Back قائمة ميداليات الألعاب الأولمبية الصيفية 1968 Arabic Класиране по медали от Летните олимпийски игри 1968 Bulgarian Medaller dels Jocs Olímpics d'estiu de 1968 Catalan پێرستی مەدالیاکانی ئۆڵۆمپیادی ھاوینەی ١٩٦٨ CKB Medailové pořadí na Letních olympijských hrách 1968 Czech Medaljefordeling ved sommer-OL 1968 Danish Medaillenspiegel der Olympischen Sommerspiele 1968 German Medaltabelo de la Somera Olimpiko 1968 Esperanto Anexo:Medallero de los Juegos Olímpicos de México 1968 Spanish Riikide paremusjärjestus 1968. aasta suveolümpiamängudel Estonian
| 1968 Summer Olympics medals | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the most successful competitor at the games, winning four gold and two silver medals in artistic gymnastics | |
| Location | Mexico City,  Mexico |
| Highlights | |
| Most gold medals |  United States (45) |
| Most total medals | United States (107) |
| Medalling NOCs | 44 |
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, from 12 to 27 October. A total of 5,516 athletes from 112 nations participated in 172 events in 18 sports across 24 different disciplines. These were the first games to be held in Latin America.[1][2][3]
Overall, athletes from 44 nations received at least one medal, and 39 nations won at least one gold medal. Athletes from the United States won the most gold medals, with 45, and the most medals overall, with 107.[4] Teams from East Germany and West Germany won their nations' first Summer Olympic medals in every color at their first Summer Olympic appearance.[5][6] Teams from Kenya,[7] Tunisia,[8] and Venezuela won their nations' first Olympic gold medals,[9] while athletes from Cameroon,[10] Mongolia,[11][12] and Uganda won their nations' first Olympic medals.[13]
Artistic gymnast Věra Čáslavská of Czechoslovakia was the most successful competitor at the games, winning six medals (four gold and two silver).[14] After her gold medal wins at these games, Čáslavská held the record for the most individual Olympic gold medals by a female athlete with seven, until Katie Ledecky of the United States surpassed it at the 2024 Summer Olympics with eight.[15][16] Artistic gymnast Mikhail Voronin of the Soviet Union won the most total medals at the games with seven (two golds, four silvers, and one bronze).[17]
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