United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics

United States at the
1968 Summer Olympics
United States at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
	Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA; (EUA used at these Games)
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	357 (274 men and 83 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Janice-Lee Romary
Medals; Ranked 1st	Gold 45 Silver 28 Bronze 34 Total 107
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1896; 1900; 1904; 1908; 1912; 1920; 1924; 1928; 1932; 1936; 1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;
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

The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 45 gold and 107 total medals.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Gold	Jim Hines	Athletics	Men's 100 m	October 14
Gold	Randy Matson	Athletics	Men's shot put	October 14
Gold	Al Oerter	Athletics	Men's discs throw	October 15
Gold	Wyomia Tyus	Athletics	Women's 100 m	October 15
Gold	Tommie Smith	Athletics	Men's 200 m	October 16
Gold	Bob Seagren	Athletics	Men's pole vault	October 16
Gold	Willie Davenport	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	October 17
Gold	David Johnson^[a] William Johnson^[a] Stephen Rerych Don Schollander^[a] Mark Spitz Michael Wall^[a] Ken Walsh Zac Zorn	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	October 17
Gold	Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Kaye Hall Jan Henne^[a] Suzy Jones^[a] Susan Pedersen Susan Shields^[a] Jane Swagerty^[a]	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay	October 17
Gold	Lee Evans	Athletics	Men's 400 m	October 18
Gold	Bob Beamon	Athletics	Men's long jump	October 18
Gold	Sue Gossick	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	October 18
Gold	Bill Toomey	Athletics	Men's decathlon	October 19
Gold	Madeline Manning	Athletics	Women's 800 m	October 19
Gold	Don McKenzie	Swimming	Men's 100 m breaststroke	October 19
Gold	Jan Henne	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	October 19
Gold	Charles Greene Jim Hines Mel Pender Ronnie Smith	Athletics	Men's 4 × 100 m relay	October 20
Gold	Lee Evans Ron Freeman Larry James Vincent Matthews	Athletics	Men's 4 × 400 m relay	October 20
Gold	Dick Fosbury	Athletics	Men's high jump	October 20
Gold	Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	Athletics	Women's 4 × 100 m relay	October 20
Gold	Bernard Wrightson	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	October 20
Gold	Charlie Hickcox	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Gold	Debbie Meyer	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	October 20
Gold	Claudia Kolb	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Gold	Peter Barrett Lowell North	Sailing	Star	October 21
Gold	George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck	Sailing	Dragon	October 21
Gold	Doug Russell	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	October 21
Gold	David Johnson^[a] William Johnson^[a] John Nelson Stephen Rerych Don Schollander Mark Spitz Andrew Strenk^[a] Michael Wall^[a]	Swimming	Men's 4 × 200 m freestyle relay	October 21
Gold	Debbie Meyer	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	October 22
Gold	William Steinkraus	Equestrian	Individual jumping	October 23
Gold	Gary Anderson	Shooting	300 m rifle three position	October 23
Gold	Mike Burton	Swimming	Men's 400 m freestyle	October 23
Gold	Charlie Hickcox	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	October 23
Gold	Kaye Hall	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	October 23
Gold	Sharon Wichman	Swimming	Women's 200 m breaststroke	October 23
Gold	Carl Robie	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	October 24
Gold	Debbie Meyer	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	October 24
Gold	United States men's national basketball team Mike Barrett John Clawson Don Dee Calvin Fowler Spencer Haywood Bill Hosket Jim King Glynn Saulters Charlie Scott Mike Silliman Ken Spain Jo Jo White	Basketball	Men's tournament	October 25
Gold	Lillian Watson	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	October 25
Gold	Claudia Kolb	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	October 25
Gold	Ronnie Harris	Boxing	Lightweight	October 26
Gold	George Foreman	Boxing	Heavyweight	October 26
Gold	Mike Burton	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	October 26
Gold	Charlie Hickcox Chet Jastremski^[a] Don McKenzie Ronnie Mills^[a] Carl Robie^[a] Doug Russell Don Schollander^[a] Ken Walsh	Swimming	Men's 4 × 100 m medley relay	October 26
Gold	Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Jan Henne Susan Pedersen	Swimming	Women's 4 × 100 m freestyle relay	October 26
Silver	George Woods	Athletics	Men's shot put	October 14
Silver	Barbara Ferrell	Athletics	Women's 100 m	October 15
Silver	Ervin Hall	Athletics	Men's 110 m hurdles	October 17
Silver	Larry James	Athletics	Men's 400 m	October 18
Silver	Larry Hough Tony Johnson	Rowing	Coxless pair	October 18
Silver	Thomas Garrigus	Shooting	Trap	October 19
Silver	Ken Walsh	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	October 19
Silver	Susan Pedersen	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	October 19
Silver	Jim Ryun	Athletics	Men's 1500 m	October 20
Silver	Ed Caruthers	Athletics	Men's high jump	October 20
Silver	Greg Buckingham	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Silver	Linda Gustavson	Swimming	Women's 400 m freestyle	October 20
Silver	Susan Pedersen	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Silver	Rick Sanders	Wrestling	Freestyle 52 kg	October 20
Silver	Donald Behm	Wrestling	Freestyle 57 kg	October 20
Silver	Kevin Freeman Michael Page Michael Plumb James C. Wofford	Equestrian	Team eventing	October 21
Silver	John Writer	Shooting	50 m rifle three position	October 21
Silver	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	October 21
Silver	Ellie Daniel	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	October 21
Silver	Charlie Hickcox	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	October 22
Silver	Jan Henne	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	October 22
Silver	Gary Hall Sr.	Swimming	Men's 400 m individual medley	October 23
Silver	Don Schollander	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	October 24
Silver	Pam Kruse	Swimming	Women's 800 m freestyle	October 24
Silver	Mitch Ivey	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	October 25
Silver	Lynn Vidali	Swimming	Women's 400 m individual medley	October 25
Silver	Al Robinson	Boxing	Featherweight	October 26
Silver	John Kinsella	Swimming	Men's 1500 m freestyle	October 26
Bronze	Charles Greene	Athletics	Men's 100 m	October 14
Bronze	Tom Farrell	Athletics	Men's 800 m	October 15
Bronze	John Carlos	Athletics	Men's 200 m	October 16
Bronze	George Young	Athletics	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	October 16
Bronze	Larry Young	Athletics	Men's 50 km walk	October 17
Bronze	Ron Freeman	Athletics	Men's 400 m	October 18
Bronze	Ralph Boston	Athletics	Men's long jump	October 18
Bronze	Keala O'Sullivan	Diving	Women's 3 m springboard	October 18
Bronze	Bill Maher John Nunn	Rowing	Double sculls	October 19
Bronze	Mark Spitz	Swimming	Men's 100 m freestyle	October 19
Bronze	Linda Gustavson	Swimming	Women's 100 m freestyle	October 19
Bronze	Sharon Wichman	Swimming	Women's 100 m breaststroke	October 19
Bronze	Joseph Dube	Weightlifting	+90 kg	October 19
Bronze	Jim Henry	Diving	Men's 3 m springboard	October 20
Bronze	John Ferris	Swimming	Men's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Bronze	Jan Henne	Swimming	Women's 200 m individual medley	October 20
Bronze	Michael Page	Equestrian	Individual eventing	October 21
Bronze	Ross Wales	Swimming	Men's 100 m butterfly	October 21
Bronze	Susan Shields	Swimming	Women's 100 m butterfly	October 21
Bronze	Ronnie Mills	Swimming	Men's 100 m backstroke	October 22
Bronze	Brian Job	Swimming	Men's 200 m breaststroke	October 22
Bronze	Jane Barkman	Swimming	Women's 200 m freestyle	October 22
Bronze	Ann Peterson	Diving	Women's 10 m platform	October 23
Bronze	Jane Swagerty	Swimming	Women's 100 m backstroke	October 23
Bronze	Harlan Marbley	Boxing	Light flyweight	October 24
Bronze	Jim Wallington	Boxing	Light welterweight	October 24
Bronze	John Baldwin	Boxing	Light middleweight	October 24
Bronze	Alfred Jones	Boxing	Middleweight	October 24
Bronze	John Nelson	Swimming	Men's 200 m freestyle	October 24
Bronze	John Ferris	Swimming	Men's 200 m butterfly	October 24
Bronze	Ellie Daniel	Swimming	Women's 200 m butterfly	October 24
Bronze	Jack Horsley	Swimming	Men's 200 m backstroke	October 25
Bronze	Kaye Hall	Swimming	Women's 200 m backstroke	October 25
Bronze	Edwin Young	Diving	Men's 10 m platform	October 26

