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competed at the

1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport ev ...

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, Mexico. 82 competitors, 66 men and 16 women, took part in 64 events in 9 sports.

Medalists

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Gold

Viorica Viscopoleanu Viorica Viscopoleanu (née Belmega on 8 August 1939) is a retired Romanian long jump The long jump is a track and field event in which athletes combine speed, strength and agility in an attempt to leap as far as possible from a takeoff poi ...

— Athletics, Women's Long Jump *

Lia Manoliu Lia Manoliu (; 25 April 1932 – 9 January 1998) was a Romanian discus thrower who won one gold and two bronze Olympic medals. She was the first track and field athlete to compete at six Olympics (1952–1972). Early life; sports and educat ...

— Athletics, Women's Discus Throw * Serghei Covaliov and

Ivan Patzaichin Ivan Patzaichin (; 26 November 1949 – 5 September 2021) was a Romanian canoe racing coach and sprint canoeist. He took part in all major competitions between 1968 and 1984, including five consecutive Olympics, and won seven Olympic and 22 worl ...

— Canoeing, Men's C2 1000m Canadian Pairs * Ion Drîmbă — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

Silver

Ileana Silai Ileana Silai (née ''Gergely'' on 14 October 1941) is a retired Romanian middle-distance runner. She competed in the 800 m at the 1968, 1972 and 1976 Olympics and in the 1500 m at the 1976 and 1980 Olympics. She won a silver over 800 m in 1968. ...

— Athletics, Women's 800 metres * Mihaela Peneș — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw * Ion Monea — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight * Anton Calenic,

Dimitrie Ivanov Dimitrie Ivanov (September 24, 1944 – 1998) was a Romanian sprint canoer who competed in the late 1960s and early 1970s. At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, he won a silver medal in the K-4 1000 m event. Ivanov also won a s ...

, Haralambie Ivanov, and Mihai Țurcaș — Canoeing, Men's K4 1000m Kayak Fours * Marcel Roșca — Shooting, Men's Rapid-Fire Pistol * Ion Baciu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Bantamweight

Bronze

* Calistrat Cuțov — Boxing, Men's Lightweight * Viorica Dumitru — Canoeing, Women's K1 500m Kayak Singles * Ileana Gyulai-Drimba, Ana Pascu-Ene-Dersidan, Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic, Olga Szabo-Orban and Maria Vicol — Fencing, Women's Foil Team *

Simion Popescu Simion Popescu (born 11 August 1940) is a retired Greco-Roman wrestler from Romania. He competed at the 1968 and 1972 Olympics and won a bronze medal in 1972. At the world championships he won a gold medal in 1969, placing second in 1967 and 19 ...

— Wrestling, Men's Featherweight * Nicolae Martinescu — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

Athletics

Boxing

Canoeing

Cycling

One cyclist represented Romania in 1968. ; Individual road race * Emil Rusu ;

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 ...

* Emil Rusu

Fencing

Ten fencers, five men and five women, represented Romania in 1968. ; Men's foil * Ion Drîmbă * Mihai Țiu * Tănase Mureșanu ; Men's team foil * Ion Drîmbă, Mihai Țiu, Ștefan Haukler, Tănase Mureșanu, Iuliu Falb ; Men's épée * Ștefan Haukler * Tănase Mureșanu ; Women's foil * Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic * Olga Orban-Szabo *

Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei Ileana Gyulai-Drîmbă-Jenei ( Hungarian: Ilona Gyulai, 12 June 1946 – 25 August 2021) was a Romanian foil fencer. She competed at the 1964, 1968, 1972, and 1976 Olympics and won team bronze medals in 1968 and 1972, placing fifth in 1964. She ...

; Women's team foil * Ecaterina Stahl-Iencic,

, Olga Orban-Szabo, Ana Derșidan-Ene-Pascu, Maria Vicol

Rowing

Shooting

Twelve shooters, all men, represented Romania in 1968. Marcel Roşca won silver in the 25 m pistol. ;

25 m pistol 25 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often known as sport pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It was devised as a women's event in the 1960s, based upon the rules of 25 meter center-fire pistol but shot with a .22-caliber spo ...

* Marcel Roşca * Virgil Atanasiu ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Neagu Bratu * Lucian Giuşcă ; 300 m rifle, three positions * Petre Șandor * Ștefan Kaban ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Nicolae Rotaru * Ion Olărescu ; 50 m rifle, prone * Nicolae Rotaru * Marin Ferecatu ;

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Ion Dumitrescu Ion Dumitrescu (18 July 1925 – 1999) was a Romanian sports shooter. He competed in the individual trap event at the 1960, 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics and placed 1st, 5th, 11th and 30th, respectively.Gheorghe Florescu ;

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* Gheorghe Sencovici

Swimming

Wrestling

References

Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

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