The United Kingdom competed as Great Britain at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 225 competitors, 175 men and 50 women, took part in 133 events in 16 sports. British athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games.
David Hemery — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
Chris Finnegan — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Derek Allhusen, Jane Bullen, Ben Jones, and Richard Meade — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Team Competition
Bob Braithwaite — Shooting, Men's Trap Shooting
Rodney Pattisson & Iain MacDonald-Smith — Sailing, Men's Flying Dutchman
Rodney Craig & Fencing Winner
Lillian Board — Athletics, Women's 400 metres
Sheila Sherwood — Athletics, Women's Long Jump
Derek Allhusen — Equestrian, Three-Day Event Individual Competition
Marion Coakes — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
Martyn Woodroffe — Swimming, Men's 200m Butterfly
John Sherwood — Athletics, Men's 400m Hurdles
David Broome — Equestrian, Jumping Individual Competition
Robin Aisher, Paul Anderson, and Adrian Jardine — Sailing, Men's 5½ Meter Class
Men's Hammer Throw
Howard Payne
Qualifying Round — 68.06m
Final — 67.62m (→ 10th place)
Women's Pentathlon
Sue Scott
Final Result — 4.786 points (→ 10th place)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)
Billy Wells
First Round — Lost to Ionas Chepulis (URS), TKO-3
Fourteen cyclists represented Great Britain in 1968.
Individual road race
Dave Rollinson
Brian Jolly
Billy Bilsland
Les West
Team time trial
John Bettison
Roy Cromack
Pete Smith
John Watson
Sprint
Reg Barnett
Ian Alsop
1000m time trial
Brendan McKeown
Individual pursuit
Ian Hallam
Team pursuit
Ian Alsop
Harry Jackson
Ian Hallam
Ronald Keeble
17 fencers, 12 men and 5 women, represented Great Britain in 1968.
Men's foil
Graham Paul
Bill Hoskyns
Mike Breckin
Men's team foil
Allan Jay, Graham Paul, Nick Halsted, Mike Breckin, Bill Hoskyns
Men's épée
Ralph Johnson
Nick Halsted
Bill Hoskyns
Men's team épée
Nick Halsted, Teddy Bourne, Bill Hoskyns, Ralph Johnson, Peter Jacobs
Men's sabre
Rodney Craig
Sandy Leckie
Richard Oldcorn
Men's team sabre
Sandy Leckie, Rodney Craig, David Acfield, Richard Oldcorn
Women's foil
Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh
Sue Green
Judith Bain
Women's team foil
Judith Bain, Janet Bewley-Cathie-Wardell-Yerburgh, Sue Green, Julia Davis, Eva Davies
Three male pentathletes represented Great Britain in 1968.
Individual
Jim Fox
Barry Lillywhite
Robert Phelps
Team
Jim Fox
Barry Lillywhite
Robert Phelps
There were seven rowing events for men only and Great Britain entered two boats. In the coxed eight, Malcolm Malpass in seat 5 was replaced with John Mullard in the B final.
Ten shooters, all men, represented Great Britain in 1968. Bob Braithwaite won gold in the trap.
25 m pistol
Tony Clark
Robert Hassell
50 m pistol
Charles Sexton
Marcus Loader
50 m rifle, prone
John Palin
Alister Allan
Trap
Bob Braithwaite
Eric Grantham
Skeet
Alec Bonnett
Colin Sephton