Medals by sport
Total	45	28	34	107
Sport				Total
Swimming	21	15	16	52
Athletics	15	6	7	28
Boxing	2	1	4	7
Diving	2	0	4	6
Sailing	2	0	0	2
Shooting	1	2	0	3
Equestrian	1	1	1	3
Basketball	1	0	0	1
Wrestling	0	2	0	2
Rowing	0	1	1	2
Weightlifting	0	0	1	1

Medals by day
Total		45	28	34	107
Day	Date				Total
1	October 13	0	0	0	0
2	October 14	2	1	1	4
3	October 15	2	1	1	4
4	October 16	2	0	2	4
5	October 17	3	1	1	5
6	October 18	3	2	3	8
7	October 19	4	3	5	12
8	October 20	8	7	3	18
9	October 21	4	4	3	11
10	October 22	1	2	3	6
11	October 23	6	1	2	9
12	October 24	2	2	7	11
13	October 25	3	2	2	7
14	October 26	5	2	1	8
15	October 27	0	0	0	0

Medals by gender
Total	45	28	34	107
Gender				Total
Male	30	20	24	74
Female	15	8	10	33

Multiple medalists
Name	Sport				Total
Jan Henne	Swimming	3	1	1	5
Charlie Hickcox	Swimming	3	1	0	4
Don Schollander	Swimming	3	1	0	4
Susan Pedersen	Swimming	2	2	0	4
Mark Spitz	Swimming	2	1	1	4
Debbie Meyer	Swimming	3	0	0	3
Ken Walsh	Swimming	2	1	0	3
Kaye Hall	Swimming	2	0	1	3
Ellie Daniel	Swimming	1	1	1	3
Linda Gustavson	Swimming	1	1	1	3
Mike Burton	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Lee Evans	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Jim Hines	Athletics	2	0	0	2
David Johnson	Swimming	2	0	0	2
William Johnson	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Claudia Kolb	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Don McKenzie	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Stephen Rerych	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Carl Robie	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Doug Russell	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Wyomia Tyus	Athletics	2	0	0	2
Michael Wall	Swimming	2	0	0	2
Barbara Ferrell	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Larry James	Athletics	1	1	0	2
Jane Barkman	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Ron Freeman	Athletics	1	0	1	2
Charles Greene	Athletics	1	0	1	2
Ronnie Mills	Swimming	1	0	1	2
John Nelson	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Susan Shields	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Jane Swagerty	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Sharon Wichman	Swimming	1	0	1	2
Michael Page	Equestrian	0	1	1	2
John Ferris	Swimming	0	0	2	2

^a Athletes who participated in the heats only.

Athletics

Key

Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
Q = Qualified for the next round
q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target

