1968 Summer Olympics medal table
| 1968 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
| Location | Mexico City,  Mexico |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  United States (45) |
| Most total medals | United States (107) |
This is the full table of the medal table of the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
These rankings sort by the number of gold medals earned by a country. The number of silvers is taken into consideration next and then the number of bronze. If, after the above, countries are still tied, equal ranking is given and they are listed alphabetically. This follows the system used by the IOC, IAAF and BBC. Athletes from 44 countries have won at least one medal.
* Host nation (Mexico)
| Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | United States | 45 | 28 | 34 | 107 |
| 2 |  Soviet Union | 29 | 32 | 30 | 91 |
| 3 |  Japan | 11 | 7 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 |  Hungary | 10 | 10 | 12 | 32 |
| 5 |  East Germany | 9 | 9 | 7 | 25 |
| 6 |  France | 7 | 3 | 5 | 15 |
| 7 |  Czechoslovakia | 7 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 8 | West Germany | 5 | 11 | 10 | 26 |
| 9 |  Australia | 5 | 7 | 5 | 17 |
| 10 |  Great Britain | 5 | 5 | 3 | 13 |
| 11 |  Poland | 5 | 2 | 11 | 18 |
| 12 |  Romania | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 |
| 13 |  Italy | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 |
| 14 |  Kenya | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 |
| 15 | Mexico* | 3 | 3 | 3 | 9 |
| 16 |  Yugoslavia | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 |
| 17 |  Netherlands | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 |
| 18 |  Bulgaria | 2 | 4 | 3 | 9 |
| 19 |  Iran | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 20 |  Sweden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 21 |  Turkey | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 22 |  Denmark | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 23 |  Canada | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| 24 |  Finland | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 25 |  Ethiopia | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
 Norway | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | |
| 27 |  New Zealand | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 28 |  Tunisia | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 29 |  Pakistan | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
 Venezuela | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | |
| 31 |  Cuba | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 32 |  Austria | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 33 |  Switzerland | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 |
| 34 |  Mongolia | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 35 |  Brazil | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 36 |  Belgium | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
 South Korea | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
 Uganda | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | |
| 39 |  Cameroon | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
 Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
| 41 |  Argentina | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 42 |  Greece | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
 India | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
 Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Totals (44 entries) | 174 | 170 | 183 | 527 | |
Change by doping
[edit]| Olympics | Athlete | Country | Medal | Event | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1968 Summer Olympics | Modern Pentathlon team (Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall) |  Sweden
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Modern pentathlon, Team | [1] |
References
[edit]- ^ The Olympics Most Wanted by Floyd Conner. 2001.
External links
[edit]- "Mexico City 1968". Olympics.com. International Olympic Committee.
- "1968 Summer Olympics". Olympedia.com. Retrieved 24 February 2021.
- "Olympic Analytics/1968_1". olympanalyt.com. Archived from the original on 2022-08-26. Retrieved 2020-08-21.
