Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CAN
Nocname:	Canadian Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	139 (111 men and 28 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Roger Jackson
Rank:	23
Gold:	1
Silver:	3
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1900
See also:	1906 Intercalated Games

Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held from 12 to 27 October 1968 . 139 competitors, 111 men and 28 women, took part in 124 events in 14 sports.^[1] It is the inaugural Summer Olympics where the Canadian team marched under the new Maple Leaf flag. The youngest competitor for Canada was gymnast Theresa McDonnell who was 14 years old. The oldest competitor was equestrian Zoltan Sztehlo who was 46 years old.

Medallists

Gold

• Jim Day, Thomas Gayford, James Elder – Equestrian, team jumping grand prix

Silver

• Elaine Tanner – Swimming, women's 100 m backstroke
• Elaine Tanner – Swimming, women's 200 m backstroke
• Ralph Hutton – Swimming, men's 400 m freestyle

Bronze

• Angela Coughlan, Marilyn Corson-Whitney, Elaine Tanner, and Marion Lay – Swimming, women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Women's javelin throw

• Jay Dahlgren placed 13th

Women's pentathlon

• Jenny Meldrum placed 11th

Women's 800 metres

• Abigail Hoffman placed 7th

Men's 100 metres

• Harry Jerome placed 7th

Men's 5000 metres

• Bob Finlay placed 11th

Men's marathon

• Andy Boychuk placed 10th

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Canada in 1968.

Individual road race

• Marcel Roy
• Joe Jones
• Jules Béland
• Yves Landry

Team time trial

• Joe Jones
• Jules Béland
• Marcel Roy
• Yves Landry

Sprint

• Jocelyn Lovell
• Bob Boucher

1000m time trial

• Jocelyn Lovell

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Equestrian

See main article: Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Jumping Individual- James Elder placed 6th out of 7 in the final

Jumping Team- James Elder, James Day and Thomas Gayford.^[2]

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented Canada in 1968.

Men's foil

• Gerry Wiedel
• Magdy Conyd
• Peter Bakonyi

Men's team foil

• Magdy Conyd, Peter Bakonyi, Gerry Wiedel, John Andru

Men's épée

• Peter Bakonyi
• Magdy Conyd
• Gerry Wiedel

Men's team épée

• Peter Bakonyi, John Andru, Magdy Conyd, Gerry Wiedel

Men's sabre

• John Andru

Women's foil

• Sigrid Chatel

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. There were seven rowing events for men only and Canada entered four boats.^[3] In the eight, John Richardson in seat 5 was replaced with Daryl Sturdy in the B final.^[4]

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Ten shooters, all male, represented Canada in 1968.

25 m pistol

• Jules Sobrian
• Keith Elder

50 m pistol

• William Hare
• Jules Sobrian

50 m rifle, three positions

• Gerry Ouellette
• Alf Mayer

50 m rifle, prone

• Gerry Ouellette
• Rudy Schulze

Trap

• John Primrose
• Edward Shaske

Skeet

• Donald Sanderlin
• Harry Willsie

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Light Heavyweight

• Pierre St. Jean placed 10th out of 11 in the final

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Canada at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045628/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.
2. Web site: Olympic Equestrian - Mexico City 1968 equestrian champions & events. Sportsencyclo. www.olympiandatabase.com. en. 2017-05-04. 28 January 2022. https://web.archive.org/web/20220128064119/https://www.olympiandatabase.com/index.php?id=4445&L=1. live.
3. Canada Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417165928/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CAN/summer/1968/ROW/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 11 October 2016.
4. Book: Alvarez, José Rogelio . The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968: Volume III part 1 . 550f . PDF . Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad . Mexico City, Mexico . 1969 . 11 October 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120318234804/http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3pt2.pdf . 18 March 2012 .