This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City from 12–27 October 1968. Only one discipline, artistic gymnastics, was included in the Games.[1]

Female artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Laura Rivera  Mexico 17 October 1954 (aged 13)
Oldest competitor Ute Starke  East Germany 14 January 1939 (aged 29)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Australia Val Norris 28 June 1943 (aged 25) Perth, Western Australia
 Belgium Christiane Goethals 29 July 1947 (aged 21) Bruges, Belgium
Horta van Hoye 26 December 1946 (aged 21) Sint-Joris-Weert, Belgium
 Bulgaria Rayna Atanasova 10 July 1944 (aged 24) Varna, Bulgaria
Mariya Karashka 4 August 1942 (aged 26) Sofia, Bulgaria
Vanya Marinova 22 October 1950 (aged 17) Varna, Bulgaria
Vesela Pasheva 30 November 1946 (aged 21) Ruse, Bulgaria
Neli Stoyanova 19 December 1946 (aged 21) Varna, Bulgaria
 Canada Suzanne Cloutier 25 July 1947 (aged 21) Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
Jennifer Diachun 14 August 1953 (aged 15) Toronto, Ontario
Sandra Hartley 23 June 1948 (aged 20) Vancouver, British Columbia
Teresa McDonnell 8 December 1953 (aged 14) Toronto, Ontario
Marilynn Minaker 12 November 1949 (aged 18) Kirkland Lake, Ontario
 Chinese Taipei Hong Tai-Kwai 8 December 1946 (aged 21) Pingtung, Taiwan
Yu Mai-Lee 13 September 1952 (aged 16) Zhejiang, China
 Cuba Nancy Aldama 28 August 1946 (aged 22) Havana, Cuba
Nereida Bauta 14 July 1950 (aged 18) Havana, Cuba
Suzette Blanco 15 September 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Zulema Bregado 31 January 1951 (aged 17) Havana, Cuba
Yolanda Vega 27 June 1946 (aged 22) Havana, Cuba
Miriam Villacián 26 May 1950 (aged 18) Havana, Cuba
 Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská 3 May 1942 (aged 26) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jana Kubičková 9 January 1945 (aged 23) Nové Sady, Czechoslovakia
Hana Lišková 4 June 1952 (aged 16) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová 1 June 1948 (aged 20) Košice, Czechoslovakia
Bohumila Řimnáčová 9 September 1947 (aged 21) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Miroslava Skleničková 11 March 1951 (aged 17) Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
 Denmark Else Trangbæk 7 February 1946 (aged 22) Viborg, Denmark
 East Germany Maritta Bauerschmidt 23 March 1950 (aged 18) Waldheim, East Germany
Karin Janz 17 February 1952 (aged 16) Lübben, East Germany
Marianne Noack 5 October 1951 (aged 17) Rostock, East Germany
Magdalena Schmidt 30 June 1949 (aged 19) Lauchhammer, East Germany
Ute Starke 14 January 1939 (aged 29) Eisleben, East Germany
Erika Zuchold 19 March 1947 (aged 21) Lucka, East Germany
 France Nicole Bourdiau 2 June 1948 (aged 20) Écuisses, France
Jacqueline Brisepierre 30 October 1945 (aged 22) Montceau-les-Mines, France
Mireille Cayre 2 April 1947 (aged 21) Moulins, France
Dominique Lauvard 30 August 1949 (aged 19) Vincennes, France
Evelyne Letourneur 13 September 1947 (aged 21) Vernon, France
Françoise Nourry 1 September 1948 (aged 20) Bègles, France
 Great Britain Margaret Bell 23 February 1945 (aged 23) Beckenham, England
Mary Prestidge 18 December 1948 (aged 19) London, England
 Hungary Ágnes Bánfai 8 June 1947 (aged 21) Budapest, Hungary
Ilona Békési 11 December 1953 (aged 14) Budapest, Hungary
Anikó Ducza 8 August 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Katalin Makray 5 April 1945 (aged 23) Vasvár, Hungary
Katalin Müller 13 September 1943 (aged 25) Budapest, Hungary
Márta Tolnai 23 August 1941 (aged 27) Pécs, Hungary
 Italy Adriana Biagiotti 19 July 1947 (aged 21) Prato, Italy
Daniela Maccelli 8 December 1949 (aged 18) Barberino di Mugello, Italy
Gabriella Pozzuolo 28 November 1946 (aged 21) Genoa, Italy
 Japan Kazue Hanyu 8 September 1950 (aged 18) Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Kayoko Hashiguchi 26 April 1944 (aged 24) Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Mitsuko Kandori 5 May 1943 (aged 25) Tokyo, Japan
