1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Australia)

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5	7th	5

Australia participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico , with a delegation of 128 athletes (104 men and 24 women).

Medalist

gold

Surname	sport	competition
Ralph Doubell	athletics	800 meters
Maureen Caird	athletics	Women, 80 meter hurdles
Michael Wenden	swim	100 and 200 meter freestyle
Lynette McClements	swim	Women, 100 meter butterfly

silver

Name / s	sport	competition
Arthur Busch Paul Dearing Baymond Evans Brian Glencross Robert Haigh Donald Martin James Mason Donald McWatters Patrick Nilan Eric Pearce Gordon Pearce Julian Pearce Desmond Piper Fredrick Quine Ronald Riley Donald Smart	hockey	Men's competition
Peter Norman	athletics	200 metres
Raelene Boyle	athletics	Women, 200 meters
Pam Kilborn	athletics	Women, 80 meter hurdles
Alfred Duval David Douglas Michael Morgan John Ranch Joseph Fazio Gary Pearce Peter Dickinson Robert Shirlaw Alan Grover	rowing	Eighth
Greg Rogers Graham White Robert Windle Michael Wenden	swim	4 × 200 meter freestyle
Lynne Watson Judy Playfair Lynette McClements Janet Steinbeck	swim	Women, 4 × 100 meter medley

bronze

Name / s	sport	competition
Jennifer Lamy	athletics	Women, 200 meters
Brian Cobcroft Wayne Roycroft Bill Roycroft	horse riding	Versatility, team
Gregory Brough	swim	1,500 meters freestyle
Greg Rogers Robert Cusack Bob Windle Michael Wenden	swim	4 × 100 meter freestyle
Karen Moras	swim	Women, 400 meters freestyle

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Joseph Donovan

  Light flyweight: 5th place

• Robert Carney

  Flyweight: 17th place

• John Rakowski

  Bantamweight: 19th place

• Raymond Maguire

  Light welterweight: 17th place

fencing

• Russell hobby

  Foil, singles: 17th place

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Graeme Jennings

  Foil, singles: quarter-finals

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Bill Ronald

  Foil, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, singles: preliminary round

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Peter Macken

  Epee, team: preliminary round

• Duncan Page

  Epee, team: preliminary round

Weightlifting

• Neville Pery

  Light heavyweight: competition not finished

• Ray Rigby

  Heavyweight: competition not over

hockey

• Men's team

  silver

• Squad

  Paul Dearing

  James Mason

  Brian Glencross

  Gordon Pearce

  Julian Pearce

  Robert Haigh

  Donald Martin

  Raymond Evans

  Ronald Riley

  Patrick Nilan

  Donald Smart

  Desmond Piper

  Eric Pearce

  Frederick Quine

canoe

• Adrian Powell

  Single kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• John Southwood

  Two-person kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Phillip Coles

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Dennis Green

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Gordon Jeffery

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

• Barry Stuart

  Quad kayak, 1,000 meters: semi-finals

athletics

• Greg Lewis

  100 meters: heats

  200 meters: semi-finals

• Peter Norman

  200 meters: silver

• Ralph Doubell

  800 meters: gold

• Peter Watson

  1,500 meters: heats

• Ron Clarke

  5,000 meters: 5th place

  10,000 meters: 6th place

• Derek Clayton

  Marathon: 7th place

• John Farrington

  Marathon: 43rd place

• Gary Knoke

  110 meter hurdles: prelims

  400 meter hurdles: prelims

• Kerry O'Brien

  3,000 meter obstacle: 4th place

• Frank Clark

  20 kilometers of walking: 16th place

  50 kilometers of walking: 12th place

• Bob Gardiner

  50 kilometers of walking: 19th place

• Lawrie Peckham

  High jump: 8th place

• Tony Sneazwell

  High jump: 22nd place in qualification

• Peter Boyce

  High jump: 26th place in qualification

• Allen Crawley

  Long jump: 6th place

• Phil May

  Triple jump: 6th place

• Raelene Boyle

  Women, 100 meters: 4th place

  Women, 200 meters: silver

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Dianne Burge

  Women, 100 meters: 6th place

  Women, 200 meters: semi-finals

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Pam Kilborn

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 80 meter hurdles: silver

• Jennifer Lamy

  Women, 200 meters: bronze

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Joyce Bennett

  Women, 400 meters: heats

  Women, 4 × 100 meters: 5th place

• Sandra Brown

  Women, 400 meters: heats

• Maureen Caird

  Women, 80 meter hurdles: gold

• Jean Roberts

  Women, discus throwing: 16th place

Modern pentathlon

• Peter Macken

  Singles: 31st place

  Team: 12th place

• Duncan Page

  Singles: 39th place

  Team: 12th place

• Donald McMiken

  Singles: 42nd place

  Team: 12th place

Cycling

• Ronald Jonker

  Road Race: Race not finished

• Peter McDermott

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial (101.908 km): 14th place

• Kevin Morgan

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial (101.908 km): 14th place

