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	competitors	135 (111 men, 24 women)
	flagbearer	Bill Roycroft (opening)<br> Eric Pearce (closing)
	gold	5
	silver	7
	bronze	5
	total	17

Australia competed at the ''' 1968 Summer Olympics ''' in Mexico City , Mexico . Australian athletes have competed in every Summer Olympic Games .

MEDALS

Gold

Ralph Doubell – Athletics, Men's 800m

Maureen Caird – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles

Lyn McClements – Swimming, Women's 100m Butterfly

Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 100m Freestyle

Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 200m Freestyle

Silver

Peter Norman – Athletics, Men's 200m,

Raelene Boyle – Athletics, Women's 200m

Pamela Kilborn-Ryan-Nelson – Athletics, Women's 80m Hurdles

Paul Dearing , James Mason , Brian Glencross , Gordon Charles Pearce , Julian Pearce , Robert Haigh , Donald Martin , Raymond Evans , Ronald Riley , Patrick Nilan , Donald Smart , Fred Quine , Eric Robert Pearce and Desmond Piper – Field Hockey, Men's Team Competition

Alfred Duval , Michael Dennis Morgan , Joseph Fazio , Peter Dickson , David Douglas , John Ranch , Gary Malcolm Pearce , Robert Alan Shirlaw , and Alan Geoffrey Grover – Rowing, Men's Eight with Coxswain (8+)

Lynne Watson , Judy Playfair , Lyn McClements , and Janet Steinbeck – Swimming, Women's 4x100m Medley Relay

Greg Rogers , Graham White , Bob Windle , and Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4x200m Freestyle Relay

Bronze

Jennifer Lamy-Frank – Athletics, Women's 200m

Brian Cobcroft & Depeche, Wayne Roycroft & Zhivago, and　 Bill Roycroft & Warrathoola – Equestrian, Eventing Team Competition

Greg Brough – Swimming, Men's 1500m Freestyle

Karen Lynne Moras – Swimming, Women's 400m Freestyle

Greg Rogers, Robert Cusack , Bob Windle, and Michael Wenden – Swimming, Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay

RESULTS BY EVENT

Modern Pentathlon

Men's Individual Competition:

Peter Macken – 4284 points (31st place)

Duncan Page – 3904 points (39th place)

Donald McMikin – 3759 points (42nd place)

Men's Team Competition:

Macken, Page, and McMikin – 11959 points (12th place)