American athletes at the Mexico City 1968 Olympics* |
 
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Event |
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Athletes |
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 Athletics | |||||
| 100 m M | | USA | Mel Pender | ||
| Charles Greene | |||||
| Jim Hines | |||||
| 200 m M | | USA | Larry Questad | ||
| John Carlos | |||||
| Tommie Smith | |||||
| 400 m M | | USA | Ron Freeman | ||
| Larry James | |||||
| Lee Evans | |||||
| 800 m M | | USA | Ronald Kutschinski | ||
| Thomas Farrell | |||||
| Wade Bell | |||||
| 1500 m M | | USA | Tom Von Ruden | ||
| James Ryun | |||||
| Martin Liquori | |||||
| 5000 m M | | USA | Jack Bacheler | ||
| Robert Day | |||||
| Lou Scott | |||||
| 10000 m M | | USA | Thomas Laris | ||
| Tracy Smith | |||||
| Van Nelson | |||||
| Marathon M | | USA | Kenneth Moore | ||
| Harry Daws | |||||
| George Young | |||||
| 110 m hurdles M | | USA | Leon Coleman | ||
| Ervin Hall | |||||
| Willie Davenport | |||||
| 400 m hurdles M | | USA | Ron Whitney | ||
| Geoff Vanderstock | |||||
| 3000 m steeplechase M | | USA | George Young | ||
| William Reilly | |||||
| Conrad Nightingale | |||||
| 4x100 m M | | USA | Mel Pender | ||
| Jim Hines | |||||
| Ronnie Ray Smith | |||||
| Charles Greene | |||||
| 4x400 m M | | USA | Ron Freeman | ||
| Lee Evans | |||||
| Vincent Matthews | |||||
| Larry James | |||||
| 20 km walk M | | USA | Thomas Dooley | ||
| Rudolph Haluza | |||||
| Ronald Laird | |||||
| 50 km walk M | | USA | Larry Young | ||
| David Romansky | |||||
| Goetz Klopfer | |||||
| High jump M | | USA | Edward Caruthers | ||
| Reynaldo Brown | |||||
| Richard Fosbury | |||||
| Pole vault M | | USA | Robert Seagren | ||
| Casey Carrigan | |||||
| John Pennel | |||||
| Long jump M | | USA | Charles Mays | ||
| Ralph Boston | |||||
| Bob Beamon | |||||
| Triple jump M | | USA | Arthur Walker | ||
| David Smith | |||||
| Norman Tate | |||||
| Shot put M | | USA | Dave Maggard | ||
| Randy Matson | |||||
| George Woods | |||||
| Discus throw M | | USA | Gary Carlsen | ||
| Al Oerter | |||||
| Jay Silvester | |||||
| Hammer throw M | | USA | Albert Hall | ||
| Edward Burke | |||||
| Harold Connolly | |||||
| Javelin throw M | | USA | Frank Covelli | ||
| Mark Murro | |||||
| Gary Stenlund | |||||
| Decathlon M | | USA | William Toomey | ||
| Rick Sloan | |||||
| Thomas Waddell | |||||
| 100 m W | | USA | Margaret Bailes | ||
| Wyomia Tyus | |||||
| Barbara Ferrell | |||||
| 200 m W | | USA | Margaret Bailes | ||
| Wyomia Tyus | |||||
| Barbara Ferrell | |||||
| 400 m W | | USA | Lois Drinkwater | ||
| Esther Stroy | |||||
| Jarvis Scott | |||||
| 800 m W | | USA | Francie Kraker | ||
| Doris Brown | |||||
| Madeline Manning | |||||
| 80 m hurdles W | | USA | Mamie Rallins | ||
| Julia Dyer | |||||
| Patricia van Wolvelaere | |||||
| 4x100 m W | | USA | Margaret Bailes | ||
| Barbara Ferrell | |||||
| Mildred Netter | |||||
| Wyomia Tyus | |||||
| High jump W | | USA | Estelle Baskerville | ||
| Sharon Callahan | |||||
| Eleanor Montgomery | |||||
| Long jump W | | USA | Willie White | ||
| Marthe Watson | |||||
| Shot put W | | USA | Maren Seidler | ||
| Discus throw W | | USA | Olga Fikotova Connolly | ||
| Carol Moseke | |||||
| Javelin throw W | | USA | Barbara Friedrich | ||
| RaNae Bair | |||||
| Pentathlon W | | USA | Patricia Winslow | ||
| Catherine Hamblin | |||||
 Basketball | |||||
| Basketball M | | USA | Calvin Fowler | ||
| Charles Scott | |||||
| Michael Barrett | |||||
| Kenneth Spain | |||||
| James King | |||||
| Michael Siliman | |||||
| William Hosket | |||||
| Joseph White | |||||
| Spencer Haywood | |||||
| John Clawson | |||||
| Donald Dee | |||||
| Glynn Saulters | |||||
 Boxing | |||||
| Light-flyweight M | | USA | Harlan Marbley | ||
| Flyweight M | | USA | David Vasquez | ||
| Bantamweight M | | USA | Samuel Goss | ||
| Featherweight M | | USA | Albert Robinson | ||
| Lightweight M | | USA | Ronald Harris | ||
| Light-welterweight M | | USA | James Wallington | ||
| Welterweight M | | USA | Armando Muniz | ||
| Light-middleweight M | | USA | John Baldwin | ||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Alfred Jones | ||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Arthur Redden | ||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | George Foreman | ||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Canoe & Kayak | |||||
| K1 500 m W | | USA | Marcia Smoke | ||
| K2 500 m W | | USA | Sperry Rademaker | ||
| Marcia Smoke | |||||
| K1 1000 m M | | USA | John Glair | ||
| K2 1000 m M | | USA | Peter Weigand | ||
| Paul Beachem | |||||
| K4 1000 m M | | USA | John Pickett | ||
| Ernst Heincke | |||||
| Mervil Larson | |||||
| Lester Cutler | |||||
| C1 1000 m M | | USA | Andreas Weigand | ||
| C2 1000 m M | | USA | Malcolm Hickox | ||
| William Gates | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Cycling | |||||
| Road race team M | | USA | Oliver Martin | ||
| John Allis | |||||
| John Howard | |||||
| James Van Boven | |||||
| Team pursuit M | | USA | Steve Maaranen | ||
| David Chauner | |||||
| John Vande Velde | |||||
| Skip Cutting | |||||
| 1000 m time trial M | | USA | Jackelina Simes | ||
| Tandem M | | USA | Jack Disney | ||
| Charles Pranke | |||||
 Diving | |||||
| Springboard M | | USA | Keith Russell | ||
| James Henry | |||||
| Bernard Wrightson | |||||
| Springboard W | | USA | Keala O'Sullivan | ||
| Sue Gossick | |||||
| Micki King | |||||
| Platform M | | USA | Richard Gilbert | ||
| Keith Russell | |||||
| Edwin Young | |||||
| Platform W | | USA | Barbara Talmage | ||
| Lesley Bush | |||||
| Ann Peterson | |||||
 Equestrian | |||||
| Dressage individual | | USA | Donnan Plumb | ||
| Kyra Downton | |||||
| Edith Master | |||||
| Dressage team | | USA | Donnan Plumb | ||
| Edith Master | |||||
| Kyra Downton | |||||
| Eventing individual | | USA | Michael Plumb | ||
| James Wofford | |||||
| Kevin Freeman | |||||
| Michael Page | |||||
| Eventing team | | USA | Kevin Freeman | ||
| Michael Plumb | |||||
| James Wofford | |||||
| Michael Page | |||||
| Jumping individual | | USA | Frank Chapot | ||
| Kathryn Kusner | |||||
| William Steinkraus | |||||
| Jumping team | | USA | Mary Chapot | ||
| Frank Chapot | |||||
| Kathryn Kusner | |||||
_pictogram.svg){kind=small} Gymnastics | |||||
| Team W | | USA | Kathy Gleason | ||
| Cathy Rigby | |||||
| Colleen Mulvihill | |||||
| Wendy Cluff | |||||
| Linda Metheny | |||||
| Joyce Tanac | |||||
| Team M | | USA | Sidney Freudenstein | ||
| Kanati Allen | |||||
| David Thor | |||||
| Steve Hug | |||||
| Steven Cohen | |||||
| Fred Roethlisberger | |||||
| Balance beam W | | USA | Linda Metheny | ||
 Modern Pentathlon | |||||
| Individual M | | USA | James Moore | ||
| Team M | | USA | Maurice Thomas Lough | ||
| Robert Beck | |||||
| James Moore | |||||
 Rowing | |||||
| Single sculls M | | USA | John Van Blom | ||
| Double sculls M | | USA | William Maher | ||
| John Nunn | |||||
| Pair without coxswain M | | USA | Philip Johnson | ||
| Lawrence Hough | |||||
| Pair with coxswain M | | USA | Stewart MacDonald | ||
| William Hobbs | |||||
| Richard Edmunds | |||||
| Four without coxswain M | | USA | Raymond Wright | ||
| Lawrence Terry | |||||
| Charles Hamlin | |||||
| Peter Raymond | |||||
| Four with coxswain M | | USA | Anthony Martin | ||
| John Hartigan | |||||
| William Purdy | |||||
| Luther Jones | |||||
| Gardner Cadwalader | |||||
| Eight with coxswain M | | USA | Jacques Fiechter | ||
| Scott Steketee | |||||
| Curtis Canning | |||||
| David Higgins | |||||
| Cleve Livingston | |||||
| Franklin Hobbs | |||||
| Andrew Larkin | |||||
| Stephen Brooks | |||||
| Paul Hoffman | |||||
 Sailing | |||||
| 5,5 m | | USA | Stuart Walker | ||
| Gardner Cox | |||||
| Stephen Colgate | |||||
| Dragon | | USA | Gerald Schreck | ||
| George Friedrichs | |||||
| Barton Jahncke | |||||
| Star | | USA | Peter Barrett | ||
| Lowell North | |||||
| Flying Dutchman | | USA | David James | ||
| Robert James | |||||
 Shooting | |||||
| Rifle three positions | | USA | John Writer | ||
| John Foster | |||||
| Rifle prone | | USA | Gary Anderson | ||
| Free rifle | | USA | John Foster | ||
| Gary Anderson | |||||
| Free pistol | | USA | Arnold Vitarbo | ||
| Rapid fire pistol | | USA | William McMillan | ||
| James McNally | |||||
| Trap | | USA | Thomas Garrigus | ||
 Swimming | |||||
| 100 m freestyle W | | USA | Linda Gustavson | ||
| Susan Pedersen | |||||
| Jan Henne | |||||
| 100 m freestyle M | | USA | Zachary Zorn | ||
| Kenneth Walsh | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| 200 m freestyle W | | USA | Debbie Meyer | ||
| Jane Barkman | |||||
| Jan Henne | |||||
| 200 m freestyle M | | USA | Stephen Rerych | ||
| Donald Schollander | |||||
| John Nelson | |||||
| 400 m freestyle W | | USA | Pamela Kruse | ||
| Debbie Meyer | |||||
| Linda Gustavson | |||||
| 400 m freestyle M | | USA | Brent Berk | ||
| John Nelson | |||||
| Michael Burton | |||||
| 800 m freestyle W | | USA | Pamela Kruse | ||
| Debbie Meyer | |||||
| Patricia Caretto | |||||
| 1500 m freestyle M | | USA | John Nelson | ||
| Michael Burton | |||||
| John Kinsella | |||||
| 100 m backstroke W | | USA | Kaye Hall | ||
| Kendis Moore | |||||
| Jane Swagerty | |||||
| 100 m backstroke M | | USA | Larry Barbiere | ||
| Ronald Mills | |||||
| Charles Hickcox | |||||
| 200 m backstroke W | | USA | Pokey Watson | ||
| Kaye Hall | |||||
| Susan Atwood | |||||
| 200 m backstroke M | | USA | Gary Hall | ||
| Jack Horsley | |||||
| Mitchel Ivey | |||||
| 100 m breaststroke W | | USA | Catie Ball | ||
| Sharon Wichman | |||||
| Susanne Jones | |||||