Track and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charles Greene	100 m	10.09	1 Q	10.02	1 Q	10.13	1 Q	10.07
Jim Hines		10.26	1 Q	10.14	2 Q	10.08	1 Q	9.95 WR
Mel Pender		10.35	2 Q	10.16	2 Q	10.21	4 Q	10.17	6
John Carlos	200 m	20.54	1 Q	20.69	1 Q	20.12 OR	1 Q	20.10
Larry Questad		20.75	1 Q	20.57	2 Q	20.48	3 Q	20.62	6
Tommie Smith		20.37	1 Q	20.28	1 Q	20.14	1 Q	19.83 WR
Lee Evans	400 m	45.40	1 Q	45.54	2 Q	44.83 OR	1 Q	43.86 WR
Ron Freeman		45.67	3 Q	45.31	1 Q	45.47	2 Q	44.41
Larry James		45.83	3 Q	45.77	2 Q	44.88	2 Q	43.97
Wade Bell	800 m	1:51.5	5	—		Did not advance
Tom Farrell		1:47.9	2 Q			1:46.1	4 Q	1:45.4
Ron Kutschinski		1:47.6	3 q			1:47.3	5	Did not advance
Marty Liquori	1500 m	3:52.78	1 Q	—		3:52.17	4 Q	4:18.22	12
Jim Ryun		3:45.80	1 Q			3:51.25	1 Q	3:37.89
Tom Von Ruden		3:59.15	1 Q			3:54.12	3 Q	3:49.27	9
Jack Bacheler	5000 m	14:31.0	4 Q	—				DNS
Bob Day		14:23.2	6					Did not advance
Lou Scott		15:13.6	11					Did not advance
Tom Laris	10,000 m	—						30:26.2	16
Van Nelson								31:40.2	28
Tracy Smith								30:14.6	11
Leon Coleman	110 m hurdles	13.77	1 Q	—		13.54	2 Q	13.67	4
Willie Davenport		13.65	1 Q			13.53	1 Q	13.33 OR
Ervin Hall		13.75	1 Q			13.38 OR	1 Q	13.42
Geoff Vanderstock	400 m hurdles	—		50.6	2 Q	49.2	2 Q	49.0	4
Ron Whitney	400 m hurdles	—		49.0 OR	1 Q	49.2	2 Q	49.2	6
Conrad Nightingale	3000 m steeplechase	9:13.23	6	—				Did not advance
Bill Reilly		9:10.35	5					Did not advance
George Young		9:01.49	2 Q					8:51.86
Charles Greene Jim Hines Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith	4 × 100 m relay	38.8	2 Q	—		38.6	2 Q	38.24 WR
Lee Evans Ron Freeman Larry James Vincent Matthews	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.71	1 Q	—				2:56.10 WR
Ron Daws	Marathon	—						2:33:53	22
Kenny Moore								2:29:49	14
George Young								2:31:15	16
Tom Dooley	20 km walk	—						1:40:08	17
Rudy Haluza								1:35:00.2	4
Ron Laird								1:44:38	25
Goetz Klopfer	50 km walk	—						4:39:13.8	10
Dave Romansky								5:38:03.4	26
Larry Young								4:31:55.4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margaret Bailes	100 m	11.2	1 Q	11.3	2 Q	11.5	3 Q	11.3	5
Barbara Ferrell		11.2	1 Q	11.1	1 Q	11.3	2 Q	11.1
Wyomia Tyus		11.2	1 Q	11.0	1 Q	11.3	1 Q	11.0 WR
Margaret Bailes	200 m	23.1	2 Q	—		22.9	3 Q	23.1	7
Barbara Ferrell		22.9	1 Q			22.8 OR	1 Q	22.9	4
Wyomia Tyus		23.4	1 Q			23.1	2 Q	23.0	6
Lois Anne Drinkwater	400 m	54.5	4 Q	—		57.3	8	Did not advance
Jarvis Scott		53.5	2 Q			53.2	4 Q	52.7	6
Esther Stroy		53.5	2 Q			54.3	5	Did not advance
Doris Brown	800 m	2:09.5	2 Q	—		2:05.2	2 Q	2:03.9	5
Francie Kraker		2:07.3	5			Did not advance
Madeline Manning		2:08.7	1 Q			2:05.8	1 Q	2:00.9 OR
Judy Dyer	80 m hurdles	10.9	3 Q	—		10.8	6	Did not advance
Mamie Rallins		10.6	1 Q			10.6	5	Did not advance
Patty Van Wolvelaere		10.6	1 Q			10.6	2 Q	10.5	4
Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	4 × 100 m relay	—				43.4	1 Q	42.88 WR

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bob Beamon	Long jump	8.19	2 Q	8.90 WR
Ralph Boston		8.27 OR	1 Q	8.16
Charles Mays		7.85	6 Q	DNS
Dave Smith	Triple jump	15.75	21	Did not advance
Norman Tate		15.84	17	Did not advance
Art Walker		16.49	3 Q	17.12 NAR	4
Reynaldo Brown	High jump	2.12	9 q	2.14	5
Ed Caruthers		2.14	2 Q	2.22
Dick Fosbury		2.14	1 Q	2.24 OR
Casey Carrigan	Pole vault	4.60	20	Did not advance
John Pennel		4.90	1 Q	5.35	5
Bob Seagren		4.90	13 Q	5.40 OR
Dave Maggard	Shot put	19.26	7 Q	19.43	5
Randy Matson'		20.68 OR	1 Q	20.57
George Woods		19.79	3 Q	20.12
Gary Carlsen	Discus throw	60.36	3 Q	59.46	6
Al Oerter		59.36	6 Q	67.78 OR
Jay Silvester		63.34 OR	1 Q	61.78	5
Frank Covelli	Javelin throw	73.04	21	Did not advance
Mark Murro		81.14	7 Q	80.08	9
Gary Stenlund		73.52	20	Did not advance
Ed Burke	Hammer throw	67.36	10 Q	65.72	12
Hal Connolly		65.00	17	Did not advance
Albert Hall		65.70	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Martha Watson	Long jump	6.30	12 q	6.20	10
Willye White	Long jump	6.42	6 Q	6.08	11
Estelle Baskerville	High jump	NH		Did not advance
Sharon Callahan		1.60	22	Did not advance
Eleanor Montgomery		1.68	19	Did not advance
Maren Seidler	Shot put	—		14.86	11
Olga Connolly	Discus throw	—		52.96	6
Carol Moseke	Discus throw	—		48.28	14
RaNae Bair	Javelin throw	—		53.14	11
Barbara Friedrich	Javelin throw	—		53.44	9

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	{100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Rick Sloan	Result	11.2	6.72	14.07	2.10	51.0	15.5	45.58	4.85	49.90	4:44.0	7692	7
Rick Sloan	Points	756	761	733	942	762	797	792	1017	632	500	7692	7
Bill Toomey	Result	10.4	7.87	13.75	1.95	45.6	14.9	43.68	4.20	62.80	4:57.1	8193 OR
Bill Toomey	Points	959	994	712	813	1021	859	757	859	795	424	8193 OR
Tom Waddell	Result	11.3	7.47	14.45	2.01	51.2	15.3	43.73	4.50	63.70	5:04.5	7719	6
Tom Waddell	Points	733	915	756	865	753	817	758	932	806	384	7719	6

Combined event – Women's pentathlon

Athlete	Event	80 m H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Final	Rank
Cathy Hamblin	Result	11.9	10.66	1.50	5.72	25.3	4330	24
Cathy Hamblin	Points	904	761	836	924	905	4330	24
Pat Winslow	Result	11.4	13.33	1.65	5.97	24.5	4877	6
Pat Winslow	Points	979	943	996	982	977	4877	6

Basketball

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Spain W 81–46	Senegal W 93–36	Philippines W 96–75	Yugoslavia W 73–58	Panama W 95–60	Italy W 100–61	Puerto Rico W 61–56	1 Q	Brazil W 75–63	Yugoslavia W 65–50

