Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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. 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.

Gold

 * Jim Day, Thomas Gayford, James Elder – Equestrian, team jumping grand prix

Silver

 * Elaine Tanner – Swimming, women's 100 m backstroke
 * Elaine Tanner – Swimming, women's 200 m backstroke
 * Ralph Hutton – Swimming, men's 400 m freestyle

Bronze

 * Angela Coughlan, Marilyn Corson-Whitney, Elaine Tanner, and Marion Lay – Swimming, women's 4×100 m freestyle relay

Athletics
Women's javelin throw
 * Jay Dahlgren placed 13th

Women's pentathlon
 * Jenny Meldrum placed 11th

Women's 800 metres
 * Abigail Hoffman placed 7th

Men's 100 metres
 * Harry Jerome placed 7th

Men's 5000 metres
 * Bob Finlay placed 11th

Men's marathon
 * Andy Boychuk placed 10th

Cycling
Six cyclists represented Canada in 1968.


 * Individual road race
 * Marcel Roy
 * Joe Jones
 * Jules Béland
 * Yves Landry


 * Team time trial
 * Joe Jones
 * Jules Béland
 * Marcel Roy
 * Yves Landry


 * Sprint
 * Jocelyn Lovell
 * Bob Boucher


 * 1000m time trial
 * Jocelyn Lovell

Equestrian
Jumping Individual- James Elder placed 6th out of 7 in the final

Jumping Team- James Elder, James Day and Thomas Gayford.

Fencing
Five fencers, four men and one woman, represented Canada in 1968.


 * Men's foil
 * Gerry Wiedel
 * Magdy Conyd
 * Peter Bakonyi


 * Men's team foil
 * Magdy Conyd, Peter Bakonyi, Gerry Wiedel, John Andru


 * Men's épée
 * Peter Bakonyi
 * Magdy Conyd
 * Gerry Wiedel


 * Men's team épée
 * Peter Bakonyi, John Andru, Magdy Conyd, Gerry Wiedel


 * Men's sabre
 * John Andru


 * Women's foil
 * Sigrid Chatel

Rowing
There were seven rowing events for men only and Canada entered four boats. In the eight, John Richardson in seat 5 was replaced with Daryl Sturdy in the B final.

Shooting
Ten shooters, all male, represented Canada in 1968.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Jules Sobrian
 * Keith Elder


 * 50 m pistol
 * William Hare
 * Jules Sobrian


 * 50 m rifle, three positions
 * Gerry Ouellette
 * Alf Mayer


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Gerry Ouellette
 * Rudy Schulze


 * Trap
 * John Primrose
 * Edward Shaske


 * Skeet
 * Donald Sanderlin
 * Harry Willsie

Weightlifting
Light Heavyweight
 * Pierre St. Jean placed 10th out of 11 in the final