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
fencing
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Women |
Weightlifting
Men
canoe
Men |
Women |
athletics
Men |
Women |
Cycling
Men
horse riding
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Jim Day
- Gold jumping team
- Alan Ehrlick
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Jim Elder
- Gold jumping team
- Norman Elder
- Inez Fischer credo
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Tom Gayford
- Gold jumping team
- Robin Hahn
- Christilot Hanson-Boylen
- Torchy Millar
- Barry Sonshine
- Zoltan Sztehlo
Wrestling
Men
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
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Women
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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
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Women |
Diving
Men |
Women |
Web links
- 1968 Canadian Olympic team in the Sports-Reference database (archived from the original )