Roster

Name ^[2]	Position	Height	Weight	Age	Team/School	Home Town
Mike Barrett	G	6'2"	155	25	U.S. Armed Forces (West Virginia Tech)	Richwood, West Virginia
John Clawson	G	6'4"	200	24	U.S. Armed Forces (Michigan)	Naperville, Illinois
Don Dee	F	6'7"	205	25	St. Mary of the Plains Col. (KS)	Kansas City, Missouri
Calvin Fowler	G	6'1"	170	27	Goodyear Wingfoots (St. Francis)	Akron, Ohio
Spencer Haywood	C	6'8"	225	19	Trinidad State Junior College	Detroit, Michigan
Bill Hosket	F	6'8"	220	21	Ohio State University	Dayton, Ohio
Jim King	F	6'7"	200	25	Goodyear Wingfoots (Okla. St.)	Akron, Ohio
Glynn Saulters	G	6'2"	175	23	Northeast Louisiana University	Lisbon, Louisiana
Charlie Scott	F	6'5"	180	19	University of North Carolina	New York, New York
Mike Silliman	F	6'6"	225	23	U.S. Armed Forces (Military Acd.)	Louisville, Kentucky
Ken Spain	C	6'9"	240	22	University of Houston	Houston, Texas
Jo Jo White	G	6'3"	195	21	University of Kansas	St. Louis, Missouri

The roster was led by future NBA All-Stars Haywood (19 years old) and White (21 years old), who led the team in scoring, with an average of 16.3 points and 11.7 points respectively.^[3] Haywood was the youngest player to make the USA basketball team at the time.

USA Basketball also selected 6 alternates to the U.S. squad; Tom Black of the Goodyear Wingfoots, George Carter of the US Army, Joe Hamilton of Christian College of the Southwest (TX) Junior College, Dan Issel of the University of Kentucky, Rick Mount of Purdue University and Charlie Paulk of Northeastern Oklahoma College.^[4]

Notably absent from the squad or the list of alternates were Pete Maravich, who led the NCAA in scoring during his sophomore season at LSU and would go on to set the NCAA career scoring record of 3,667 points, and reigning NCAA Champion and Player of the Year Lew Alcindor, who chose not to try out for the Olympic team in protest at the treatment of African Americans in the United States, stating that he was "trying to point out to the world the futility of winning the gold medal for this country and then coming back to live under oppression."^[5] Some of other NCAA stars, such as Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy, were also absent. As such, the Americans were severely weakened.

Boxing

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harlan Marbley	Light flyweight	—	Bye	Temel (TUR) W 5–0	Ogun (NGR) W 5–0	Rodríguez (VEN) L 1–4	Did not advance
David Vasquez	Flyweight	—	Grasso (ITA) W 3–2	Rwabwogo (UGA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Samuel Goss	Bantamweight	Bye	Gîju (ROU) L 0–5	Did not advance
Al Robinson	Featherweight	—	Cheshire (GBR) W RSC	Pelegrino (PHI) W KO	Kallaf Allah (RAU) W 5–0	Mihailov (BUL) W 4–1	Roldán (MEX) L DSQ
Ronnie Harris	Lightweight	Bye	Lee (KOR) W 5–0	Stacey (GBR) W 4–1	Muruli (UGA) W 5–0	Cuțov (ROU) W 5–0	Grudzień (POL) W 5–0
Jim Wallington	Light welterweight	Bye	Cartagena (DOM) W RSC	Odhiambo (UGA) W 5–0	Kim (KOR) W 5–0	Regüeiferos (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Armando Muñíz	Welterweight	Bye	Kasprzyk (POL) W 4–1	Hebeisen (SUI) W 4–1	Guilloti (ARG) L 1–4	Did not advance
John Baldwin	Light middleweight	—	Bye	Stantien (TCH) W 5–0	Benítez (URU) W 5–0	Garbey (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Alfred Jones	Middleweight	—	Quiñones (PER) W 5–0	Marrero (CUB) W 5–0	Georgiev (BUL) W 4–1	Finnegan (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Arthur Redden	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Stankov (BUL) L 1–4	Did not advance
George Foreman	Heavyweight	—		Trela (POL) W 4–1	Alexe (ROU) W RSC	Bambini (ITA) W KO	Čepulis (URS) W RSC

Canoeing

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Weigand	C-1 1000 m	4:30.0	4 SF	—		4:37.11	3 QF	4:50.42	8
William Gates Malcolm Hickox	C-2 1000 m	4:37.0	7 SF	—		4:33.49	6	Did not advance
John Glair	K-1 1000 m	4:13.5	6 R	4:29.89	3 SF	4:08.31	4	Did not advance
Paul Beachem Peter Weigand	K-2 1000 m	4:15.0	7 R	4:00.04	4	Did not advance
Lester Cutler Ernst Heincke Mervil Larson John Pickett	K-4 1000 m	3:31.7	6 R	3:32.21	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcia Smoke	K-1 500 m	2:09.6	4 SF	2:12.67	1 QF	2:14.68	4
Sperry Rademaker Marcia Smoke	K-2 500 m	2:08.9	4 SF	2:04.54	2 QF	2:02.97	7

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R = Qualify to repechage

Cycling

Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1968.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel Butler	Road race	DNF
David Chauner		DNF
John Howard		4:52:45	44
Wes Wessberg		DNF
John Allis John Howard Oliver Martin Jim Van Boven	Team time trial	2:24:13.50	20

Track

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Brink	Individual	4:55.40	18	Did not advance
David Chauner Skip Cutting Steve Maaranen John Vande Velde	Team	4:32.87	17	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Repechage final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tim Mountford	Individual	Baranycez (HUN), Loevesijn (NED) L	Kim (KOR), Galeano (COL) W 11.03	Morelon (FRA) L	Pedersen (DEN) W 11.31	Fredborg (DEN), Pkhakdze (URS) L	Kučírek (TCH), Johnson (AUS) W 10.79	Loevesijn (NED) L	Did not advance			=9
Jackie Simes	Individual	Goens (BEL), Sutherland (HBR) W 11.23	Bye	Kravtsov (URS), Van Lancker (BEL) W 10.72	Bye	Kučírek (TCH), Verzini (ITA) L	Fredborg (DEN), King (TTO) W 10.92	Barth (FRG) L	Did not advance			=9
Jack Disney Charles Pranke	Tandem	Goens / Van Lancker (BEL) L	Clarke / Johnson (AUS) L	—				Did not advance				=11

