Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics
| Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |||||||||
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| IOC code | CAN | ||||||||
| NOC | Canadian Olympic Committee | ||||||||
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| Competitors | 139 (111 men and 28 women) in 14 sports | ||||||||
| Flag bearer | Roger Jackson | ||||||||
| Medals Ranked 23rd |
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Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 139 competitors, 111 men and 28 women, took part in 124 events in 14 sports.[1] It is the first Summer Olympiad where the Canadian team marched under the new Maple Leaf flag. The youngest competitor for Canada was a woman named Theresa McDonnell who was only 14 years old. Their oldest competitor was a man named Zoltan Sztehlo who was 46 years old. The athlete who won the most medals for Canada this year was Elaine Tanner who won three medals..[1]
Medalists
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
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Canada in 1968.
Diving
Equestrianism
Fencing
Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented Canada in 1968.
Gymnastics
Rowing
There were seven rowing events for men only and Canada entered four boats.[2] In the coxed eight, John Richardson in seat 5 was replaced with Daryl Sturdy in the B final.[3]
- Single sculls: Roger Jackson
- Double sculls: Daryl Sturdy, Robert Stubbs
- Coxless pair: John Ulinder, Lyle Gatley
- Eight: Neil Campbell, John Ross, Clayton Brown, Richard Crooker, Daryl Sturdy, Richard Symsyk, John McIntyre, Daryl MacDonald, Joel Finley (cox), John Richardson
Sailing
Shooting
Ten shooters, all male, represented Canada in 1968.
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
- 1 2 "Canada at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 14 September 2014.
- ↑ "Canada Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Retrieved 11 October 2016.
- ↑ Alvarez, José Rogelio (1969). The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968: Volume III part 1 (PDF) (PDF). Mexico City, Mexico: Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 550f. Retrieved 11 October 2016.