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List of gymnasts at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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

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Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Laura Rivera   Mexico (1954-10-17)17 October 1954 (aged 13)
Oldest competitor Ute Starke   East Germany (1939-01-14)14 January 1939 (aged 29)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
  Australia Val Norris (1943-06-28)28 June 1943 (aged 25) Perth, Western Australia
  Belgium Christiane Goethals (1947-07-29)29 July 1947 (aged 21) Bruges, Belgium
Horta van Hoye (1946-12-26)26 December 1946 (aged 21) Sint-Joris-Weert, Belgium
  Bulgaria Rayna Atanasova (1944-07-10)10 July 1944 (aged 24) Varna, Bulgaria
Mariya Karashka (1942-08-04)4 August 1942 (aged 26) Sofia, Bulgaria
Vanya Marinova (1950-10-22)22 October 1950 (aged 17) Varna, Bulgaria
Vesela Pasheva (1946-11-30)30 November 1946 (aged 21) Ruse, Bulgaria
Neli Stoyanova (1946-12-19)19 December 1946 (aged 21) Varna, Bulgaria
  Canada Suzanne Cloutier (1947-07-25)25 July 1947 (aged 21) Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Quebec
Jennifer Diachun (1953-08-14)14 August 1953 (aged 15) Toronto, Ontario
Sandra Hartley (1948-06-23)23 June 1948 (aged 20) Vancouver, British Columbia
Teresa McDonnell (1953-12-08)8 December 1953 (aged 14) Toronto, Ontario
Marilynn Minaker (1949-11-12)12 November 1949 (aged 18) Kirkland Lake, Ontario
  Chinese Taipei Hong Tai-Kwai (1946-12-08)8 December 1946 (aged 21) Pingtung, Taiwan
Yu Mai-Lee (1952-09-13)13 September 1952 (aged 16) Zhejiang, China
  Cuba Nancy Aldama (1946-08-28)28 August 1946 (aged 22) Havana, Cuba
Nereida Bauta (1950-07-14)14 July 1950 (aged 18) Havana, Cuba
Suzette Blanco (1948-09-15)15 September 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Zulema Bregado (1951-01-31)31 January 1951 (aged 17) Havana, Cuba
Yolanda Vega (1946-06-27)27 June 1946 (aged 22) Havana, Cuba
Miriam Villacián (1950-05-26)26 May 1950 (aged 18) Havana, Cuba
  Czechoslovakia Věra Čáslavská (1942-05-03)3 May 1942 (aged 26) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Jana Kubičková (1945-01-09)9 January 1945 (aged 23) Nové Sady, Czechoslovakia
Hana Lišková (1952-06-04)4 June 1952 (aged 16) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Marianna Némethová-Krajčírová (1948-06-01)1 June 1948 (aged 20) Košice, Czechoslovakia
Bohumila Řimnáčová (1947-09-09)9 September 1947 (aged 21) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Miroslava Skleničková (1951-03-11)11 March 1951 (aged 17) Karlovy Vary, Czechoslovakia
  Denmark Else Trangbæk (1946-02-07)7 February 1946 (aged 22) Viborg, Denmark
  East Germany Maritta Bauerschmidt (1950-03-23)23 March 1950 (aged 18) Waldheim, East Germany
Karin Janz (1952-02-17)17 February 1952 (aged 16) Lübben, East Germany
Marianne Noack (1951-10-05)5 October 1951 (aged 17) Rostock, East Germany
Magdalena Schmidt (1949-06-30)30 June 1949 (aged 19) Lauchhammer, East Germany
Ute Starke (1939-01-14)14 January 1939 (aged 29) Eisleben, East Germany
Erika Zuchold (1947-03-19)19 March 1947 (aged 21) Lucka, East Germany
  France Nicole Bourdiau (1948-06-02)2 June 1948 (aged 20) Écuisses, France
Jacqueline Brisepierre (1945-10-30)30 October 1945 (aged 22) Montceau-les-Mines, France
Mireille Cayre (1947-04-02)2 April 1947 (aged 21) Moulins, France
Dominique Lauvard (1949-08-30)30 August 1949 (aged 19) Vincennes, France
Evelyne Letourneur (1947-09-13)13 September 1947 (aged 21) Vernon, France