Miyuki Matsuhisa 15 August 1945 (aged 23) Kyoko Prefecture, Japan
Taniko Mitsukuri 23 March 1943 (aged 25) Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Chieko Oda 12 August 1947 (aged 21) Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
 Mexico Rosario Briones 5 October 1953 (aged 15) San Luis Potosí, Mexico
María Luisa Morales 21 June 1954 (aged 14) Minatitlán, Mexico
Rosalinda Puente 7 August 1953 (aged 15) Mexico City, Mexico
María Elena Ramírez 25 September 1951 (aged 17) Mexico City, Mexico
Laura Rivera 17 October 1954 (aged 13) Mexico City, Mexico
Julieta Sáenz 12 April 1954 (aged 14) Mexico City, Mexico
 Mongolia Dorjiin Norolkhoo 31 December 1949 (aged 18) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tsagaandorjiin Gündegmaa 6 February 1946 (aged 22) Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia
Yadamsürengiin Tuyaa 6 November 1947 (aged 20) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 Norway Helga Braathen 5 March 1953 (aged 15) Drammen, Norway
Unni Holmen 23 September 1952 (aged 16) Oslo, Norway
Ann-Mari Hvaal 8 June 1944 (aged 24) Sandefjord, Norway
Torunn Isberg 6 July 1949 (aged 19) Moss, Norway
Jill Kvamme 20 August 1948 (aged 20) Bergen, Norway
Wenche Sjong 27 April 1951 (aged 17) Oslo, Norway
 Poland Małgorzata Chojnacka 20 September 1947 (aged 21) Żochy, Poland
Halina Daniec 25 January 1949 (aged 19) Świdnica, Poland
Wiesława Lech 20 October 1946 (aged 21) Kraków, Poland
Łucja Ochmańska 17 July 1949 (aged 19) Kraków, Poland
Grażyna Witkowska 22 June 1952 (aged 16) Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Zięba 20 March 1952 (aged 16) Kraków, Poland
 Portugal Esbela da Fonseca 26 July 1942 (aged 26) Lisbon, Portugal
 Soviet Union Lyubov Burda 11 April 1953 (aged 15) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Olga Karasyova 24 July 1949 (aged 19) Bishkek, Kyrgyz SSR
Natalia Kuchinskaya 8 March 1949 (aged 19) Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Larisa Petrik 28 August 1949 (aged 19) Dolinsk, Russian SFSR
Ludmilla Tourischeva 7 October 1952 (aged 16) Grozny, Russian SFSR
Zinaida Voronina 10 December 1947 (aged 20) Yoshkar-Ola, Russian SFSR
 Sweden Solveig Egman-Andersson 6 January 1942 (aged 26) Arvika, Sweden
Rose-Marie Holm 6 August 1953 (aged 15) Landskrona, Sweden
Marie Lundqvist 21 February 1947 (aged 21) Västerås, Sweden
 United States Wendy Cluff 7 August 1951 (aged 17) Los Angeles, California
Kathy Gleason 8 March 1949 (aged 19) Buffalo, New York
Linda Metheny 12 August 1947 (aged 21) Olney, Illinois
Colleen Mulvihill 9 June 1952 (aged 16) Merrill, Wisconsin
Cathy Rigby 12 December 1952 (aged 15) Long Beach, California
Joyce Tanac 27 September 1950 (aged 18) Seattle, Washington
 West Germany Petra Jebram 23 March 1954 (aged 14) Wattenscheid, West Germany
Angelika Kern 31 August 1952 (aged 16) Emmendingen, West Germany
Irmi Krauser 14 January 1948 (aged 20) Straubing, West Germany
Helga Matschkur 4 September 1943 (aged 25) Ansbach, West Germany
Marlies Stegemann 12 January 1951 (aged 17) Wattenscheid, West Germany
Anna Stein 21 October 1949 (aged 18) Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
 Yugoslavia Nataša Bajin-Šljepica 29 September 1945 (aged 23) Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Steve Hug  United States 20 May 1952 (aged 16)
Oldest competitor Aleksander Rokosa  Poland 17 July 1936 (aged 32)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
 Algeria Larbi Lazhari 3 July 1941 (aged 27) Algiers, Algeria
 Australia Murray Chessell 1 June 1944 (aged 24) Melbourne, Victoria
 Bulgaria Georgi Adamov 3 June 1939 (aged 29) Sofia, Bulgaria
Rumen Gabrovski 11 June 1946 (aged 22) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Bozhidar Ivanov 15 July 1943 (aged 25) Ruse, Bulgaria
Raycho Khristov 4 October 1945 (aged 23) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Ivan Kondev 29 January 1944 (aged 24) Sliven, Bulgaria
