United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of the United States
IOC code	USA
NOC	United States Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	357 (274 men and 83 women) in 18 sports
Flag bearer	Janice-Lee Romary
Medals Ranked 1st	Gold 45 Silver 28 Bronze 34 Total 107
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Other related appearances
1906 Intercalated Games

The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 357 competitors, 274 men and 83 women, took part in 167 events in 18 sports.^[1]

The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 45 gold and 107 total medals.

The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.

^a Athletes who participated in the heats only.

Track and road events
Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Charles Greene	100 m	10.09	1 Q	10.02	1 Q	10.13	1 Q	10.07
Jim Hines		10.26	1 Q	10.14	2 Q	10.08	1 Q	9.95 WR
Mel Pender		10.35	2 Q	10.16	2 Q	10.21	4 Q	10.17	6
John Carlos	200 m	20.54	1 Q	20.69	1 Q	20.12 OR	1 Q	20.10
Larry Questad		20.75	1 Q	20.57	2 Q	20.48	3 Q	20.62	6
Tommie Smith		20.37	1 Q	20.28	1 Q	20.14	1 Q	19.83 WR
Lee Evans	400 m	45.40	1 Q	45.54	2 Q	44.83 OR	1 Q	43.86 WR
Ron Freeman		45.67	3 Q	45.31	1 Q	45.47	2 Q	44.41
Larry James		45.83	3 Q	45.77	2 Q	44.88	2 Q	43.97
Wade Bell	800 m	1:51.5	5	—		Did not advance
Tom Farrell		1:47.9	2 Q			1:46.1	4 Q	1:45.4
Ron Kutschinski		1:47.6	3 q			1:47.3	5	Did not advance
Marty Liquori	1500 m	3:52.78	1 Q	—		3:52.17	4 Q	4:18.22	12
Jim Ryun		3:45.80	1 Q			3:51.25	1 Q	3:37.89
Tom Von Ruden		3:59.15	1 Q			3:54.12	3 Q	3:49.27	9
Jack Bacheler	5000 m	14:31.0	4 Q	—				DNS
Bob Day		14:23.2	6					Did not advance
Lou Scott		15:13.6	11					Did not advance
Tom Laris	10,000 m	—						30:26.2	16
Van Nelson								31:40.2	28
Tracy Smith								30:14.6	11
Leon Coleman	110 m hurdles	13.77	1 Q	—		13.54	2 Q	13.67	4
Willie Davenport		13.65	1 Q			13.53	1 Q	13.33 OR
Ervin Hall		13.75	1 Q			13.38 OR	1 Q	13.42
Geoff Vanderstock	400 m hurdles	—		50.6	2 Q	49.2	2 Q	49.0	4
Ron Whitney				49.0 OR	1 Q	49.2	2 Q	49.2	6
Conrad Nightingale	3000 m steeplechase	9:13.23	6	—				Did not advance
Bill Reilly		9:10.35	5					Did not advance
George Young		9:01.49	2 Q					8:51.86
Charles Greene Jim Hines Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith	4 × 100 m relay	38.8	2 Q	—		38.6	2 Q	38.24 WR
Lee Evans Ron Freeman Larry James Vincent Matthews	4 × 400 m relay	3:00.71	1 Q	—				2:56.10 WR
Ron Daws	Marathon	—						2:33:53	22
Kenny Moore								2:29:49	14
George Young								2:31:15	16
Tom Dooley	20 km walk	—						1:40:08	17
Rudy Haluza								1:35:00.2	4
Ron Laird								1:44:38	25
Goetz Klopfer	50 km walk	—						4:39:13.8	10
Dave Romansky								5:38:03.4	26
Larry Young								4:31:55.4

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Margaret Bailes	100 m	11.2	1 Q	11.3	2 Q	11.5	3 Q	11.3	5
Barbara Ferrell		11.2	1 Q	11.1	1 Q	11.3	2 Q	11.1
Wyomia Tyus		11.2	1 Q	11.0	1 Q	11.3	1 Q	11.0 WR
Margaret Bailes	200 m	23.1	2 Q	—		22.9	3 Q	23.1	7
Barbara Ferrell		22.9	1 Q			22.8 OR	1 Q	22.9	4
Wyomia Tyus		23.4	1 Q			23.1	2 Q	23.0	6
Lois Anne Drinkwater	400 m	54.5	4 Q	—		57.3	8	Did not advance
Jarvis Scott		53.5	2 Q			53.2	4 Q	52.7	6
Esther Stroy		53.5	2 Q			54.3	5	Did not advance
Doris Brown	800 m	2:09.5	2 Q	—		2:05.2	2 Q	2:03.9	5
Francie Kraker		2:07.3	5			Did not advance
Madeline Manning		2:08.7	1 Q			2:05.8	1 Q	2:00.9 OR
Judy Dyer	80 m hurdles	10.9	3 Q	—		10.8	6	Did not advance
Mamie Rallins		10.6	1 Q			10.6	5	Did not advance
Patty Van Wolvelaere		10.6	1 Q			10.6	2 Q	10.5	4
Margaret Bailes Barbara Ferrell Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus	4 × 100 m relay	—				43.4	1 Q	42.88 WR

Field events
Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Bob Beamon	Long jump	8.19	2 Q	8.90 WR
Ralph Boston		8.27 OR	1 Q	8.16
Charles Mays		7.85	6 Q	DNS
Dave Smith	Triple jump	15.75	21	Did not advance
Norman Tate		15.84	17	Did not advance
Art Walker		16.49	3 Q	17.12 NAR	4
Reynaldo Brown	High jump	2.12	9 q	2.14	5
Ed Caruthers		2.14	2 Q	2.22
Dick Fosbury		2.14	1 Q	2.24 OR
Casey Carrigan	Pole vault	4.60	20	Did not advance
John Pennel		4.90	1 Q	5.35	5
Bob Seagren		4.90	13 Q	5.40 OR
Dave Maggard	Shot put	19.26	7 Q	19.43	5
Randy Matson'		20.68 OR	1 Q	20.57
George Woods		19.79	3 Q	20.12
Gary Carlsen	Discus throw	60.36	3 Q	59.46	6
Al Oerter		59.36	6 Q	67.78 OR
Jay Silvester		63.34 OR	1 Q	61.78	5
Frank Covelli	Javelin throw	73.04	21	Did not advance
Mark Murro		81.14	7 Q	80.08	9
Gary Stenlund		73.52	20	Did not advance
Ed Burke	Hammer throw	67.36	10 Q	65.72	12
Hal Connolly		65.00	17	Did not advance
Albert Hall		65.70	14	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Martha Watson	Long jump	6.30	12 q	6.20	10
Willye White		6.42	6 Q	6.08	11
Estelle Baskerville	High jump	NH		Did not advance
Sharon Callahan		1.60	22	Did not advance
Eleanor Montgomery		1.68	19	Did not advance
Maren Seidler	Shot put	—		14.86	11
Olga Connolly	Discus throw	—		52.96	6
Carol Moseke				48.28	14
RaNae Bair	Javelin throw	—		53.14	11
Barbara Friedrich				53.44	9

Combined event – Men's decathlon

Athlete	Event	{100 m	LJ	SP	HJ	400 m	110 m H	DT	PV	JT	1500 m	Final	Rank
Rick Sloan	Result	11.2	6.72	14.07	2.10	51.0	15.5	45.58	4.85	49.90	4:44.0	7692	7
	Points	756	761	733	942	762	797	792	1017	632	500
Bill Toomey	Result	10.4	7.87	13.75	1.95	45.6	14.9	43.68	4.20	62.80	4:57.1	8193 OR
	Points	959	994	712	813	1021	859	757	859	795	424
Tom Waddell	Result	11.3	7.47	14.45	2.01	51.2	15.3	43.73	4.50	63.70	5:04.5	7719	6
	Points	733	915	756	865	753	817	758	932	806	384

Combined event – Women's pentathlon

Athlete	Event	80 m H	SP	HJ	LJ	200 m	Final	Rank
Cathy Hamblin	Result	11.9	10.66	1.50	5.72	25.3	4330	24
	Points	904	761	836	924	905
Pat Winslow	Result	11.4	13.33	1.65	5.97	24.5	4877	6
	Points	979	943	996	982	977

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round								Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Spain W 81–46	Senegal W 93–36	Philippines W 96–75	Yugoslavia W 73–58	Panama W 95–60	Italy W 100–61	Puerto Rico W 61–56	1 Q	Brazil W 75–63	Yugoslavia W 65–50

Roster

Name [2]	Position	Height	Weight	Age	Team/School	Home Town
Mike Barrett	G	6'2"	155	25	U.S. Armed Forces (West Virginia Tech)	Richwood, West Virginia
John Clawson	G	6'4"	200	24	U.S. Armed Forces (Michigan)	Naperville, Illinois
Don Dee	F	6'7"	205	25	St. Mary of the Plains Col. (KS)	Kansas City, Missouri
Calvin Fowler	G	6'1"	170	27	Goodyear Wingfoots (St. Francis)	Akron, Ohio
Spencer Haywood	C	6'8"	225	19	Trinidad State Junior College	Detroit, Michigan
Bill Hosket	F	6'8"	220	21	Ohio State University	Dayton, Ohio
Jim King	F	6'7"	200	25	Goodyear Wingfoots (Okla. St.)	Akron, Ohio
Glynn Saulters	G	6'2"	175	23	Northeast Louisiana University	Lisbon, Louisiana
Charlie Scott	F	6'5"	180	19	University of North Carolina	New York, New York
Mike Silliman	F	6'6"	225	23	U.S. Armed Forces (Military Acd.)	Louisville, Kentucky
Ken Spain	C	6'9"	240	22	University of Houston	Houston, Texas
Jo Jo White	G	6'3"	195	21	University of Kansas	St. Louis, Missouri

The roster was led by future NBA All-Stars Haywood (19 years old) and White (21 years old), who led the team in scoring, with an average of 16.3 points and 11.7 points respectively.^[3] Haywood was the youngest player to make the USA basketball team at the time.

USA Basketball also selected 6 alternates to the U.S. squad; Tom Black of the Goodyear Wingfoots, George Carter of the US Army, Joe Hamilton of Christian College of the Southwest (TX) Junior College, Dan Issel of the University of Kentucky, Rick Mount of Purdue University and Charlie Paulk of Northeastern Oklahoma College.^[4]

Notably absent from the squad or the list of alternates were Pete Maravich, who led the NCAA in scoring during his sophomore season at LSU and would go on to set the NCAA career scoring record of 3,667 points, and reigning NCAA Champion and Player of the Year Lew Alcindor, who chose not to try out for the Olympic team in protest at the treatment of African Americans in the United States, stating that he was "trying to point out to the world the futility of winning the gold medal for this country and then coming back to live under oppression."^[5] Some of other NCAA stars, such as Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy, were also absent. As such, the Americans were severely weakened.

