Hans Dahllöf
Defense3Lars-Eric Sjöberg
Defense8Arne Carlsson
Defense7Lennart Svedberg
Defense4Roland Stoltz
Defense6Nils Johansson
Forward9Björn Palmqvist
Forward10Folke Bengtsson
Forward11Carl-Göran Öberg
Forward13Håkan Wickberg
Forward14Tord Lundström
Forward15Henric Hedlund
Forward17Svante Granholm
Forward18Roger Olsson
Forward16Leif Henriksson
Forward12Lars-Göran Nilsson
Defense5Bert-Ola Nordlander
CoachArne Strömberg
5FinlandFIN
Goalkeeper1Urpo Ylönen 1
Defense18Ilpo Koskela
Defense4Paavo Tirkkonen
Defense3Juha Rantasila
Defense7Pekka Kuusisto
Defense5Lalli Partinen
Defense6Seppo Lindström
Forward10Matti Reunamäki
Forward8Juhani Wahlsten
Forward9Matti Keinonen
Forward12Lasse Oksanen
Forward14Jorma Peltonen
Forward13Esa Peltonen
Forward11Kari Johansson
Forward17Veli-Pekka Ketola
Forward15Matti Harju
Forward16Pekka Leimu
18Pentti Koskela DNS
CoachGustav Bubník
6United StatesUSA
Forward4Herb Brooks
Forward16John Cunniff
Forward12Jack Dale
Forward15Craig Falkman
Defense18Bob Gaudreau, Sr.
Forward6Paul Hurley
Forward19Tom Hurley
Forward9Len Lilyholm
Goalkeeper23Jim Logue
Forward10Jack Morrison
Defense2Lou Nanne
Defense7Bob Paradise
Forward14Larry Pleau
Defense3Bruce Riutta
Defense5Don Ross
Goalkeeper1Pat Rupp
Forward20Larry Stordahl
Forward8Doug Volmar
CoachMurray Williamson
7West GermanyFRG
Forward7Ernst Köpf, Sr.
Forward15Bernd Kuhn
Forward16Lorenz Funk
Forward8Gustav Hanig
Forward17Horst Meindl
Forward11Heinz Weisenbach
Defense2Leonhard Waitl
Defense3Heinz Bader
Goalkeeper14Sepp Schramm
Goalkeeper1Günther Knauss
Defense5Hans Schichtl
Defense6Josef Völk
Defense19Rudi Thanner
Forward9Manfred Gmeiner
Forward10Peter Lax
Forward12Sepp Reif
Forward18Alois Schloder
Forward4Otto Schneitberger
CoachEd Reigle
8East GermanyGDR
Defense18Ulrich Noack
Forward10Bernd Karrenbauer
Forward15Hartmut Nickel
Defense2Helmut Novy
Defense4Wolfgang Plotka
Defense1Wilfried Sock
Goalkeeper17Dieter Pürschel 2
Goalkeeper16Klaus Hirche 3
Forward14Dieter Kratzsch
Defense3Dieter Voigt
Defense6Manfred Buder
Forward12Lothar Fuchs
Forward7Peter Prusa
Forward9Joachim Ziesche
Forward13Bernd Poindl
5Dietmar Peters
Forward8Bernd Hiller
Forward11Rüdiger Noack
CoachRudi Schmieder
9YugoslaviaYUG
Goalkeeper17Anton Jože Gale 4
Goalkeeper18Rudi Knez
Defense4Franc Razinger
Defense6Ivo Jan
Defense3Vlado Jug
Defense2Ivo Ratej
Defense15Viktor Ravnik
Forward16Janez Mlakar
Forward8Viktor Tišler
Forward10Bogo Jan
Forward1Boris Renaud
Forward12Ciril Klinar
