1968 Men's Olympic Track & Field Medalists
Updated August 28, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
Event | Time | ||
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100m | Jim Hines, USA | 9.95 | WR |
Lennox Miller, JAM | 10.0 | ||
Charile Greene | 10.0 | ||
200m | Tommie Smith, USA | 19.83 | WR |
Peter Norman, AUS | 20.0 | ||
John Carlos, USA | 20.0 | ||
400m | Lee Evans, USA | 43.86 | WR |
Larry James, USA | 43.9 | ||
Ronald Freeman, USA | 44.4 | ||
800m | Ralph Doubell, AUS | 1:44.3 | =WR |
Wilson Kiprugut, KEN | 1:44.5 | ||
Thomas Farrell, USA | 1:45.4 | ||
1500m | Kip Keino, KEN | 3:34.9 | OR |
Jim Ryun, USA | 3:37.8 | ||
Bodo Tümmler, W. Ger | 3:39.0 | ||
5000m | Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN | 14:05.0 | |
Kip Keino, KEN | 14:05.2 | ||
Naftali Temu, KEN | 14:06 | ||
10,000m | Naftali Temu, KEN | 29:27.4 | |
Mamo Wolde, ETH | 29:28.0 | ||
Mohamed Gammoudi, TUN | 29:34.2 | ||
Marathon | Mamo Wolde, ETH | 2:20:26.4 | |
Kenji Kimihara, JPN | 2:23:31.0 | ||
Michael Ryan, NZL | 2:23:45.0 | ||
110m H | Willie Davenport, USA | 13.3 | OR |
Ervin Hall, USA | 13.4 | ||
Eddy Ottoz, ITA | 13.4 | ||
400m H | David Hemery, GBR | 48.12 | WR |
Gerhard Hennige, W. Ger | 49.02 | ||
John Sherwood, GBR | 49.03 | ||
3000m Steeple |
Amos Biwott, KEN | 8:51.0 | |
Benjamin Kogo, KEN | 8:51.6 | ||
George Young, USA | 8:51.8 | ||
20k Walk | Vladimir Golubnichiy, USSR | 1:33:58.4 | |
José Pedraza, MEX | 1:34:00.0 | ||
Nikolai Smaga, USSR | 1:34:03.0 | ||
50k Walk | Christoph Höhne, E. Ger | 4:20:13.6 | |
Antal Kiss, HUN | 4:30:17.0 | ||
Larry Young, USA | 4:31.55.4 | ||
4x100m | USA (Charlie Greene, Mel Pender, Ronnie Ray Smith, Jim Hines) |
38.2 | WR |
Cuba | 38.3 | ||
France | 38.4 | ||
4x400m | USA (Vince Matthews, Ron Freeman, Larry James, Lee Evans) |
2:56.16 | WR |
Kenya | 2:59.6 | ||
West Germany | 3:00.5 |
Event | Mark | ||
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High Jump | Dick Fosbury, USA | 7- 41/4 | OR |
Edward Caruthers, USA | 7-31/2 | ||
Valentin Gavrilov, USSR | 7-21/2 | ||
Pole Vault | Bob Seagren, USA | 17- 81/2 | OR |
Claus Schiprowski, W. Ger | 17-81/2 | ||
Wolfgang Nordwig, E. Ger | 17-81/2 | ||
Long Jump | Bob Beamon, USA | 29- 21/2 | WR |
Klaus Beer, E. Ger | 26-101/2 | ||
Ralph Boston, USA | 26-91/4 | ||
Triple Jump | Viktor Saneyev, USSR | 57- 03/4 | WR |
Nelson Prudencio, BRA | 56-73/4 | ||
Guiseppe Gentile, ITA | 56-53/4 | ||
Shot Put | Randy Matson, USA | 67- 43/4 | |
George Woods, USA | 66-0 | ||
Eduard Grischin, USSR | 65-103/4 | ||
Discus | Al Oerter, USA | 212- 6 | OR |
Lothar Milde, E. Ger | 206-11 | ||
Ludvik Danek, CZE | 206-5 | ||
Hammer | Gyula Zsivóyzky, HUN | 240- 8 | OR |
Romuald Klim, USSR | 240-5 | ||
Lázár Lovász, HUN | 228-11 | ||
Javelin | Janis Lusis, USSR | 295- 7 | OR |
Jorma Kinnunen, FIN | 290-7 | ||
Gergely Kulcsar, HUN | 285-71/2 | ||
Decathlon | Bill Toomey, USA | 8193 pts | OR |
Hans-Joachim Walde, W. Ger | 8111 | ||
Kurt Bendlin, W. Ger | 8064 |
Track & Field | Women |