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jackie Simes	1000 m time trial	1:05.67	12

Diving

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jim Henry	3 m springboard	105.47	1 Q	52.65	5	158.09
Keith Russell		100.61	4 Q	51.14	8	151.75	4
Bernard Wrightson		102.95	3 Q	67.20	1	170.15
Rick Gilbert	10 m platform	86.70	17	Did not advance
Keith Russell		101.38	3 Q	50.96	5	152.34	4
Edwin Young		99.98	4 Q	53.95	3	153.93

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sue Gossick	3 m springboard	97.32	3 Q	53.45	1	150.77
Micki King		98.17	1 Q	39.21	8	137.38	4
Keela O'Sullivan		95.58	4 Q	49.65	2	145.23
Lesley Bush	10 m platform	43.72	20	Did not advance
Ann Peterson		52.14	2 Q	48.97	4	101.11
Barbara Talmage		47.09	7 Q	40.20	10	87.29	10

Equestrian

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2
Athlete	Horse	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kyra Downton	Cadet	Individual	657	21	Did not advance
Edith Master	Helios		646	23	Did not advance
Donnan Plumb	Attache		616	24	Did not advance
Kyra Downton Edith Master Donnan Plumb	See above	Team	1919	8	—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage			Cross-country					Jumping			Total
Athlete	Horse	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank	Stage B	Stage D	Penalties	Total	Rank	Obstacles	Time	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Kevin Freeman	Chalan	Individual	6.22	77.01	14	-37.60	DSQ				EL
Michael Page	Foster		6.25	107.51	40	-28.80	-30.40	-59.20	48.31	6	0	4.00	4.00	52.31
Michael Plumb	Plain Sailing		6.17	63.00	5	-29.60	83.60	54.00	117.00	15	0	2.50	2.50	119.50	14
James C. Wofford	Kilkenny		6.24	101.51	34	-37.60	-33.60	-71.20	30.31	2	40	3.75	43.75	74.06	6
Kevin Freeman Michael Page Michael Plumb James C. Wofford	See above	Team	—	241.52	6	—		-76.40	195.62	2	—		50.25	245.87

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 1		Total		Jump-off
Athlete	Horse	Event	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Time	Rank
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	Individual	4	=3	8	=4	12	=3	36.8	4
Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable		12	=21	Did not advance
William Steinkraus	Snowbound		0	=1	4	=1	4		Bye
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	Team	11	—	14	—	25	—	—
Mary Chapot	White Lightning		27		21		48
Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable		25		19.5		44.5
Total			63	5	54.5	3	117.5	4

Fencing

20 fencers represented the United States in 1968.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Winners' bracket					Losers' bracket					Final round			Final barrage
		Round 1			Round 2			Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final / BM / Pl.		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5	Final round			Final barrage
		V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank
David Micahnik	Individual épée	3	2	2 Q	1	4	6	Did not advance			—		Did not advance
Stephen Netburn		2	3	4 Q	3	2	2 Q	Constandt (BEL) W	Ladègaillerie (FRA) L	Did not advance			Bye	Constandt (BEL) W	Lötscher (SUI) L	Did not advance
Paul Pesthy		4	1	1 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Robert Beck Daniel Cantillon David Micahnik Stephen Netburn Paul Pesthy	Team épée	0	2	3	—			Did not advance				=11	—
Larry Anastasi	Individual foil	3	1	1 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance			—		Did not advance
Jeffrey Checkes		2	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Herbert Cohen		1	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Larry Anastasi Albie Axelrod Jeffrey Checkes Herbert Cohen Uriah Jones	Team foil	0	2	3	—			Did not advance				=11	—
Anthony Keane	Individual sabre	3	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance		—			Did not advance				—	Did not advance
Alfonso Morales		4	1	2 Q	3	2	2 Q	Calsrese (ITA) W	Nazlymov (HUN) L				Bye	Panizza (FRA) L	Did not advance			Did not advance
Alex Orban		4	2	3 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance					Did not advance					Did not advance
Thomas Balla Robert Blum Anthony Keane Alfonso Morales Alex Orban	Team sabre	1	1	2 Q	—				Italy (ITA) L 6–8	5th-8th semifinal West Germany (FRG) W 9–7	5th place final Poland (POL) L 5–9	6	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Winners' bracket				Losers' bracket			Final round
		Round 1			Round 2			Round 1	Round 2	Final / BM / Pl.		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final round
		V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V	D	Rank
Harriet King	Individual foil	3	2	2 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance		—		Did not advance
Veronica Smith		1	5	7	Did not advance							Did not advance
Jan York-Romary		3	2	4 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance				Did not advance
Harriet King Maxine Mitchell Sally Pechinsky Veronica Smith Jan York-Romary	Team foil	0	2	3	—			Did not advance			=10	—

Gymnastics

Men
All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																								Total
		Floor exercise				Pommel horse				Rings				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar				Total
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kanati Allen	Individual	9.10	9.20	18.30	=34	9.00	8.55	17.55	=58	~~7.80~~	~~8.50~~	16.30	99	9.00	9.15	18.15	=54	~~7.70~~	~~9.05~~	16.75	=102	~~8.80~~	9.50	18.40	=56	105.45	80
Steve Cohen		~~8.85~~	~~8.75~~	17.60	=75	9.00	8.35	17.35	=67	9.30	9.60	18.90	=9	8.95	9.05	18.00	=68	9.10	9.50	18.60	=41	8.90	9.40	18.30	=56	108.75	46
Sid Freudenstein		9.15	9.50	18.65	=14	~~8.75~~	~~7.85~~	16.60	93	8.90	9.15	18.05	=44	9.10	~~8.95~~	18.05	=63	8.95	9.40	18.25	=63	8.95	9.45	18.40	53	108.00	57
Steve Hug		9.00	9.15	18.15	=42	9.30	9.40	18.70	19	8.80	9.10	17.90	=52	~~8.75~~	9.05	17.80	=83	9.05	9.40	18.45	=51	9.25	9.35	18.60	=39	109.60	36
Fred Roethlisberger		8.95	9.40	18.35	=32	8.85	8.70	17.55	=58	9.15	9.20	18.35	27	9.25	9.15	18.40	=30	9.10	9.50	18.60	=41	9.10	~~9.35~~	18.45	=47	109.70	=34
Dave Thor		9.15	9.30	18.45	=26	9.50	9.60	19.10	=4	9.00	9.00	18.00	=47	9.10	9.40	18.50	=23	8.70	9.30	18.00	=74	9.05	9.50	18.55	=42	110.60	24
Kanati Allen Steve Cohen Sid Freudenstein Steve Hug Fred Roethlisberger Dave Thor	Team	45.35	46.55	—		45.65	44.60	—		45.15	46.05	—		45.40	45.80	—		44.80	47.10	—		45.25	47.20	—		548.90	7

