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

	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

Male artistic gymnasts

	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