• Donald Wilson

  Road Race: Race not finished

  Team time trial (101.908 km): 14th place

• David Watson

  Team time trial (101.908 km): 14th place

• Gordon Johnson

  Sprint: 6th / 10th laps

  Tandem: 10th place

• John Nicholson

  Sprint: 4th / 10th laps

• Hilton Clarke

  1,000 meter time trial: 14th place

  Tandem: 10th place

• John Bylsma

  4,000 meters individual pursuit: 4th place

horse riding

• Kevin Bacon

  Show jumping, singles: 18th place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• John Fahey

  Show jumping, singles: 21st place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Sam Campbell

  Show jumping, singles: 26th place

  Show jumping, team: 9th place

• Wayne Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 8th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Brien Cobcroft

  Versatility, singles: 13th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• Bill Roycroft

  Versatility, singles: 15th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

• James Scanlon

  Versatility, singles: 17th place

  Versatility, team: bronze

Wrestling

• Wesley O'Brien

  Welterweight, Greco-Roman: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Welterweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• John Kinsella

  Flyweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

• Sidney Marsh

  Lightweight, freestyle: eliminated in the 2nd round

rowing

• David Ramage

  Two without a helmsman: 7th place

• Paul Guest

  Two without a helmsman: 7th place

• Alfred Duval

  Eighth: silver

• Michael Morgan

  Eighth: silver

• Joseph Fazio

  Eighth: silver

• Peter Dickson

  Eighth: silver

• David Douglas

  Eighth: silver

• John Ranch

  Eighth: silver

• Gary Pearce

  Eighth: silver

• Robert Shirlaw

  Eighth: silver

• Alan Grover

  Eighth: silver

shoot

• Alexander Taransky

  Rapid fire pistol: 19th place

• Barry Downs

  Free target pistol: 35th place

• Donald Tolhurst

  Small caliber three-position fight: 28th place

swim

• Michael Wenden

  100 meters freestyle: gold

  200 meters freestyle: gold

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

  4 × 100 meter locations: 4th place

• Gregory Rogers

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  400 meters freestyle: prelims

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Bob Windle

  100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  200 meters freestyle: 6th place

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Mark Anderson

  200 meters freestyle: prelims

• Gregory Brough

  400 meters freestyle: 4th place

  1,500 meters freestyle: bronze

• Graham White

  400 meters freestyle: 5th place

  1,500 meters freestyle: 4th place

  4 × 200 meter freestyle: silver

• Robert Cusack

  100 meter butterfly: 8th place

  200 meters butterfly: heats

  4 × 100 meter freestyle: bronze

  4 × 100 meter locations: 4th place

• Karl Byrom

  100 meters back: semi-finals

  200 meters back: heats

  200 meter medley: prelims

  400 meter individual medley: prelims

  4 × 100 meter locations: 4th place

• Ian O'Brien

  100 meters chest: 6th place

  200 meters chest: heats

  4 × 100 meter locations: 4th place

• Graham Dunn

  100 meter butterfly: prelims

  200 meters butterfly: heats

• Lynette Bell

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: 7th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver

• Janet Steinbeck

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver

• Lynette Watson

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: semi-finals

  Women, 100 meters back: 6th place

  Women, 200 meters back: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver

• Julie McDonald-Dyring

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Karen Moras

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: bronze

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Denise Langford

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: 7th place

• Christine Deakes

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

• Jo-Anne Barnes

  Women, 100 meters chest: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

• Judith Playfair

  Women, 100 meters chest: semi-finals

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver

• Susan Eddy

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meters freestyle: 4th place

• Dianna Rickard

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

• Susan McKenzie

  Women, 100 meters chest: heats

  Women, 200 meters chest: prelims

• Lynette McClements

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: gold

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: silver

• Pauline Gray

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 200 meters butterfly: prelims

sailing

• Ronald Jenyns

  Finn-Dinghi: 4th place

• David Forbes

  Star: 6th place

• Richard Williamson

  Star: 6th place

• John Cuneo

  Dragons: 5th place

• John Ferguson

  Dragons: 5th place

• Thomas Anderson

  Dragons: 5th place

• Carl Ryves

  Flying Dutchman: 4th place

• James Sargeant

  Flying Dutchman: 4th place

• William Solomons

  5.5 mR class: 7th place

• Gilbert Kaufman

  5.5 mR class: 7th place

• James Hardy

  5.5 mR class: 7th place

do gymnastics

• Murray Chessell

  Individual all-around: 102nd place

  Floor: 96th place

  Horse jump: 105th place

  Bars: 108th place

  Horizontal bar: 100th place

  Rings: 89th place

  Pommel horse: 92nd place

• Valerie Buffham-Norris

  Women, individual competition: 70th place

  Women, floor: 71st place

  Women, horse jump: 58th place

  Women, uneven bars: 78th place

  Women, balance beam: 72nd place

Diving

• Donald Wagstaff

  Artistic jumping: 8th place

  Diving: 15th place

• Robyn Bradshaw

  Women, jumping: 15th place

  Women, diving: 18th place

Web links

• Australian Olympic team from 1968 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )