Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, held from 12 to 27 October 1968 . 139 competitors, 111 men and 28 women, took part in 124 events in 14 sports.[1] It is the inaugural Summer Olympics where the Canadian team marched under the new Maple Leaf flag. The youngest competitor for Canada was gymnast Theresa McDonnell who was 14 years old. The oldest competitor was equestrian Zoltan Sztehlo who was 46 years old.[1]
There were seven rowing events for men only and Canada entered four boats.[3] In the coxed eight, John Richardson in seat 5 was replaced with Daryl Sturdy in the B final.[4]
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Canada competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City Mexico held from 12 to 27 October 1968 139 competitors 111 men and 28 women took part in 124 events in 14 sports 1 It is the inaugural Summer Olympics where the Canadian team marched under the new Maple Leaf flag The youngest competitor for Canada was gymnast Theresa McDonnell who was 14 years old The oldest competitor was equestrian Zoltan Sztehlo who was 46 years old 1 Canada at the1968 Summer OlympicsIOC codeCANNOCCanadian Olympic CommitteeWebsitewww wbr olympic wbr ca in English and French in Mexico CityCompetitors139 111 men and 28 women in 14 sportsFlag bearerRoger JacksonMedalsRanked 23rdGold 1 Silver 3 Bronze 1 Total 5Summer Olympics appearances overview 19001904190819121920192419281932193619481952195619601964196819721976198019841988199219962000200420082012201620202024Other related appearances1906 Intercalated Games Contents 1 Medalists 1 1 Gold 1 2 Silver 1 3 Bronze 2 Athletics 3 Boxing 4 Canoeing 5 Cycling 6 Diving 7 Equestrian 8 Fencing 9 Gymnastics 10 Rowing 11 Sailing 12 Shooting 13 Swimming 14 Weightlifting 15 Wrestling 16 ReferencesMedalists EditGold Edit Jim Day Thomas Gayford James Elder Equestrian team jumping grand prixSilver Edit Elaine Tanner Swimming women s 100 m backstroke Elaine Tanner Swimming women s 200 m backstroke Ralph Hutton Swimming men s 400 m freestyleBronze Edit Angela Coughlan Marilyn Corson Whitney Elaine Tanner and Marion Lay Swimming women s 4 100 m freestyle relayAthletics EditMain article Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics Women s javelin throw Jay Dahlgren placed 13thWomen s pentathlon Jenny Meldrum placed 11thWomen s 800 metres Abigail Hoffman placed 7thMen s 100 metres Harry Jerome placed 7thMen s 5000 metres Bob Finlay placed 11thMen s marathon Andy Boychuk placed 10thBoxing EditMain article Boxing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsCanoeing EditMain article Canoeing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsCycling EditMain article Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics Six cyclists represented Canada in 1968 Individual road raceMarcel Roy Joe Jones Jules Beland Yves LandryTeam time trialJoe Jones Jules Beland Marcel Roy Yves LandrySprintJocelyn Lovell Bob Boucher1000m time trialJocelyn LovellDiving EditMain article Diving at the 1968 Summer OlympicsEquestrian EditMain article Equestrian at the 1968 Summer Olympics Jumping Individual James Elder placed 6th out of 7 in the finalJumping Team James Elder James Day and Thomas Gayford 2 Fencing EditMain article Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics Five fencers four men and one woman represented Canada in 1968 Men s foilGerry Wiedel Magdy Conyd Peter BakonyiMen s team foilMagdy Conyd Peter Bakonyi Gerry Wiedel John AndruMen s epeePeter Bakonyi Magdy Conyd Gerry WiedelMen s team epeePeter Bakonyi John Andru Magdy Conyd Gerry WiedelMen s sabreJohn AndruWomen s foilSigrid ChatelGymnastics EditMain article Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsRowing EditMain article Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics There were seven rowing events for men only and Canada entered four boats 3 In the coxed eight John Richardson in seat 5 was replaced with Daryl Sturdy in the B final 4 Sailing EditMain article Sailing at the 1968 Summer OlympicsShooting EditMain article Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics Ten shooters all male represented Canada in 1968 25 m pistolJules Sobrian Keith Elder50 m pistolWilliam Hare Jules Sobrian50 m rifle three positionsGerry Ouellette Alf Mayer50 m rifle proneGerry Ouellette Rudy SchulzeTrapJohn Primrose Edward ShaskeSkeetDonald Sanderlin Harry WillsieSwimming EditMain article Swimming at the 1968 Summer OlympicsWeightlifting EditMain article Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics Light Heavyweight Pierre St Jean placed 10th out of 11 in the finalWrestling EditMain article Wrestling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsReferences Edit nbsp Sports portal nbsp Canada portal a b Canada at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games sports reference com Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 14 September 2014 Sportsencyclo Olympic Equestrian Mexico City 1968 equestrian champions amp events www olympiandatabase com Retrieved 4 May 2017 Evans Hilary Gjerde Arild Heijmans Jeroen Mallon Bill et al Canada Rowing at the 1968 Ciudad de Mexico Summer Games Olympics at Sports Reference com Sports Reference LLC Archived from the original on 17 April 2020 Retrieved 11 October 2016 Alvarez Jose Rogelio 1969 The Official Report of the Organising Committee for the Games of the XIX Olympiad Mexico 1968 Volume III part 1 PDF PDF Mexico City Mexico Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad pp 550f Archived from the original PDF on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 11 October 2016 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics amp oldid 1143335574, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