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Harlan Marbley	Light flyweight	—	Bye	Temel (TUR) W 5–0	Ogun (NGR) W 5–0	Rodríguez (VEN) L 1–4	Did not advance
David Vasquez	Flyweight	—	Grasso (ITA) W 3–2	Rwabwogo (UGA) L 2–3	Did not advance
Samuel Goss	Bantamweight	Bye	Gîju (ROU) L 0–5	Did not advance
Al Robinson	Featherweight	—	Cheshire (GBR) W RSC	Pelegrino (PHI) W KO	Kallaf Allah (RAU) W 5–0	Mihailov (BUL) W 4–1	Roldán (MEX) L DSQ
Ronnie Harris	Lightweight	Bye	Lee (KOR) W 5–0	Stacey (GBR) W 4–1	Muruli (UGA) W 5–0	Cuțov (ROU) W 5–0	Grudzień (POL) W 5–0
Jim Wallington	Light welterweight	Bye	Cartagena (DOM) W RSC	Odhiambo (UGA) W 5–0	Kim (KOR) W 5–0	Regüeiferos (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Armando Muñíz	Welterweight	Bye	Kasprzyk (POL) W 4–1	Hebeisen (SUI) W 4–1	Guilloti (ARG) L 1–4	Did not advance
John Baldwin	Light middleweight	—	Bye	Stantien (TCH) W 5–0	Benítez (URU) W 5–0	Garbey (CUB) L 1–4	Did not advance
Alfred Jones	Middleweight	—	Quiñones (PER) W 5–0	Marrero (CUB) W 5–0	Georgiev (BUL) W 4–1	Finnegan (GBR) L 1–4	Did not advance
Arthur Redden	Light heavyweight	—	Bye	Stankov (BUL) L 1–4	Did not advance
George Foreman	Heavyweight	—		Trela (POL) W 4–1	Alexe (ROU) W RSC	Bambini (ITA) W KO	Čepulis (URS) W RSC

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Andreas Weigand	C-1 1000 m	4:30.0	4 SF	—		4:37.11	3 QF	4:50.42	8
William Gates Malcolm Hickox	C-2 1000 m	4:37.0	7 SF	—		4:33.49	6	Did not advance
John Glair	K-1 1000 m	4:13.5	6 R	4:29.89	3 SF	4:08.31	4	Did not advance
Paul Beachem Peter Weigand	K-2 1000 m	4:15.0	7 R	4:00.04	4	Did not advance
Lester Cutler Ernst Heincke Mervil Larson John Pickett	K-4 1000 m	3:31.7	6 R	3:32.21	5	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Marcia Smoke	K-1 500 m	2:09.6	4 SF	2:12.67	1 QF	2:14.68	4
Sperry Rademaker Marcia Smoke	K-2 500 m	2:08.9	4 SF	2:04.54	2 QF	2:02.97	7

Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R = Qualify to repechage

Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1968.

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Daniel Butler	Road race	DNF
David Chauner		DNF
John Howard		4:52:45	44
Wes Wessberg		DNF
John Allis John Howard Oliver Martin Jim Van Boven	Team time trial	2:24:13.50	20

Pursuit

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Time	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
David Brink	Individual	4:55.40	18	Did not advance
David Chauner Skip Cutting Steve Maaranen John Vande Velde	Team	4:32.87	17	Did not advance

Sprint

Athlete	Event	Round 1	Repechage 1	Round 2	Repechage 2	Round 3	Repechage 3	Repechage final	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Tim Mountford	Individual	Baranycez (HUN),  Loevesijn (NED) L	Kim (KOR),  Galeano (COL) W 11.03	Morelon (FRA) L	Pedersen (DEN) W 11.31	Fredborg (DEN),  Pkhakdze (URS) L	Kučírek (TCH),  Johnson (AUS) W 10.79	Loevesijn (NED) L	Did not advance			=9
Jackie Simes		Goens (BEL),  Sutherland (HBR) W 11.23	Bye	Kravtsov (URS),  Van Lancker (BEL) W 10.72	Bye	Kučírek (TCH),  Verzini (ITA) L	Fredborg (DEN),  King (TTO) W 10.92	Barth (FRG) L	Did not advance			=9
Jack Disney Charles Pranke	Tandem	Goens / Van Lancker (BEL) L	Clarke / Johnson (AUS) L	—				Did not advance				=11

Time trial

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Jackie Simes	1000 m time trial	1:05.67	12

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Jim Henry	3 m springboard	105.47	1 Q	52.65	5	158.09
Keith Russell		100.61	4 Q	51.14	8	151.75	4
Bernard Wrightson		102.95	3 Q	67.20	1	170.15
Rick Gilbert	10 m platform	86.70	17	Did not advance
Keith Russell		101.38	3 Q	50.96	5	152.34	4
Edwin Young		99.98	4 Q	53.95	3	153.93

