1968 Summer Olympics medal table

None August 2024 1968 Summer Olympics medals Mexico City, MEX 1968 Summer Turnerin am Sprungpferd (Kiel 20.676).jpg Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the most successful competitor at the games, winning four gold and two silver medals in artistic gymnastics A gymnast performing Most total medals USA 1968 Summer 107 Most gold medals USA 1968 Summer 45 Medalling NOCs 44 1964 Olympics medal tables 1972 thumb|right|375px|World map showing the medal achievements of each country during the 1968 Summer Olympics Legend: #FFD700 represents countries that won at least one gold medal. #808080 represents countries that won at least one silver medal but no gold medals. #A05A2C represents countries that won at least one bronze medal (no gold or silver). #FF5555 represents participating countries that did not win medals. #444 represents entities that did not participate at the 1968 Summer Olympics. The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, from 12 to 27 October. A total of 5,516 athletes from 112 nations participated in 172 events in 18 sports across 24 different disciplines. These were the first games to be held in Latin America.https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20240711124502/https://stillmed.olympics.com/media/Documents/Olympic-Games/Factsheets/The-Games-of-the-Olympiad.pdf 11 July 2024 20 June 2024 Factsheet The Games of the Olympiad International Olympic Committee 8 August 2024 live Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 1969a 71Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 1969b 13–16 Overall, athletes from 44 nations received at least one medal, and 39 nations won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 45, and the most medals overall, with 107. Teams from East Germany and West Germany won their nations' first Summer Olympic medals of every color at their first Summer Olympic appearance.https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GDR https://web.archive.org/web/20240808004618/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/GDR 8 August 2024 9 August 2024 East Germany Overview Olympedia live https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG https://web.archive.org/web/20240715232558/https://www.olympedia.org/countries/FRG 15 July 2024 9 August 2024 West Germany Overview Olympedia live Teams from Kenya,https://worldathletics.org/news/news/kenyas-first-olympic-gold-medallist-temu-dies-1 https://web.archive.org/web/20221213003717/https://worldathletics.org/news/news/kenyas-first-olympic-gold-medallist-temu-dies-1 13 December 2022 10 March 2003 9 August 2024 World Athletics Kenya's first Olympic gold medallist Temu dies live Tunisia,https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/2200927/hafnaoui-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way https://web.archive.org/web/20240809144948/https://www.worldaquatics.com/news/2200927/hafnaoui-where-theres-a-will-theres-a-way 9 August 2024 Hafnaoui: Where there's a will there's a way 29 July 2021 Adrega Pedro World Aquatics live and Venezuela won their nations' first Olympic gold medals, while athletes from Cameroon,https://information.tv5monde.com/afrique/mexico-1968-joseph-bessala-premier-medaille-olympique-camerounais-2729162 https://web.archive.org/web/20240721121324/https://information.tv5monde.com/afrique/mexico-1968-joseph-bessala-premier-medaille-olympique-camerounais-2729162 21 July 2024 18 July 2024 8 August 2024 Mexico 1968: Joseph Bessala, premier médaillé olympique camerounais Mexico 1968: Joseph Bessala, first Cameroonian Olympic medalist fr TV5Monde Eboulé Christian live Mongolia,https://www.theubposts.com/a/3543 https://web.archive.org/web/20240808135532/https://www.theubposts.com/a/3543 8 August 2024 11 August 2016 8 August 2024 History of Mongolia at the Olympic Games UB Post live https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1056850/mongolian-national-olympic-committee-celebrates-anniversary-of-mexico-city-1968-games https://web.archive.org/web/20240808135647/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1056850/mongolian-national-olympic-committee-celebrates-anniversary-of-mexico-city-1968-games Mongolian National Olympic Committee celebrates anniversary of Mexico City 1968 Games Inside the Games 8 August 2024 20 October 2017 8 August 2024 Etchells Daniel live and Uganda won their nations' first Olympic medals.https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/boxing/rwabwogo-is-our-greatest-ever-1660376 https://web.archive.org/web/20240809150237/https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/sports/boxing/rwabwogo-is-our-greatest-ever-1660376 9 August 2024 Rwabwogo is our greatest ever 30 July 2016 9 August 2024 Daily Monitor subscription live Artistic gymnast Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the most successful competitor at the games, winning six medals (four gold and two silver),https://www.olympijskytym.cz/athlete/vera-caslavska https://web.archive.org/web/20240806115426/https://www.olympijskytym.cz/athlete/vera-caslavska 6 August 2024 8 August 