1968 Women's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 100m | Wyomia Tyus, USA | 11.0 | WR |
| Barbara Ferrell, USA | 11.1 | ||
| Irena K. Szewinska, POL | 11.1 | ||
| 200m | Irena K. Szewinska, POL | 22.5 | WR |
| Raelene Boyle, AUS | 22.7 | ||
| Jennifer Lamy, AUS | 22.8 | ||
| 400m | Colette Besson, FRA | 52.0 | =OR |
| Lillian Board, GBR | 52.1 | ||
| Natalya Pechenkina, USSR | 52.2 | ||
| 800m | Madeline Manning, USA | 2:00.9 | OR |
| Iona Silai, ROM | 2:02.5 | ||
| Maria Gommers, NED | 2:02.6 | ||
| 80m H | Maureen Caird, AUS | 10.3 | OR |
| Pam Kilborn, AUS | 10.4 | ||
| Chi Cheng, THA | 10.4 | ||
| 4x100m | USA (Barbara Ferrell, Margaret Bailes, Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tyus) |
42.8 | WR |
| Cuba | 43.3 | ||
| Soviet Union | 43.4 |
| Event | Mark | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| High Jump | Miloslava Rezková, CZE | 5-111/2 | |
| Antonina Okorokova, USSR | 5-103/4 | ||
| Valentina Kozyr, USSR | 5-103/4 | ||
| Long Jump | Viorica Viscopoleanu, ROM | 22- 41/2 | WR |
| Sheila Sherwood, GBR | 21-103/4 | ||
| Tatyana Talysheva, USSR | 21-10 | ||
| Shot Put | Margitta Gummel, E. Ger | 64- 4 | WR |
| Marita Lange, E. Ger | 61-71/4 | ||
| Nadyezda Chizhova, USSR | 63-6 | ||
| Discus | Lia Manoliu, ROM | 191- 2 | OR |
| Liesel Westermann, W. Ger | 189-6 | ||
| Jolán Kleiber, HUN | 180-1 | ||
| Javelin | Angéla Németh, HUN | 198- 0 | |
| Mihaela Penes, ROM | 196-7 | ||
| Eva Janko, HUN | 190-5 | ||
| Pentathlon | Ingrid Becker, GER | 5098 pts | |
| Liese Prokop, AUT | 4966 | ||
| Annamária Tóth, HUN | 4959 |
| Men | Track & Field |
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