Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics information
Sporting event delegation
Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of the Soviet Union
IOC code
URS
NOC
Soviet Olympic Committee
in Mexico City, Mexico 12 October 1968 (1968-10-12) – 27 October 1968 (1968-10-27)
Competitors
312 (246 men, 66 women)[1] in 18 sports
Flag bearer
Leonid Zhabotinsky
Medals Ranked 2nd
Gold
29
Silver
32
Bronze
30
Total
91
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1952
1956
1960
1964
1968
1972
1976
1980
1984
1988
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]
^"The USSR and Olympism" (PDF). Olympic Review (84). International Olympic Committee: 530–557. October 1974. Retrieved 28 March 2008.
^"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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