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Grenoble 1968
The Olympic Games or Olympics is an international multi-sport event taking place every four years which comprises of summer and winter games. Though the first ancient games were held in 776 B.C, the modern games started from 1896. The unity of the 5 continents is shown on the Olympic flag by five colorful intertwined rings of red, blue, green, yellow, and black, created by Baron Pierre de Coubertin to represent at least one color of the participating country’s national flag.
Grenoble 1968 Olympic Games opening ceremony was on 6 February 1968 and closing date was 18 February 1968. Grenoble 1968 Olympics was arranged in the country of the host city France. Candidate cities were Calgary, Lahti Are, Sapporo, Oslo and Lake Placid. In Grenoble 1968 Olympics included 37 Nations, 1158 athletes, 211 women, 947 men and 35 events. In that Olympics sports played were Bobsleigh, Ice Hockey, Skating, Skiing, Biathlon, and Luge.
Grenoble 1968 Olympics official opening of the Games was done by President Charles de Gaulle and lighting of the Olympic Flame by Alain Calmat. Olympic Oath by Leo Lacroix, Official Oath by the first officials' oath was sworn at the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich.
French hero Jean-Claude Killy swept the men’s Alpine events, but only after the greatest controversy in the history of the Winter Olympics. There was also controversy in the women’s luge when the three East German entrants, who had finished first, second and fourth, were disqualified for heating their runners. Toini Gustafsson starred in women’s cross-country skiing, winning both individual races and earning a silver medal in the relay. In that Grenoble 1968 year Norway achieved good position with hard working. They got 6, 6, 2 medals respectively Gold, Silver, Bronze in that specific year.
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