1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics

Athletics at the XIX. Olympic Games
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Date:	October 13. bis 20th October
Competition location:	Mexico city
Venue:	Estadio Olimpico de la Ciudad Universitaria
Decisions:	Men: 24 / women: 12
Participating nations:	93
Attendees:	1031
← Tokyo 1964	Munich 1972 →

1968 Olympic Games (athletics medal table)
space	team				Total
1	United States	15th	6th	7th	28
2	Kenya	3	4th	1	8th
3	Soviet Union	3	2	8th	13
4th	Australia	2	3	1	6th
	GDR	2	3	1	6th
6th	Romania	2	2	-	4th
7th	Hungary	2	1	4th	7th
8th	BR Germany	1	4th	3	8th
9	Great Britain	1	2	1	4th
10	Ethiopia	1	1	-	2
11	Czechoslovakia	1	-	1	2
	France	1	-	1	2
	Poland	1	-	1	2
	Tunisia	1	-	1	2
15th	Cuba	-	2	-	2
16	Austria	-	1	1	2
17th	Brazil	-	1	-	1
	Finland	-	1	-	1
	Jamaica	-	1	-	1
	Japan	-	1	-	1
	Mexico	-	1	-	1
22nd	Italy	-	-	2	1
23	Netherlands	-	-	1	1
	New Zealand	-	-	1	1
	Republic of China	-	-	1	1

At the XIX. Olympic Games 1968 in Mexico City found 36 matches - including 24 for men and 12 for women - in the athletics instead. A total of 1031 athletes from 93 nations took part in the athletics competitions.

Attendees

As with the last Olympic Games , there were some problems and special cases with regard to the participation of certain nations. The following nations were not allowed:

• People's Republic of China - not a member of the IOC. In contrast, the smaller Taiwan in Mexico was there under the name Republic of China.
• South Africa
• Rhodesia
• North Korea - initially allowed to participate, but then excluded after failing to attend the opening ceremony

The divided Germany appeared for the first time with two independent teams, but still under a common flag. The names were 'Germany' for the Federal Republic of Germany and 'East Germany' for the GDR .

Stadion

The Olympic Stadium had a revolutionary technology for the competition facilities. The 400-meter circular track as well as the run-up tracks for the various jumping and throwing competitions were made of the new material tartan , an extremely performance-enhancing plastic, which from now on replaced the cinder tracks that had been common up until then at all major events. There were eight lanes available, so as already in 1964 in Tokyo eight participants could take part in the Endläufen. This has now been introduced for the first time in the throwing disciplines as well as in the long jump and triple jump for the last three finals. Electronic technology was used for the first time to measure distance.

Competitions

There were no changes in the competition this time, even in the women's area, which was still clearly underrepresented in terms of the disciplines offered, there was no increase in competitions this year.

There were 24 disciplines for men and twelve for women, which included five individual running disciplines - 100 meters , 200 meters , 400 meters and 80 meters hurdles as well as the middle distance 800 meters - in the program. In addition, only the 4 x 100 meter relay was held in the running area . There were still two jumping disciplines with high and long jump as well as three push and throw competitions with the shot put , discus throw and javelin throw . The pentathlon was held as an all- around event. The 80-meter hurdles were last on the Olympic program in Mexico. In order to better do justice to the stride length of the athletes, it was then replaced by the 100-meter hurdles . To date - as of November 2017 - nothing has changed in the field of men's Olympic disciplines. For women, however, there were still numerous additions to be made for the future.

For the first time, doping tests also took place at these games.

Special features of the athletics competitions of these games

Altitude

In the run-up to the event, there were in some cases considerable concerns about the lower oxygen content of the air due to the altitude of the venue. However, apart from a few exceptions, the athletes were able to cope with this problem primarily through good preparation in high-altitude training camps.

In retrospect, the special flood of records and the high level of performance were attributed to the fact of the lower air resistance. However, that was only partially the case. The sprint disciplines as well as the jumping competitions with a long, fast run-up were and are clearly favored by these conditions. On the other hand, the conditions inhibit performance in all endurance disciplines, which was also noticeable in Mexico. Other competitions, on the other hand, are hardly or not at all affected by such an altitude.

Black Power

The award ceremony of the 200-meter run became a demonstration for the then very current African-American civil rights movement Black Power and a protest against the oppression of blacks in the United States. The US athletes Tommie Smith , Olympic champion, and John Carlos , Olympic knight, stood on the podium without shoes and with black stockings. When the anthem was played, each one raised a fist with a black glove to the sky. Peter Norman , the Australian Olympic runner-up, wanted to express his sympathy for the action with a button, but nobody noticed. Overall, this protest was not well received in the community. After the ceremony there were many whistles from the spectators, the two athletes were banned from further competitions by the US team management so that they could not participate in the relays.

Wind measurement

Exactly the maximum permissible wind force for the recognition of a record in sprints as well as in long and triple jump , namely 2.0 meters per second, was specified by the jury for a total of four world records :

• Long jump men: 8.90 m - Bob Beamon
• Triple jump men: 17.27 m - Nelson Prudêncio
• Triple jump men: 17.39 m - Viktor Saneyev
• 200-meter run women: 22.5 s - Irena Szewińska

The assumption was made that tail winds actually measured at higher speeds were intentionally documented with this value in order to be able to rate the performance as records.

