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1968 Summer Olympics medal table

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1968 Summer Olympics medals
LocationMexico City,  Mexico
Highlights
Most gold medals United States (45)
Most total medals United States (107)
← 1964 · Olympics medal tables · 1972 →

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)

1968 Summer Olympics medal table
RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States452834107
2 Soviet Union29323091
3 Japan117725
4 Hungary10101232
5 East Germany99725
6 France73515
7 Czechoslovakia72413
8 West Germany5111026
9 Australia57517
10 Great Britain55313
11 Poland521118
12 Romania46515
13 Italy34916
14 Kenya3429
15 Mexico*3339
16 Yugoslavia3328
17 Netherlands3317
18 Bulgaria2439
19 Iran2125
20 Sweden2114
21 Turkey2002
22 Denmark1438
23 Canada1315
24 Finland1214
25 Ethiopia1102
 Norway1102
27 New Zealand1023
28 Tunisia1012
29 Pakistan1001
 Venezuela1001
31 Cuba0404
32 Austria0224
33 Switzerland0145
34 Mongolia0134
35 Brazil0123
36 Belgium0112
 South Korea0112
 Uganda0112
39 Cameroon0101
 Jamaica0101
41 Argentina0022
42 Greece0011
 India0011
 Taiwan0011
Totals (44 entries)174170183527

Change by doping

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Olympics Athlete Country Medal Event Ref
1968 Summer Olympics Modern Pentathlon team (Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall)  Sweden 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) Modern pentathlon, Team [1]

References

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  1. ^ The Olympics Most Wanted by Floyd Conner. 2001.
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  • "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.