2024 Věra Čáslavská czech Czech Olympic Committee live and became famous for calling out the Soviet Union's invasion of her country at great personal risk.'I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest BBC Sport 20 October 2018 https://web.archive.org/web/20230221225620/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544 2023-02-21 live https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544 After her gold medal wins at these games, Čáslavská held the record for the most individual Olympic gold medals by a female athlete with seven, until Katie Ledecky surpassed it at the 2024 Summer Olympics with eight.With Nine Olympic Gold Medals and 14 Total, Katie Ledecky Becomes The Most Decorated U.S. Female Olympian https://www.teamusa.com/news/2024/august/03/with-nine-olympic-gold-medals-and-14-total-katie-ledecky-becomes-the-most-decorated-u-s-female-olympian 2024-08-03 https://web.archive.org/web/20240806005815/https://www.teamusa.com/news/2024/august/03/with-nine-olympic-gold-medals-and-14-total-katie-ledecky-becomes-the-most-decorated-u-s-female-olympian 2024-08-06 live United States Olympic & Paralympic Committee Shinn Peggy 8 August 2024https://www.si.com/olympics/katie-ledecky-ties-womens-swimming-world-record-total-medals-1500-gold-paris-olympics https://web.archive.org/web/20240802155004/https://www.si.com/olympics/katie-ledecky-ties-womens-swimming-world-record-total-medals-1500-gold-paris-olympics 2 August 2024 31 July 2024 Sports Illustrated Forde Pat live Katie Ledecky Ties Women's Swimming World Record for Total Medals at Paris Olympics Artistic gymnast Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union won the most total medals at the games with seven (two golds, four silvers, and one bronze). Medal table thumb|From left to right: Peter Norman, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos won silver, gold, and bronze respectively during the men's 200 metres event.https://www.smh.com.au/sport/finally-the-real-story-about-peter-norman-and-the-black-power-salute-20181018-p50abm.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230530125518/https://www.smh.com.au/sport/finally-the-real-story-about-peter-norman-and-the-black-power-salute-20181018-p50abm.html 30 May 2023 20 October 2018 8 August 2024 Finally, the real story about Peter Norman and the black power salute Webster Andrew The Sydney Morning Herald live |alt=Peter Norman, Tommie Smith, and John Carlos in 1968 thumb|Boxer Francisco Rodríguez, the first-ever Olympic gold medalist for Venezuelahttps://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2012/08/07/158357404/venezuelas-olympic-hero-gets-a-parade-to-celebrate-long-awaited-gold https://web.archive.org/web/20240726122939/https://www.npr.org/sections/thetorch/2012/08/07/158357404/venezuelas-olympic-hero-gets-a-parade-to-celebrate-long-awaited-gold 26 July 2024 Venezuela's Olympic Hero Gets A Parade To Celebrate Long-Awaited Gold 7 August 2012 Chappell Bill NPR 8 August 2024 live |alt=A man draped in the Colombian flag with a gold medal around his neck thumb|Wrestler Tömöriin Artag, one of the first Olympic medalists for Mongolia|alt=A half naked man with a sash full of medallions The medal table is based on information provided by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and is consistent with IOC conventional sorting in its published medal tables. The table uses the Olympic medal table sorting method. By default, the table is ordered by the number of gold medals the athletes from a nation have won. The number of silver medals is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze medals.Townsend Mark US finds its own way to top the medal table at Tokyo Olympics https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/us-finds-its-own-way-to-top-the-medal-table-at-tokyo-olympics The Observer The Guardian 10 July 2024 7 August 2021 17 July 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20240717122912/https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2021/aug/07/us-finds-its-own-way-to-top-the-medal-table-at-tokyo-olympics live How does the Olympic medal table work? https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/how-olympic-medal-table-work-8647081 Daily Mirror 18 August 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20240710191151/https://www.mirror.co.uk/sport/other-sports/athletics/how-olympic-medal-table-work-8647081 10 July 2024 live Flanagan Aaron 10 July 2024 en Two bronze medals were awarded in each boxing event to the losing semi-finalists, as opposed to them fighting in a third place tiebreaker.Explained: Two bronze medals are awarded in the Olympics boxing competition https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing International Olympic Committee 1 August 2021 https://web.archive.org/web/20230328143327/https://olympics.com/en/news/why-two-bronze-medals-boxing 28 March 2023 live Ansari Aarish 2 August 2024 In gymnastics, two gold medals (and no silver medal) were awarded in the men's horizontal bar and women's floor exercise due to a first-place tie in both events.https://olympics.com/en/news/magnificent-seven-medals-for-gymnast-voronin