United States at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics United States
games=1968 Summer
competitors=
sports=
flagbearer=Janice-Lee Romary
gold=45
silver=28
bronze=34
total=107
rank=1

The United States competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.

Medalists

Gold

* Jim Hines — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
* Tommie Smith — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Lee Evans — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
* Willie Davenport — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Charles Greene, Jim Hines, Melvin Pender, and Ronnie Ray Smith — Athletics, Men's 4x100 m Relay
* Lee Evans, Ron Freeman, Larry James, and Vincent Matthews — Athletics, Men's 4x400 m Relay
* Dick Fosbury — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* Bob Seagren — Athletics, Men's Pole Vault
* Bob Beamon — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* Randy Matson — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Al Oerter — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
* Bill Toomey — Athletics, Men's Decathlon
* Wyomia Tyus — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
* Madeline Manning — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
* Margaret Bailes, Barbara Ferrell, Mildrette Netter, and Wyomia Tyus — Athletics, Women's 4x100 m Relay
* Michael Barrett, John Clawson, Donald Dee, Calvin Fowler, Spencer Haywood, Wilmer Hoskett, James King, Glynn Saulters, Charles Scott, Michael Silliman, Kenneth Spain, and JoJo White — Basketball, Men's Team Competition
* Ronald Harris — Boxing, Men's Lightweight
* George Foreman — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
* Bernie Wrightson — Diving, Men's Springboard
* Sue Gossick — Diving, Women's Springboard
* William Steinkraus — Equestrian, Jumping Individual
* Gary Anderson — Shooting, Men's Free Rifle, Three Positions
* Mike Burton — Swimming, Men's 400 m Freestyle
* Mike Burton — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Donald McKenzie — Swimming, Men's 100 m Breaststroke
* Douglas Russell — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Carl Robie — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
* Charles Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Charles Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Stephen Rerych, Mark Spitz, Kenneth Walsh, and Zachary Zorn — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Freestyle
* John Nelson, Stephen Rerych, Don Schollander, and Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 4x200 m Freestyle
* Charles Hickcox, Donald McKenzie, Douglas Russell, and Kenneth Walsh — Swimming, Men's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Debbie Meyer — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Kaye Hall — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Pokey Watson — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Sharon Wichman — Swimming, Women's 200 m Breaststroke
* Claudia Kolb — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Claudia Kolb — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Jane Barkman, Linda Gustavson, Jan Henne, and Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Freestyle Relay
* Catie Ball, Ellie Daniel, Kaye Hall, and Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 4x100 m Medley Relay
* Peter Barrett and Lowell North — Sailing, Men's Star
* George Friedrichs, Barton Jahncke, and Gerald Schreck — Sailing, Men's Dragon

Silver

* Larry James — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
* Jim Ryun — Athletics, Men's 1500 metres
* Ervin Hall — Athletics, Men's 110 m Hurdles
* Edward Caruthers — Athletics, Men's High Jump
* George Woods — Athletics, Men's Shot Put
* Barbara Ferrell — Athletics, Women's 100 metres
* Albert Robinson — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
* Michael Page, Michael Plumb, and James Wofford — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team
* Laurence Hough and Philip Johnson — Rowing, Men's Coxless Pairs
* John Writer — Shooting, Men's Small-bore Rifle, Three Positions
* Thomas Garrigus — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
* Kenneth Walsh — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
* Don Schollander — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
* John Kinsella — Swimming, Men's 1500 m Freestyle
* Charles Hickcox — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Mitchell Ivey — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
* Gregory Buckingham — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Gary Hall — Swimming, Men's 400 m Individual Medley
* Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Linda Gustavson — Swimming, Women's 400 m Freestyle
* Pamela Kruse — Swimming, Women's 800 m Freestyle
* Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Susan Pedersen — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Lynn Vidali — Swimming, Women's 400 m Individual Medley
* Richard Sanders — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Flyweight
* Donald Behm — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight

Bronze

* Charles Greene — Athletics, Men's 100 metres
* John Carlos — Athletics, Men's 200 metres
* Ron Freeman — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
* Tom Farrell — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
* George Young — Athletics, Men's 3000 m Steeplechase
* Larry Young — Athletics, Men's 50 km Walk
* Ralph Boston — Athletics, Men's Long Jump
* Harlan Marbley — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
* James Wallington — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
* John Lee Baldwin — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
* Alfred Jones — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
* James Henry — Diving, Men's Springboard
* Keala O'Sullivan — Diving, Women's Springboard
* Edwin Young — Diving, Men's Platform
* Anne Peterson — Diving, Women's Platform
* Michael Page — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual
* William Maher and John Nunn — Rowing, Men's Double Sculls
* Mark Spitz — Swimming, Men's 100 m Freestyle
* John Nelson — Swimming, Men's 200 m Freestyle
* Ronald Mills — Swimming, Men's 100 m Backstroke
* Jack Horsley — Swimming, Men's 200 m Backstroke
* Brian Job — Swimming, Men's 200 m Breaststroke
* Ross Wales — Swimming, Men's 100 m Butterfly
* John Ferris — Swimming, Men's 200 m Butterfly
* John Ferris — Swimming, Men's 200 m Individual Medley
* Linda Gustavson — Swimming, Women's 100 m Freestyle
* Jane Barkman — Swimming, Women's 200 m Freestyle
* Jane Swagerty — Swimming, Women's 100 m Backstroke
* Kaye Hall — Swimming, Women's 200 m Backstroke
* Sharon Wichman — Swimming, Women's 100 m Breaststroke
* Susan Shields — Swimming, Women's 100 m Butterfly
* Ellie Daniel — Swimming, Women's 200 m Butterfly
* Jan Henne — Swimming, Women's 200 m Individual Medley
* Joseph Dube — Weightlifting, Men's Heavyweight

