Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Events
Demonstration
Exhibition

Tennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as an exhibition and a demonstration event in 1968. It would become an official sport 20 years later at the 1988 Summer Olympics. Men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles were held in both, a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. The Demonstration tournament was held in Guadalajara and the Exhibition tournament in Mexico City.^[1]

Medal summary

Demonstration

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's Singles	Manuel Santana Spain	Manuel Orantes Spain	Herbert Fitzgibbon United States
Women's Singles	Helga Niessen West Germany	Jane Bartkowicz United States	Julie Heldman United States
Men's Doubles	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa Mexico	Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana Spain	Pierre Darmon France Joaquín Loyo Mayo Mexico
Women's Doubles	Edda Buding Helga Niessen West Germany	Rosa Maria Darmon Mexico Julie Heldman United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss United States
Mixed Doubles	Julie Heldman Herbert Fitzgibbon United States	Helga Niessen Jürgen Fassbender West Germany	Jane Bartkowicz James Osborne United States

Exhibition

Event	Champion	Second place	Third place
Men's Singles	Rafael Osuna Mexico	Ingo Buding West Germany	Vladimir Korotkov Soviet Union
Men's Singles	Rafael Osuna Mexico	Ingo Buding West Germany	Nicola Pietrangeli Italy
Women's Singles	Jane Bartkowicz United States	Julie Heldman United States	María Eugenia Guzmán Ecuador
Women's Singles	Jane Bartkowicz United States	Julie Heldman United States	Suzana Petersen Brazil
Men's Doubles	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa Mexico	Pierre Darmon France Joaquín Loyo Mayo Mexico	Pancho Guzmán Ecuador Teimuraz Kakulia Soviet Union
Men's Doubles	Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa Mexico	Pierre Darmon France Joaquín Loyo Mayo Mexico	Vladimir Korotkov Anatoli Volkov Soviet Union
Women's Doubles	Rosa Maria Darmon Mexico Julie Heldman United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss United States	María Eugenia Guzmán Ecuador Suzana Petersen Brazil
Women's Doubles	Rosa Maria Darmon Mexico Julie Heldman United States	Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss United States	Cecilia Rosado Mexico Zaiga Jansone Soviet Union
Mixed Doubles	Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov Soviet Union	Jane Bartkowicz United States Ingo Buding West Germany	Rosa Maria Darmon Mexico Pierre Darmon France
Mixed Doubles	Zaiga Jansone Vladimir Korotkov Soviet Union	Jane Bartkowicz United States Ingo Buding West Germany	Suzana Petersen Brazil Teimuraz Kakulia Soviet Union

References

^ "Mexico68" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 491–496.

External links

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[1] "Mexico68" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 491–496.

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