List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners

The 1968 Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City, from 12 to 27 October 1968.

Athletics

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)156728
2 Kenya (KEN)3418
3 Soviet Union (URS)32813
4 Australia (AUS)2316
 East Germany (GDR)2316
6 Romania (ROU)2204
7 Hungary (HUN)2147
8 West Germany (FRG)1438
9 Great Britain (GBR)1214
10 Ethiopia (ETH)1102
11 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1012
 France (FRA)1012
 Poland (POL)1012
 Tunisia (TUN)1012
15 Cuba (CUB)0202
16 Austria (AUT)0112
17 Brazil (BRA)0101
 Finland (FIN)0101
 Jamaica (JAM)0101
 Japan (JPN)0101
 Mexico (MEX)*0101
22 Italy (ITA)0022
23 Netherlands (NED)0011
 New Zealand (NZL)0011
 Taiwan (ROC)0011
Totals (25 entries)363636108

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Jim Hines
 United States
9.95 WR Lennox Miller
 Jamaica
10.04 Charles Greene
 United States
10.07
200 metres
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Tommie Smith
 United States
19.83 WR Peter Norman
 Australia
20.06 NR John Carlos
 United States
20.10
400 metres
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Lee Evans
 United States
43.86 WR Larry James
 United States
43.97 Ron Freeman
 United States
44.41
800 metres
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Ralph Doubell
 Australia
1:44.40 WR Wilson Kiprugut
 Kenya
1:44.57 Tom Farrell
 United States
1:45.46
1500 metres
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Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
3:34.91 OR Jim Ryun
 United States
3:37.89 Bodo Tümmler
 West Germany
3:39.08
5000 metres
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Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia
14:05.01 Kipchoge Keino
 Kenya
14:05.16 Naftali Temu
 Kenya
14:06.41
10,000 metres
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Naftali Temu
 Kenya
29:27.40 Mamo Wolde
 Ethiopia
29:27.75 Mohammed Gammoudi
 Tunisia
29:34.2
110 metres hurdles
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Willie Davenport
 United States
13.33 OR Ervin Hall
 United States
13.42 Eddy Ottoz
 Italy
13.46
400 metres hurdles
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David Hemery
 Great Britain
48.12 WR Gerhard Hennige
 West Germany
49.02 John Sherwood
 Great Britain
49.03
3000 metres steeplechase
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Amos Biwott
 Kenya
8:51.02 Benjamin Kogo
 Kenya
8:51.56 George Young
 United States
8:51.86
4 × 100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Charles Greene
Mel Pender
Ronnie Ray Smith
Jim Hines
38.24 WR  Cuba (CUB)
Hermes Ramírez
Juan Morales
Pablo Montes
Enrique Figuerola
38.40  France (FRA)
Gérard Fenouil
Jocelyn Delecour
Claude Piquemal
Roger Bambuck
38.43
4 × 400 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Vincent Matthews
Ron Freeman
Larry James
Lee Evans
2:56.16 WR  Kenya (KEN)
Daniel Rudisha
Munyoro Nyamau
Naftali Bon
Charles Asati
2:59.64  West Germany (FRG)
Helmar Müller
Manfred Kinder
Gerhard Hennige
Martin Jellinghaus
3:00.57
Marathon
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Mamo Wolde
 Ethiopia
2:20:27 Kenji Kimihara
 Japan
2:23:31 Mike Ryan
 New Zealand
2:23:45
20 kilometres walk
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Volodymyr Holubnychy
 Soviet Union
1:33:58 José Pedraza
 Mexico
1:34:00 Nikolay Smaga
 Soviet Union
1:34:03
50 kilometres walk
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Christoph Höhne
 East Germany
4:20:14 Antal Kiss
 Hungary
4:30:17 Larry Young
 United States
4:31:55
High jump
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Dick Fosbury
 United States
2.24 m OR Ed Caruthers
 United States
2.22 m Valentin Gavrilov
 Soviet Union
2.20 m
Pole vault
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Bob Seagren
 United States
5.40 m OR Claus Schiprowski
 West Germany
5.40 m Wolfgang Nordwig
 East Germany
5.40 m
Long jump
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Bob Beamon
 United States
8.90 m WR Klaus Beer
 East Germany
8.19 m Ralph Boston
 United States
8.16 m
Triple jump
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Viktor Saneyev
 Soviet Union
17.39 m WR Nelson Prudêncio
 Brazil
17.27 m Giuseppe Gentile
 Italy
17.22 m
Shot put
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Randy Matson
 United States
20.54 m OR George Woods
 United States
20.12 m Eduard Gushchin
 Soviet Union
20.09 m
Discus throw
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Al Oerter
 United States
64.78 m OR Lothar Milde
 East Germany
63.08 m Ludvík Daněk
 Czechoslovakia
62.92 m
Hammer throw
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Gyula Zsivótzky
 Hungary
73.36 m OR Romuald Klim
 Soviet Union
73.28 m Lázár Lovász
 Hungary
69.78 m
Javelin throw
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Jānis Lūsis
 Soviet Union
90.10 m OR Jorma Kinnunen
 Finland
88.58 m Gergely Kulcsár
 Hungary
87.06 m
Decathlon
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Bill Toomey
 United States
8193 OR Hans-Joachim Walde
 West Germany
8111 Kurt Bendlin
 West Germany
8064

