United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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United States at the
1968 Summer Olympics
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Flag of the United States
IOC codeUSA
NOCUnited States Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors357 (274 men and 83 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearerJanice-Lee Romary
Medals
Ranked 1st
Gold
45
Silver
28
Bronze
34
Total
107
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 357 competitors, 274 men and 83 women, took part in 167 events in 18 sports.[1]

Medalists[]

Gold[]

  • Jim Hines — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • Tommie Smith — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Lee Evans — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
  • Willie Davenport — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • Charles Greene, Jim Hines, Mel Pender, and Ronnie Ray Smith — Athletics, Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Lee Evans, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Vincent Matthews — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
  • Dick Fosbury — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • Bob Seagren — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
  • Bob Beamon — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Randy Matson — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
  • Bill Toomey — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
  • Wyomia Tyus — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Madeline Manning — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
  • Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, and Wyomia Tyus — Athletics, Women's 4 × 100 m Relay
  • Michael Barrett, John Clawson, Donald Dee, Calvin Fowler, Spencer Haywood, Wilmer Hosket, James King, Glynn Saulters, Charles Scott, Michael Silliman, Kenneth Spain, and Jo Jo White — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
  • Ronald Harris — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
  • George Foreman — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
  • Bernie Wrightson — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Sue Gossick — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
  • Gary Anderson — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
  • Mike Burton — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
  • Mike Burton — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Don McKenzie — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Doug Russell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Carl Robie — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • Charlie Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Charlie Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Ken Walsh, and Zac Zorn — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle
  • John Nelson, Stephen Rerych, Don Schollander, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle
  • Charlie Hickcox, Don McKenzie, Doug Russell, and Ken Walsh — Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
  • Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
  • Kaye Hall — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
  • Lillian Watson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
  • Sharon Wichman — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Claudia Kolb — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Claudia Kolb — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavson, Jan Henne, and Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
  • Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Kaye Hall, and Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
  • Peter Barrett and Lowell North — Sailing, Men's Star
  • George Friedrichs, Barton Jahncke, and Gerald Schreck — Sailing, Men's Dragon

Silver[]

  • Larry James — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
  • Jim Ryun — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
  • Ervin Hall — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
  • Edward Caruthers — Athletics, Men's High Jump
  • George Woods — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
  • Barbara Ferrell — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
  • Albert Robinson — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
  • Michael Page, Michael Plumb, and James Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
  • Larry Hough and Tony Johnson — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
  • John Writer — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
  • Thomas Garrigus — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
  • Ken Walsh — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • Don Schollander — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • John Kinsella — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
  • Charlie Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Mitch Ivey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
  • Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • Greg Buckingham — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Gary Hall — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Linda Gustavson — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
  • Pam Kruse — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
  • Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
  • Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Lynn Vidali — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
  • Richard Sanders — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
  • Donald Behm — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Bronze[]

  • Charles Greene — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
  • John Carlos — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
  • Ron Freeman — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
  • Tom Farrell — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
  • George Young — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
  • Larry Young — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
  • Ralph Boston — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
  • Harlan Marbley — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
  • James Wallington — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
  • John Lee Baldwin — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Alfred Jones — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • James Henry — Diving, Men's Springboard
  • Keala O'Sullivan — Diving, Women's Springboard
  • Edwin Young — Diving, Men's Platform
  • Ann Peterson — Diving, Women's Platform
  • Michael Page — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
  • William Maher and John Nunn — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
  • Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
  • John Nelson — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
  • Ronald Mills — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
  • Jack Horsley — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
  • Brian Job — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
  • Ross Wales — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
  • John Ferris — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
  • John Ferris — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Linda Gustavson — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
  • Jane Barkman — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
  • Jane Swagerty — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
  • Kaye Hall — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
  • Sharon Wichman — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
  • Susan Shields — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
  • Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
  • Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
  • Joseph Dube — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Competition

Men's 100 meters

Men's 200 meters

  • Tommie Smith
  • John Carlos
  • Larry Questad

Men's 400 meters

Men's 800 meters

Men's 1.500 meters

  • Jim Ryun
  • Marty Liquori
  • Tom Von Ruden

Men's 5,000 meters

Men's 10,000 meters

  • Tom Laris
  • Van Nelson
  • Tracy Smith

Men's Marathon

  • George Young
  • Ronald Daws
  • Kenny Moore

Men's 110 meter Hurdles

Men's 400 meter Hurdles

Men's 3,000 meter Steeplechase

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

  • Vincent Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Lee Evans

Men's 20 km Walk

Men's 50 km Walk

  • David Romansky
  • Goetz Klopfer
  • Larry Young

Men's Long Jump

Men's Triple Jump

Men's High Jump

Men's Pole Vault

Men's Shot Put

Men's Javelin Throw

Men's Discus Throw

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Hal Connolly
  • Albert Hall
  • Ed Burke

Men's Decathlon

Women's Competition

Women's 100 meters

Women's 200 meters

Women's 400 meters

  • Esther Stroy
  • Lois Ann Drinkwater
  • Jarvis Scott

Women's 800 meters

Women's 4 × 100 m Relay

Women's 80m Hurdles

Women's Long Jump

Women's High Jump

Women's Shot Put

  • Maren Seidler

Women's Javelin Throw

  • RaNae Bair
  • Barbara Friedrich

Women's Discus Throw

Women's Pentathlon

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Canoeing[]

Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1968.

Individual road race
Team time trial
Sprint
1000m time trial
Tandem
Individual pursuit
Team pursuit

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Equestrian[]

Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

20 fencers represented the United States in 1968.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
  • Herbert Cohen, Albie Axelrod, Uriah Jones, Larry Anastasi, Jeffrey Checkes
Men's épée
Men's team épée
  • Paul Pesthy, Stephen Netburn, David Micahnik, Daniel Cantillon, Robert Beck
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
  • Jan York-Romary
  • Harriet King
  • Veronica Smith
Women's team foil
  • Harriet King, Veronica Smith, Sally Pechinsky, Maxine Mitchell, Jan York-Romary

Gymnastics[]

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Modern pentathlon[]

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1968.

Individual
Team
  • James Moore
  • Bob Beck
  • Tom Lough

Rowing[]

Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Twelve shooters represented the United States in 1968. Gary Anderson won gold in 300 m rifle, three positions, John Writer won silver in the 50 m rifle, three positions and Thomas Garrigus won silver in the trap.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
300 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
  • Gary Anderson
  • Lones Wigger
Trap
  • Tom Garrigus
  • Ray Stafford
Skeet

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-0)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (2-3)
  • Lost to Poland (0-3)
  • Lost to East Germany (0-3)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated Mexico (3-1)
  • Defeated Belgium (3-0) → Seventh place
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach:
Women's Team Competition
  • Round Robin
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
  • Lost to Poland (0-3)
  • Lost to South Korea (1-3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Lost to Peru (1-3)
  • Lost to Mexico (0-3) → 8th and last place
  • Head Coach: Harlan Cohen

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Team Competition
  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Brazil (10:5)
  • Defeated Spain (10:7)
  • Tied with Cuba (6:6)
  • Lost to Hungary (1:5)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (3:8)
  • Defeated West Germany (7:5)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Netherlands (6:3)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (6:4) → 5th place
  • Team Roster

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

References[]

  1. ^ "United States at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-01-02.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "United States Volleyball at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17.

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