Results and competitors by event

=Athletics=

Men's Competition

Men's 100 meters
*Jim Hines
*Charles Green
*Melvin Pender

Men's 200 meters
*Tommie Smith
*John Carlos
*Larry Questad

Men's 400 meters
*Lee Edward Evans
*Larry James
*Ronald Freeman Men's 800 meters
*Wade Bell
*Thomas Farrell
*Ronald Kutchinski

Men's 1.500 meters
*Jim Ryun
*Martin Liquori
*Thomas Van Ruden

Men's 5.000 meters
*Jack Bacheler
*Robert Day
*Louis Scott

Men's 10.000 meters
*Thomas Laris
*Van Nelson
*Tracy Smith

Men's Marathon
*George Young
*Ronald Daws
*Kenneth Moore

Men's 110 meter Hurdles
*Willie Davenport
*Ervin Hall
*Leon Coleman

Men's 400 meter Hurdles
*Ronald Whitney
*Boyd Gittens
*Geoff Vanderstock

Men's 3.000 meter Steeplechase
*Conrad Nightingale
*William Reilly
*George Young

Men's 4x100m Relay
*Charles Green, Melvin Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, and Jim Hines

Men's 4x400m Relay
*Vincent Matthews, Ronald Freeman, Larry James, and Lee Edward Evans

Men's 20km Walk
*Ronald Laird
*Thomas Dooley
*Rudy Haluza

Men's 50km Walk
*David Romansky
*Goetz Klupfer
*Larry Young Men's Long Jump
*Bob Beamon
*Ralph Boston
*Charles Mays Men's Triple Jump
*Norman Tate
*Arthur Walker
*David Smith

Men's High Jump
*Dick Fosbury
*Reynaldo Brown
*Edward Caruthers Men's Pole Vault
*Robert Seagren
*John Pennel
*Casey Carrigan Men's Shot Put
*Randel Matson
*David Maggard
*George Woods

Men's Javelin Throw
*Mark Murro
*Frank Covelli
*George Stenlund

Men's Discus Throw
*Al Oerter
*Jay Silvester
*Gary Carlsen

Men's Hammer Throw
*Harold Connolly
*Albert Hall
*Edward Burke Men's Decathlon
*Bill Toomey
*Thomas Waddell
*Richard Don Sloan

Women's Competition

Women's 100 meters
*Wyomia Tyus
*Margaret Bailes
*Barbara Ferrell

Women's 200 meters
*Wyomia Tyus
*Margaret Bailes
*Barbara Ferrell Women's 400 meters
*Esther Stroy
*Lois Ann Drinkwater
*Jarvis Scott Women's 800 meters
*Madeline Manning
*Doris Brown
*Francie Kraker Women's 4x100m Relay
*Wyomia Tyus, Margaret Bailes, Mildred Netter, and Barbara Ferrell

Women's 80m Hurdles
*Patty Jean Van Wolvekaere
*Julie Mae Dyer
*Mamie Rallins

Women's Long Jump
*Willye White
*Martha Rae Watson Women's High Jump
*Estelle Baskerville
*Sharon Callahan
*Eleanor Inez Montgomery

Women's Shot Put
*Maren Seidler

Women's Javelin Throw
*RaNae Jean Bair
*Barbara Ann Frederick

Women's Discus Throw
*Olga Fikotova Connolly
*Carol Moseke

Women's Pentathlon
*Pat Winslow
*Cathy Hamblin

=Volleyball=

Men's Team Competition

*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 Velsaco
*Head Coach: Jim Coleman

Women's Team Competition

*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:* Ann Heck:* Fanny Hoppeau:* Ninja Jorgenson:* Laurie Lewis:* Miki McFadden:* Marilyn McReavy:* Nancy Owen:* Barbara Perry:* Mary Margaret Perry:* Sharon Peterson:* Jane Ward (captain)
*Head Coach: Harlan Cohen

=Water Polo=

Men's 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

References

* [http://volleyball.org/olympics/history.html#1964 USA Volleyball]
* [http://www.databaseolympics.com/ DatabaseOlympics]
* [http://www.internationalmedalist.org/1968_olympic_track_field_team.htm International Medalists]