Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics featured 7 events, for men only.
[edit] Medal summary
| Event | Gold | Silver | Bronze |
| Single sculls |  Henri WieneseNetherlands (NED) |
 Jochen MeissnerWest Germany (FRG) |
 Alberto DemiddiArgentina (ARG) |
| Coxed four |  New Zealand (NZL)Richard Joyce Ross Collinge Dudley Storey Warren Cole Simon Dickie (cox) |
 East Germany (GDR)Peter Kremtz Manfred Gelpke Roland Göbler Klaus Jacon Dieter Semetzky (cox) |
 Switzerland (SUI)Denis Oswald Peter Bolliger Hugo Waser Jakob Grob Gottlieb Fröhlich (cox) |
| Coxless pair | East Germany (GDR) Jörg Lucke Heinz-Jörg Bothe |
 United States (USA)Lawrence Hugh Philip Johnson |
 Denmark (DEN)Peter Christiansen Ivan Larsen |
| Coxed pair |  Italy (ITA)Primo Baran Renzo Sambo Bruno Cipolla (cox) |
Netherlands (NED) Herman Suselbeek Hadrian Van Nes Roderick Rijnders (cox) |
Denmark (DEN) Jorn Krab Harry Jorgensen Preben Krab (cox) |
| Coxless four | East Germany (GDR) Frank Forberger Frank Rühle Dieter Grahn Dieter Schubert |
 Hungary (HUN)Zoltan Melis Jozsef Csermely György Sarlos Anta Melis |
Italy (ITA) Renato Bosatta Pie Conti Manzini Tullio Baraglia Abramo Albini |
| Double Sculls |  Soviet Union (URS)Anatoly Sass Alexander Timoshinin |
Netherlands (NED) Henricus Droog Leendert Van Dis |
United States (USA) John Nunn William Maher |
| Eights | West Germany (FRG) Herts Mayer Wolfgang Hottenrott Dirk Schreyer Egbert Hirschfelder Rüdiger Henning Joerg Siebert Lutz Ulbricht Nikolaus Ott Günther Thiersch (cox) |
 Australia (AUS)Alfred Duval David Douglas Michael Morgan John Ranch Joseph Frazio Gary Pierce Peter Dickinson Robert Shirlaw Alan Grover (cox) |
Soviet Union (URS) Zugmas Jukna Alexander Matryshkin Antanas Bagdonavichus Vitaulas Briedis Vladimir sterlik Valentin Kravchik Lozopas Yagelavichus Victor Suslin Yury Lorentsson (cox) |
[edit] Links
- Rowing at the Summer Olympics
- Olympic medalists in rowing (men)
- Olympic medalists in rowing (women)
- Rowers at the 1968 Summer Olympics
| Events at the 1968 Summer Olympics (Mexico City) |
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| Athletics • Basketball • Basque pelota (demonstration) • Boxing • Canoeing • Cycling • Diving • Equestrian • Fencing • Football • Gymnastics • Hockey • Modern pentathlon • Rowing • Sailing • Shooting • Swimming • Tennis (demonstration) • Volleyball • Water polo • Weightlifting • Wrestling |
| Rowing at the Summer Olympics |  |
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 See also: List of Olympic medalists in rowing (men) and List of Olympic medalists in rowing (women) |
