The 1968 Winter Universiade, the V Winter Universiade, took place in Innsbruck, Austria. The Soviet Union topped the medal standings.

Medal table

Alpine skiing

Men: Slalom Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Per Sunde (Norway) Bronze – Bill Marolt (United States) Men: Giant slalom Gold – Per Sunde (Norway) Silver – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia) Bronze – Franz Vogler (West Germany) Men: Downhill Gold – Scott Pyles (United States) Silver – Günther Scheuerl (West Germany) Bronze – Loris Werner (United States) Men: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Milan Pazout (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Robert Wollek (France) Bronze – Scott Pyles (United States) Women: Slalom Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States) Silver – Viki Jones (United States) Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria) Women: Giant slalom Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States) Silver – Viki Jones (United States) Bronze – Marisella Chevallard (Italy) Women: Downhill Gold – Heidi Obrecht (Switzerland) Silver – Christina Ditfurth (Austria) Bronze – Paola Strauss (Italy) Women: Combined Combined event is the overall standings of all disciplines on the Universiade program. Gold – Kathy Nagel (United States) Silver – Viki Jones (United States) Bronze – Christina Ditfurth (Austria)

Nordic skiing

Men: 15 km Gold – Jon Hoias (Norway) Silver – Yevgeniy Platunov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Anatoliy Zakharov (Soviet Union) Men: 4 x 10 km relay Gold – Soviet Union Silver – Japan Bronze – Finland Women: 10 km Gold – Yanna Yelistratova (Soviet Union) Silver – Lyubov Menchikova (Soviet Union) Bronze – Lidiya Doronina (Soviet Union) Women: 3 x 5 km relay Gold – Soviet Union Silver – Poland Bronze – Czechoslovakia

Nordic combined

Small hill ski jumping and 15km cross-country '''Men: ''' Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan) Silver – Masatoshi Sudo (Japan) Bronze – Antonin Kucera (Czechoslovakia)

Ski jumping

Men: Small Hill - K90 Gold – Hiroshi Itagaki (Japan) Silver – Masakatsu Asari (Japan) Bronze – Yukio Kasaya (Japan)

Figure skating

Men: Gold – Vladimir Kurenbin (Soviet Union) Silver – Marian Filc (Soviet Union) Bronze – Günter Anderl (Austria) Women: Gold – Kumiko Okawa (Japan) Silver – Helli Sengstschmid (Austria) Bronze – Kazumi Yamashita (Japan) Pairs: Gold – Bohunka Šrámková / Jan Šrámek (Czechoslovakia) Silver – Tatiana Sharanova / Anatoli Evdokimov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Lyudmila Suslina / Alexander Tikhomirov (Soviet Union) Ice dancing: Gold – Heidi Mezger / Herbert Rothkappl (Austria) Silver – Diana Skotnická / Martin Skotnický (Czechoslovakia) Bronze – none

Ice hockey

Men: Gold – Soviet Union Silver – Czechoslovakia Bronze – Canada (University of Toronto Varsity Blues)

Speed skating

'''Men: 500M ''' Gold – Erhard Keller (West Germany) Silver – Keiichi Suzuki (Japan) Bronze – Takayuki Hida (Japan) '''Men: 1500M ''' Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union) Silver – Valeriy Bayonov (Soviet Union) Bronze – Arkadiy Kichenko (Soviet Union) Bronze – Pekka Halinen (Finland) '''Men: 3000M ''' Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union) Silver – Pekka Halinen (Finland) Bronze – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union) '''Men: 5000M ''' Gold – Aleksandr Zhekulayev (Soviet Union) Silver – Anatoliy Nokhrin (Soviet Union) Bronze – Yoshiaki Demachi (Japan)