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Final		Total
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Sue Gossick	3 m springboard	97.32	3 Q	53.45	1	150.77
Micki King		98.17	1 Q	39.21	8	137.38	4
Keela O'Sullivan		95.58	4 Q	49.65	2	145.23
Lesley Bush	10 m platform	43.72	20	Did not advance
Ann Peterson		52.14	2 Q	48.97	4	101.11
Barbara Talmage		47.09	7 Q	40.20	10	87.29	10

Dressage

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 2
			Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Kyra Downton	Cadet	Individual	657	21	Did not advance
Edith Master	Helios		646	23	Did not advance
Donnan Plumb	Attache		616	24	Did not advance
Kyra Downton Edith Master Donnan Plumb	See above	Team	1919	8	—

Eventing

Athlete	Horse	Event	Dressage			Cross-country					Jumping			Total
			Time	Penalties	Rank	Stage B	Stage D	Penalties	Total	Rank	Obstacles	Time	Penalties	Penalties	Rank
Kevin Freeman	Chalan	Individual	6.22	77.01	14	-37.60	DSQ				EL
Michael Page	Foster		6.25	107.51	40	-28.80	-30.40	-59.20	48.31	6	0	4.00	4.00	52.31
Michael Plumb	Plain Sailing		6.17	63.00	5	-29.60	83.60	54.00	117.00	15	0	2.50	2.50	119.50	14
James C. Wofford	Kilkenny		6.24	101.51	34	-37.60	-33.60	-71.20	30.31	2	40	3.75	43.75	74.06	6
Kevin Freeman Michael Page Michael Plumb James C. Wofford	See above	Team	—	241.52	6	—		-76.40	195.62	2	—		50.25	245.87

Jumping

Athlete	Horse	Event	Round 1		Round 1		Total		Jump-off
			Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Faults	Rank	Time	Rank
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	Individual	4	=3	8	=4	12	=3	36.8	4
Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable		12	=21	Did not advance
William Steinkraus	Snowbound		0	=1	4	=1	4		Bye
Frank Chapot	San Lucas	Team	11	—	14	—	25	—	—
Mary Chapot	White Lightning		27		21		48
Kathryn Kusner	Untouchable		25		19.5		44.5
Total			63	5	54.5	3	117.5	4

20 fencers represented the United States in 1968.

Men

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Winners' bracket					Losers' bracket					Final round			Final barrage
								Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Final / BM / Pl.		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3	Round 4	Round 5
		V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank
David Micahnik	Individual épée	3	2	2 Q	1	4	6	Did not advance			—		Did not advance
Stephen Netburn		2	3	4 Q	3	2	2 Q	Constandt (BEL) W	Ladègaillerie (FRA) L	Did not advance			Bye	Constandt (BEL) W	Lötscher (SUI) L	Did not advance
Paul Pesthy		4	1	1 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Robert Beck Daniel Cantillon David Micahnik Stephen Netburn Paul Pesthy	Team épée	0	2	3	—			Did not advance				=11	—
Larry Anastasi	Individual foil	3	1	1 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance			—		Did not advance
Jeffrey Checkes		2	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Herbert Cohen		1	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance					Did not advance
Larry Anastasi Albie Axelrod Jeffrey Checkes Herbert Cohen Uriah Jones	Team foil	0	2	3	—			Did not advance				=11	—
Anthony Keane	Individual sabre	3	3	4 Q	1	4	5	Did not advance		—			Did not advance				—	Did not advance
Alfonso Morales		4	1	2 Q	3	2	2 Q	Calsrese (ITA) W	Nazlymov (HUN) L				Bye	Panizza (FRA) L	Did not advance			Did not advance
Alex Orban		4	2	3 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance					Did not advance					Did not advance
Thomas Balla Robert Blum Anthony Keane Alfonso Morales Alex Orban	Team sabre	1	1	2 Q	—				Italy (ITA) L 6–8	5th-8th semifinal  West Germany (FRG) W 9–7	5th place final  Poland (POL) L 5–9	6	—

Women

Athlete	Event	Round 1			Round 2			Winners' bracket				Losers' bracket			Final round
								Round 1	Round 2	Final / BM / Pl.		Round 1	Round 2	Round 3
		V	D	Rank	V	D	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	V	D	Rank
Harriet King	Individual foil	3	2	2 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance		—		Did not advance
Veronica Smith		1	5	7	Did not advance							Did not advance
Jan York-Romary		3	2	4 Q	2	3	5	Did not advance				Did not advance
Harriet King Maxine Mitchell Sally Pechinsky Veronica Smith Jan York-Romary	Team foil	0	2	3	—			Did not advance			=10	—

