Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 225 competitors, 175 men and 50 women, took part in 133 events in 16 sports.[1] British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

Great Britain at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeGBR
NOCBritish Olympic Association
in Mexico City
Competitors225 (175 men and 50 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearersLynn Davies (opening)
David Hemery (closing)
Medals
Ranked 10th
Gold
5
Silver
5
Bronze
3
Total
13
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

Medallists

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Medals by sport
Sport       Total
Athletics 1 2 1 4
Equestrian 1 2 1 4
Sailing 1 0 1 2
Boxing 1 0 0 1
Shooting 1 0 0 1
Swimming 0 1 0 1
Total 5 5 3 13

Gold

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Silver

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Bronze

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Athletics

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Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualifying Round — 68.06m
  • Final — 67.62m (→ 10th place)

Women's Pentathlon

  • Final Result — 4.786 points (→ 10th place)

Boxing

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Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Canoeing

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Cycling

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Fourteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1968.

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

Diving

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Equestrian

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Fencing

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17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1968.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Men's team épée
Men's sabre
Men's team sabre
Women's foil
Women's team foil

Gymnastics

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Hockey

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Modern pentathlon

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Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1968.

Individual
Team

Rowing

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There were seven rowing events for men only and Great Britain entered two boats.[2] In the eight, Malcolm Malpass in seat 5 was replaced with John Mullard in the B final.[3]

Athlete Event Heats Repechage Semi-finals Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Kenny Dwan Single sculls 8:03.95 4 R 7:41.98 1 SF 7:55.90 3 FA 8:13.76 6
Peter Thomas
Andrew Bayles
Patrick Wright
Peter Knapp
John Mullard
Robin Yarrow
Bruce Carter
Michael Cooper
Timothy Kirk (cox)
Malcolm Malpass
Eight 6:22.20 6 R 6:43.55 5 FB 6:29.23 10

Sailing

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Shooting

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Ten shooters, all men, represented Great Britain in 1968. Bob Braithwaite won gold in the trap.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
Skeet

Swimming

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Weightlifting

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Great Britain at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 3 April 2010. Retrieved 29 December 2010.
  2. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Great Britain Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
  3. ^ Alvarez, José Rogelio (1969). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968: Volume III part 1 (PDF) (PDF). Mexico City, Mexico: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 550f. Archived from the original (PDF) on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 11 October 2016.