Françoise Nourry (1948-09-01)1 September 1948 (aged 20) Bègles, France
  Great Britain Margaret Bell (1945-02-23)23 February 1945 (aged 23) Beckenham, England
Mary Prestidge (1948-12-18)18 December 1948 (aged 19) London, England
  Hungary Ágnes Bánfai (1947-06-08)8 June 1947 (aged 21) Budapest, Hungary
Ilona Békési (1953-12-11)11 December 1953 (aged 14) Budapest, Hungary
Anikó Ducza (1942-08-08)8 August 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Katalin Makray (1945-04-05)5 April 1945 (aged 23) Vasvár, Hungary
Katalin Müller (1943-09-13)13 September 1943 (aged 25) Budapest, Hungary
Márta Tolnai (1941-08-23)23 August 1941 (aged 27) Pécs, Hungary
  Italy Adriana Biagiotti (1947-07-19)19 July 1947 (aged 21) Prato, Italy
Daniela Maccelli (1949-12-08)8 December 1949 (aged 18) Barberino di Mugello, Italy
Gabriella Pozzuolo (1946-11-28)28 November 1946 (aged 21) Genoa, Italy
  Japan Kazue Hanyu (1950-09-08)8 September 1950 (aged 18) Fukui Prefecture, Japan
Kayoko Hashiguchi (1944-04-26)26 April 1944 (aged 24) Miyazaki Prefecture, Japan
Mitsuko Kandori (1943-05-05)5 May 1943 (aged 25) Tokyo, Japan
Miyuki Matsuhisa (1945-08-15)15 August 1945 (aged 23) Kyoko Prefecture, Japan
Taniko Mitsukuri (1943-03-23)23 March 1943 (aged 25) Niigata Prefecture, Japan
Chieko Oda (1947-08-12)12 August 1947 (aged 21) Nagasaki Prefecture, Japan
  Mexico Rosario Briones (1953-10-05)5 October 1953 (aged 15) San Luis Potosí, Mexico
María Luisa Morales (1954-06-21)21 June 1954 (aged 14) Minatitlán, Mexico
Rosalinda Puente (1953-08-07)7 August 1953 (aged 15) Mexico City, Mexico
María Elena Ramírez (1951-09-25)25 September 1951 (aged 17) Mexico City, Mexico
Laura Rivera (1954-10-17)17 October 1954 (aged 13) Mexico City, Mexico
Julieta Sáenz (1954-04-12)12 April 1954 (aged 14) Mexico City, Mexico
  Mongolia Dorjiin Norolkhoo (1949-12-31)31 December 1949 (aged 18) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
Tsagaandorjiin Gündegmaa (1946-02-06)6 February 1946 (aged 22) Övörkhangai Province, Mongolia
Yadamsürengiin Tuyaa (1947-11-06)6 November 1947 (aged 20) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  Norway Helga Braathen (1953-03-05)5 March 1953 (aged 15) Drammen, Norway
Unni Holmen (1952-09-23)23 September 1952 (aged 16) Oslo, Norway
Ann-Mari Hvaal (1944-06-08)8 June 1944 (aged 24) Sandefjord, Norway
Torunn Isberg (1949-07-06)6 July 1949 (aged 19) Moss, Norway
Jill Kvamme (1948-08-20)20 August 1948 (aged 20) Bergen, Norway
Wenche Sjong (1951-04-27)27 April 1951 (aged 17) Oslo, Norway
  Poland Małgorzata Chojnacka (1947-09-20)20 September 1947 (aged 21) Żochy, Poland
Halina Daniec (1949-01-25)25 January 1949 (aged 19) Świdnica, Poland
Wiesława Lech (1946-10-20)20 October 1946 (aged 21) Kraków, Poland
Łucja Ochmańska (1949-07-17)17 July 1949 (aged 19) Kraków, Poland
Grażyna Witkowska (1952-06-22)22 June 1952 (aged 16) Warsaw, Poland
Barbara Zięba (1952-03-20)20 March 1952 (aged 16) Kraków, Poland
  Portugal Esbela da Fonseca (1942-07-26)26 July 1942 (aged 26) Lisbon, Portugal
  Soviet Union Lyubov Burda (1953-04-11)11 April 1953 (aged 15) Voronezh, Russian SFSR
Olga Karasyova (1949-07-24)24 July 1949 (aged 19) Bishkek, Kyrgyz SSR
Natalia Kuchinskaya (1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 19) Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Larisa Petrik (1949-08-28)28 August 1949 (aged 19) Dolinsk, Russian SFSR
Ludmilla Tourischeva (1952-10-07)7 October 1952 (aged 16) Grozny, Russian SFSR
Zinaida Voronina (1947-12-10)10 December 1947 (aged 20) Yoshkar-Ola, Russian SFSR
