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.

Female artistic gymnasts

NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorLaura RiveraOldest competitorUte Starke

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownVal NorrisPerth, Western AustraliaChristiane GoethalsBruges, BelgiumHorta van HoyeSint-Joris-Weert, BelgiumRayna AtanasovaVarna, BulgariaMariya KarashkaSofia, BulgariaVanya MarinovaVarna, BulgariaVesela PashevaRuse, BulgariaNeli StoyanovaVarna, BulgariaSuzanne CloutierSainte-Agathe-des-Monts, QuebecJennifer DiachunToronto, OntarioSandra HartleyVancouver, British ColumbiaTeresa McDonnellToronto, OntarioMarilynn MinakerKirkland Lake, OntarioHong Tai-KwaiPingtung, TaiwanYu Mai-LeeZhejiang, ChinaNancy AldamaHavana, CubaNereida BautaHavana, CubaSuzette BlancoHavana, CubaZulema BregadoHavana, CubaYolanda VegaHavana, CubaMiriam VillaciánHavana, CubaVěra ČáslavskáPrague, CzechoslovakiaJana KubičkováNové Sady, CzechoslovakiaHana LiškováPrague, CzechoslovakiaMarianna Némethová-KrajčírováKošice, CzechoslovakiaBohumila ŘimnáčováPrague, CzechoslovakiaMiroslava SkleničkováKarlovy Vary, CzechoslovakiaElse TrangbækViborg, DenmarkMaritta BauerschmidtWaldheim, East GermanyKarin JanzLübben, East GermanyMarianne NoackRostock, East GermanyMagdalena SchmidtLauchhammer, East GermanyUte StarkeEisleben, East GermanyErika ZucholdLucka, East GermanyNicole BourdiauÉcuisses, FranceJacqueline BrisepierreMontceau-les-Mines, FranceMireille CayreMoulins, FranceDominique LauvardVincennes, FranceEvelyne LetourneurVernon, FranceFrançoise NourryBègles, FranceMargaret BellBeckenham, EnglandMary PrestidgeLondon, EnglandÁgnes BánfaiBudapest, HungaryIlona BékésiBudapest, HungaryAnikó DuczaBudapest, HungaryKatalin MakrayVasvár, HungaryKatalin MüllerBudapest, HungaryMárta TolnaiPécs, HungaryAdriana BiagiottiPrato, ItalyDaniela MaccelliBarberino di Mugello, ItalyGabriella PozzuoloGenoa, ItalyKazue HanyuFukui Prefecture, JapanKayoko HashiguchiMiyazaki Prefecture, JapanMitsuko KandoriTokyo, JapanMiyuki MatsuhisaKyoko Prefecture, JapanTaniko MitsukuriNiigata Prefecture, JapanChieko OdaNagasaki Prefecture, JapanRosario BrionesSan Luis Potosí, MexicoMaría Luisa MoralesMinatitlán, MexicoRosalinda PuenteMexico City, MexicoMaría Elena RamírezMexico City, MexicoLaura RiveraMexico City, MexicoJulieta SáenzMexico City, MexicoDorjiin NorolkhooUlaanbaatar, MongoliaTsagaandorjiin GündegmaaÖvörkhangai Province, MongoliaYadamsürengiin TuyaaUlaanbaatar, MongoliaHelga BraathenDrammen, NorwayUnni HolmenOslo, NorwayAnn-Mari HvaalSandefjord, NorwayTorunn IsbergMoss, NorwayJill KvammeBergen, NorwayWenche SjongOslo, NorwayMałgorzata ChojnackaŻochy, PolandHalina DaniecŚwidnica, PolandWiesława LechKraków, PolandŁucja OchmańskaKraków, PolandGrażyna WitkowskaWarsaw, PolandBarbara ZiębaKraków, PolandEsbela da FonsecaLisbon, PortugalLyubov BurdaVoronezh, Russian SFSROlga KarasyovaBishkek, Kyrgyz SSRNatalia KuchinskayaSaint Petersburg, Russian SFSRLarisa PetrikDolinsk, Russian SFSRLudmilla TourischevaGrozny, Russian SFSRZinaida VoroninaYoshkar-Ola, Russian SFSRSolveig Egman-AnderssonArvika, SwedenRose-Marie HolmLandskrona, SwedenMarie LundqvistVästerås, SwedenWendy CluffLos Angeles, CaliforniaKathy GleasonBuffalo, New YorkLinda MethenyOlney, IllinoisColleen MulvihillMerrill, WisconsinCathy RigbyLong Beach, CaliforniaJoyce TanacSeattle, WashingtonPetra JebramWattenscheid, West GermanyAngelika KernEmmendingen, West GermanyIrmi KrauserStraubing, West GermanyHelga MatschkurAnsbach, West GermanyMarlies StegemannWattenscheid, West GermanyAnna SteinNovi Sad, YugoslaviaNataša Bajin-ŠljepicaBelgrade, Yugoslavia

Male artistic gymnasts NameCountryDate of birth (Age)Youngest competitorSteve HugOldest competitorAleksander Rokosa

