Maxim Card for 1968 Winter Olympics

The official logo for Olympics 1968 Winter Olympics is unveiled on 22-4-67...The Logo of 1968 Winter Olympics represents a snow crystal and three red roses, the symbol of Grenoble, and the Olympic rings.

Ski Jump Issue

The Ski Jump Issue and the Fifth of the Series.It  shows the image of Skier skiing down the Alps Mountains..The event is held on 11-02-1968.The Gold Medal is bagged by Jiří Raška of Czechoslovakia in Men's  Normal Hill and  Vladimir Belousov of USSR in Men's  Large Hill.

Slalom or Skiing Event Issue

 

The Fourth in the Five Stamp Series of  Winter Olympics,Grenoble,France 1968  ..The above stamp shows the image of a downhill skier.France is surrounded by Alps Mountains and the Event is held at Chamrousse, from February 9-17 1968..

The Medals Tally is

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Men's Downhill	Jean-Claude Killy	Guy Périllat	Jean-Daniel Dätwyler
Men's Giant Slalom	Jean-Claude Killy	Willy Favre	Heini Meßner
Men's Slalom	Jean-Claude Killy	Herbert Huber	Alfred Matt
Women's Downhill	Olga Pall	Isabelle Mir	Christl Haas
Women's Giant Slalom	Nancy Greene	Annie Famose	Fernande Bochatay
Women's Slalom	Marielle Goitschel	Nancy Greene	Annie Famose

Olympic Flame 1968

 

The Third in the Five stamps series of 1968  Winter Olympic Games held in Grenoble,France.It shows the Torch lit for the games .The stamps also shows the logo for the 1968 Olympic Games.The Opening Ceremony is held on 6-2-1968 headed by the President of France, Charles De Gaulle and the

Torch  is lit by Alain Calmat of France who won a silver Medal in Figure Skating..

Figure Skating Issue for 1968 Olympics

 

The second issue in the five stamp Series.The above stamp  shows the image of a Dancer involved in Figure Skating Singles....The stamp is of value 0,75 cents with a surcharge of 0,25 cents. In Women's Singles Peggy Fleming of United States won the gold medal..Figure Skating started on 8-2-1968 and finished on 16-2-1968 with a total of  96 participants , (46 men and 50 women)  from 17 countries

Ice Hockey by France for 1968 Olympics

Out of the Five Stamps issued by France on 27-1-1968,the above Stamp shows Ice Hockey.The Cancellation shows the Logo of the Winter Olympics 1968.The Stamp bears the value of 0,40 cents with a  surcharge of 0,10 cents for developing the funds for Olympic Games

1968 Olympic Winter Games Grenoble,France

The 1968 Winter Olympics, officially known as the X Olympic Winter Games, were a wintermulti-sport event which was celebrated in 1968 in Grenoble, France and opened on February 6. Thirty-seven countries participated. Norway won the most medals, the first time a country other than the USSR had done so since the USSR first entered the Winter Games in 1956.

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  (American Broadcasting Company) extensive coverage of Fleming and Killy, who became overnight sensations among teenage girls.

The year 1968 marked the first time the IOC first permitted East and West Germany to enter separately, and the first time the IOC ever ordered drug and gender testing of competitors.

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