Stefan Zoev 19 January 1943 (aged 25) Sofia, Bulgaria
 Canada Barry Brooker 19 July 1941 (aged 27) Toronto, Ontario
Roger Dion 20 April 1938 (aged 30) Quebec City, Quebec
Sid Jensen 11 August 1947 (aged 21) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gilbert Larose 13 September 1942 (aged 26) Montreal, Quebec
Steve Mitruk 17 January 1947 (aged 21) Hamilton, Ontario
 Chinese Taipei Cheng Fu 19 June 1946 (aged 22) Chinchiang, Taiwan
Lai Chu-Long 10 March 1942 (aged 26) Changhua, Taiwan
 Cuba Luis Navarrete 13 January 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Roberto Pumpido 15 December 1948 (aged 19) Havana, Cuba
Héctor Ramírez 31 January 1943 (aged 25) Havana, Cuba
Luis Ramírez 13 January 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Jorge Rodríguez 18 April 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Octavio Suárez 26 July 1944 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
 Czechoslovakia František Bočko 9 July 1941 (aged 27) Veľké Čaníkovce, Czechoslovakia
Jiří Fejtek 22 September 1946 (aged 22) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Václav Kubička 28 September 1939 (aged 29) Písek, Czechoslovakia
Bohumil Mudřík 3 December 1941 (aged 26) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Netušil 20 February 1946 (aged 22) Chomutov, Czechoslovakia
Václav Skoumal 28 May 1944 (aged 24) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
 Denmark Hans Peter Nielsen 4 March 1943 (aged 25) Esbjerg, Denmark
Arne Thomsen 1 March 1942 (aged 26) Esbjerg, Denmark
 East Germany Günter Beier 2 March 1942 (aged 26) Altenburg, Germany
Matthias Brehme 7 February 1943 (aged 25) Markkleeberg, East Germany
Gerhard Dietrich 12 May 1942 (aged 26) Brandenburg an der Havel, East Germany
Siegfried Fülle 6 October 1939 (aged 29) Greiz, East Germany
Klaus Köste 27 February 1943 (aged 25) Frankfurt an der Oder, East Germany
Peter Weber 22 December 1938 (aged 29) Finsterwalde, East Germany
 Ecuador Sergio Luna 9 September 1948 (aged 20) San Gabriel, Ecuador
Eduardo Nájera 27 September 1948 (aged 20) Quito, Ecuador
Pedro Rendón 27 April 1941 (aged 27) Guayaquil, Ecuador
 Finland Reino Heino 28 June 1941 (aged 27) Tampere, Finland
Olli Laiho 18 February 1943 (aged 25) Savonlinna, Finland
Mauno Nissinen 16 August 1947 (aged 21) Oulu, Finland
Juhani Rahikainen 26 June 1944 (aged 24) Mikkeli, Finland
Hannu Rantakari 8 January 1939 (aged 29) Tampere, Finland
Heikki Sappinen 5 October 1946 (aged 22) Turku, Finland
 France Michel Bouchonnet 17 July 1940 (aged 28) Reuilly, France
Christian Deuza 3 January 1944 (aged 24) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Christian Guiffroy 21 January 1941 (aged 27) Toulouse, France
 Great Britain Michael Booth 20 January 1946 (aged 22) Huddersfield, England
Stan Wild 19 February 1944 (aged 24) Bolton upon Dearne, England
 Hungary István Aranyos 25 April 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Dezső Bordán 26 June 1943 (aged 25) Eger, Hungary
Béla Herczeg 13 June 1947 (aged 21) Debrecen, Hungary
Sándor Kiss 23 April 1941 (aged 27) Tura, Hungary
Konrád Mentsik 19 April 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Endre Tihanyi 29 January 1945 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
 Italy Giovanni Carminucci 14 November 1939 (aged 28) San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Pasquale Carminucci 29 August 1937 (aged 31) San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Luigi Cimnaghi 10 August 1940 (aged 28) Meda, Italy
Bruno Franceschetti 30 April 1941 (aged 27) Minerbe, Italy
Franco Menichelli 3 August 1941 (aged 27) Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Mori 25 December 1946 (aged 21) Taranto, Italy
 Japan Yukio Endō 18 January 1937 (aged 31) Akita, Japan
Sawao Katō 11 October 1946 (aged 22) Gosen, Japan
