1968 Summer Olympics

The Summer and Winter Olympics are each held every four years, and themselves occur two years apart within the four-year Olympiad.

were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.

The 1968 Olympic football tournament was played as part of the 1968 Summer Olympics.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women.

The International Amateur Baseball Tournament was held in Mexico City in 1968 between four different national baseball teams.

Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the seventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event.

The boxing programme of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico was held at the Arena México.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, seven events in sprint canoe racing were contested.

The cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.

The diving competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City featured four events.

Equestrian competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico featured team and individual competitions in show jumping, eventing, and dressage.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, eight events in fencing were contested.

The men's field hockey tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the 11th edition of the field hockey event for men at the Summer Olympics.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women.

Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics featured seven events, for men only.

The Sailing program of 1968 consisted of a total of five sailing classes (disciplines).

Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City comprised seven events.

The swimming competitions at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City took place from 17 to 26 October at the Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez.

Volleyball at the 1968 Summer Olympics was represented by two events: men's team and women's team.

The water polo tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics was held from 14 to 25 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico.

The weightlifting competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City consisted of seven weight classes, all for men only.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics, 16 wrestling events were contested, for all men.

As an Olympian in 1968, 1972 and 1976 he won a total of eight medals

He also competed in the Finn class of sailing on three Summer Olympic Games; in 1968, 1972, and 1976.

at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics for the West German team

1968 Summer Olympics

Sprint canoeist Roswitha Esser won two gold medals in the K2 at the 1964 Tokyo and the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games

1968 Summer Olympics

Canoe Singles (C1), 1,000 metres, Men

1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

1968 Summer Olympics

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she represented the Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics

He was the flag bearer at the 1968 Summer Olympics

in three consecutive Olympic Games: in 1968, 1972 and 1976

he became the most successful male athlete at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Competing in four Summer Olympics, Nummisto earned his best finish of fifth place in the K-4 1000 m event at Mexico City in 1968.

He was part of the winning team at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

He competed in the individual and team épée events at the 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics

competed at the 1960, 1964 and 1968 Olympics in the individual and team foil events

finishing in eighth place at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

He competed for East Germany in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

notable for winning a gold medal in Mexico City in 1968

at the next three Games (1968, 1972, and 1976)

Four years later at the 1968 Games she competed for East Germany

Burton won two gold medals in individual events at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

competed in the 1960 Summer Olympics, 1964 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics

In 1964 at Tokyo and in 1968 at Mexico City he won two bronze medals in the team event (1964 for Mixed German Team, 1968 for East Germany).

He won the team épée gold medal at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics.

she won gold medals at the 1967 Pan American Games and 1968 Olympics

He represented India in three Olympics from 1968 through 1976

silver medals in 1964 and 1968

won gold medals at the 1964 and 1968 Olympic Games

won at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics and 1972 Munich Olympics both in the Flying Dutchman class

He competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City

Lewe earned two medals in the C-1 1000 m event with a silver in 1968 and a bronze in 1972

Olympic Games team member (1968, 1972, and 1976)

His result in 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico city was the best result Turkey had had in the Olympic marathon events up to that time.

who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics

Storey won the Olympic coxed four event along with Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Warren Cole and Simon Dickie (cox); this was New Zealand's first gold medal in rowing.

The Croat, who conquered Olympic silver (1964) and gold (1968) as a water polo player with the former Yugoslavia

In 1968 he won again a bronze medal when the Hungarian team finished third in the Olympic tournament.

Two years later, at the 1968 Summer Olympics, she came within one-tenth of a second of taking gold in the 100 m breaststroke.

Kok reached her peak at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

took the gold medal for winning the men's 200-meter butterfly with a time of 2:08.7 at the 1968 Olympics

When Mexico City hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics, Kolb won two gold medals.

except for the 1968 Olympics, where she finished first in the 100 m breaststroke

Michael Vincent Wenden, (born 17 November 1949) is a champion swimmer who represented Australia in the 1968 Summer Olympics and 1972 Summer Olympics.

a three-time Olympic champion at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics

He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics

She competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics in eight events in total

As a 17-year-old, she won two gold medals and a bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

She also participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics

at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics

Aged 13 Calligaris competed at the 1968 Olympics in the 200 m, 400 m and 800 m freestyle, but was eliminated in the heats of all events.

In competing for her native country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, she won the gold medal in the javelin.

He competed in the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

her teams finished in fourth and fifth place in 1960 and 1968, respectively

He competed in the individual road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

He won the Olympic 100 km team time trial in 1968

He became Olympic champion in the 100 km team time trial in 1968

As an amateur, he competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics

a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the 4 km team pursuit and finished second individually

at the 1968 Summer Olympics

In 1968 De Vlaeminck rode the road race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico and finished 18th

He competed in the team time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

member of the Indian team that won the gold medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics, the bronze medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics and the gold medal at the 1966 Asian Games

He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics

While passing the gender test at the 1968 Olympics Krebs learned that she was three-month pregnant.

After a troubled childhood, Foreman took up amateur boxing and won a gold medal in the heavyweight division at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

He won a total of five gold medals and one silver medal at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics.

He won a gold medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics, revolutionizing the high jump event with a "back-first" technique now known as the Fosbury flop.

He won an individual gold medal in dressage at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and a gold medal in team dressage at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich.

He competed for the Soviet Union at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics and won a silver and a gold medal, respectively.

He trained at VSS Vodnik and scored his first Olympic triumph at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, when he dominated his 35 opponents in the Finn class, finishing first or second in five of the seven races to win the gold medal.

At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds, the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.

three golds (1968, 1972 and 1976) and one silver (1980)

Beamon entered the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City as the favorite to win the gold medal, having won 22 of the 23 meets he had competed in that year, including a career-best of 8.33 m (27 ft 3+3⁄4 in) and a world's best of 8.39 m (27 ft 6+1⁄4 in) that was ineligible for the record books due to excessive wind assistance.

bronze-medal winner in the 200 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics

selected as the Olympic flag bearer for West Germany at its first appearance at the Summer Olympics

won individual and relay gold at the Mexico City Olympics

She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Olympics