Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Summer Olympic program as an exhibition and a demonstration event in 1968. 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
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Men's Singles
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Manuel Santana Spain
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Manuel Orantes Spain
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Herbert Fitzgibbon United States
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Women's Singles
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Helga Niessen West Germany
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Jane Bartkowicz United States
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Julie Heldman United States
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Men's Doubles
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Rafael Osuna Vicente Zarazúa  Mexico
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Juan Gisbert Manuel Santana Spain
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Women's Doubles
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Edda Buding Helga Niessen West Germany
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Rosa Maria Darmon Mexico Julie Heldman United States
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Jane Bartkowicz Valerie Ziegenfuss United States
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Mixed Doubles
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Julie Heldman Herbert Fitzgibbon United States
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Helga Niessen Jürgen Fassbender West Germany
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Jane Bartkowicz James Osborne United States
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Exhibition
References
- ^ "Mexico68" (PDF). Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad. pp. 491–496.
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