Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Australia competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games. 128 competitors, 104 men and 24 women, took part in 105 events in 16 sports.
The uniforms for Australia's female athletes were designed by Zara Holt, the widow of prime minister Harold Holt who had drowned in December 1967. They consisted of one design in "wattle yellow" for official use and a casual outfit in "Olympic green" crimplene.
Medalists
Gold
Ralph Doubell – Athletics, Men's 800m
Maureen Caird – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
Lyn McClements – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly
Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle
Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
Silver
Peter Norman – Athletics, Men's 200m,
Raelene Boyle – Athletics, Women's 200m
Pamela Kilborn-Ryan-Nelson – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles
Arthur Busch, Paul Dearing, James Mason, Brian Glencross, Gordon Pearce, Julian Pearce, Robert Haigh, Donald Martin, Raymond Evans, Ronald Riley, Patrick Nilan, Donald Smart, Fred Quine, Eric Pearce and Desmond Piper – Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition
Alf Duval, Michael Morgan, Joseph Fazio, Peter Dickson, David Douglas, John Ranch, Gary Malcolm Pearce, Robert Alan Shirlaw, and Alan Geoffrey Grover – Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain (8+)
Lynne Watson, Judy Playfair, Lyn McClements, and Janet Steinbeck – Swimming, Women's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Greg Rogers, Graham White, Bob Windle, and Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4 × 200 m Freestyle Relay
Bronze
Jennifer Lamy-Frank – Athletics, Women's 200m
Brian Cobcroft & Depeche, Wayne Roycroft & Zhivago, and Bill Roycroft & Warrathoola – Equestrian, Eventing Team Competition
Greg Brough – Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle
Karen Lynne Moras – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle
Greg Rogers, Robert Cusack, Bob Windle, and Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Athletics
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
Kerry O'Brien
Qualifying Heat — 9:01.49
Final — 8:52.08 (→ 4th place)
Men's High Jump
Lawrie Peckham
Qualifying Round — 2.14m
Final — 2.12m (→ 8th place)
Boxing
Canoeing
Cycling
Nine cyclists represented Australia in 1968.
Individual road race
Ronald Jonker
Peter McDermott
Kevin Morgan
Donald Wilson
Team time trial
Donald Wilson
Kevin Morgan
Peter McDermott
Dave Watson
Sprint
Gordon Johnson
John Nicholson
1000m time trial
Hilton Clarke
Tandem
Gordon Johnson
Hilton Clarke
Individual pursuit
John Bylsma
Diving
Equestrian
Fencing
Five fencers, all men, represented Australia in 1968.
Men's foil
Russell Hobby
Graeme Jennings
Bill Ronald
Men's épée
Russell Hobby
Bill Ronald
Graeme Jennings
Men's team épée
Russell Hobby, Peter Macken, Graeme Jennings, Bill Ronald, Duncan Page
Gymnastics
Hockey
Modern pentathlon
Three male pentathletes represented Australia in 1968.
Men's Individual Competition:
Peter Macken – 4284 points (31st place)
Duncan Page – 3904 points (39th place)
Donald McMikin – 3759 points (42nd place)
Men's Team Competition:
Macken, Page, and McMikin – 11959 points (12th place)
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Three shooters, all men, represented Australia in 1968.
Mixed
Swimming
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968
Olympics