https://web.archive.org/web/20240730152425/https://olympics.com/en/news/magnificent-seven-medals-for-gymnast-voronin 30 July 2024 Magnificent seven medals for gymnast Voronin International Olympic Committee live https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544 https://web.archive.org/web/20240729052055/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544 29 July 2024 Vera Caslavska and the forgotten story of her 1968 Olympics protest 20 October 2018 Reynolds Tom BBC Sport live 1968 Summer Olympics medal tablehttps://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/mexico-city-1968/medals https://web.archive.org/web/20240713064822/https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/mexico-city-1968/medals 13 July 2024 8 August 2024 Mexico City 1968 Olympics Medal Table – Gold, Silver & Bronze International Olympic Committee live MEX flagIOC 1968 Summer 45 28 34 29 32 30 11 7 7 10 10 12 9 9 7 7 3 5 7 2 4 5 11 10 5 7 5 5 5 3 5 2 11 4 6 5 3 4 9 3 4 2 3 3 3 yes 3 3 2 3 3 1 2 4 3 2 1 2 2 1 1 2 0 0 1 4 3 1 3 1 1 2 1 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 1 0 1 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 4 0 0 2 2 0 1 4 0 1 3 0 1 2 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 Changes in medal standings List of stripped Olympic medals Key #F7D9D3 ※ darkgray Disqualified athlete(s) + List of official changes in medal standings Ruling date Sport/Event Athlete (NOC National Olympic Committee)Total Notes 1968 Modern pentathlonMen's team SWE 1968 SummerBjörn Ferm ※Hans Jacobson ※Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall ※ −1 −1 Following the introduction of anti-doping regulations by the International Olympic Committee in 1967,https://olympics.com/ioc/1967-creation-of-the-ioc-medical-commission https://web.archive.org/web/20240729055713/https://olympics.com/ioc/1967-creation-of-the-ioc-medical-commission 29 July 2024 7 August 2024 1967: Creation of the IOC Medical Commission International Olympic Committee live these Olympics saw the first disqualification for drug use in the Olympic Games. Modern pentathlete Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall was reported to have drunk beers beforehand to calm down his nerves before the pistol shooting event.Mexico City 1968 Swedish Olympic Committee http://www.sok.se/?open&f=F16&id=98F7A&mid=200..expand& https://web.archive.org/web/20040821204237/http://www.sok.se/?open&f=F16&id=98F7A&mid=200..expand& 21 August 2004 7 August 2024 dead He and the rest of his team were disqualified after he tested positive for excessive alcohol consumption and had to give the bronze medals they had won to the French team.https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/16044/the-first-athlete-to-be-disqualified-from-the-olympics-for-using-a-banned-substance-was-swedish-pentathlete-hans-grunner-liljenwall-who-tested-positive-for-excessive-alcohol-at-the-1968-games-in-mexico-city- https://web.archive.org/web/20220217193951/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/16044/the-first-athlete-to-be-disqualified-from-the-olympics-for-using-a-banned-substance-was-swedish-pentathlete-hans-grunner-liljenwall-who-tested-positive-for-excessive-alcohol-at-the-1968-games-in-mexico-city- 17 February 2022 29 February 2012 7 August 2024 Inside the Games Mackay Duncan The first athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics for using a banned substance was Swedish pentathlete Hans-Grunner Liljenwall, who tested positive for excessive alcohol at the 1968 Games in Mexico City. https://www.olympedia.org/results/50144 https://web.archive.org/web/20240429155027/https://www.olympedia.org/results/50144 29 April 2024 7 August 2024 Olympedia Team, Men live FRA 1968 SummerRaoul GueguenLucien GuiguetJean-Pierre Giudicelli +1 +1 + List of official changes by countryNOC National Olympic Committee Gold Silver Bronze Net Change SWE 1968 Summer 0 0 −1 −1 FRA 1968 Summer 0 0 +1 +1 References Citations Bibliography http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2.pdf Mexico 68 1969 LA84 Foundation Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 8 August 2024 https://web.archive.org/web/20070808160255/http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v2.pdf 8 August 2007 dead 2 Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 1969a http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf https://web.archive.org/web/20070629055852/http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Mexico 68 1969 LA84 Foundation Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 8 August 2024 29 June 2007 dead 3 Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad 1969b External links 1968 Summer Olympics 1968 Summer Olympics Olympedia.com http://www.olympedia.org/editions/17 24 February 2021 Olympic Analytics/1968_1 olympanalyt.com http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1968%2F1 2020-08-21 2022-08-26 https://web.archive.org/web/20220826182335/http://olympanalyt.com/OlympAnalytics.php?param_pagetype=MedalsByCountries&param_games=1968/1 dead Medal count 1968