1968 Summer Olympics medal table

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City from October 12 to 27. This was a large international sports event with athletes from 112 countries. It was the first time the Olympics were in Latin America.

Athletes from 44 countries won medals. The United States won the most gold medals, with 45, and the most medals overall, with 107. For the first time, teams from East Germany and West Germany won medals at their first Summer Olympics. Countries like Kenya, Tunisia, and Venezuela won their first gold medals, while Cameroon, Mongolia, and Uganda also won their first Olympic medals.

One of the best athletes was Věra Čáslavská from Czechoslovakia. She won six medals, including four golds. Another top athlete was Mikhail Voronin from the Soviet Union, who won seven medals in total.

Medal table

The medal table shows which countries won the most medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics. It is based on information from the International Olympic Committee. Countries are ranked first by how many gold medals they won, then by silver medals, and finally by bronze medals.

In boxing, two bronze medals were given out in each event because there was no competition for third place.

In gymnastics, two gold medals were awarded in the men's horizontal bar and women's floor exercise because there was a tie for first place in those events.

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

1968 Summer Olympics medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States	45	28	34	107
2	Soviet Union	29	32	30	91
3	Japan	11	7	7	25
4	Hungary	10	10	12	32
5	East Germany	9	9	7	25
6	France	7	3	5	15
7	Czechoslovakia	7	2	4	13
8	West Germany	5	11	10	26
9	Australia	5	7	5	17
10	Great Britain	5	5	3	13
11	Poland	5	2	11	18
12	Romania	4	6	5	15
13	Italy	3	4	9	16
14	Kenya	3	4	2	9
15	Mexico*	3	3	3	9
16	Yugoslavia	3	3	2	8
17	Netherlands	3	3	1	7
18	Bulgaria	2	4	3	9
19	Iran	2	1	2	5
20	Sweden	2	1	1	4
21	Turkey	2	0	0	2
22	Denmark	1	4	3	8
23	Canada	1	3	1	5
24	Finland	1	2	1	4
25	Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
	Norway	1	1	0	2
27	New Zealand	1	0	2	3
28	Tunisia	1	0	1	2
29	Pakistan	1	0	0	1
	Venezuela	1	0	0	1
31	Cuba	0	4	0	4
32	Austria	0	2	2	4
33	Switzerland	0	1	4	5
34	Mongolia	0	1	3	4
35	Brazil	0	1	2	3
36	Belgium	0	1	1	2
	South Korea	0	1	1	2
	Uganda	0	1	1	2
39	Cameroon	0	1	0	1
	Jamaica	0	1	0	1
41	Argentina	0	0	2	2
42	Greece	0	0	1	1
	India	0	0	1	1
	Taiwan	0	0	1	1
Totals (44 entries)		174	170	183	527

Changes in medal standings

Main article: List of stripped Olympic medals

Key

  ※   Disqualified athlete(s)

List of official changes in medal standings

Ruling date	Sport/Event	Athlete (NOC)		Total
1968	Modern pentathlon Men's team	Sweden Björn Ferm ※ Hans Jacobson ※ Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall ※	−1	−1
		France Raoul Gueguen Lucien Guiguet Jean-Pierre Giudicelli	+1	+1

List of official changes by country

NOC	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Net Change
Sweden	0	0	−1	−1
France	0	0	+1	+1