Men
All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																								Total
		Floor exercise				Pommel horse				Rings				Vault				Parallel bars				Horizontal bar
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Kanati Allen	Individual	9.10	9.20	18.30	=34	9.00	8.55	17.55	=58	7.80	8.50	16.30	99	9.00	9.15	18.15	=54	7.70	9.05	16.75	=102	8.80	9.50	18.40	=56	105.45	80
Steve Cohen		8.85	8.75	17.60	=75	9.00	8.35	17.35	=67	9.30	9.60	18.90	=9	8.95	9.05	18.00	=68	9.10	9.50	18.60	=41	8.90	9.40	18.30	=56	108.75	46
Sid Freudenstein		9.15	9.50	18.65	=14	8.75	7.85	16.60	93	8.90	9.15	18.05	=44	9.10	8.95	18.05	=63	8.95	9.40	18.25	=63	8.95	9.45	18.40	53	108.00	57
Steve Hug		9.00	9.15	18.15	=42	9.30	9.40	18.70	19	8.80	9.10	17.90	=52	8.75	9.05	17.80	=83	9.05	9.40	18.45	=51	9.25	9.35	18.60	=39	109.60	36
Fred Roethlisberger		8.95	9.40	18.35	=32	8.85	8.70	17.55	=58	9.15	9.20	18.35	27	9.25	9.15	18.40	=30	9.10	9.50	18.60	=41	9.10	9.35	18.45	=47	109.70	=34
Dave Thor		9.15	9.30	18.45	=26	9.50	9.60	19.10	=4	9.00	9.00	18.00	=47	9.10	9.40	18.50	=23	8.70	9.30	18.00	=74	9.05	9.50	18.55	=42	110.60	24
Kanati Allen Steve Cohen Sid Freudenstein Steve Hug Fred Roethlisberger Dave Thor	Team	45.35	46.55	—		45.65	44.60	—		45.15	46.05	—		45.40	45.80	—		44.80	47.10	—		45.25	47.20	—		548.90	7

Women
All-around

Athlete	Event	Apparatus																Total
		Vault				Uneven bars				Balance beam				Floor exercise
		C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	C	V	Total	Rank	Score	Rank
Wendy Cluff	Individual	9.05	8.75	17.80	=58	8.75	9.00	17.75	46	9.20	9.00	18.20	=33	9.10	8.95	18.05	42	71.80	39
Kathy Gleason		9.20	9.30	18.50	=29	9.00	9.30	18.30	29	9.15	9.30	18.45	=27	9.20	9.05	18.25	=33	73.30	31
Linda Metheny		9.35	9.05	18.40	=31	9.40	8.75	18.15	=34	9.60	9.55	19.15	3 Q	9.30	9.00	18.30	32	74.00	28
Colleen Mulvihill		8.95	8.90	17.85	=53	9.20	9.30	18.50	=24	9.40	9.30	18.70	=18	9.15	8.85	18.00	=43	73.05	34
Cathy Rigby		9.20	9.10	18.30	=36	9.40	9.50	18.90	=12	9.55	9.45	19.00	=5	9.45	9.30	18.75	=20	74.95	16
Joyce Tanac		9.25	9.20	18.45	30	9.20	9.20	18.40	27	9.25	9.20	18.45	=27	9.25	9.10	18.35	31	73.65	30
Wendy Cluff Kathy Gleason Linda Metheny Colleen Mulvihill Cathy Rigby Joyce Tanac	Team	46.05	45.55	—		46.20	46.30	—		47.00	46.80	—		46.35	45.40	—		369.75	6

Apparatus

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Final	Score	Rank
Linda Metheny	Balance beam	9.575	9.650	19.225	=4

Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1968.

Athlete	Event	Riding (Cross-country steeplechase)				Fencing (Épée)			Shooting (Rapid-fire pistol)				Swimming (300 m freestyle)			Running (4000 m cross-country)			Total
		Time	Penalties	Rank	MP	V	Rank	MP (AIP)	Score	Penalties	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	Time	Rank	MP	MP Points	Rank
Robert Beck	Individual	3:41	90	27	1010	28	=8	885 (896)	190	0	=13	912	4:06.5	28	925	16:10.3	42	655	4387	22
Tom Lough		3:32	120	31	980	18	=37	655 (662)	187	0	=25	846	3:56.4	12	988	15:15.2	24	820	4289	29
James Moore		3:36	60	=13	1040	24	=22	793 (766)	190	0	=13	912	4:05.5	=26	931	14:36.8	9	937	4613	11
Robert Beck Tom Lough James Moore	Team	—			3030	—		2324	—			2670	—		2844	—		2412	13280	4

Athlete	Event	Heat		Repechage		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
John Van Blom	Single sculls	7:54.79	3 R	7:43.00	1 SF	7:49.85	3 FA	7:50.30	4
Larry Hough Phillip Johnson	Coxless pair	7:19.92	1 SF	Bye		7:21.50	1 FA	7:26.71
Richard Edmumds Bill Hobbs Stewart MacDonald (C)	Coxed pair	8:12.48	1 SF	Bye		8:03.74	3 FA	8:12.60	5
Bill Maher John Nunn	Double sculls	6:56.96	1 SF	Bye		7:10.05	1 FA	6:54.21
Charles Hamlin Pete Raymond Lawrence Terry Raymond Wright	Coxless four	6:57.68	2 R	6:39.78	1 FA	—		6:47.70	5
Gardner Cadwalader John Hartigan (C) Luther Jones Tony Martin Bill Purdy	Coxed four	7:21.39	3 SF	Bye		6:54.22	2 FA	6:51.41	5
Steve Brooks Curtis Canning Arthur Evans David Higgins Franklin Hobbs Paul Hoffman (C) Andy Larkin Cleve Livingston Scott Steketee	Eight	6:15.42	5 R	6:19.81	2 FA	—		6:14.34	6

Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SF=Semifinal; R=Repechage

Athlete	Event	1		2		3		4		5		6		7		Total
		Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Points	Rank
Carl Van Duyne	Finn	DNF	42	DSQ	11	11	17	3	5.7	10	16	14	20	11	17	117.7	14
Bob James David James	Flying Dutchman	DNF	36	9	15	14	20	18	24	15	21	3	5.7	6	11.7	97.4	10
Peter Barrett Lowell North	Star	1	0	3	5.7	3	5.7	1	0	2	3	12	18	1	0	14.4
George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck	Dragon	2	3	6	11.7	1	0	1	0	2	3	1	0	1	0	6
Steve Colgate Gardner Cox Stuart H. Walker	5.5 Metre	7	13	8	14	8	14	4	8	9	15	8	14	6	11.7	74.7	8

Twelve shooters represented the United States in 1968. Gary Anderson won gold in the 300 m rifle, three positions, John Writer won silver in the 50 m rifle, three positions, and Thomas Garrigus won silver in the trap.

Athlete	Event	Final		Shoot-off 1		Shoot-off 2
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Bill McMillan	25 m rapid fire pistol	584	17	—
Jim McNally		580	25
Don Hamilton	50 m pistol	549	16	—
Arnold Vitarbo		559	4
Gary Anderson	50 m rifle prone	595	4	—
Lones Wigger		592	25
John Foster	50 m rifle three positions	1153	4	—
John Writer		1156
Gary Anderson	300 m rifle three positions	1157 WR		—
John Foster		1140	7
Thomas Garrigus	Trap	196	=2	25	=1	25
Ray Stafford		189	26	—
Earl Herring	Skeet	190	16	—
Robert Rodale		189	19

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mark Spitz	100 m freestyle	54.6	4 Q	53.8	3 Q	53.0
Ken Walsh		55.7	19 Q	53.9	7 Q	52.8
Zac Zorn		54.2	2 Q	53.4	2 Q	53.9	8
John Nelson	200 m freestyle	1:59.5 OR	2 Q	—		1:58.1
Don Schollander		2:00.0	3 Q			1:58.1
Stephen Rerych		2:00.6	6 Q			DNS
Brent Berk	400 m freestyle	4:20.2	6 Q	—		4:26.0	8
Mike Burton		4:19.3	4 Q			4:09.0 OR
John Nelson		4:18.7	2 Q			4:17.2	6
Mike Burton	1500 m freestyle	17:27.2	5 Q	—		16:38.9 OR
John Kinsella		17:22.7	4 Q			16:57.3
John Nelson		17:36.0	7 Q			18:05.1	8
Larry Barbiere	100 m backstroke	1:01.9	5 Q	1:01.6	=2 Q	1:01.1	4
Charlie Hickcox		1:01.1	2 Q	1:01.6	=2 Q	1:00.2
Ronnie Mills		1:01.8	=3 Q	1:01.8	4 Q	1:00.5
Gary Hall Sr.	200 m backstroke	2:16.2	2 Q	—		2:12.6	4
Jack Horsley		2:13.7	3 Q			2:10.9
Mitch Ivey		2:11.3	1 Q			2:10.6
Don McKenzie	100 m breaststroke	1:08.1	1 Q	1:08.1	=3 Q	1:07.7 OR
Ken Merten		1:10.6	=19 Q	1:11.6	22	Did not advance
Dave Perkowski		1:09.5	=7 Q	1:09.0	9	Did not advance
Brian Job	200 m breaststroke	2:31.5	2 Q	—		2:29.9
Philip Long		2:33.1	=5 Q			2:33.6	7
Ken Merten		2:37.0	12			Did not advance
Doug Russell	100 m butterfly	57.3 OR	1 Q	55.9 OR	1 Q	55.9
Mark Spitz		58.5	3 Q	57.4	2 Q	56.4
Ross Wales		58.7	4 Q	58.2	4 Q	57.2
John Ferris	200 m butterfly	2:10.6	=1 Q	—		2:09.3
Carl Robie		2:11.1	=4 Q			2:08.7
Mark Spitz		2:10.6	=1 Q			2:13.5	8
Greg Buckingham	200 m individual medley	2:15.6	2 Q	—		2:13.0
John Ferris		2:14.6 OR	1 Q			2:13.3
Charlie Hickcox		2:16.1 OR	3 Q			2:12.0 OR
Greg Buckingham	400 m individual medley	4:57.3	3 Q	—		4:51.4	4
Gary Hall Sr.		4:56.2	=1 Q			4:48.7
Charlie Hickcox		4:56.2	=1 Q			4:48.4
David Johnson[a] William Johnson[a] Stephen Rerych Don Schollander[a] Mark Spitz Michael Wall[a] Ken Walsh Zac Zorn	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	3:35.4	1 Q	—		3:31.7 WR
David Johnson[a] William Johnson[a] John Nelson Stephen Rerych Don Schollander Mark Spitz Andrew Strenk[a] Michael Wall[a]	4 × 200 m freestyle relay	8:05.1	2 Q	—		7:52.3
Charlie Hickcox Chet Jastremski[a] Don McKenzie Ronnie Mills[a] Carl Robie[a] Doug Russell Don Schollander[a] Ken Walsh	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:03.4	1 Q	—		3:54.9 WR

