- Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1968 Summer
competitors=135 (111 men, 24 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Bill Roycroft (opening)
Eric Pearce (closing)
gold=5
silver=7
bronze=5
total=17
rank=9Australia competed at the1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City ,Mexico . Australian athletes have competed in everySummer Olympic Games .Medalists
Gold
*
Ralph Doubell – Athletics, Men's 800m*
Maureen Caird – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles*
Lyn McClements – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly*
Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle* Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle
Silver
*
Peter Norman – Athletics, Men's 200m,*
Raelene Boyle – Athletics, Women's 200m*
Pamela Kilborn-Ryan-Nelson – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles*
Paul Dearing , James Mason,Brian Glencross ,Gordon Pearce ,Julian Pearce ,Robert Haigh ,Donald Martin ,Raymond Evans ,Ronald Riley ,Patrick Nilan ,Donald Smart ,Fred Quine , Eric Pearce andDesmond Piper – Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition*
Alfred Duval ,Michael Dennis Morgan ,Joseph Fazio , Peter Dickson, David Douglas,John Ranch ,Gary Malcolm Pearce ,Robert Alan Shirlaw , andAlan Geoffrey Grover – Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain (8+)*
Lynne Watson ,Judy Playfair ,Lyn McClements , andJanet Steinbeck – Swimming, Women's 4x100m Medley Relay*
Greg Rogers ,Graham White ,Bob Windle , andMichael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle RelayBronze
*
Jennifer Lamy-Frank – Athletics, Women's 200m*
Brian Cobcroft & Depeche,Wayne Roycroft & Zhivago, andBill Roycroft & Warrathoola – Equestrian, Eventing Team Competition
*Greg Brough – Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle*
Karen Lynne Moras – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle* Greg Rogers,
Robert Cusack , Bob Windle, andMichael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4x100m Freestyle RelayResults by event
Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
*Kerry O'Brien :* Qualifying Heat — 9:01.49:* Final — 8:52.08 (→ 4th place)Men's High Jump
*Lawrence Peckham :* Qualifying Round — 2.14m:* Final — 2.12m (→ 8th place)Men's Individual Competition:
*Peter Macken – 4284 points (31st place)
*Duncan Page – 3904 points (39th place)
*Donald McMikin – 3759 points (42nd place)Men's Team Competition:
* Macken, Page, and McMikin – 11959 points (12th place)
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