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 metres
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Wyomia Tyus
 United States
11.08 WR Barbara Ferrell
 United States
11.15 Irena Szewińska
 Poland
11.19
200 metres
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Irena Szewińska
 Poland
22.58 WR Raelene Boyle
 Australia
22.74 Jenny Lamy
 Australia
22.88
400 metres
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Colette Besson
 France
52.03 Lillian Board
 Great Britain
52.12 Natalya Pechonkina
 Soviet Union
52.25
800 metres
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Madeline Manning
 United States
2:00.92 OR Ileana Silai
 Romania
2:02.58 Mia Gommers
 Netherlands
2:02.63
80 metres hurdles
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Maureen Caird
 Australia
10.39 OR Pam Kilborn
 Australia
10.46 Chi Cheng
 Taiwan
10.51
4 × 100 metres relay
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 United States (USA)
Margaret Bailes
Barbara Ferrell
Mildrette Netter
Wyomia Tyus
42.88 WR  Cuba (CUB)
Violetta Quesada
Miguelina Cobián
Marlene Elejarde
Fulgencia Romay
43.36  Soviet Union (URS)
Galina Bukharina
Lyudmila Samotyosova
Vera Popkova
Lyudmila Zharkova
43.41
High jump
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Miloslava Rezková
 Czechoslovakia
1.82 m Antonina Okorokova
 Soviet Union
1.80 m Valentina Kozyr
 Soviet Union
1.80 m
Long jump
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Viorica Viscopoleanu
 Romania
6.82 m WR Sheila Sherwood
 Great Britain
6.68 m Tatyana Talysheva
 Soviet Union
6.66 m
Shot put
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Margitta Gummel
 East Germany
19.61 m WR Marita Lange
 East Germany
18.78 m Nadezhda Chizhova
 Soviet Union
18.19 m
Discus throw
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Lia Manoliu
 Romania
58.28 m OR Liesel Westermann
 West Germany
57.76 m Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek
 Hungary
54.90 m
Javelin throw
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Angéla Németh
 Hungary
60.36 m Mihaela Peneș
 Romania
59.92 m Eva Janko
 Austria
58.04 m
Pentathlon
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Ingrid Becker
 West Germany
5098 Liese Prokop
 Austria
4966 Annamária Tóth
 Hungary
4959

Basketball

Medal table

RankNOCGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States1001
2 Yugoslavia0101
3 Soviet Union0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  United States (USA)
Mike Barrett
John Clawson
Don Dee
Calvin Fowler
Spencer Haywood
Bill Hosket
Jim King
Glynn Saulters
Mike Silliman
Ken Spain
Jo Jo White
Charlie Scott
 Yugoslavia (YUG)
Dragutin Čermak
Krešimir Ćosić
Vladimir Cvetković
Ivo Daneu
Radivoj Korać
Zoran Marojević
Nikola Plećaš
Trajko Rajković
Dragoslav Ražnatović
Petar Skansi
Damir Šolman
Aljoša Žorga
 Soviet Union (URS)
Anatoli Krikun
Modestas Paulauskas
Zurab Sakandelidze
Vadim Kapranov
Yuri Selikhov
Anatoli Polivoda
Sergei Belov
Priit Tomson
Sergei Kovalenko
Gennadi Volnov
Jaak Lipso
Vladimir Andreev

Boxing

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3216
2 United States (USA)2147
3 Mexico (MEX)*2024
4 Poland (POL)1225
5 East Germany (GDR)1001
 Great Britain (GBR)1001
 Venezuela (VEN)1001
8 Cuba (CUB)0202
9 Romania (ROU)0112
 South Korea (KOR)0112
 Uganda (UGA)0112
12 Cameroon (CMR)0101
13 Bulgaria (BUL)0022
14 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Brazil (BRA)0011
 Finland (FIN)0011
 Italy (ITA)0011
 Japan (JPN)0011
 Kenya (KEN)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
 Yugoslavia (YUG)0011
Totals (21 entries)11112244

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight (-48 kg)
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Francisco Rodríguez
 Venezuela
Jee Yong-ju
 South Korea
Hubert Skrzypczak
 Poland
Harlan Marbley
 United States
Flyweight (-51 kg)
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Ricardo Delgado
 Mexico
Artur Olech
 Poland
Servílio de Oliveira
 Brazil
Leo Rwabwogo
 Uganda
Bantamweight (-54 kg)
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Valerian Sokolov
 Soviet Union
Eridadi Mukwanga
 Uganda
Eiji Morioka
 Japan
Chang Kyou-chul
 South Korea
Featherweight (-57 kg)
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Antonio Roldán
 Mexico
Al Robinson
 United States
Philip Waruinge
 Kenya
Ivan Mihailov
 Bulgaria
Lightweight (-60 kg)
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Ronnie Harris
 United States
Józef Grudzień
 Poland
Zvonimir Vujin
 Yugoslavia
Calistrat Cuțov
 Romania
Light welterweight (-63.5 kg)
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Jerzy Kulej
 Poland
Enrique Regüeiferos
 Cuba
Arto Nilsson
 Finland
Jim Wallington
 United States
Welterweight (-67 kg)
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Manfred Wolke
 East Germany
Joseph Bessala
 Cameroon
Mario Guilloti
 Argentina
Vladimir Musalimov
 Soviet Union
Light middleweight (-71 kg)
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Boris Lagutin
 Soviet Union
Rolando Garbey
 Cuba
John Baldwin
 United States
Günther Meier
 West Germany
Middleweight (-75 kg)
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Chris Finnegan
 Great Britain
Aleksei Kiselyov
 Soviet Union
Agustín Zaragoza
 Mexico
Alfred Jones
 United States
Light heavyweight (-81 kg)
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Danas Pozniakas
 Soviet Union
Ion Monea
 Romania
Georgi Stankov
 Bulgaria
Stanisław Dragan
 Poland
Heavyweight (+81 kg)
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George Foreman
 United States
Jonas Čepulis
 Soviet Union
Giorgio Bambini
 Italy
Joaquín Rocha
 Mexico

