# Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Great Britain, represented by the British Olympic Association (BOA), competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 225 competitors, 175 men and 50 women, took part in 133 events in 16 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.

## Medallists

Medals by sport :
| Sport | | | | Total |
| Athletics | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Sailing | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |

### Gold

* David Hemery — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* Chris Finnegan — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* Derek Allhusen, Jane Bullen, Ben Jones, and Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
* Bob Braithwaite — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
* Rodney Pattisson & Iain MacDonald-Smith — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman

### Silver

* Lillian Board — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
* Sheila Sherwood — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
* Derek Allhusen — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
* Marion Coakes — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
* Martyn Woodroffe — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly

### Bronze

* John Sherwood — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
* David Broome — 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
   * First Round — Lost to Ionas Chepulis (URS), TKO-3

## Cycling

Fourteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1968.

### Individual road race

* Dave Rollinson
* Brian Jolly
* Billy Bilsland
* Les West

### Team time trial

* John Bettison
* Roy Cromack
* Pete Smith
* John Watson

### Sprint

* Reg Barnett
* Ian Alsop

### 1000m time trial

* Brendan McKeown

### Individual pursuit

* Ian Hallam

### Team pursuit

* Ian Alsop
* Harry Jackson
* Ian Hallam
* Ronald Keeble

## Fencing

17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1968.

### Men's foil

* Graham Paul
* Bill Hoskyns
* Mike Breckin

### Men's team foil

* Allan Jay, Graham Paul, Nick Halsted, Mike Breckin, Bill Hoskyns

### Men's épée

* Ralph Johnson
* Nick Halsted
* Bill Hoskyns

### Men's team épée

* Nick Halsted, Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Johnson, Peter Jacobs

### Men's sabre

* Rodney Craig
* Sandy Leckie
* Richard Oldcorn

### Men's team sabre

* Sandy Leckie, Rodney Craig, David Acfield, Richard Oldcorn

### Women's foil

* Janet Wardell-Yerburgh
* Sue Green
* Judith Bain

### Women's team foil

* Judith Bain, Janet Wardell-Yerburgh, Sue Green, Julia Davis, Eva Davies

## Modern pentathlon

Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1968.

### Individual

* Jim Fox
* Barry Lillywhite
* Robert Phelps

### Team

* Jim Fox
* Barry Lillywhite
* Robert Phelps

## 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.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Kenny Dwan | Single sculls | 8:03.95 | 4 R | 7:41.98 | 1 SF | 7:55.90 | 3 FA | 8:13.76 | 6 |
| Peter Thomas Andrew Bayles Patrick Wright Peter Knapp John Mullard Robin Yarrow Bruce Carter Michael Cooper Timothy Kirk (cox) Malcolm Malpass | Eight | 6:22.20 | 6 R | 6:43.55 | 5 FB | — | — | 6:29.23 | 10 |

## Shooting

Ten shooters, all men, represented Great Britain in 1968. Bob Braithwaite won gold in the trap.

### 25 m pistol

* Tony Clark
* Robert Hassell

### 50 m pistol

* Charles Sexton
* Marcus Loader

### 50 m rifle, prone

* John Palin
* Alister Allan

### Trap

* Bob Braithwaite
* Eric Grantham

### Skeet

* Alec Bonnett
* Colin Sephton