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Linda Gustavson	100 m freestyle	1:00.8	4 Q	1:00.6	=3 Q	1:00.3
Jan Henne		1:00.1	1 Q	1:00.5	2 Q	1:00.0
Sue Pedersen		1:01.5	5 Q	1:00.2	1 Q	1:00.3
Jane Barkman	200 m freestyle	2:13.6	2 Q	—		2:11.2
Jan Henne		2:13.8	3 Q			2:11.0
Debbie Meyer		2:13.1 OR	1 Q			2:10.5 OR
Linda Gustavson	400 m freestyle	4:41.4	3 Q	—		4:45.5
Pam Kruse		4:45.2	5 Q			4:37.2	4
Debbie Meyer		4:35.0 OR	1 Q			4:31.8 OR
Patty Caretto	800 m freestyle	9:46.4	=3 Q	—		9:51.3	5
Pam Kruse		9:49.8	5 Q			9:35.7
Debbie Meyer		9:42.8 OR	2 Q			9:24.0 OR
Kaye Hall	100 m backstroke	1:09.8	2 Q	1:08.2	2 Q	1:06.2 WR
Kendis Moore		1:10.5	=10 Q	1:09.6	6 Q	1:08.3	4
Jane Swagerty		1:10.2	=6 Q	1:08.6	3 Q	1:08.1
Susie Atwood	200 m backstroke	2:35.2	10	—		Did not advance
Kaye Hall		2:31.1 OR	3 Q			2:28.9
Lillian Watson		2:29.2 OR	1 Q			2:24.8 OR
Catie Ball	100 m breaststroke	1:18.8 OR	7 Q	1:16.8	=2 Q	1:16.7	5
Suzy Jones		1:19.3	=10 Q	1:18.6	=11	Did not advance
Sharon Wichman		1:18.3	4 Q	1:16.8	=2 Q	1:16.1
Cathy Jamison	200 m breaststroke	2:50.1	6 Q	—		2:48.4	5
Sharon Wichman		2:46.8	1 Q			2:44.4 OR
Ellie Daniel	100 m butterfly	1:07.2	3 Q	1:06.1	=1 Q	1:05.8
Toni Hewitt		1:08.1	8 Q	1:07.9	8 Q	1:07.5	7
Susan Shields		1:06.2	2 Q	1:06.3	4 Q	1:06.2
Ellie Daniel	200 m butterfly	2:29.4	=3 Q	—		2:25.9
Diane Giebel		2:33.0	6 Q			2:31.7	6
Toni Hewitt		2:29.1	2 Q			2:26.2	4
Jan Henne	200 m individual medley	2:33.9	6 Q	—		2:31.4
Claudia Kolb		2:28.8 OR	1 Q			2:24.7 OR
Susan Pedersen		2:33.2	=4 Q			2:28.8
Claudia Kolb	400 m individual medley	5:17.2 OR	1 Q	—		5:08.5 OR
Susan Pedersen		5:26.4	2 Q			5:25.8	4
Lynn Vidali		5:28.9	3 Q			5:22.2
Jane Barkman Linda Gustavson Jan Henne Susan Pedersen	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:11.1	2 Q	—		4:02.5 OR
Catie Ball Ellie Daniel Kaye Hall Jan Henne[a] Suzy Jones[a] Susan Pedersen Susan Shields[a] Jane Swagerty[a]	4 × 100 m medley relay	4:34.7	2 Q	—		4:28.3 OR

^a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.

Summary

Team	Event	Round robin
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Men's tournament	Soviet Union W 3–2	Czechoslovakia L 1–3	Brazil W 3–0	Bulgaria L 2–3	Poland L 0–3	East Germany L 0–3	Japan L 0–3	Mexico W 3–1	Belgium W 3–0	7
United States women	Women's tournament	Japan L 0–3	Czechoslovakia L 1–3	Poland L 0–3	South Korea L 1–3	Soviet Union L 1–3	Peru L 1–3	Mexico L 0–3	—		8

• Round robin

• Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
• Defeated Brazil (3-0)
• Lost to Bulgaria (2-3)
• Lost to Poland (0-3)
• Lost to East Germany (0-3)
• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Defeated Mexico (3-1)
• Defeated Belgium (3-0) → Seventh place

• Team roster

• John Alstrom
• Mike Bright
• Wink Davenport
• Smitty Duke
• Tom Haine
• Jack Henn
• Butch May
• Danny Patterson
• Larry Rundle
• Jon Stanley
• Rudy Suwara
• Pedro Velasco

• Head coach: Jim Coleman

• Round robin

• Lost to Japan (0-3)
• Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
• Lost to Poland (0-3)
• Lost to South Korea (1-3)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
• Lost to Peru (1-3)
• Lost to Mexico (0-3) → 8th and last place

• Team roster^[6]

• Patti Lucas Bright
• Kathryn Ann Heck
• Fanny Hopeau
• Ninja Jorgensen
• Laurie Lewis
• Miki McFadden
• Marilyn McReavy
• Nancy Owen
• Barbara "Bobbie" Perry
• Mary Perry
• Sharon Peterson
• Jane Ward (captain)

• Head coach: Harlan Cohen

Summary

Team	Event	Preliminary round							Semifinal / Pl.	Final / BM / Cl.
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
United States men	Water polo	Brazil W 10–5	Spain W 10–7	Cuba T 6–6	Hungary L 1–5	Soviet Union L 3–8	West Germany W 7–5	3	5th-8th semifinal  Netherlands W 6–3	5th place match  East Germany W 6–4	5