Women
All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																Total
		Vault				Uneven bars				Balance beam				Floor exercise				Total
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Wendy Cluff	Individual	9.05	~~8.75~~	17.80	=58	~~8.75~~	9.00	17.75	46	9.20	~~9.00~~	18.20	=33	~~9.10~~	8.95	18.05	42	71.80	39
Kathy Gleason		9.20	9.30	18.50	=29	9.00	9.30	18.30	29	~~9.15~~	9.30	18.45	=27	9.20	9.05	18.25	=33	73.30	31
Linda Metheny		9.35	9.05	18.40	=31	9.40	~~8.75~~	18.15	=34	9.60	9.55	19.15	3 Q	9.30	9.00	18.30	32	74.00	28
Colleen Mulvihill		~~8.95~~	8.90	17.85	=53	9.20	9.30	18.50	=24	9.40	9.30	18.70	=18	9.15	~~8.85~~	18.00	=43	73.05	34
Cathy Rigby		9.20	9.10	18.30	=36	9.40	9.50	18.90	=12	9.55	9.45	19.00	=5	9.45	9.30	18.75	=20	74.95	16
Joyce Tanac		9.25	9.20	18.45	30	9.20	9.20	18.40	27	9.25	9.20	18.45	=27	9.25	9.10	18.35	31	73.65	30
Wendy Cluff Kathy Gleason Linda Metheny Colleen Mulvihill Cathy Rigby Joyce Tanac	Team	46.05	45.55	—		46.20	46.30	—		47.00	46.80	—		46.35	45.40	—		369.75	6

Apparatus

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Final	Score	Rank
Linda Metheny	Balance beam	9.575	9.650	19.225	=4

Modern pentathlon

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1968.

Athlete	Event	Riding (Cross-country steeplechase)				Fencing (Épée)			Shooting (Rapid-fire pistol)				Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
Athlete	Event	Time	Penalties	Rank	MP	V	Rank	MP (AIP)	Score	Penalties	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	MP Points	Rank
Robert Beck	Individual	3:41	90	27	1010	28	=8	885 (896)	190	0	=13	912	4:06.5	28	925	16:10.3	42	655	4387	22
Tom Lough		3:32	120	31	980	18	=37	655 (662)	187	0	=25	846	3:56.4	12	988	15:15.2	24	820	4289	29
James Moore		3:36	60	=13	1040	24	=22	793 (766)	190	0	=13	912	4:05.5	=26	931	14:36.8	9	937	4613	11
Robert Beck Tom Lough James Moore	Team	—			3030	—		2324	—			2670	—		2844	—		2412	13280	4

Rowing

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Van Blom	Single sculls	7:54.79	3 R	7:43.00	1 SF	7:49.85	3 FA	7:50.30	4
Larry Hough Phillip Johnson	Coxless pair	7:19.92	1 SF	Bye		7:21.50	1 FA	7:26.71
Richard Edmumds Bill Hobbs Stewart MacDonald (C)	Coxed pair	8:12.48	1 SF	Bye		8:03.74	3 FA	8:12.60	5
Bill Maher John Nunn	Double sculls	6:56.96	1 SF	Bye		7:10.05	1 FA	6:54.21
Charles Hamlin Pete Raymond Lawrence Terry Raymond Wright	Coxless four	6:57.68	2 R	6:39.78	1 FA	—		6:47.70	5
Gardner Cadwalader John Hartigan (C) Luther Jones Tony Martin Bill Purdy	Coxed four	7:21.39	3 SF	Bye		6:54.22	2 FA	6:51.41	5
Steve Brooks Curtis Canning Arthur Evans David Higgins Franklin Hobbs Paul Hoffman (C) Andy Larkin Cleve Livingston Scott Steketee	Eight	6:15.42	5 R	6:19.81	2 FA	—		6:14.34	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SF=Semifinal; R=Repechage

Sailing

Athlete	Event	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Total
Athlete	Event	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Carl Van Duyne	Finn	DNF	42	~~DSQ~~	11	11	17	3	5.7	10	16	14	20	11	17	117.7	14
Bob James David James	Flying Dutchman	~~DNF~~	36	9	15	14	20	18	24	15	21	3	5.7	6	11.7	97.4	10
Peter Barrett Lowell North	Star	1	0	3	5.7	3	5.7	1	0	2	3	12	18	1	0	14.4
George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck	Dragon	2	3	6	~~11.7~~	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	6
Steve Colgate Gardner Cox Stuart H. Walker	5.5 Metre	7	13	8	14	8	14	4	8	9	15	8	14	6	11.7	74.7	8

Shooting

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

Athlete	Event	Final		Shoot-off 1		Shoot-off 2
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Bill McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	17	—
Jim McNally	25 m rapid fire pistol	580	25	—
Don Hamilton	50 m pistol	549	16	—
Arnold Vitarbo	50 m pistol	559	4	—
Gary Anderson	50 m rifle prone	595	4	—
Lones Wigger	50 m rifle prone	592	25	—
John Foster	50 m rifle three positions	1153	4	—
John Writer	50 m rifle three positions	1156		—
Gary Anderson	300 m rifle three positions	1157 WR		—
John Foster	300 m rifle three positions	1140	7	—
Thomas Garrigus	Trap	196	=2	25	=1	25
Ray Stafford	Trap	189	26	—
Earl Herring	Skeet	190	16	—
Robert Rodale	Skeet	189	19	—