Forward7Albin Felc
Forward14Roman Smolej
Forward9Franc Smolej
Forward11Miroslav Gojanović
Forward13Rudi Hiti
Forward5Slavko Beravs
CoachOldřich Mlčoch
10JapanJPN
Goalkeeper2Toshimitsu Otsubo
Goalkeeper1Katsuji Morishima
Defense4Isao Asai
Defense6Michihiro Sato
Defense7Takaaki Kaneiri
Defense3Hisashi Kasai
Defense5Toru Itabashi
Defense8Kenji Toriyabe
Forward11Minoru Ito
Forward14Takeshi Akiba
Forward15Kimihisa Kudo
Forward17Mamoru Takashima
Forward10Koji Iwamoto
Forward13Yutaka Ebina
Forward16Takao Hikigi
Forward9Toru Okajima
Forward12Kazuo Matsuda
Forward18Nobuhiro Araki
CoachJuji Kaneda
11NorwayNOR
Goalkeeper1Kåre Østensen
Defense2Thor Martinsen
Defense3Terje Steen
Defense17Svein Norman Hansen
Forward5Tor Gundersen
4Odd Syversen
Forward6Arne Mikkelsen
Forward8Christian Petersen
Forward7Rodney Riise
Forward13Per Skjerwen Olsen
Forward9Steinar Bjølbakk
Forward14Svein Haagensen
Forward16Georg Smefjell
Forward12Trygve Bergeid
Forward11Terje Thoen
10Olav Dalsøren
Forward15Bjørn Johansen
ForwardHarald Bråthen DNS
CoachEgil Bjerklund
12RomaniaROU
Goalkeeper20Constantin Dumitraș
Goalkeeper1Mihai Stoiculescu
Defense2Ștefan Ionescu
Defense4Dezideriu Varga
Defense3Zoltan Czaka
Defense5Zoltán Făgăraş
Defense16Răzvan Schiau
Forward7Ștefan Texe
Forward14Vasile Boldescu
Forward15Eduard Pană
Forward6Geza Szabo
Forward9Ion Bașa
Forward17Iulian Florescu
Forward10Aurel Moiș
Forward11Alexandru Calamar
Forward12Valentin Ștefan
Forward13Ioan Gheorghiu
Forward8Iuliu Szabo
CoachMihai Flamaropol
13AustriaAUT
Goalkeeper1Karl Pregl
Defense2Gerd Schager
Defense17Sepp Mössmer
Defense8Gerhard Felfernig
Defense5Hermann Erhart
Defense3Gerhard Hausner
Goalkeeper18Franz Schilcher
Forward13Heinz Schupp
Forward9Walter König
Forward12Josef Schwitzer
Forward10Heinz Knoflach
Forward7Sepp Puschnig
Forward11Klaus Weingärtner
Forward15Klaus Kirchbaumer
Forward6Dieter Kalt, Sr.
Forward16Günter Burkhart
Forward4Paul Samonig
Forward14Del Saint John
CoachJiří Hanzl
14FranceFRA
Goalkeeper20Jean-Claude Sozzi
Goalkeeper1Bernard Deschamps
Defense6Joël Godeau
Defense4Claude Blanchard
Defense7Philippe Lacarrière
Defense3René Blanchard
Defense2Bernard Cabanis
Defense5Joël Gauvin
Forward8Gérard Faucomprez
Forward15Alain Mazza
Forward18Olivier Prechac
Forward10Gilbert Lepré
Forward12Patrick Pourtanel
Forward11Michel Caux
Forward9Gilbert Itzicsohn
Forward17Daniel Grando
Forward14Patrick Francheterre
Forward16Charles Liberman
CoachPete Laliberté

