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, represented by the

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(BOA), competed at the

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. 225 competitors, 175 men and 50 women, took part in 133 events in 16 sports. British athletes have competed in every

Summer Olympic Games The Summer Olympic Games (french: link=no, Jeux olympiques d'été), also known as the Games of the Olympiad, and often referred to as the Summer Olympics, is a major international multi-sport event normally held once every four years. The inau ...

Medallists

Gold

David Hemery David Peter Hemery, (born 18 July 1944) is a British former track and field athlete, best known as the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Early life Hemery was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but ...

— Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles *

Chris Finnegan Chris Finnegan MBE (5 June 1944 – 2 March 2009) was a British professional boxer of Irish descent born in Iver, Buckinghamshire, England.Derek Allhusen Major Derek Swithin Allhusen, CVO (9 January 1914 – 24 April 2000) was an English equestrian who was a 54-year-old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and individual silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. Derek S ...

Jane Bullen Jane Mary Elizabeth Holderness-Roddam (née Bullen; born 1 July 1948, Charmouth, Dorset) is a British event rider, winning Badminton Horse Trials in 1968 (on Our Nobby) and 1978 (on Warrior). She also won Burghley Horse Trials in 1976 ...

, Ben Jones, and

Richard Meade Richard John Hannay Meade (4 December 1938 – 8 January 2015) was Britain's most successful male equestrian at the Olympics. He was a triple Olympic gold medalist and the first British rider to win an individual Olympic title. He also won ...

— Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition * Bob Braithwaite — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting *

Rodney Pattisson Rodney Stuart Pattisson, Order of the British Empire, MBE (born 5 August 1943) is a British yachtsman. He is a double Olympic gold medalist in sailing won at the Sailing_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics_–_Flying_Dutchman, 1968 Mexico City Olympics ...

& Iain MacDonald-Smith — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

Silver

Lillian Board Lillian Barbara Board, (13 December 1948 – 26 December 1970) was a British athlete. She won the silver medal in the 400 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, and two gold medals at the 1969 European Championships in Athletics in ...

— Athletics, Women's 400 metres *

Sheila Sherwood Sheila Sherwood (born Sheila Hilary Parkin, 22 October 1945 in Parson Cross, Sheffield, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a former international long jumper whose career highlights included a silver medal at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexic ...

— Athletics, Women's Long Jump *

Derek Allhusen Major Derek Swithin Allhusen, CVO (9 January 1914 – 24 April 2000) was an English equestrian who was a 54-year-old grandfather when he rode Lochinvar to team gold and individual silver medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico. Derek S ...

— Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition *

Marion Coakes Marion Janice Mould (née Coakes, born 6 June 1947) is an English show-jumper. She competed for Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics, winning a silver medal in the individual jumping event. Early life Coakes was born in June 1947 ...

— Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition *

Martyn Woodroffe Martyn John Woodroffe (born 8 September 1950) is a Welsh swimmer. Swimming career He won a silver medal at the 1968 Olympic Games. Woodroffe was born in Cardiff, Wales. He represented Wales at the 1966 British Empire and Commonwealth Game ...

— Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly

Bronze

* John Sherwood — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles *

David Broome David McPherson Broome (born 1 March 1940) is a retired Welsh show jumping champion. He competed in the 1960, 1964, 1968, 1972 and 1988 Olympics and won individual bronze medals in 1960 on Sunsalve and in 1968 on his best-known horse ''Mr Sof ...

— Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition * Robin Aisher, Paul Anderson, and Adrian Jardine — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class

Athletics

Men's Hammer Throw * Howard Payne :*Qualifying Round — 68.06m :*Final — 67.62m (→ 10th place) Women's Pentathlon * Sue Scott :* Final Result — 4.786 points (→ 10th place)

Boxing

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) *

Billy Wells William Thomas Wells, better known as Bombardier Billy Wells (31 August 1889 – 12 June 1967), was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy Wells", he was British and British Empire Champion from 1911 un ...

:* First Round — Lost to Ionas Chepulis (URS), TKO-3

Canoeing

Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1968. ; Individual road race * Dave Rollinson * Brian Jolly *

Billy Bilsland William Law Bilsland (born 9 November 1945) is a British former professional racing cyclist. Amateur career Bilsland began racing in 1963. As an amateur he raced mostly in the UK, especially in his native Scotland. He did though win in conti ...

Les West Les West (born 11 November 1943) was one of the dominant figures of amateur and professional cycling in Britain during the 1960 and 1970s. He won the Milk Race twice, came second in the world amateur road race championship and fourth in the wor ...

;

Team time trial A team time trial (TTT) is a road bicycle race in which teams of cyclists race against the clock (see individual time trial for a more detailed description of ITT events). The winning team in a TTT is determined by the comparing the times of ( ...

* John Bettison *

Roy Cromack Roy Cromack (18 February 1940 – 10 November 2017) was a racing cyclist who represented Britain in track races and in international road races such as the Peace Race. He was the first British cyclist to ride more than 500 miles in a 24-hour ti ...