Swimming

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Spitz	100 m freestyle	54.6	4 Q	53.8	3 Q	53.0
Ken Walsh		55.7	19 Q	53.9	7 Q	52.8
Zac Zorn		54.2	2 Q	53.4	2 Q	53.9	8
John Nelson	200 m freestyle	1:59.5 OR	2 Q	—		1:58.1
Don Schollander		2:00.0	3 Q			1:58.1
Stephen Rerych		2:00.6	6 Q			DNS
Brent Berk	400 m freestyle	4:20.2	6 Q	—		4:26.0	8
Mike Burton		4:19.3	4 Q			4:09.0 OR
John Nelson		4:18.7	2 Q			4:17.2	6
Mike Burton	1500 m freestyle	17:27.2	5 Q	—		16:38.9 OR
John Kinsella		17:22.7	4 Q			16:57.3
John Nelson		17:36.0	7 Q			18:05.1	8
Larry Barbiere	100 m backstroke	1:01.9	5 Q	1:01.6	=2 Q	1:01.1	4
Charlie Hickcox		1:01.1	2 Q	1:01.6	=2 Q	1:00.2
Ronnie Mills		1:01.8	=3 Q	1:01.8	4 Q	1:00.5
Gary Hall Sr.	200 m backstroke	2:16.2	2 Q	—		2:12.6	4
Jack Horsley		2:13.7	3 Q			2:10.9
Mitch Ivey		2:11.3	1 Q			2:10.6
Don McKenzie	100 m breaststroke	1:08.1	1 Q	1:08.1	=3 Q	1:07.7 OR
Ken Merten		1:10.6	=19 Q	1:11.6	22	Did not advance
Dave Perkowski		1:09.5	=7 Q	1:09.0	9	Did not advance
Brian Job	200 m breaststroke	2:31.5	2 Q	—		2:29.9
Philip Long		2:33.1	=5 Q			2:33.6	7
Ken Merten		2:37.0	12			Did not advance
Doug Russell	100 m butterfly	57.3 OR	1 Q	55.9 OR	1 Q	55.9
Mark Spitz		58.5	3 Q	57.4	2 Q	56.4
Ross Wales		58.7	4 Q	58.2	4 Q	57.2
John Ferris	200 m butterfly	2:10.6	=1 Q	—		2:09.3
Carl Robie		2:11.1	=4 Q			2:08.7
Mark Spitz		2:10.6	=1 Q			2:13.5	8
Greg Buckingham	200 m individual medley	2:15.6	2 Q	—		2:13.0
John Ferris		2:14.6 OR	1 Q			2:13.3
Charlie Hickcox		2:16.1 OR	3 Q			2:12.0 OR
Greg Buckingham	400 m individual medley	4:57.3	3 Q	—		4:51.4	4
Gary Hall Sr.		4:56.2	=1 Q			4:48.7
Charlie Hickcox		4:56.2	=1 Q			4:48.4
David Johnson^[a] William Johnson^[a] Stephen Rerych Don Schollander^[a] Mark Spitz Michael Wall^[a] Ken Walsh Zac Zorn	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.4	1 Q	—		3:31.7 WR
David Johnson^[a] William Johnson^[a] John Nelson Stephen Rerych Don Schollander Mark Spitz Andrew Strenk^[a] Michael Wall^[a]	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:05.1	2 Q	—		7:52.3
Charlie Hickcox Chet Jastremski^[a] Don McKenzie Ronnie Mills^[a] Carl Robie^[a] Doug Russell Don Schollander^[a] Ken Walsh	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.4	1 Q	—		3:54.9 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Linda Gustavson	100 m freestyle	1:00.8	4 Q	1:00.6	=3 Q	1:00.3
Jan Henne		1:00.1	1 Q	1:00.5	2 Q	1:00.0
Sue Pedersen		1:01.5	5 Q	1:00.2	1 Q	1:00.3
Jane Barkman	200 m freestyle	2:13.6	2 Q	—		2:11.2
Jan Henne		2:13.8	3 Q			2:11.0
Debbie Meyer		2:13.1 OR	1 Q			2:10.5 OR
Linda Gustavson	400 m freestyle	4:41.4	3 Q	—		4:45.5
Pam Kruse		4:45.2	5 Q			4:37.2	4
Debbie Meyer		4:35.0 OR	1 Q			4:31.8 OR
Patty Caretto	800 m freestyle	9:46.4	=3 Q	—		9:51.3	5
Pam Kruse		9:49.8	5 Q			9:35.7
Debbie Meyer		9:42.8 OR	2 Q			9:24.0 OR
Kaye Hall	100 m backstroke	1:09.8	2 Q	1:08.2	2 Q	1:06.2 WR
Kendis Moore		1:10.5	=10 Q	1:09.6	6 Q	1:08.3	4
Jane Swagerty		1:10.2	=6 Q	1:08.6	3 Q	1:08.1
Susie Atwood	200 m backstroke	2:35.2	10	—		Did not advance
Kaye Hall		2:31.1 OR	3 Q			2:28.9
Lillian Watson		2:29.2 OR	1 Q			2:24.8 OR
Catie Ball	100 m breaststroke	1:18.8 OR	7 Q	1:16.8	=2 Q	1:16.7	5
Suzy Jones		1:19.3	=10 Q	1:18.6	=11	Did not advance
Sharon Wichman		1:18.3	4 Q	1:16.8	=2 Q	1:16.1
Cathy Jamison	200 m breaststroke	2:50.1	6 Q	—		2:48.4	5
Sharon Wichman	200 m breaststroke	2:46.8	1 Q	—		2:44.4 OR
Ellie Daniel	100 m butterfly	1:07.2	3 Q	1:06.1	=1 Q	1:05.8
Toni Hewitt		1:08.1	8 Q	1:07.9	8 Q	1:07.5	7
Susan Shields		1:06.2	2 Q	1:06.3	4 Q	1:06.2
Ellie Daniel	200 m butterfly	2:29.4	=3 Q	—		2:25.9
Diane Giebel		2:33.0	6 Q			2:31.7	6
Toni Hewitt		2:29.1	2 Q			2:26.2	4
Jan Henne	200 m individual medley	2:33.9	6 Q	—		2:31.4
Claudia Kolb		2:28.8 OR	1 Q			2:24.7 OR
Susan Pedersen		2:33.2	=4 Q			2:28.8
Claudia Kolb	400 m individual medley	5:17.2 OR	1 Q	—		5:08.5 OR
Susan Pedersen		5:26.4	2 Q			5:25.8	4
Lynn Vidali		5:28.9	3 Q			5:22.2
Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Jan Henne Susan Pedersen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:11.1	2 Q	—		4:02.5 OR
Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Kaye Hall Jan Henne^[a] Suzy Jones^[a] Susan Pedersen Susan Shields^[a] Jane Swagerty^[a]	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:34.7	2 Q	—		4:28.3 OR