Canoeing

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary (HUN)2316
2 Soviet Union (URS)2136
3 West Germany (FRG)1203
4 Romania (ROU)1113
5 Norway (NOR)1001
6 Austria (AUT)0011
 Denmark (DEN)0011
Totals (7 entries)77721

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
C-1 1000 metres
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Tibor Tatai
 Hungary
Detlef Lewe
 West Germany
Vitaly Galkov
 Soviet Union
C-2 1000 metres
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 Romania
Ivan Patzaichin
Serghei Covaliov
 Hungary
Tamás Wichmann
Gyula Petrikovics
 Soviet Union
Naum Prokupets
Mikhail Zamotin
K-1 1000 metres
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Mihály Hesz
 Hungary
Aleksandr Shaparenko
 Soviet Union
Erik Hansen
 Denmark
K-2 1000 metres
details
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Shaparenko
Vladimir Morozov
 Hungary
Csaba Giczy
István Timár
 Austria
Gerhard Siebold
Günther Pfaff
K-4 1000 metres
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 Norway (NOR)
Steinar Amundsen
Tore Berger
Egil Søby
Jan Johansen
 Romania (ROU)
Anton Calenic
Haralambie Ivanov
Dimitrie Ivanov
Mihai Țurcaș
 Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Giczy
Imre Szöllősi
István Timár
István Csizmadia

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
K-1 500 metres
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Lyudmila Pinayeva
 Soviet Union
Renate Breuer
 West Germany
Viorica Dumitru
 Romania
K-2 500 metres
details
 West Germany
Annemarie Zimmermann
Roswitha Esser
 Hungary
Anna Pfeffer
Katalin Rozsnyói
 Soviet Union
Lyudmila Pinayeva
Antonina Seredina

Cycling

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 France4015
2 Denmark1304
3 Italy1124
4 Netherlands1102
5 Sweden0112
6 West Germany0101
7 Belgium0011
 Poland0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (9 entries)77721

Road cycling

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual road race
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Pierfranco Vianelli
 Italy
Leif Mortensen
 Denmark
Gösta Pettersson
 Sweden
Team time trial
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 Netherlands (NED)
Joop Zoetemelk
Fedor den Hertog
Jan Krekels
René Pijnen
 Sweden (SWE)
Sture Pettersson
Tomas Pettersson
Erik Pettersson
Gösta Pettersson
 Italy (ITA)
Pierfranco Vianelli
Giovanni Bramucci
Vittorio Marcelli
Mauro Simonetti

Track cycling

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual Pursuit
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Daniel Rebillard
 France
Mogens Jensen
 Denmark
Xaver Kurmann
 Switzerland
Team Pursuit
details
 Denmark (DEN)
Per Jørgensen
Reno Olsen
Gunnar Asmussen
Mogens Jensen
 West Germany (FRG)
Karl Link
Udo Hempel
Karlheinz Henrichs
Jürgen Kissner
 Italy (ITA)
Luigi Roncaglia
Lorenzo Bosisio
Cipriano Chemello
Giorgio Morbiato
Sprint
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Daniel Morelon
 France
Giurdano Turrini
 Italy
Pierre Trentin
 France
Tandem
details
 France
Daniel Morelon
Pierre Trentin
 Netherlands
Leijn Loevesijn
Jan Jansen
 Belgium
Daniel Goens
Robert van Lancker
Time trial
details
Pierre Trentin
 France
Niels Fredborg
 Denmark
Janusz Kierzkowski
 Poland

Diving

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2046
2 Italy (ITA)1102
3 Czechoslovakia (TCH)1001
4 Soviet Union (URS)0202
5 Mexico (MEX)*0101
Totals (5 entries)44412

Men's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
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Bernard Wrightson
 United States
Klaus Dibiasi
 Italy
Jim Henry
 United States
10 m platform
details
Klaus Dibiasi
 Italy
Alvaro Gaxiola
 Mexico
Win Young
 United States

Women's events

Event Gold Silver Bronze
3 m springboard
details
Susanne Gossick
 United States
Tamara Pogozheva
 Soviet Union
Keala O'Sullivan
 United States
10 m platform
details
Milena Duchková
 Czechoslovakia
Natalya Lobanova
 Soviet Union
Ann Peterson
 United States

Equestrian events

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Great Britain (GBR)1214
2 West Germany (FRG)1124
3 United States (USA)1113
4 France (FRA)1102
 Soviet Union (URS)1102
6 Canada (CAN)1001
7 Australia (AUS)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (8 entries)66618

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual dressage
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 Ivan Kizimov
on Ikhor (URS)
 Josef Neckermann
on Mariano (FRG)
 Reiner Klimke
on Dux (FRG)
Team dressage
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 West Germany (FRG)
Josef Neckermann
and Mariano
Reiner Klimke
and Dux
Liselott Linsenhoff
and Piaff
 Soviet Union (URS)
Yelena Petushkova
and Pepel
Ivan Kizimov
and Ikhor
Ivan Kalita
and Absent
 Switzerland (SUI)
Henri Chammartin
and Wolfdietrich
Marianne Gossweiler
and Stephan
Gustav Fischer
and Wald
Individual eventing
details
 Jean-Jacques Guyon
and Pitou (FRA)
 Derek Allhusen
and Lochinvar (GBR)
 Michael Page
and Foster (USA)
Team eventing
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 Great Britain (GBR)
Derek Allhusen
and Lochinvar
Richard Meade
and Cornishman V
Reuben Jones
and The Poacher
 United States (USA)
Michael Page
and Foster
James C. Wofford
and Kilkenny
Michael Plumb
and Plain Sailing
 Australia (AUS)
Wayne Roycroft
and Zhivago
Brien Cobcroft
and Depeche
Bill Roycroft
and Warrathoola
Individual jumping
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 William Steinkraus
and Snowbound (USA)
 Marion Coakes
and Stroller (GBR)
 David Broome
and Mr. Softee (GBR)
Team jumping
details
 Canada (CAN)
James Day
and Canadian Club
Thomas Gayford
and Big Dee
Jim Elder
and The Immigrant
 France (FRA)
Jean Rozier
and Quo Vadis
Janou Lefèbvre
and Rocket
Pierre Jonquères d'Oriola
and Nagir
 West Germany (FRG)
Hermann Schridde
and Dozent II
Alwin Schockemöhle
and Donald Rex
Hans Günter Winkler
and Enigk

Fencing

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3407
2 Hungary (HUN)2237
3 Poland (POL)1023
4 France (FRA)1012
 Romania (ROU)1012
6 Italy (ITA)0112
7 Mexico (MEX)*0101
Totals (7 entries)88824

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual épée
details
Győző Kulcsár
 Hungary
Grigory Kriss
 Soviet Union
Gianluigi Saccaro
 Italy
Team épée
details
 Hungary (HUN)
Csaba Fenyvesi
Zoltan Nemere
Pál Schmitt
Gyözö Kulcsar
Pal Nagy
 Soviet Union (URS)
Grigory Kriss
Iosif Vitebsky
Aleksei Nikanchikov
Yuri Smolyakov
Viktor Modzalevsky
 Poland (POL)
Bogdan Andrzejewski
Michał Butkiewicz
Bogdan Gonsior
Henryk Nielaba
Kazimierz Barburski
Individual foil
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Ion Drîmbă
 Romania
Jenő Kamuti
 Hungary
Daniel Revenu
 France
Team foil
details
 France (FRA)
Daniel Revenu
Gilles Berolatti
Christian Noël
Jean-Claude Magnan
Jacques Dimont
 Soviet Union (URS)
German Sveshnikov
Yuri Sharov
Vasili Stankovich
Viktor Putyatin
Yuri Sisikin
 Poland (POL)
Witold Woyda
Zbigniew Skrudlik
Ryszard Parulski
Egon Franke
Adam Lisewski
Individual sabre
details
Jerzy Pawłowski
 Poland
Mark Rakita
 Soviet Union
Tibor Pézsa
 Hungary
Team sabre
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Nazlymov
Viktor Sidyak
Eduard Vinokurov
Mark Rakita
Umar Mavlikhanov
 Italy (ITA)
Wladimiro Calarese
Michele Maffei
Cesare Salvadori
Pierluigi Chicca
Rolando Rigoli
 Hungary (HUN)
Tamás Kovács
János Kalmár
Péter Bakonyi
Miklós Meszéna
Tibor Pézsa

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual foil
details
Elena Belova
 Soviet Union
Pilar Roldán
 Mexico
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
 Hungary
Team foil
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Aleksandra Zabelina
Tatyana Samusenko
Elena Belova
Galina Gorokhova
Svetlana Tširkova
 Hungary (HUN)
Lidia Dömölki-Sakovics
Ildikó Bóbis
Ildikó Újlaky-Rejtő
Maria Jarmy
Paula Marosi-Foldesi
 Romania (ROU)
Ecaterina Iencic-Stahl
Ileana Gyulai-Drimba-Jenei
Maria Vicol
Olga Orban-Szabo
Ana Dersidan-Ene-Pascu

Field hockey

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Pakistan1001
2 Australia0101
3 India0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Pakistan (PAK)
Abdul Rashid
Jahangir Butt
Tanvir Dar
Gulraiz Akhtar
Khalid Mahmood
Muhammad Asad Malik
Muhammad Ashfaq Ahmed
Tariq Niazi
Riaz Ahmed
Riaz ud-Din
Saeed Anwar
Tariq Aziz
Zakir Hussain
 Australia (AUS)
Paul Dearing
Raymond Evans
Brian Glencross
Robert Haigh
Donald Martin
James Mason
Patrick Nilan
Eric Pearce
Gordon Pearce
Julian Pearce
Desmond Piper
Fred Quine
Ronald Riley
Donald Smart
Arthur Busch
 India (IND)
Rajendra Christy
Krishnamurty Perumal
John "V.J." Peter
Inam-ur Rahman
Munir Sait
Ajitpal Singh
Balbir Singh Kullar
Balbir Singh Kular
Balbir Singh
Gurbux Singh
Harbinder Singh
Harmik Singh
Inder "Gogi" Singh
Prithipal Singh
Tarsem Singh
Jagjit Singh

Football

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary1001
2 Bulgaria0101
3 Japan0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Hungary (HUN)
István Básti
Antal Dunai
Lajos Dunai
Ernő Noskó
Dezső Novák
Károly Fatér
László Fazekas
István Juhász
László Keglovich
Lajos Kocsis
Iván Menczel
László Nagy
Miklós Páncsics
István Sárközi
Lajos Szűcs
Zoltán Szarka
Miklós Szalai
 Bulgaria (BUL)
Stoyan Yordanov
Atanas Gerov
Georgi Hristakiev
Milko Gaydarski
Kiril Ivkov
Ivaylo Georgiev
Tsvetan Veselinov
Evgeni Yanchovski
Petar Zhekov
Atanas Hristov
Asparuh Donev
Kiril Stankov
Georgi Ivanov
Todor Nikolov
Yancho Dimitrov
Ivan Zafirov
Mihail Gyonin
Georgi Vasilev
 Japan (JPN)
Kenzo Yokoyama
Hiroshi Katayama
Masakatsu Miyamoto
Yoshitada Yamaguchi
Mitsuo Kamata
Ryozo Suzuki
Kiyoshi Tomizawa
Takaji Mori
Aritatsu Ogi
Eizo Yuguchi
Shigeo Yaegashi
Teruki Miyamoto
Masashi Watanabe
Yasuyuki Kuwahara
Kunishige Kamamoto
Ikuo Matsumoto
Ryuichi Sugiyama
Masahiro Hamazaki