Qualifying Round

Date4 February 1968
FormatWinners 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.
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #104 FebEast GermanyGDR3 – 1NorwayNOR
Match #204 FebWest GermanyFRG7 – 0RomaniaROU
Match #304 FebFinlandFIN11 – 2YugoslaviaYUG

Consolation Round

Date7 – 17 February 1968
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1YugoslaviaYUG5001033-9
2JapanJPN401827-12
3NorwayNOR302615-15
4RomaniaROU203422-23
5AustriaAUT104212-27
6FranceFRA00509-32
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #107 Feb 16:45YugoslaviaYUG5 – 1JapanJPN
Match #207 Feb 20:30RomaniaROU3 – 2AustriaAUT
Match #308 Feb 20:30NorwayNOR4 – 1FranceFRA
Match #409 Feb 16:45RomaniaROU7 – 3FranceFRA
Match #509 Feb 20:30YugoslaviaYUG6 – 0AustriaAUT
Match #610 Feb 20:30JapanJPN4 – 0NorwayNOR
Match #711 Feb 20:30AustriaAUT5 – 2FranceFRA
Match #812 Feb 16:45JapanJPN5 – 4RomaniaROU
Match #912 Feb 20:30NorwayNOR5 – 4AustriaAUT
Match #1013 Feb 20:30YugoslaviaYUG10 – 1FranceFRA
Match #1114 Feb 20:30NorwayNOR4 – 3RomaniaROU
Match #1215 Feb 20:30JapanJPN11 – 1AustriaAUT
Match #1316 Feb 20:30YugoslaviaYUG9 – 5RomaniaROU
Match #1417 Feb 16:45JapanJPN6 – 2FranceFRA
Match #1517 Feb 20:30YugoslaviaYUG3 – 2NorwayNOR

Final Round

Date6 – 17 February 1968
FormatRound-robin pool.
PosCompetitorsNOCWinsTiesLossesPointsGoals
1Soviet UnionURS6011248-10
2CzechoslovakiaTCH5111133-17
3CanadaCAN5021028-15
4SwedenSWE412923-18
5FinlandFIN313717-23
6United StatesUSA214523-28
7West GermanyFRG106213-39
8East GermanyGDR007013-48
MatchDate/TimeCompetitorsNOCResultCompetitorsNOC
Match #106 Feb 17:30CzechoslovakiaTCH5 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #206 Feb 21:00Soviet UnionURS8 – 0FinlandFIN
Match #306 Feb 21:00CanadaCAN6 – 1West GermanyFRG
Match #407 Feb 17:00SwedenSWE4 – 3United StatesUSA
Match #507 Feb 21:00Soviet UnionURS9 – 0East GermanyGDR
Match #608 Feb 17:00CzechoslovakiaTCH5 – 1West GermanyFRG
Match #708 Feb 21:00FinlandFIN5 – 2CanadaCAN
Match #809 Feb 13:00CanadaCAN11 – 0East GermanyGDR
Match #909 Feb 13:00SwedenSWE5 – 4West GermanyFRG
Match #1009 Feb 16:30Soviet UnionURS10 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #1110 Feb 12:00CzechoslovakiaTCH4 – 3FinlandFIN
Match #1210 Feb 15:30SwedenSWE5 – 2East GermanyGDR
Match #1311 Feb 16:30CanadaCAN3 – 2United StatesUSA
Match #1411 Feb 21:00Soviet UnionURS9 – 1West GermanyFRG
Match #1512 Feb 13:00CzechoslovakiaTCH10 – 3East GermanyGDR
Match #1612 Feb 16:30SwedenSWE5 – 1FinlandFIN
Match #1712 Feb 21:00United StatesUSA8 – 1West GermanyFRG
Match #1813 Feb 17:00Soviet UnionURS3 – 2SwedenSWE
Match #1913 Feb 21:00CanadaCAN3 – 2CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #2014 Feb 16:00FinlandFIN3 – 2East GermanyGDR
Match #2115 Feb 13:00United StatesUSA6 – 4East GermanyGDR
Match #2215 Feb 16:30CanadaCAN3 – 0SwedenSWE
Match #2315 Feb 21:00CzechoslovakiaTCH5 – 4Soviet UnionURS
Match #2416 Feb 15:30FinlandFIN4 – 1West GermanyFRG
Match #2517 Feb 10:30West GermanyFRG4 – 2East GermanyGDR
Match #2617 Feb 14:00FinlandFIN1 – 1United StatesUSA
Match #2717 Feb 17:30SwedenSWE2 – 2CzechoslovakiaTCH
Match #2817 Feb 21:00Soviet UnionURS5 – 0CanadaCAN