Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Great Britain at the
1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code| GBR
NOC| British Olympic Association
in Mexico City
Competitors| 225 (175 men and 50 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearers| Lynn Davies (opening)
David Hemery (closing)
Medals
Ranked 10th|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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1906 Intercalated Games

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.

## Medallists

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Medals by sport  Sport  |  |  |  | Total

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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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* David Hemery -- Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* Chris Finnegan -- Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Derek Allhusen, Jane Bullen, Ben Jones, and Richard Meade -- Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
* Bob Braithwaite -- Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
* Rodney Pattisson & Iain MacDonald-Smith -- Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

### Silver

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* Lillian Board -- Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Sheila Sherwood -- Athletics, Women's Long Jump
* Derek Allhusen -- Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
* Marion Coakes -- Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
* Martyn Woodroffe -- Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly

### Bronze

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* John Sherwood -- Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* David Broome -- Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
* Robin Aisher, Paul Anderson, and Adrian Jardine -- Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Hammer Throw

* Howard Payne

* Qualifying Round -- 68.06m
* Final -- 67.62m (→ 10th place)

Women's Pentathlon

* Sue Scott

* Final Result -- 4.786 points (→ 10th place)

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

* Billy Wells

* First Round -- Lost to Ionas Chepulis (URS), TKO-3

## Canoeing

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Main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Cycling

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Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Fourteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1968.

Individual road race

* Dave Rollinson
* Brian Jolly
* Billy Bilsland
* Les West

Team time trial

* John Bettison
* Roy Cromack
* Pete Smith
* John Watson

Sprint

* Reg Barnett
* Ian Alsop

1000m time trial

* Brendan McKeown

Individual pursuit

* Ian Hallam

Team pursuit

* Ian Alsop
* Harry Jackson
* Ian Hallam
* Ronald Keeble

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Equestrian

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Main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

Men's foil

* Graham Paul
* Bill Hoskyns
* Mike Breckin

Men's team foil

* Allan Jay, Graham Paul, Nick Halsted, Mike Breckin, Bill Hoskyns

Men's épée

* Ralph Johnson
* Nick Halsted
* Bill Hoskyns

Men's team épée

* Nick Halsted, Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Johnson, Peter Jacobs

Men's sabre

* Rodney Craig
* Sandy Leckie
* Richard Oldcorn

Men's team sabre

* Sandy Leckie, Rodney Craig, David Acfield, Richard Oldcorn

Women's foil

* Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
* Sue Green
* Judith Bain

Women's team foil

* Judith Bain, Janet Wardell-Yerburgh, Sue Green, Julia Davis, Eva Davies

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Hockey

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Main article: Field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Modern pentathlon

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Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1968.

Individual

* Jim Fox
* Barry Lillywhite
* Robert Phelps

Team

* Jim Fox
* Barry Lillywhite
* Robert Phelps

## Rowing

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Main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

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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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Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

25 m pistol

* Tony Clark
* Robert Hassell

50 m pistol

* Charles Sexton
* Marcus Loader

50 m rifle, prone

* John Palin
* Alister Allan

Trap

* Bob Braithwaite
* Eric Grantham

Skeet

* Alec Bonnett
* Colin Sephton

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

## 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.

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