NOCNameDate of birth (Age)HometownLarbi LazhariAlgiers, AlgeriaMurray ChessellMelbourne, VictoriaGeorgi AdamovSofia, BulgariaRumen GabrovskiHaskovo, BulgariaBozhidar IvanovRuse, BulgariaRaycho KhristovHaskovo, BulgariaIvan KondevSliven, BulgariaStefan ZoevSofia, BulgariaBarry BrookerToronto, OntarioRoger DionQuebec City, QuebecSid JensenHalifax, Nova ScotiaGilbert LaroseMontreal, QuebecSteve MitrukHamilton, OntarioCheng FuChinchiang, TaiwanLai Chu-LongChanghua, TaiwanLuis NavarreteHavana, CubaRoberto PumpidoHavana, CubaHéctor RamírezHavana, CubaLuis RamírezHavana, CubaJorge RodríguezHavana, CubaOctavio SuárezHavana, CubaFrantišek BočkoVeľké Čaníkovce, CzechoslovakiaJiří FejtekPrague, CzechoslovakiaVáclav KubičkaPísek, CzechoslovakiaBohumil MudříkZlín, CzechoslovakiaMiloslav NetušilChomutov, CzechoslovakiaVáclav SkoumalZlín, CzechoslovakiaHans Peter NielsenEsbjerg, DenmarkArne ThomsenEsbjerg, DenmarkGünter BeierAltenburg, GermanyMatthias BrehmeMarkkleeberg, East GermanyGerhard DietrichBrandenburg an der Havel, East GermanySiegfried FülleGreiz, East GermanyKlaus KösteFrankfurt an der Oder, East GermanyPeter WeberFinsterwalde, East GermanySergio LunaSan Gabriel, EcuadorEduardo NájeraQuito, EcuadorPedro RendónGuayaquil, EcuadorReino HeinoTampere, FinlandOlli LaihoSavonlinna, FinlandMauno NissinenOulu, FinlandJuhani RahikainenMikkeli, FinlandHannu RantakariTampere, FinlandHeikki SappinenTurku, FinlandMichel BouchonnetReuilly, FranceChristian DeuzaBoulogne-sur-Mer, FranceChristian GuiffroyToulouse, FranceMichael BoothHuddersfield, EnglandStan WildBolton upon Dearne, EnglandIstván AranyosBudapest, HungaryDezső BordánEger, HungaryBéla HerczegDebrecen, HungarySándor KissTura, HungaryKonrád MentsikBudapest, HungaryEndre TihanyiBudapest, HungaryGiovanni CarminucciSan Benedetto del Tronto, ItalyPasquale CarminucciSan Benedetto del Tronto, ItalyLuigi CimnaghiMeda, ItalyBruno FranceschettiMinerbe, ItalyFranco MenichelliRome, ItalyVincenzo MoriTaranto, ItalyYukio EndōAkita, JapanSawao KatōGosen, JapanTakeshi KatōAichi Prefecture, JapanEizo KenmotsuOkayama Prefecture, JapanAkinori NakayamaNagoya, JapanMitsuo TsukaharaTokyo, JapanEnrique GarcíaChihuahua, MexicoJosé GonzálezTlaxcala, MexicoRogelio MendozaMexico City, MexicoArmando VallesMexico City, MexicoFernando VallesMexico City, MexicoJosé VilchisMexico City, MexicoZagdbazaryn DavaanyamUlaanbaatar, MongoliaErnesto BerenManila, PhilippinesNorman HensonArayat, PhilippinesAndrzej GoneraToruń, PolandJerzy KrużaRuda Śląska, PolandMikołaj KubicaNiedobczyce, PolandSylwester KubicaNiedobczyce, PolandWilhelm KubicaNiedobczyce, PolandAleksander RokosaBrzeziny, PolandJosé Filipe AbreuLisbon, PortugalKim Chung-taeSeoul, South KoreaSergey DiomidovTurtkul, Uzbek SSRValery IlyinykhNobosibirsk, Russian SFSRValery KarasyovMoscow, Russian SFSRViktor KlimenkoMoscow, Russian SFSRViktor LisitskyMagnitogorsk, Russian SFSRMikhail VoroninMoscow, Russian SFSRFinn JohannessonCopenhagen, DenmarkChrister JönssonHelsingborg, SwedenEvert LindgrenGothenburg, SwedenMeinrad BerchtoldBaden, SwitzerlandHans EttlinKerns, SwitzerlandEdwin GreutmannBeggingen, SwitzerlandRoland HürzelerUerkheim, SwitzerlandPaul MüllerUdligenswil, SwitzerlandPeter RohnerSt. Gallen, SwitzerlandKanati AllenLos Angeles, CaliforniaSteve CohenPhiladelphia, PennsylvaniaSid FreudensteinNew Orleans, LouisianaSteve HugHighland, IllinoisFred RoethlisbergerMilwaukee, WisconsinDave ThorVan Nuys, CaliforniaHeinz HäusslerLindau, West GermanyErich HessMannheim, West GermanyHermann HöpfnerBad Dürkheim, West GermanyWilli JaschekOlomouc, CzechoslovakiaHeiko ReinemerBierstadt, West GermanyHelmut TepasseEssen, West GermanyDamir AnićZagreb, YugoslaviaJanez BrodnikGolnik, YugoslaviaMiroslav CerarLjubljana, YugoslaviaMilenko KersnićLjubljana, YugoslaviaMartin ŠrotCelje, YugoslaviaMiloš VratičLjubljana, Yugoslavia

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