The Soviet Union (USSR) competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. 312 competitors, 246 men and 66 women, took part in 164 events in 18 sports.
Alf John Hansen is a retired rower from Norway. Early in his career, he received two Norwegian sport awards shared with his brother Frank. Towards the end of his career in 1990, he was the inaugural recipient of the Thomas Keller Medal, the highest honour in rowing. His international rowing career spanned more than two decades.
Guntis Osis is a Latvian Soviet bobsledder who competed in the late 1980s. He won the bronze medal in the four-man event at the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary.
Guntis Rēķis is a Latvian luger who has competed since 1997. He won two bronze medals in the mixed team event at the FIL World Luge Championships, earning them in 2008 and 2009.
Guntis Galviņš is a Latvian former professional ice-hockey defenceman, who played in the European leagues.
Siegfried Brietzke is a German rower. He competed for East Germany, first in coxless pairs, together with Wolfgang Mager, and then in coxless fours. In these events he won Olympic gold medals in 1972, 1976 and 1980, as well as four world championships in 1974–1979.
Hans-Johann Färber is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics.
Gerhard Auer was a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Alois Bierl is a German rower who competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics.
Klaus-Dieter Ludwig, known as Lucky in rowing circles, was a German coxswain who competed for East Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics. He had a long rowing career and competed on the international stage for 19 seasons, retiring aged 41.
Harald Jährling was a German rower who competed for East Germany in the 1976 Summer Olympics and in the 1980 Summer Olympics.
Peter Niehusen is the only sportsman to have won international medals as both a coxswain and a rower. He won two gold medals and three bronze medals at the European and World Championships and the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal.
The 1962 World Rowing Championships were the inaugural world championships in rowing. The competition was held in September 1962 on the Rotsee in Lucerne, Switzerland. Rowers from West Germany dominated the competition, winning five of the seven boat classes.
Eric Johannesen is a German former representative rower. He is a dual Olympian, an Olympic gold medallist and was a 2011 world champion.
Guntis Peders is a retired Latvian athlete who specialised in the high hurdles. His biggest success is the silver medal at the 1996 European Indoor Championships in Stockholm, where his country, thanks to him and Igors Kazanovs, for the first time won two medals in one event. In addition, he represented Latvia at the 1996 Summer Olympics, as well as 1995 and 1997 World Championships.
Felix Wimberger is a German former representative rower. He is an Olympian, was a two time senior world champion in the German men's eight - the Deutschlandachter, and a two time underage world champion. He competed in the men's coxless four event at the 2016 Summer Olympics. He rowed in the two seat when the Deutschlandachter at the 2017 World Rowing Cup II set a world's best time of 5.18.68, which was still the standing world mark as of 2021.
Wolfgang Groß is a German coxswain. He won a gold medal at the 1974 World Rowing Championships in Lucerne with the men's coxed four, with the rowers Andreas Schulz, Rüdiger Kunze, and twin brothers Ullrich and Walter Dießner. A year later, he came second with the same team at the 1975 World Rowing Championships. The coxed four rowers stayed together for the 1976 Summer Olympics, but Groß was replaced as coxswain by Johannes Thomas. That team won Olympic silver at the coxed four event.
Elmārs Rubīns is a Soviet rower from Latvia.
Viktor Mikheyev is a Soviet coxswain from Moscow.
Oliver Zeidler is a German rower and former swimmer. He is the reigning Olympic and world champion in the men's single sculls, which he first won at the 2019 World Rowing Championships and defended in 2022 and 2023. He is the 2023 World Games champion in indoor rowing in the open men's 2000 m class.
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