* Pete Smith * John Watson ; Sprint *

Reg Barnett Reginald A Barnett (born 15 October 1945) is a British retired cyclist. He competed in the sprint event at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He was the national sprint champion on six occasions in 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1972 and 1973. He also represe ...

Ian Alsop Ian Clunies Alsop (14 June 1943 – 2 May 2020) was a former British competitive track cyclist. Cycling career He represented England in the 1966 Commonwealth Games, and he won the gold medal in the 10 mile scratch race. He also competed i ...

; 1000m time trial *

Brendan McKeown Brendan McKeown (born 18 March 1944) is a former British cyclist. Cycling career He competed in the 1000m time trial at the 1968 Summer Olympics. British Amateur Individual Pursuit Champion 1967 and 1968. He represented England in the 4,000 ...

;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

Ian Hallam Ian Hallam (born 24 November 1948), is a retired British international cyclist, a dental surgeon, and the owner of two award-winning clinicsMeon DentalanMeon Face Cycling career He competed at three Olympic Games in both individual and team pur ...

;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Harry Jackson *

* Ronald Keeble

Diving

Equestrian

Fencing

17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1968. ; Men's foil * Graham Paul *

Bill Hoskyns Henry William Furse "Bill" Hoskyns MBE (19 March 1931 – 4 August 2013) was a British fencer who appeared at six Olympic Games., Fencing career Hoskyns, born in London won two silver medals in 1960 and 1964 Olympic Games. No British fence ...

* Mike Breckin ; Men's team foil *

Allan Jay Allan Louis Neville Jay MBE (born 30 June 1931) is a British former five-time-Olympian foil and épée fencer, and world champion. Early life Jay was born in London, England, and is Jewish. His father died fighting in World War II in 1943. He a ...

, Graham Paul,

Nick Halsted Nicholas Halsted (14 October 1942 – 22 September 2007) was a British international fencing, fencer. Halsted was captain of the Oxford University fencing team in 1964. He competed in three events at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

, Mike Breckin,

; Men's épée * Ralph Johnson *

; Men's team épée *

Teddy Bourne Teddy is an English language given name, usually a hypocorism of Edward or Theodore. It may refer to: People Nickname * Teddy Atlas (born 1956), boxing trainer and fight commentator * Teddy Bourne (born 1948), British Olympic epee fencer * Tedd ...

, Ralph Johnson, Peter Jacobs ; Men's sabre *

Rodney Craig Rodney Craig (born 30 April 1945) is a retired British fencing international. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics. He also represented England and won a gold medal in the team sabre and a silver medal in the individual sabre, at ...

* Sandy Leckie * Richard Oldcorn ; Men's team sabre * Sandy Leckie,

David Acfield David Laurence Acfield (born 24 July 1947) is an English former first-class cricketer who was also a champion fencer. Cricket career He was part of the successful Essex County Cricket Club team of the late 1970s and early 1980s and formed a no ...

, Richard Oldcorn ; Women's foil * Janet Wardell-Yerburgh *

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* Judith Bain ; Women's team foil * Judith Bain, Janet Wardell-Yerburgh,

Julia Davis Julia Charlotte L. Davis (born 25 August 1966) is an English actress, comedian, director and writer. She is known for writing and starring in the BBC Three comedy ''Nighty Night'' (2004–2005) and the comedies ''Hunderby'' (2012–2015) and ' ...

Eva Davies Eva Davies (25 December 1924 – 2 December 2013) was a British fencer. She competed in the women's team foil event at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the ...

Gymnastics

Hockey

Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1968. ;Individual * Jim Fox * Barry Lillywhite *

Robert Phelps Robert Ralph Phelps (March 22, 1926 – January 4, 2013) was an American mathematician who was known for his contributions to analysis, particularly to functional analysis and measure theory. He was a professor of mathematics at the Univers ...

;Team * Jim Fox * Barry Lillywhite *

Rowing

There were seven rowing events for men only and Great Britain entered two boats. In the eight, Malcolm Malpass in seat 5 was replaced with John Mullard in the B final.

Sailing

Shooting

Ten shooters, all men, represented Great Britain in 1968. Bob Braithwaite won gold in the trap. ; 25 m pistol *

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* Robert Hassell ; 50 m pistol * Charles Sexton * Marcus Loader ; 50 m rifle, prone * John Palin *

Alister Allan Alister Millar "Jock" Allan (born 28 January 1944) is an Olympic medal-winning Scottish rifleman who represented Great Britain at five Olympics between 1968 and 1992 (1972 and 1980 excepted). His best performance was at the 50m Rifle Three Pos ...

;

Trap A trap is a mechanical device used to capture or restrain an animal for purposes such as hunting, pest control, or ecological research. Trap or TRAP may also refer to: Art and entertainment Films and television * ''Trap'' (2015 film), Fil ...

* Bob Braithwaite * Eric Grantham ;

Skeet Skeet may refer to: * Skeet shooting, a discipline of competitive clay pigeon shooting ** ISSF Olympic skeet, a variant used at the Olympic Games People * Skeet Childress (born 1979), American guitar player in the band Look What I Did * Skeet Q ...

* Alec Bonnett * Colin Sephton

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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