Australia at the 1968 Winter Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1968 Winter
competitors=3
sports=3
flagbearer=Malcolm Milne

Australia competed at the 1968 Winter Olympics in Grenoble, France.Three athletes were sent, and Australia competed in alpine skiing, cross-country skiing and speed skating.

Malcolm Milne, brother of Ross Milne, who died while practicing for the 1964 Winter Olympics, represented Australia in alpine skiing. He gained the best results for Australia in that Olympics, and one of the best slalom results ever for any Australian male.

This was the first of six Olympics for speed skater Colin Coates.

Results by event

Alpine skiing

* Downhill: Malcolm Milne (24th/73)
* Giant slalom: Malcolm Milne (33rd/89)
* Slalom: Malcolm Milne (24th/31)

Cross-country skiing

* 15 km: Ross Martin (60th/72)
* 30 km: Ross Martin (60th/63)

peed skating

* 500 m: Colin Coates (41st/46)
* 1500 m: Colin Coates (49th/53)

ee also

*Australia at the Winter Olympics

External links

* [http://www.olympics.com.au/ Australia NOC]
* [http://www.owia.org/ Olympic Winter Institute of Australia]

References

*"Australians at the Olympics: A definitive history" by Gary Lester ISBN 0-949853-05-4 (suspected errata listed in )

*"2002 Australian Winter Olympic Team Guide" [http://web.archive.org/web/20030308012801/http%3A//www.olympics.com.au/cp7/c9/webi/externaldocument/000114aq.pdf PDF file]

*"The Compendium: Official Australian Olympic Statistics 1896-2002" Australian Olympic Committee ISBN 0-7022-3425-7 (Inconsistencies in sources mentioned in )