Australia at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Australia
games=1968 Summer
competitors=135 (111 men, 24 women)
sports=
flagbearer=Bill Roycroft (opening)
Eric Pearce (closing)
gold=5
silver=7
bronze=5
total=17
rank=9

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

Medalists

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 Pearce, Julian Pearce, Robert Haigh, Donald Martin, Raymond Evans, Ronald Riley, Patrick Nilan, Donald Smart, Fred Quine, Eric 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

=Athletics=

Men's 3.000m Steeplechase
*Kerry O'Brien :* Qualifying Heat — 9:01.49:* Final — 8:52.08 (→ 4th place)

Men's High Jump
*Lawrence Peckham :* Qualifying Round — 2.14m:* Final — 2.12m (→ 8th place)

=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)