Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Soviet Union at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC codeURS
NOCSoviet Olympic Committee
in Mexico City, Mexico
12 October 1968 (1968-10-12) – 27 October 1968 (1968-10-27)
Competitors312 (246 men, 66 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearerLeonid Zhabotinsky
Medals
Ranked 2nd
Gold
29
Silver
32
Bronze
30
Total
91
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Other related appearances
 Russian Empire (1900–1912)
 Estonia (1920–1936, 1992–)
 Latvia (1924–1936, 1992–)
 Lithuania (1924–1928, 1992–)
 Unified Team (1992)
 Armenia (1994–)
 Belarus (1994–)
 Georgia (1994–)
 Kazakhstan (1994–)
 Kyrgyzstan (1994–)
 Moldova (1994–)
 Russia (1994–2016)
 Ukraine (1994–)
 Uzbekistan (1994–)
 Azerbaijan (1996–)
 Tajikistan (1996–)
 Turkmenistan (1996–)
 ROC (2020–2022)

The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.[2]

  1. ^ "The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
  2. ^ "Soviet Union at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 6 September 2014.

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