Team Competition

• Preliminary round (group A)

• Defeated Brazil (10:5)
• Defeated Spain (10:7)
• Tied with Cuba (6:6)
• Lost to Hungary (1:5)
• Lost to Soviet Union (3:8)
• Defeated West Germany (7:5)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Defeated Netherlands (6:3)
• 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (6:4) → 5th place

• Team roster

• Anton Van Dorp
• Barry Weitzenberg
• Bruce Bradley
• David Ashleigh
• Dean Willeford
• Gary Sheerer
• John Parker
• Ronald Crawford
• Russell Webb
• Stanley Cole
• Steven Barnett

Athlete	Event	Weight	Rank
Russell Knipp	75 kg	437.5	4
Fred Lowe		430.0	8
Joe Puleo	82.5 kg	DNF
Bart Bartholomew	90 kg	457.5	9
Phil Grippaldi		477.5	7
Joseph Dube	+90 kg	555.0
Ernie Pickett		DNF

Athlete	Event	Elimination stage							Final stage
		Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	TPP	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	Opposition Result (Penalty points)	FPP	Rank
Richard Sanders	Freestyle 52 kg	Defran (DOM) W TF (0.0)	Dimovski (YUG) W TF (0.0)	Ghorbani (IRN) W TF (0.0)	Kumar (IND) W TF (0.0)	—		0.0	Nakata (JPN) L PP (3.0)	Damdinsharav (MGL) W PP (1.0)	4.0
Donald Behm	Freestyle 57 kg	Sardar (PAK) W PP (1.0)	Raxon (GUA) W TF (0.0)	Singh (IND) W SP (0.5)	Talebi (IRN) L PP (3.0)	Shavov (BUL) W PP (1.0)	—	5.5	Aliyev (URS) W PP (1.0)	—	6.5
Bobby Douglas	Freestyle 63 kg	Seyed-Abbasi (IRN) L PP (3.0)	WDR
Wayne Wells	Freestyle 70 kg	Beriashivili (URS) T (2.0)	Karlsson (SWE) W PP (1.0)	Ioannidis (GRE) W TF (0.0)	Pająk (POL) W PP (1.0)	Horiuchi (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Valchev (BUL) L PP (3.0)	8.0	Did not advance			4
Steve Combs	Freestyle 78 kg	Atalay (TUR) L PP (3.0)	Martinetti (SUI) W PP (1.0)	Seo (KOR) W PP (1.0)	Robin (FRA) L PP (3.0)	—		8.0	Did not advance			=6
Tom Peckham	Freestyle 87 kg	Gardzhev (BUL) T (2.0)	Graffigna (GUA) W PP (1.0)	Marcheggiani (ITA) W TF (0.0)	Endo (JPN) W TF (0.0)	Gürsoy (TUR) T (2.0)	—	5.0	Mönkhbat (MGL) L PP (3.0)	—	8.0	4
Jess Lewis	Freestyle 97 kg	Bachmann (GDR) W PP (1.0)	Kawano (JPN) W PP (1.0)	Ayik (TUR) T (2.0)	Mustafov (BUL) L PP (3.0)	EL		7.0	Did not advance			6
Larry Kristoff	Freestyle +97 kg	Robertsson (SWE) W DQ (0.0)	Nyers (HUN) W PP (1.0)	Anvari (IRN) W PP (1.0)	Medved (URS) L DQ (4.0)	EL		6.0	Did not advance			5
Richard Tamble	Greco-Roman 52 kg	Bakulin (URS) L PP (3.0)	Çıkmaz (TUR) L PP (3.0)	EL				6.0	Did not advance			=17
David Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 57 kg	Baciu (ROU) L PP (3.0)	Nielsen (DEN) W TF (0.0)	Traikov (BUL) W DQ (0.0)	El-Sayed (RAU) L PP (3.0)	EL		6.0	Did not advance			=8
Jim Hazewinkel	Greco-Roman 63 kg	Rusznyák (HUN) W PP (1.0)	Rurua (URS) L TF (4.0)	Kim (KOR) W SP (0.5)	Galinchev (BUL) L PP (3.0)	EL		8.5	Did not advance			7
Werner Holzer	Greco-Roman 70 kg	Ben Mansour (MAR) W TF (0.0)	Karlsson (SWE) L TF (4.0)	Madsen (DEN) W PP (1.0)	Rost (FRG) L PP (3.0)	EL		8.0	Did not advance			=6
Larry Lyden	Greco-Roman 78 kg	Nenadić (YUG) L SP (3.5)	Savvas (GRE) L PP (3.0)	EL				6.5	Did not advance			=16
Wayne Baughman	Greco-Roman 87 kg	Metz (GDR) L PP (3.0)	Alvarez (MEX) W TF (0.0)	Ojala (FIN) W TF (0.0)	Kwieciński (POL) W PP (1.0)	Olenik (URS) L TF (4.0)	—	8.0	Did not advance			5
Henk Schenk	Greco-Roman 97 kg	Radev (BUL) L DQ (4.0)	Jutzeler (SUI) T (2.5)	EL				6.5	Did not advance			12
Bob Roop	Greco-Roman +97 kg	Geris (CAN) W TF (0.0)	Petrov (BUL) L TF (4.0)	Roshchin (URS) L TF (4.0)	EL			8.0	Did not advance			10

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