| 100 m breaststroke M | | USA | Kenneth Merten | ||
| David Perkowsky | |||||
| Donald McKenzie | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke W | | USA | Sharon Wichman | ||
| Cathy Jamison | |||||
| 200 m breaststroke M | | USA | Kenneth Merten | ||
| Brian Job | |||||
| Philip Long | |||||
| 100 m butterfly W | | USA | Ellie Daniel | ||
| Toni Hewitt | |||||
| Susan Shields | |||||
| 100 m butterfly M | | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
| Ross Wales | |||||
| Douglas Russell | |||||
| 200 m butterfly W | | USA | Ellie Daniel | ||
| Diane Giebel | |||||
| Toni Hewitt | |||||
| 200 m butterfly M | | USA | Mark Spitz | ||
| John Ferris | |||||
| Carl Joseph Robie | |||||
| 200 m medley W | | USA | Susan Pedersen | ||
| Jan Henne | |||||
| Claudia Kolb | |||||
| 200 m medley M | | USA | Charles Hickcox | ||
| Gregory Buckingham | |||||
| John Ferris | |||||
| 400 m medley W | | USA | Susan Pedersen | ||
| Claudia Kolb | |||||
| Lynn Vidali | |||||
| 400 m medley M | | USA | Gary Hall | ||
| Charles Hickcox | |||||
| Gregory Buckingham | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle W | | USA | Linda Gustavson | ||
| Jan Henne | |||||
| Jane Barkman | |||||
| Susan Pedersen | |||||
| 4x100 m freestyle M | | USA | William Johnson | ||
| Zachary Zorn | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| Donald Schollander | |||||
| David Johnson | |||||
| Stephen Rerych | |||||
| Kenneth Walsh | |||||
| Michael Wall | |||||
| 4x200 m freestyle M | | USA | Andrew Strenk | ||
| Stephen Rerych | |||||
| Mark Spitz | |||||
| Michael Wall | |||||
| William Johnson | |||||
| John Nelson | |||||
| Donald Schollander | |||||
| David Johnson | |||||
| 4x100 m medley W | | USA | Susan Pedersen | ||
| Ellie Daniel | |||||
| Jane Swagerty | |||||
| Susanne Jones | |||||
| Catie Ball | |||||
| Kaye Hall | |||||
| Jan Henne | |||||
| Susan Shields | |||||
| 4x100 m medley M | | USA | Donald Schollander | ||
| Donald McKenzie | |||||
| Chester Jastremski | |||||
| Kenneth Walsh | |||||
| Carl Joseph Robie | |||||
| Ronald Mills | |||||
| Douglas Russell | |||||
| Charles Hickcox | |||||
 Weightlifting | |||||
| Middleweight M | | USA | Frederick Lowe | ||
| Russell Knipp | |||||
| Light-heavyweight M | | USA | Joseph Puleo | ||
| Middle-heavyweight M | | USA | Robert Bartholomew | ||
| Philip Grippaldi | |||||
| Heavyweight M | | USA | George Ernest Pickett | ||
| Joseph Dube | |||||
 Wrestling | |||||
| Freestyle flyweight M | | USA | Richard Sanders | ||
| Freestyle bantamweight M | | USA | Donald Behm | ||
| Freestyle lightweight M | | USA | Wayne Wells | ||
| Freestyle middleweight M | | USA | Thomas Peckham | ||
| Freestyle light-heavyweight M | | USA | Jess Lewis | ||
| Freestyle heavyweight M | | USA | Larry Kristoff | ||
| Greco-Roman featherweight M | | USA | James Hazewinkel | ||
| Greco-Roman lightweight M | | USA | Werner Holzer | ||
| Greco-Roman middleweight M | | USA | Richard Baughman | ||
| * The list of American athletes in the 1968 Olympic Games is not yet complete | |||||
| This information about American athletes in the Olympic Summer Games in Mexico City 1968 is based on the official olympic reports and Olympian Database | |||||