  Sweden Solveig Egman-Andersson (1942-01-06)6 January 1942 (aged 26) Arvika, Sweden
Rose-Marie Holm (1953-08-06)6 August 1953 (aged 15) Landskrona, Sweden
Marie Lundqvist (1947-02-21)21 February 1947 (aged 21) Västerås, Sweden
  United States Wendy Cluff (1951-08-07)7 August 1951 (aged 17) Los Angeles, California
Kathy Gleason (1949-03-08)8 March 1949 (aged 19) Buffalo, New York
Linda Metheny (1947-08-12)12 August 1947 (aged 21) Olney, Illinois
Colleen Mulvihill (1952-06-09)9 June 1952 (aged 16) Merrill, Wisconsin
Cathy Rigby (1952-12-12)12 December 1952 (aged 15) Long Beach, California
Joyce Tanac (1950-09-27)27 September 1950 (aged 18) Seattle, Washington
  West Germany Petra Jebram (1954-03-23)23 March 1954 (aged 14) Wattenscheid, West Germany
Angelika Kern (1952-08-31)31 August 1952 (aged 16) Emmendingen, West Germany
Irmi Krauser (1948-01-14)14 January 1948 (aged 20) Straubing, West Germany
Helga Matschkur (1943-09-04)4 September 1943 (aged 25) Ansbach, West Germany
Marlies Stegemann (1951-01-12)12 January 1951 (aged 17) Wattenscheid, West Germany
Anna Stein (1949-10-21)21 October 1949 (aged 18) Novi Sad, Yugoslavia
  Yugoslavia Nataša Bajin-Šljepica (1945-09-29)29 September 1945 (aged 23) Belgrade, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts

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Name Country Date of birth (Age)
Youngest competitor Steve Hug   United States (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 16)
Oldest competitor Aleksander Rokosa   Poland (1936-07-17)17 July 1936 (aged 32)
NOC Name Date of birth (Age) Hometown
  Algeria Larbi Lazhari (1941-07-03)3 July 1941 (aged 27) Algiers, Algeria
  Australia Murray Chessell (1944-06-01)1 June 1944 (aged 24) Melbourne, Victoria
  Bulgaria Georgi Adamov (1939-06-03)3 June 1939 (aged 29) Sofia, Bulgaria
Rumen Gabrovski (1946-06-11)11 June 1946 (aged 22) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Bozhidar Ivanov (1943-07-15)15 July 1943 (aged 25) Ruse, Bulgaria
Raycho Khristov (1945-10-04)4 October 1945 (aged 23) Haskovo, Bulgaria
Ivan Kondev (1944-01-29)29 January 1944 (aged 24) Sliven, Bulgaria
Stefan Zoev (1943-01-19)19 January 1943 (aged 25) Sofia, Bulgaria
  Canada Barry Brooker (1941-07-19)19 July 1941 (aged 27) Toronto, Ontario
Roger Dion (1938-04-20)20 April 1938 (aged 30) Quebec City, Quebec
Sid Jensen (1947-08-11)11 August 1947 (aged 21) Halifax, Nova Scotia
Gilbert Larose (1942-09-13)13 September 1942 (aged 26) Montreal, Quebec
Steve Mitruk (1947-01-17)17 January 1947 (aged 21) Hamilton, Ontario
  Chinese Taipei Cheng Fu (1946-06-19)19 June 1946 (aged 22) Chinchiang, Taiwan
Lai Chu-Long (1942-03-10)10 March 1942 (aged 26) Changhua, Taiwan
  Cuba Luis Navarrete (1948-01-13)13 January 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Roberto Pumpido (1948-12-15)15 December 1948 (aged 19) Havana, Cuba
Héctor Ramírez (1943-01-31)31 January 1943 (aged 25) Havana, Cuba
Luis Ramírez (1948-01-13)13 January 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Jorge Rodríguez (1948-04-18)18 April 1948 (aged 20) Havana, Cuba
Octavio Suárez (1944-07-26)26 July 1944 (aged 24) Havana, Cuba
  Czechoslovakia František Bočko (1941-07-09)9 July 1941 (aged 27) Veľké Čaníkovce, Czechoslovakia
Jiří Fejtek (1946-09-22)22 September 1946 (aged 22) Prague, Czechoslovakia
Václav Kubička (1939-09-28)28 September 1939 (aged 29) Písek, Czechoslovakia
Bohumil Mudřík (1941-12-03)3 December 1941 (aged 26) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
Miloslav Netušil (1946-02-20)20 February 1946 (aged 22) Chomutov, Czechoslovakia