Gymnastics

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan62412
2 Soviet Union55818
3 Czechoslovakia4206
4 Yugoslavia1001
5 East Germany0224
6 Finland0101
Totals (6 entries)16121442

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
details
Sawao Kato
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Team all-around
details
 Japan (JPN)
Yukio Endo
Sawao Kato
Takeshi Katō
Eizo Kenmotsu
Akinori Nakayama
Mitsuo Tsukahara
 Soviet Union (URS)
Sergei Diomidov
Valery Iljinykh
Valery Karasev
Viktor Klimenko
Victor Lisitsky
Mikhail Voronin
 East Germany (GDR)
Günter Beier
Matthias Brehme
Gerhard Dietrich
Siegfried Fülle
Klaus Köste
Peter Weber
Floor exercise
details
Sawao Kato
 Japan
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Takeshi Katō
 Japan
Horizontal bar
details
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
none awarded
(as there was a tie for gold)
Eizo Kenmotsu
 Japan
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Parallel bars
details
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Viktor Klimenko
 Soviet Union
Pommel horse
details
Miroslav Cerar
 Yugoslavia
Olli Laiho
 Finland
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Rings
details
Akinori Nakayama
 Japan
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Sawao Kato
 Japan
Vault
details
Mikhail Voronin
 Soviet Union
Yukio Endo
 Japan
Sergei Diomidov
 Soviet Union

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Individual all-around
details
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Zinaida Voronina
 Soviet Union
Natalia Kuchinskaya
 Soviet Union
Team all-around
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Lyubov Burda
Olga Karasyova
Natalia Kuchinskaya
Larisa Petrik
Ludmilla Tourischeva
Zinaida Voronina
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Věra Čáslavská
Marianna Krajčírová
Jana Kubičková
Hana Lišková
Bohumila Řimnáčová
Miroslava Skleničková
 East Germany (GDR)
Maritta Bauerschmidt
Karin Janz
Marianne Noack
Magdalena Schmidt
Ute Starke
Erika Zuchold
Balance beam
details
Natalia Kuchinskaya
 Soviet Union
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Larisa Petrik
 Soviet Union
Floor exercise
details
Larisa Petrik
 Soviet Union
none awarded
(as there was a tie for gold)
Natalia Kuchinskaya
 Soviet Union
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Uneven bars
details
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Karin Janz
 East Germany
Zinaida Voronina
 Soviet Union
Vault
details
Věra Čáslavská
 Czechoslovakia
Erika Zuchold
 East Germany
Zinaida Voronina
 Soviet Union

Modern pentathlon

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Hungary1102
2 Sweden1001
3 Soviet Union0112
4 France0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Individual
details
Björn Ferm
 Sweden
András Balczó
 Hungary
Pavel Lednyov
 Soviet Union
Team
details
 Hungary (HUN)
András Balczó
István Móna
Ferenc Török
 Soviet Union (URS)
Boris Onishchenko
Pavel Lednyov
Stasys Šaparnis
 France (FRA)
Raoul Gueguen
Lucien Guiguet
Jean-Pierre Giudicelli

Rowing

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 East Germany (GDR)2103
2 Netherlands (NED)1203
3 West Germany (FRG)1102
4 Italy (ITA)1012
 Soviet Union (URS)1012
6 New Zealand (NZL)1001
7 United States (USA)0112
8 Australia (AUS)0101
 Hungary (HUN)0101
10 Denmark (DEN)0022
11 Argentina (ARG)0011
 Switzerland (SUI)0011
Totals (12 entries)77721

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Single sculls
details
Jan Wienese
 Netherlands
Jochen Meißner
 West Germany
Alberto Demiddi
 Argentina
Double sculls
details
 Soviet Union
Aleksandr Timoshinin
Anatoliy Sass
 Netherlands
Harry Droog
Leendert van Dis
 United States
John Nunn
Bill Maher
Coxless pair
details
 East Germany
Jörg Lucke
Heinz-Jürgen Bothe
 United States
Larry Hough
Philip Johnson
 Denmark
Peter Christiansen
Ib Larsen
Coxed pair
details
 Italy
Primo Baran
Renzo Sambo
Bruno Cipolla
 Netherlands
Herman Suselbeek
Hadriaan van Nes
Roderick Rijnders
 Denmark
Jørn Krab
Harry Jørgensen
Preben Krab
Coxless four
details
 East Germany
Frank Forberger
Frank Rühle
Dieter Grahn
Dieter Schubert
 Hungary
Zoltán Melis
József Csermely
György Sarlós
Antal Melis
 Italy
Renato Bosatta
Pier Conti-Manzini
Tullio Baraglia
Abramo Albini
Coxed four
details
 New Zealand
Dick Joyce
Ross Collinge
Dudley Storey
Warren Cole
Simon Dickie
 East Germany
Peter Kremtz
Manfred Gelpke
Roland Göhler
Klaus Jacob
Dieter Semetzky
 Switzerland
Denis Oswald
Peter Bolliger
Hugo Waser
Jakob Grob
Gottlieb Fröhlich
Eight
details
 West Germany (FRG)
Horst Meyer
Wolfgang Hottenrott
Dirk Schreyer
Egbert Hirschfelder
Rüdiger Henning
Jörg Siebert
Lutz Ulbricht
Niko Ott
Gunther Tiersch (cox)
Roland Böse (heat 1)[1]
 Australia (AUS)
Bob Shirlaw
Gary Pearce
John Ranch
David Douglas
Peter Dickson
Joe Fazio
Michael Morgan
Alf Duval
Alan Grover
 Soviet Union (URS)
Zigmas Jukna
Aleksandr Martyshkin
Antanas Bagdonavičius
Vytautas Briedis
Volodymyr Sterlik
Valentyn Kravchuk
Juozas Jagelavičius
Viktor Suslin
Yuriy Lorentsson

Sailing

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States (USA)2002
2 Great Britain (GBR)1012
3 Soviet Union (URS)1001
 Sweden (SWE)1001
5 Austria (AUT)0101
 Denmark (DEN)0101
 Norway (NOR)0101
 Switzerland (SUI)0101
 West Germany (FRG)0101
10 Italy (ITA)0022
11 Brazil (BRA)0011
 East Germany (GDR)0011
Totals (12 entries)55515

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Finn
details
Valentin Mankin
 Soviet Union
Hubert Raudaschl
 Austria
Fabio Albarelli
 Italy
Flying Dutchman
details
 Great Britain
Rodney Pattisson
Iain MacDonald-Smith
 West Germany
Ulli Libor
Peter Naumann
 Brazil
Reinaldo Conrad
Burkhard Cordes
Star
details
 United States
Lowell North
Peter Barrett
 Norway
Peder Lunde Jr.
Per Wiken
 Italy
Franco Cavallo
Camillo Gargano
Dragon
details
 United States
George Friedrichs
Barton Jahncke
Gerald Schreck
 Denmark
Aage Birch
Paul Lindemark Jørgensen
Niels Markussen
 East Germany
Paul Borowski
Karl-Heinz Thun
Konrad Weichert
5.5 metre
details
 Sweden
Ulf Sundelin
Jörgen Sundelin
Peter Sundelin
 Switzerland
Louis Noverraz
Bernhard Dunand
Marcel Stern
 Great Britain
Robin Aisher
Paul Anderson
Adrian Jardine

Shooting

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2125
2 United States1203
3 West Germany1113
4 Czechoslovakia1001
 Great Britain1001
 Poland1001
7 Hungary0101
 Italy0101
 Romania0101
10 East Germany0022
11 New Zealand0011
 Switzerland0011
Totals (12 entries)77721

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
50 m pistol
details
Grigory Kosykh
 Soviet Union
Heinz Mertel
 West Germany
Harald Vollmar
 East Germany
25 m rapid fire pistol
details
Józef Zapędzki
 Poland
Marcel Roșca
 Romania
Renart Suleymanov
 Soviet Union
50 m rifle prone
details
Jan Kůrka
 Czechoslovakia
László Hammerl
 Hungary
Ian Ballinger
 New Zealand
50 m rifle three positions
details
Bernd Klingner
 West Germany
John Writer
 United States
Vitali Parkhimovitch
 Soviet Union
300 m free rifle three positions
details
Gary Anderson
 United States
Valentin Kornev
 Soviet Union
Kurt Müller
 Switzerland
Skeet
details
Yevgeni Petrov
 Soviet Union
Romano Garagnani
 Italy
Konrad Wirnhier
 West Germany
Trap
details
Bob Braithwaite
 Great Britain
Thomas Garrigus
 United States
Kurt Czekalla
 East Germany

Swimming

Medal table

  *   Host nation (Mexico)

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 United States21151652
2 Australia3238
3 East Germany2316
4 Yugoslavia1102
5 Mexico*1012
6 Netherlands1001
7 Soviet Union0448
8 Canada0314
9 Great Britain0101
10 West Germany0022
11 France0011
Totals (11 entries)29292987

Men's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Michael Wenden
 Australia
52.2 WR Ken Walsh
 United States
52.8 Mark Spitz
 United States
53.0
200 m freestyle
details
Michael Wenden
 Australia
1:55.2 OR Don Schollander
 United States
1:55.8 John Nelson
 United States
1:58.1
400 m freestyle
details
Mike Burton
 United States
4:09.0 OR Ralph Hutton
 Canada
4:11.7 Alain Mosconi
 France
4:13.3
1500 m freestyle
details
Mike Burton
 United States
16:38.9 OR John Kinsella
 United States
16:57.3 Greg Brough
 Australia
17:04.7
100 m backstroke
details
Roland Matthes
 East Germany
58.7 OR Charlie Hickcox
 United States
1:00.2 Ronnie Mills
 United States
1:00.5
200 m backstroke
details
Roland Matthes
 East Germany
2:09.6 OR Mitch Ivey
 United States
2:10.6 Jack Horsley
 United States
2:10.9
100 m breaststroke
details
Don McKenzie
 United States
1:07.7 OR Vladimir Kosinsky
 Soviet Union
1:08.0 Nikolai Pankin
 Soviet Union
1:08.0
200 m breaststroke
details
Felipe Muñoz
 Mexico
2:28.7 Vladimir Kosinsky
 Soviet Union
2:29.2 Brian Job
 United States
2:29.9
100 m butterfly
details
Doug Russell
 United States
55.9 OR Mark Spitz
 United States
56.4 Ross Wales
 United States
57.2
200 m butterfly
details
Carl Robie
 United States
2:08.7 Martyn Woodroffe
 Great Britain
2:09.0 John Ferris
 United States
2:09.3
200 m individual medley
details
Charlie Hickcox
 United States
2:12.0 OR Greg Buckingham
 United States
2:13.0 John Ferris
 United States
2:13.3
400 m individual medley
details
Charlie Hickcox
 United States
4:48.4 Gary Hall, Sr.
 United States
4:48.7 Michael Holthaus
 West Germany
4:51.4
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Zac Zorn
Stephen Rerych
Ken Walsh
Mark Spitz
3:31.7 WR  Soviet Union (URS)
Georgi Kulikov
Viktor Mazanov
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Leonid Ilyichov
3:34.2  Australia (AUS)
Greg Rogers
Robert Cusack
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden
3:34.7
4 × 200 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
John Nelson
Stephen Rerych
Mark Spitz
Don Schollander
7:52.3  Australia (AUS)
Greg Rogers
Graham White
Bob Windle
Michael Wenden
7:53.7  Soviet Union (URS)
Vladimir Bure
Semyon Belits-Geiman
Georgi Kulikov
Leonid Ilyichov
8:01.6
4 × 100 m medley relay
details
 United States (USA)
Charlie Hickcox
Don McKenzie
Doug Russell
Ken Walsh
3:54.9 WR  East Germany (GDR)
Roland Matthes
Egon Henninger
Horst-Günter Gregor
Frank Wiegand
3:57.5  Soviet Union (URS)
Yuri Gromak
Vladimir Nemshilov
Vladimir Kosinsky
Leonid Ilyichov
4:00.7

Women's events

Games Gold Silver Bronze
100 m freestyle
details
Jan Henne
 United States
1:00.0 Susan Pedersen
 United States
1:00.3 Linda Gustavson
 United States
1:00.3
200 m freestyle
details
Debbie Meyer
 United States
2:10.5 OR Jan Henne
 United States
2:11.0 Jane Barkman
 United States
2:11.2
400 m freestyle
details
Debbie Meyer
 United States
4:31.8 OR Linda Gustavson
 United States
4:35.5 Karen Moras
 Australia
4:37.0
800 m freestyle
details
Debbie Meyer
 United States
9:24.0 OR Pam Kruse
 United States
9:35.7 Maria Teresa Ramírez
 Mexico
9:38.5
100 m backstroke
details
Kaye Hall
 United States
1:06.2 WR Elaine Tanner
 Canada
1:06.7 Jane Swagerty
 United States
1:08.1
200 m backstroke
details
Lillian Watson
 United States
2:24.8 OR Elaine Tanner
 Canada
2:27.4 Kaye Hall
 United States
2:28.9
100 m breaststroke
details
Đurđica Bjedov
 Yugoslavia
1:15.8 OR Galina Prozumenshchikova
 Soviet Union
1:15.9 Sharon Wichman
 United States
1:16.1
200 m breaststroke
details
Sharon Wichman
 United States
2:44.4 OR Đurđica Bjedov
 Yugoslavia
2:46.4 Galina Prozumenshchikova
 Soviet Union
2:47.0
100 m butterfly
details
Lyn McClements
 Australia
1:05.5 Ellie Daniel
 United States
1:05.8 Susan Shields
 United States
1:06.2
200 m butterfly
details
Ada Kok
 Netherlands
2:24.7 OR Helga Lindner
 East Germany
2:24.8 Ellie Daniel
 United States
2:25.9
200 m individual medley
details
Claudia Kolb
 United States
2:24.7 OR Susan Pedersen
 United States
2:28.8 Jan Henne
 United States
2:31.4
400 m individual medley
details
Claudia Kolb
 United States
5:08.5 OR Lynn Vidali
 United States
5:22.2 Sabine Steinbach
 East Germany
5:25.3
4 × 100 m freestyle relay
details
 United States (USA)
Jane Barkman
Linda Gustavson
Susan Pedersen
Jan Henne
4:02.5 OR  East Germany (GDR)
Gabriele Wetzko
Roswitha Krause
Uta Schmuck
Martina Grunert
4:05.7  Canada (CAN)
Angela Coughlan
Marilyn Corson
Elaine Tanner
Marion Lay
4:07.2
4 × 100 m medley relay
details
 United States (USA)
Kaye Hall
Catie Ball
Ellie Daniel
Susan Pedersen
4:28.3 OR  Australia (AUS)
Lynne Watson
Judy Playfair
Lyn McClements
Janet Steinbeck
4:30.0  West Germany (FRG)
Angelika Kraus
Uta Frommater
Heike Hustede
Heidemarie Reineck
4:36.4

Volleyball

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union2002
2 Japan0202
3 Czechoslovakia0011
 Poland0011
Totals (4 entries)2226

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
Men's
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Eduard Sibiryakov
Yuri Poyarkov
Georgi Mondzolevsky
Valeri Kravchenko
Volodymyr Byelyayev
Yevgeni Lapinsky
Ivan Bugaenkov
Oleg Antropov
Vasilius Matushevas
Viktor Mikhalchuk
Boris Tereshchuk
Vladimir Ivanov
 Japan (JPN)
Masayuki Minami
Katsutoshi Nekoda
Mamoru Shiragami
Isao Koizumi
Kenji Kimura
Yasuaki Mitsumori
Naohiro Ikeda
Jungo Morita
Tadayoshi Yokota
Seiji Oko
Tetsuo Satō
Kenji Shimaoka
 Czechoslovakia (TCH)
Bohumil Golián
Antonin Prochazka
Petr Kop
Jiri Svoboda
Josef Musil
Lubomir Zajisek
Josef Smolka
Vladimir Petlak
Frantisek Sokol
Zdenek Groessel
Pavel Schenk
Drahomir Koudelka
Women's
details
 Soviet Union (URS)
Lyudmila Buldakova
Lyudmila Mikhailkovskaya
Tatyana Veinberga
Vera Lantratova
Vera Galushka-Duyunova
Tatyana Sarycheva
Tatyana Ponyaeva-Tretyakova
Nina Smoleeva
Inna Ryskal
Galina Leontyeva
Roza Salikhova
Valentina Kamenek-Vinogradova
 Japan (JPN)
Setsuko Yosjida
Suzue Takayama
Toyoko Iwahara
Youko Kasahara
Aiko Onozawa
Yukiyo Kojima
Sachiko Fukanaka
Kunie Shishikura
Setsuko Inoue
Sumie Oinuma
Makiko Furakawa
Keiko Hama
 Poland (POL)
Elżbieta Porzec
Zofia Szczęśniewska
Wanda Wiecha
Barbara Hermela-Niemczyk
Krystyna Ostromęcka
Krystyna Krupa
Jadwiga Książek
Józefa Ledwig
Krystyna Jakubowska
Lidia Chmielnicka
Krystyna Czajkowska
Halina Aszkiełowicz

Water polo

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Yugoslavia1001
2 Soviet Union0101
3 Hungary0011
Totals (3 entries)1113

Medalists

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Men's  Yugoslavia (YUG)
Ozren Bonačić
Dejan Dabović
Zdravko Hebel
Zoran Janković
Ronald Lopatni
Uroš Marović
Đorđe Perišić
Miroslav Poljak
Mirko Sandić
Karlo Stipanić
Ivo Trumbić
 Soviet Union (URS)
Vadim Gulyaev
Givi Chikvanaya
Boris Grishin
Aleksandr Dolgushin
Aleksei Barkalov
Yuri Grigorovsky
Vladimir Semyonov
Aleksandr Shidlovsky
Vyacheslav Skok
Leonid Osipov
Oleg Bovin
 Hungary (HUN)
András Bodnár
Zoltán Dömötör
László Felkai
Ferenc Konrád
János Konrád
Mihály Mayer
László Sárosi
János Steinmetz
Endre Molnár
Dénes Pócsik
István Szívós, Jr.

Weightlifting

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Soviet Union (URS)3306
2 Japan (JPN)1113
3 Iran (IRI)1102
4 Poland (POL)1045
5 Finland (FIN)1001
6 Hungary (HUN)0112
7 Belgium (BEL)0101
8 United States (USA)0011
Totals (8 entries)77721

Medalists

Games Gold Silver Bronze
56 kg
details
Mohammad Nassiri
 Iran
Imre Földi
 Hungary
Henryk Trębicki
 Poland
60 kg
details
Yoshinobu Miyake
 Japan
Dito Shanidze
 Soviet Union
Yoshiyuki Miyake
 Japan
67.5 kg
details
Waldemar Baszanowski
 Poland
Parviz Jalayer
 Iran
Marian Zieliński
 Poland
75 kg
details
Viktor Kurentsov
 Soviet Union
Masushi Ouchi
 Japan
Károly Bakos
 Hungary
82.5 kg
details
Boris Selitsky
 Soviet Union
Vladimir Belyaev
 Soviet Union
Norbert Ozimek
 Poland
90 kg
details
Kaarlo Kangasniemi
 Finland
Jaan Talts
 Soviet Union
Marek Gołąb
 Poland
+90 kg
details
Leonid Zhabotinsky
 Soviet Union
Serge Reding
 Belgium
Joseph Dube
 United States

Wrestling

Medal table

RankNationGoldSilverBronzeTotal
1 Japan (JPN)4105
2 Soviet Union (URS)3519
3 Bulgaria (BUL)2316
4 Hungary (HUN)2024
5 East Germany (GDR)2002
 Turkey (TUR)2002
7 Iran (IRI)1023
8 France (FRA)0202
 United States (USA)0202
10 Mongolia (MGL)0134
11 Romania (ROU)0123
12 Yugoslavia (YUG)0112
13 Czechoslovakia (TCH)0022
14 Greece (GRE)0011
 West Germany (FRG)0011
Totals (15 entries)16161648

Freestyle

Games Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
details
Shigeo Nakata
 Japan
Richard Sanders
 United States
Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav
 Mongolia
57 kg
details
Yojiro Uetake
 Japan
Donald Behm
 United States
Aboutaleb Talebi
 Iran
63 kg
details
Masaaki Kaneko
 Japan
Enyu Todorov
 Bulgaria
Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi
 Iran
70 kg
details
Abdollah Movahed
 Iran
Enyu Valchev
 Bulgaria
Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter
 Mongolia
78 kg
details
Mahmut Atalay
 Turkey
Daniel Robin
 France
Tömöriin Artag
 Mongolia
87 kg
details
Boris Michail Gurevich
 Soviet Union
Jigjidiin Mönkhbat
 Mongolia
Prodan Gardzhev
 Bulgaria
97 kg
details
Ahmet Ayık
 Turkey
Shota Lomidze
 Soviet Union
József Csatári
 Hungary
+97 kg
details
Aleksandr Medved
 Soviet Union
Osman Duraliev
 Bulgaria
Wilfried Dietrich
 West Germany

Greco-Roman

Games Gold Silver Bronze
52 kg
details
Petar Kirov
 Bulgaria
Vladimir Bakulin
 Soviet Union
Miroslav Zeman
 Czechoslovakia
57 kg
details
János Varga
 Hungary
Ion Baciu
 Romania
Ivan Kochergin
 Soviet Union
63 kg
details
Roman Rurua
 Soviet Union
Hideo Fujimoto
 Japan
Simion Popescu
 Romania
70 kg
details
Muneji Munemura
 Japan
Stevan Horvat
 Yugoslavia
Petros Galaktopoulos
 Greece
78 kg
details
Rudolf Vesper
 East Germany
Daniel Robin
 France
Károly Bajkó
 Hungary
87 kg
details
Lothar Metz
 East Germany
Valentin Oleynik
 Soviet Union
Branislav Simić
 Yugoslavia
97 kg
details
Boyan Radev
 Bulgaria
Nikolai Yakovenko
 Soviet Union
Nicolae Martinescu
 Romania
+97 kg
details
István Kozma
 Hungary
Anatoly Roshchin
 Soviet Union
Petr Kment
 Czechoslovakia

References

  1. ^ "Roland BOESE". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 14 October 2016.