1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Canada)

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Canada took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 139 athletes (111 men and 28 women) in 124 competitions in 14 sports. In the medal table, the nation took 23rd place. The most successful athlete was the then 17-year-old swimmer Elaine Tanner with three medals, two silver medals in individual competitions and one bronze medal in the relay. The swimmer Ralph Hutton also won a silver medal. The show jumping relay team achieved the only Olympic victory. The youngest participant was the gymnast Teresa McDonnell with 14 years and 318 days. The oldest participant was Zoltan Sztehlo, who was 46 years old and 333 days old. The standard bearer at the opening ceremony was the rower Roger Jackson .

Participants by sport

Boxing

Men

• Marvin Arneson
• Dick Findlay
• Walter Henry
• Donato Paduano

fencing

Men John Andru Peter Bakonyi Magdy Conyd Gerry Wiedel

Women Sigrid Chatel

Weightlifting

Men

• Paul Bjarnason
• Chun Hon Chan
• Aldo Roy
• Pierre St.-Jean

canoe

Men Jean Barré Christopher Hook Gabor Joo Scott Lee Wolfgang Ruck Arpad Simonyik John Wood

Women Betty-Anne Gowans Marjorie Homer-Dixon Claudia Hunt

athletics

Men Dave Bailey Andy Boychuk Wes Brooker Felix Cappella Michel Charland Bill Crothers Don Domansky Jerome Drayton Dave Ellis Bob Finlay Bill Heikkila Harry Jerome Ross MacKenzie Brian MacLaren Robert McLaren Karl-Heinz Merschenz George Puce Norm Trerise Wilf Wedmann

Women Stephanie Berto Anne Covell Jay Dahlgren Joan Fisher Joan Hendry Abby Hoffman Debbie Miller Irene Piotrowski Jenny Wingerson

Cycling

Men

• Jules Béland
• Bob Boucher
• Joe Jones
• Yves Landry
• Jocelyn Lovell
• Marcel Roy

horse riding

• Jim Day

  Gold jumping team

• Alan Ehrlick
• Jim Elder

  Gold jumping team

• Norman Elder
• Inez Fischer credo
• Tom Gayford

  Gold jumping team

• Robin Hahn
• Christilot Hanson-Boylen
• Torchy Millar
• Barry Sonshine
• Zoltan Sztehlo

Wrestling

Men

• Pat Bolger
• Robert Chamberot
• Gord Garvie
• Harry Geris
• Brian Heffel
• Ed Millard
• Herb Singerman

rowing

Men

• Clayton Brown
• Neil Campbell
• Richard Crooker
• Joel Finlay
• Lyle Gatley
• Roger Jackson
• Daryl MacDonald
• John McIntyre
• John Richardson
• John Ross
• Robert Stubbs
• Daryl Sturdy
• Richard Symsyk
• John Ulinder

shoot

• Keith Elder
• Bill Hare
• Alf Mayer
• Gerald Ouellette
• John Primrose
• Donald Sanderlin
• Rudy Schulze
• Edward Shaske
• Jules Sobrian
• Harry Willsie

swim

Men Tom Arusoo Ken Campbell Glen Finch Sandy Gilchrist Ralph Hutton Silver 400 m freestyle Ron Jacks Bill Mahony Jim Shaw George Smith

Women Marilyn Corson Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Angela Coughlan Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Marion Lay Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Elaine Tanner Silver 100 m back Silver 200 m back Bronze 4 x 100 m freestyle Anne Walton Jeanne Warren

sailing

• Oswald Blouin
• Roger Green
• Stewart Green
• Jack bunnies
• Paul Henderson
• Timothy Irwin
• Bruce Kirby
• Stan Leibel
• David Miller
• Steve Tupper
• Ernest Weiss

do gymnastics

Men Barry Brooker Roger Dion Sid Jensen Gilbert Larose Steve Mitruk

Women Suzanne Cloutier Jennifer Diachun Sandra Hartley Teresa McDonnell Marilynn Minaker

Diving

Men Bob Eaton Kenneth Sully

Women Beverly Boys Nancy Robertson

Web links

• 1968 Canadian Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )