Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, five events in sailing were contested. Races were held from October 14, 1968 to October 21, 1968 off the coast of Acapulco.

Contents 1 Medal summary 2 Participating nations 3 Medal table 4 References

[edit] Medal summary

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
5.5 metre class details	Sweden (SWE) Wasa IV Ulf Sundelin Peter Sundelin Jörgen Sundelin	Switzerland (SUI) Toucan Louis Noverraz Marcel Stern Bernhard Dunand	Great Britain (GBR) Yeoman Robin Aisher Adrian Jardine Paul Anderson
Dragon class details	United States (USA) Cadenza George Friedrichs Barton Jahncke Gerald Schreck	Denmark (DEN) Chock Aage Birch Poul Jensen Niels Markussen	East Germany (GDR) Mutafo Paul Borowski Karl-Heinz Thun Konrad Weichert
Flying Dutchman class details	Great Britain (GBR) Superdocius Rodney Pattison Iain MacDonald-Smith	West Germany (FRG) Leda Ullrich Libor Peter Naumann	Brazil (BRA) Mack Reinaldo Conrad Burkhard Cordes
Finn class details	Valentyn Mankin Soviet Union (URS)	Hubert Raudaschl Austria (AUT)	Fabio Albarelli Italy (ITA)
Star class details	United States (USA) North Star Lowell North Peter Barrett	Norway (NOR) Sirene Peder Lunde, Jr. Per Wiken	Italy (ITA) Romance Franco Cavallo Camillo Gargano

[edit] Participating nations

[edit] Medal table

Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	United States (USA)	2	0	0	2
2	Great Britain (GBR)	1	0	1	2
3	Sweden (SWE)	1	0	0	1
	Soviet Union (URS)	1	0	0	1
5	Switzerland (SUI)	0	1	0	1
	Denmark (DEN)	0	1	0	1
	West Germany (FRG)	0	1	0	1
	Austria (AUT)	0	1	0	1
	Norway (NOR)	0	1	0	1
10	Italy (ITA)	0	0	2	2
11	East Germany (GDR)	0	0	1	1
	Brazil (BRA)	0	0	1	1

[edit] References

• Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2007-10-06.

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