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]

	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

	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