Václav Skoumal (1944-05-28)28 May 1944 (aged 24) Zlín, Czechoslovakia
  Denmark Hans Peter Nielsen (1943-03-04)4 March 1943 (aged 25) Esbjerg, Denmark
Arne Thomsen (1942-03-01)1 March 1942 (aged 26) Esbjerg, Denmark
  East Germany Günter Beier (1942-03-02)2 March 1942 (aged 26) Altenburg, Germany
Matthias Brehme (1943-02-07)7 February 1943 (aged 25) Markkleeberg, East Germany
Gerhard Dietrich (1942-05-12)12 May 1942 (aged 26) Brandenburg an der Havel, East Germany
Siegfried Fülle (1939-10-06)6 October 1939 (aged 29) Greiz, East Germany
Klaus Köste (1943-02-27)27 February 1943 (aged 25) Frankfurt an der Oder, East Germany
Peter Weber (1938-12-22)22 December 1938 (aged 29) Finsterwalde, East Germany
  Ecuador Sergio Luna (1948-09-09)9 September 1948 (aged 20) San Gabriel, Ecuador
Eduardo Nájera (1948-09-27)27 September 1948 (aged 20) Quito, Ecuador
Pedro Rendón (1941-04-27)27 April 1941 (aged 27) Guayaquil, Ecuador
  Finland Reino Heino (1941-06-28)28 June 1941 (aged 27) Tampere, Finland
Olli Laiho (1943-02-18)18 February 1943 (aged 25) Savonlinna, Finland
Mauno Nissinen (1947-08-16)16 August 1947 (aged 21) Oulu, Finland
Juhani Rahikainen (1944-06-26)26 June 1944 (aged 24) Mikkeli, Finland
Hannu Rantakari (1939-01-08)8 January 1939 (aged 29) Tampere, Finland
Heikki Sappinen (1946-10-05)5 October 1946 (aged 22) Turku, Finland
  France Michel Bouchonnet (1940-07-17)17 July 1940 (aged 28) Reuilly, France
Christian Deuza (1944-01-03)3 January 1944 (aged 24) Boulogne-sur-Mer, France
Christian Guiffroy (1941-01-21)21 January 1941 (aged 27) Toulouse, France
  Great Britain Michael Booth (1946-01-20)20 January 1946 (aged 22) Huddersfield, England
Stan Wild (1944-02-19)19 February 1944 (aged 24) Bolton upon Dearne, England
  Hungary István Aranyos (1942-04-25)25 April 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Dezső Bordán (1943-06-26)26 June 1943 (aged 25) Eger, Hungary
Béla Herczeg (1947-06-13)13 June 1947 (aged 21) Debrecen, Hungary
Sándor Kiss (1941-04-23)23 April 1941 (aged 27) Tura, Hungary
Konrád Mentsik (1942-04-19)19 April 1942 (aged 26) Budapest, Hungary
Endre Tihanyi (1945-01-29)29 January 1945 (aged 23) Budapest, Hungary
  Italy Giovanni Carminucci (1939-11-14)14 November 1939 (aged 28) San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Pasquale Carminucci (1937-08-29)29 August 1937 (aged 31) San Benedetto del Tronto, Italy
Luigi Cimnaghi (1940-08-10)10 August 1940 (aged 28) Meda, Italy
Bruno Franceschetti (1941-04-30)30 April 1941 (aged 27) Minerbe, Italy
Franco Menichelli (1941-08-03)3 August 1941 (aged 27) Rome, Italy
Vincenzo Mori (1946-12-25)25 December 1946 (aged 21) Taranto, Italy
  Japan Yukio Endō (1937-01-18)18 January 1937 (aged 31) Akita, Japan
Sawao Katō (1946-10-11)11 October 1946 (aged 22) Gosen, Japan
Takeshi Katō (1942-09-25)25 September 1942 (aged 26) Aichi Prefecture, Japan
Eizo Kenmotsu (1948-02-13)13 February 1948 (aged 20) Okayama Prefecture, Japan
Akinori Nakayama (1943-03-01)1 March 1943 (aged 25) Nagoya, Japan
Mitsuo Tsukahara (1947-12-22)22 December 1947 (aged 20) Tokyo, Japan
  Mexico Enrique García (1943-07-15)15 July 1943 (aged 25) Chihuahua, Mexico
José González (1946-01-15)15 January 1946 (aged 22) Tlaxcala, Mexico
Rogelio Mendoza (1944-05-02)2 May 1944 (aged 24) Mexico City, Mexico
Armando Valles (1941-05-06)6 May 1941 (aged 27) Mexico City, Mexico
Fernando Valles (1944-10-09)9 October 1944 (aged 24) Mexico City, Mexico
José Vilchis (1950-09-30)30 September 1950 (aged 18) Mexico City, Mexico
  Mongolia Zagdbazaryn Davaanyam (1944-12-15)15 December 1944 (aged 23) Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia
  Philippines Ernesto Beren (1950-02-28)28 February 1950 (aged 18) Manila, Philippines
Norman Henson (1950-03-03)3 March 1950 (aged 18) Arayat, Philippines
  Poland Andrzej Gonera (1939-02-18)18 February 1939 (aged 29) Toruń, Poland
Jerzy Kruża (1943-11-29)29 November 1943 (aged 24) Ruda Śląska, Poland
Mikołaj Kubica (1945-10-27)27 October 1945 (aged 22) Niedobczyce, Poland
Sylwester Kubica (1949-12-28)28 December 1949 (aged 18) Niedobczyce, Poland
Wilhelm Kubica (1943-12-29)29 December 1943 (aged 24) Niedobczyce, Poland
Aleksander Rokosa (1936-07-17)17 July 1936 (aged 32) Brzeziny, Poland
  Portugal José Filipe Abreu (1948-03-28)28 March 1948 (aged 20) Lisbon, Portugal
  South Korea Kim Chung-tae (1944-01-16)16 January 1944 (aged 24) Seoul, South Korea
  Soviet Union Sergey Diomidov (1943-07-09)9 July 1943 (aged 25) Turtkul, Uzbek SSR
Valery Ilyinykh (1947-08-07)7 August 1947 (aged 21) Nobosibirsk, Russian SFSR
Valery Karasyov (1946-09-23)23 September 1946 (aged 22) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Viktor Klimenko (1949-02-25)25 February 1949 (aged 19) Moscow, Russian SFSR
Viktor Lisitsky (1939-10-18)18 October 1939 (aged 28) Magnitogorsk, Russian SFSR
Mikhail Voronin (1945-03-26)26 March 1945 (aged 23) Moscow, Russian SFSR
  Sweden Finn Johannesson (1943-11-30)30 November 1943 (aged 24) Copenhagen, Denmark
Christer Jönsson (1943-08-16)16 August 1943 (aged 25) Helsingborg, Sweden
Evert Lindgren (1938-02-26)26 February 1938 (aged 30) Gothenburg, Sweden
  Switzerland Meinrad Berchtold (1943-12-02)2 December 1943 (aged 24) Baden, Switzerland
Hans Ettlin (1945-03-10)10 March 1945 (aged 23) Kerns, Switzerland
Edwin Greutmann (1946-10-14)14 October 1946 (aged 21) Beggingen, Switzerland
Roland Hürzeler (1945-03-17)17 March 1945 (aged 23) Uerkheim, Switzerland
Paul Müller (1946-01-21)21 January 1946 (aged 22) Udligenswil, Switzerland
Peter Rohner (1949-04-12)12 April 1949 (aged 19) St. Gallen, Switzerland
  United States Kanati Allen (1947-01-25)25 January 1947 (aged 21) Los Angeles, California
Steve Cohen (1946-04-28)28 April 1946 (aged 22) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Sid Freudenstein (1945-05-18)18 May 1945 (aged 23) New Orleans, Louisiana
Steve Hug (1952-05-20)20 May 1952 (aged 16) Highland, Illinois
Fred Roethlisberger (1943-02-28)28 February 1943 (aged 25) Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Dave Thor (1947-02-20)20 February 1947 (aged 21) Van Nuys, California
  West Germany Heinz Häussler (1940-11-07)7 November 1940 (aged 27) Lindau, West Germany
Erich Hess (1947-06-20)20 June 1947 (aged 21) Mannheim, West Germany
Hermann Höpfner (1945-09-11)11 September 1945 (aged 23) Bad Dürkheim, West Germany
Willi Jaschek (1940-09-02)2 September 1940 (aged 28) Olomouc, Czechoslovakia
Heiko Reinemer (1945-06-14)14 June 1945 (aged 23) Bierstadt, West Germany
Helmut Tepasse (1946-11-24)24 November 1946 (aged 21) Essen, West Germany
  Yugoslavia Damir Anić (1944-07-24)24 July 1944 (aged 24) Zagreb, Yugoslavia
Janez Brodnik (1944-05-06)6 May 1944 (aged 24) Golnik, Yugoslavia
Miroslav Cerar (1939-10-28)28 October 1939 (aged 28) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Milenko Kersnić (1946-06-21)21 June 1946 (aged 22) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia
Martin Šrot (1938-08-10)10 August 1938 (aged 30) Celje, Yugoslavia
Miloš Vratič (1948-05-11)11 May 1948 (aged 20) Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

References

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