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Volleyball

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Soviet Union W 3–2	Czechoslovakia L 1–3	Brazil W 3–0	Bulgaria L 2–3	Poland L 0–3	East Germany L 0–3	Japan L 0–3	Mexico W 3–1	Belgium W 3–0	7
United States women	Women's tournament	Japan L 0–3	Czechoslovakia L 1–3	Poland L 0–3	South Korea L 1–3	Soviet Union L 1–3	Peru L 1–3	Mexico L 0–3	—		8

Men's tournament

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: Jim Coleman

Women's tournament

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

Team roster^[6]

Head coach: Harlan Cohen

Water polo

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round							Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
Team	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Water polo	Brazil W 10–5	Spain W 10–7	Cuba T 6–6	Hungary L 1–5	Soviet Union L 3–8	West Germany W 7–5	3	5th-8th semifinal Netherlands W 6–3	5th place match East Germany W 6–4	5

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

Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank
Russell Knipp	75 kg	437.5	4
Fred Lowe	75 kg	430.0	8
Joe Puleo	82.5 kg	DNF
Bart Bartholomew	90 kg	457.5	9
Phil Grippaldi	90 kg	477.5	7
Joseph Dube	+90 kg	555.0
Ernie Pickett	+90 kg	DNF

Wrestling

Key:

TF – Victory by fall.
SP - Win by technical superiority
PP - Win by technical points

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage							Final stage
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
Richard Sanders	Freestyle 52 kg	Defran (DOM) W TF (0.0)	Dimovski (YUG) W TF (0.0)	Ghorbani (IRN) W TF (0.0)	Kumar (IND) W TF (0.0)	—		0.0	Nakata (JPN) L PP (3.0)	Damdinsharav (MGL) W PP (1.0)	4.0
Donald Behm	Freestyle 57 kg	Sardar (PAK) W PP (1.0)	Raxon (GUA) W TF (0.0)	Singh (IND) W SP (0.5)	Talebi (IRN) L PP (3.0)	Shavov (BUL) W PP (1.0)	—	5.5	Aliyev (URS) W PP (1.0)	—	6.5
Bobby Douglas	Freestyle 63 kg	Seyed-Abbasi (IRN) L PP (3.0)	WDR
Wayne Wells	Freestyle 70 kg	Beriashivili (URS) T (2.0)	Karlsson (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Ioannidis (GRE) W TF (0.0)	Pająk (POL) W PP (1.0)	Horiuchi (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Valchev (BUL) L PP (3.0)	8.0	Did not advance			4
Steve Combs	Freestyle 78 kg	Atalay (TUR) L PP (3.0)	Martinetti (SUI) W PP (1.0)	Seo (KOR) W PP (1.0)	Robin (FRA) L PP (3.0)	—		8.0	Did not advance			=6
Tom Peckham	Freestyle 87 kg	Gardzhev (BUL) T (2.0)	Graffigna (GUA) W PP (1.0)	Marcheggiani (ITA) W TF (0.0)	Endo (JPN) W TF (0.0)	Gürsoy (TUR) T (2.0)	—	5.0	Mönkhbat (MGL) L PP (3.0)	—	8.0	4
Jess Lewis	Freestyle 97 kg	Bachmann (GDR) W PP (1.0)	Kawano (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Ayik (TUR) T (2.0)	Mustafov (BUL) L PP (3.0)	EL		7.0	Did not advance			6
Larry Kristoff	Freestyle +97 kg	Robertsson (SWE) W DQ (0.0)	Nyers (HUN) W PP (1.0)	Anvari (IRN) W PP (1.0)	Medved (URS) L DQ (4.0)	EL		6.0	Did not advance			5
Richard Tamble	Greco-Roman 52 kg	Bakulin (URS) L PP (3.0)	Çıkmaz (TUR) L PP (3.0)	EL				6.0	Did not advance			=17
David Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 57 kg	Baciu (ROU) L PP (3.0)	Nielsen (DEN) W TF (0.0)	Traikov (BUL) W DQ (0.0)	El-Sayed (RAU) L PP (3.0)	EL		6.0	Did not advance			=8
Jim Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 63 kg	Rusznyák (HUN) W PP (1.0)	Rurua (URS) L TF (4.0)	Kim (KOR) W SP (0.5)	Galinchev (BUL) L PP (3.0)	EL		8.5	Did not advance			7
Werner Holzer	Greco-Roman 70 kg	Ben Mansour (MAR) W TF (0.0)	Karlsson (SWE) L TF (4.0)	Madsen (DEN) W PP (1.0)	Rost (FRG) L PP (3.0)	EL		8.0	Did not advance			=6
Larry Lyden	Greco-Roman 78 kg	Nenadić (YUG) L SP (3.5)	Savvas (GRE) L PP (3.0)	EL				6.5	Did not advance			=16
Wayne Baughman	Greco-Roman 87 kg	Metz (GDR) L PP (3.0)	Alvarez (MEX) W TF (0.0)	Ojala (FIN) W TF (0.0)	Kwieciński (POL) W PP (1.0)	Olenik (URS) L TF (4.0)	—	8.0	Did not advance			5
Henk Schenk	Greco-Roman 97 kg	Radev (BUL) L DQ (4.0)	Jutzeler (SUI) T (2.5)	EL				6.5	Did not advance			12
Bob Roop	Greco-Roman +97 kg	Geris (CAN) W TF (0.0)	Petrov (BUL) L TF (4.0)	Roshchin (URS) L TF (4.0)	EL			8.0	Did not advance			10

References

^ "United States at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2011.
^ "1968 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster Archived January 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2014.
^ Team Leaders.
^ "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".
^ "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar details passing on 1968 Olympics in new book". NBC Sports. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2024.
^ 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 April 17, 2020.

External links

USA Volleyball Archived February 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
DatabaseOlympics
International Medalists

[sports-reference-1] "United States at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 2, 2011.

[2] "1968 USA Men's Olympic Games Roster Archived January 3, 2010, at the Wayback Machine." usabasketball.com. Retrieved on May 6, 2014.

[3] Team Leaders.

[4] "St. Petersburg Times - Google News Archive Search".

[5] "Kareem Abdul-Jabbar details passing on 1968 Olympics in new book". NBC Sports. May 22, 2017. Retrieved August 26, 2024.

[6] 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 April 17, 2020.

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v t e National Olympic Committees at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico
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United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA (EUA used at these Games)
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	357 (274 men and 83 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Janice-Lee Romary
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 45 Silver 28 Bronze 34 Total 107
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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