Takeshi Katō 25 September 1942 (aged 26) Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu 13 February 1948 (aged 20) Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Akinori Nakayama 1 March 1943 (aged 25) Nagoya, Japan
Mitsuo Tsukahara 22 December 1947 (aged 20) Tokyo, Japan
 Mexico Enrique García 15 July 1943 (aged 25) Chihuahua, Mexico
José González 15 January 1946 (aged 22) Tlaxcala, Mexico
Rogelio Mendoza 2 May 1944 (aged 24) Mexico City, Mexico
Armando Valles 6 May 1941 (aged 27) Mexico City, Mexico
Fernando Valles 9 October 1944 (aged 24) Mexico City, Mexico
José Vilchis 30 September 1950 (aged 18) Mexico City, Mexico
 Mongolia Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam 15 December 1944 (aged 23) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
 Philippines Ernesto Beren 28 February 1950 (aged 18) Manila, Philippines
Norman Henson 3 March 1950 (aged 18) Arayat, Philippines
 Poland Andrzej Gonera 18 February 1939 (aged 29) Toruń, Poland
Jerzy Kruża 29 November 1943 (aged 24) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Mikołaj Kubica 27 October 1945 (aged 22) Niedobczyce, Poland
Sylwester Kubica 28 December 1949 (aged 18) Niedobczyce, Poland
Wilhelm Kubica 29 December 1943 (aged 24) Niedobczyce, Poland
Aleksander Rokosa 17 July 1936 (aged 32) Brzeziny, Poland
 Portugal José Filipe Abreu 28 March 1948 (aged 20) Lisbon, Portugal
 South Korea Kim Chung-tae 16 January 1944 (aged 24) Seoul, South Korea
 Soviet Union Sergey Diomidov 9 July 1943 (aged 25) Turtkul, Uzbek SSR
Valery Ilyinykh 7 August 1947 (aged 21) Nobosibirsk, Russian SFSR
Valery Karasyov 23 September 1946 (aged 22) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Viktor Klimenko 25 February 1949 (aged 19) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Viktor Lisitsky 18 October 1939 (aged 28) Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
Mikhail Voronin 26 March 1945 (aged 23) Moscow, Russian SFSR
 Sweden Finn Johannesson 30 November 1943 (aged 24) Copenhagen, Denmark
Christer Jönsson 16 August 1943 (aged 25) Helsingborg, Sweden
Evert Lindgren 26 February 1938 (aged 30) Gothenburg, Sweden
 Switzerland Meinrad Berchtold 2 December 1943 (aged 24) Baden, Switzerland
Hans Ettlin 10 March 1945 (aged 23) Kerns, Switzerland
Edwin Greutmann 14 October 1946 (aged 21) Beggingen, Switzerland
Roland Hürzeler 17 March 1945 (aged 23) Uerkheim, Switzerland
Paul Müller 21 January 1946 (aged 22) Udligenswil, Switzerland
Peter Rohner 12 April 1949 (aged 19) St. Gallen, Switzerland
 United States Kanati Allen 25 January 1947 (aged 21) Los Angeles, California
Steve Cohen 28 April 1946 (aged 22) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sid Freudenstein 18 May 1945 (aged 23) New Orleans, Louisiana
Steve Hug 20 May 1952 (aged 16) Highland, Illinois
Fred Roethlisberger 28 February 1943 (aged 25) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dave Thor 20 February 1947 (aged 21) Van Nuys, California
 West Germany Heinz Häussler 7 November 1940 (aged 27) Lindau, West Germany
Erich Hess 20 June 1947 (aged 21) Mannheim, West Germany
Hermann Höpfner 11 September 1945 (aged 23) Bad Dürkheim, West Germany
Willi Jaschek 2 September 1940 (aged 28) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Heiko Reinemer 14 June 1945 (aged 23) Bierstadt, West Germany
Helmut Tepasse 24 November 1946 (aged 21) Essen, West Germany
 Yugoslavia Damir Anić 24 July 1944 (aged 24) Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Janez Brodnik 6 May 1944 (aged 24) Golnik, Yugoslavia
Miroslav Cerar 28 October 1939 (aged 28) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Milenko Kersnić 21 June 1946 (aged 22) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Martin Šrot 10 August 1938 (aged 30) Celje, Yugoslavia
Miloš Vratič 11 May 1948 (aged 20) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

References

  1. ↑ "Mexico City 1968 Gymnastics Artistic Results". Olympics.com. Retrieved 28 March 2022.
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