- Source: United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics
The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 357 competitors, 274 men and 83 women, took part in 167 events in 18 sports.
Medalists
The United States finished first in the final medal rankings, with 45 gold and 107 total medals.
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the discipline sections below, the medalists' names are bolded.
a Athletes who participated in the heats only.
Athletics
Track and road events
Men
Women
Field events
Men
Women
Combined event – Men's decathlon
Combined event – Women's pentathlon
Basketball
Summary
Roster
The roster was led by future NBA All-Stars Haywood (19 years old) and White (21 years old), who led the team in scoring, with an average of 16.3 points and 11.7 points respectively. Haywood was the youngest player to make the USA basketball team at the time.
USA Basketball also selected 6 alternates to the U.S. squad; Tom Black of the Goodyear Wingfoots, George Carter of the US Army, Joe Hamilton of Christian College of the Southwest (TX) Junior College, Dan Issel of the University of Kentucky, Rick Mount of Purdue University and Charlie Paulk of Northeastern Oklahoma College.
Notably absent from the squad or the list of alternates were Pete Maravich, who led the NCAA in scoring during his sophomore season at LSU and would go on to set the NCAA career scoring record of 3,667 points, and reigning NCAA Champion and Player of the Year Lew Alcindor, who chose not to try out for the Olympic team in protest at the treatment of African Americans in the United States, stating that he was "trying to point out to the world the futility of winning the gold medal for this country and then coming back to live under oppression." Some of other NCAA stars, such as Elvin Hayes, Wes Unseld, Bob Lanier and Calvin Murphy, were also absent. As such, the Americans were severely weakened.
Boxing
Canoeing
Men
Women
Qualification Legend: QF = Qualify to final; SF = Qualify to semifinal; R = Qualify to repechage
Cycling
Fifteen cyclists represented the United States in 1968.
= Road
== Track
=Pursuit
Sprint
Time trial
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
Fencing
20 fencers represented the United States in 1968.
Men
Women
Gymnastics
Men
All-around
Women
All-around
Apparatus
Modern pentathlon
Three pentathletes represented the United States in 1968.
Rowing
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); SF=Semifinal; R=Repechage
Sailing
Shooting
Twelve shooters represented the United States in 1968. Gary Anderson won gold in the 300 m rifle, three positions, John Writer won silver in the 50 m rifle, three positions, and Thomas Garrigus won silver in the trap.
Swimming
Men
Women
a Swimmers who participated in the heats only.
Volleyball
Summary
= Men's tournament
=Round robin
Defeated Soviet Union (3-2)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
Defeated Brazil (3-0)
Lost to Bulgaria (2-3)
Lost to Poland (0-3)
Lost to East Germany (0-3)
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Defeated Mexico (3-1)
Defeated Belgium (3-0) → Seventh place
Team roster
John Alstrom
Mike Bright
Wink Davenport
Smitty Duke
Tom Haine
Jack Henn
Butch May
Danny Patterson
Larry Rundle
Jon Stanley
Rudy Suwara
Pedro Velasco
Head coach: Jim Coleman
= Women's tournament
=Round robin
Lost to Japan (0-3)
Lost to Czechoslovakia (1-3)
Lost to Poland (0-3)
Lost to South Korea (1-3)
Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
Lost to Peru (1-3)
Lost to Mexico (0-3) → 8th and last place
Team roster
Patti Lucas Bright
Kathryn Ann Heck
Fanny Hopeau
Ninja Jorgensen
Laurie Lewis
Miki McFadden
Marilyn McReavy
Nancy Owen
Barbara "Bobbie" Perry
Mary Perry
Sharon Peterson
Jane Ward (captain)
Head coach: Harlan Cohen
Water polo
Summary
Team Competition
Preliminary round (group A)
Defeated Brazil (10:5)
Defeated Spain (10:7)
Tied with Cuba (6:6)
Lost to Hungary (1:5)
Lost to Soviet Union (3:8)
Defeated West Germany (7:5)
Classification Matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Netherlands (6:3)
5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (6:4) → 5th place
Team roster
Anton Van Dorp
Barry Weitzenberg
Bruce Bradley
David Ashleigh
Dean Willeford
Gary Sheerer
John Parker
Ronald Crawford
Russell Webb
Stanley Cole
Steven Barnett
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References
External links
USA Volleyball Archived February 25, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
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