Backward jumper

Was particularly striking and respected a lot in the high jump of the American Dick Fosbury with his brand new technology. After a brisk run-up, he jumped the bar backwards. It looked spectacular at the time, and the jumping technique was named the 'Fosbury flop' after him.

Sporting successes

The level of performance was also very high at this major event, and there was talk of a record flood in the media. There were 17 new or set world records in 14 disciplines. In a further twelve disciplines, the Olympic record was improved or equalized 14 times.

As in all previous athletics games, the most successful nation was the United States with 15 gold medals. With Kenya , an African country was in second place for the first time. Like the Soviet Union , the Kenyan athletes won three gold medals and even had one more silver medal than the USSR. Behind them there were four nations with two Olympic victories each: Australia , East Germany , Romania and Hungary . For all other nations there was at most one Olympic victory in athletics.

One athlete and two athletes each won two gold medals in athletics at these games:

• Wyomia Tyus ( USA ): 100-meter run and 4 x 100-meter relay
• Jim Hines ( USA ): 100-meter run and 4-by-100-meter relay
• Lee Evans ( USA ): 400-meter run and 4-by-400-meter relay

In addition, three other services deserve special mention:

• The American discus thrower Al Oerter won his fourth and final gold medal in a row in this discipline.
• The US American Bob Beamon improved the world long jump record by 55 centimeters from 8.35 m to 8.90 m. The electronic measuring system used for the first time at the Olympic Games was only designed up to a maximum of 8.60 m, so that a tape measure had to be procured to measure one Measurement. This record - often referred to as the 'jump of the century' - has now been improved to 8.95 m by Beamon's compatriot Mike Powell at the 1991 World Athletics Championships .

Results men

100 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Jim Hines	United States	09.9 WR
2	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.0
3	Charles Greene	United States	10.0
4th	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1
5	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1
6th	Mel Pender	United States	10.1
7th	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.1
8th	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.2

Final on October 14th

Wind: +0.3 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Tommie Smith	United States	19.8 WR
2	Peter Norman	OUT	20.0
3	John Carlos	United States	20.0
4th	Edwin Roberts	TRI	20.3
5	Roger Bambuck	FRA	20.5
6th	Larry Questad	United States	20.6
7th	Michael Fray	JAM	20.6
8th	Joachim Eigenherr	FRG	20.6

Final on October 16th

Wind: +0.9 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Lee Evans	United States	43.8 WR
2	Larry James	United States	43.9
3	Ron Freeman	United States	44.4
4th	Amadou Gakou	SEN	45.0
5	Martin Jellinghaus	FRG	45.3
6th	Tegegne Bezabeh	ETH	45.4
7th	Andrzej Badeński	POLE	45.4
8th	Amos Omolo	UGA	47.6

Final on October 18th

800 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Ralph Doubell	OUT	1: 44.3 WRe
2	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	1: 44.5
3	Tom Farrell	United States	1: 45.4
4th	Walter Adams	FRG	1: 45.8
5	Jozef Plachý	TCH	1: 45.9
6th	Dieter Fromm	GDR	1: 46.2
7th	Thomas Saisi	KEN	1: 47.5
8th	Benedict Cayenne	TRI	1: 54.3

Final on October 15th

1500 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 1500 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	3: 34.9 OR
2	Jim Ryun	United States	3: 37.8
3	Bodo Bottlenose Dolphin	FRG	3: 39.0
4th	Harald Norpoth	FRG	3: 42.5
5	John Whetton	GBR	3: 43.8
6th	Jacky Boxberger	FRA	3: 46.6
7th	Henryk Szordykowski	POLE	3: 46.6
8th	Josef Odložil	TCH	3: 48.6

Final on October 20th

5000 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 5000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Mohamed Gammoudi	TO DO	14: 05.0
2	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	14: 05.2
3	Naftali Temu	KEN	14: 06.4
4th	Juan Martínez	MEX	14: 10.8
5	Ron Clarke	OUT	14: 12.4
6th	Wohib Masresha	ETH	14: 17.6
7th	Nikolai Sviridov	URS	14: 18.4
8th	Fikru Deguefu	ETH	14: 19.0

Final on October 17th

10,000 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 10,000 m (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Naftali Temu	KEN	29: 27.4
2	Mamo Wolde	ETH	29: 28.0
3	Mohamed Gammoudi	TO DO	29: 34.2
4th	Juan Martínez	MEX	29: 35.0
5	Nikolai Sviridov	URS	29: 43.2
6th	Ron Clarke	OUT	29: 44.8
7th	Ron Hill	GBR	29: 53.2
8th	Wohib Masresha	ETH	29: 57.0

October 14th

marathon

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - marathon (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Mamo Wolde	ETH	2: 20: 26.4
2	Kenji Kimihara	JPN	2: 23: 31.0
3	Mike Ryan	NZL	2: 23: 45.0
4th	İsmail Akçay	DOOR	2: 25: 18.8
5	Bill Adcocks	GBR	2: 25: 33.0
6th	Gebru Merawi	ETH	2: 27: 16.8
7th	Derek Clayton	OUT	2: 27: 23.8
8th	Tim Johnston	GBR	2: 28: 04.4

the 20th of October

110 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 110 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Willie Davenport	United States	13.3 ORe
2	Ervin Hall	United States	13.4
3	Eddy Ottoz	ITA	13.4
4th	Leon Coleman	United States	13.6
5	Werner Trzmiel	FRG	13.6
6th	Bo Forssander	SWE	13.7
7th	Marcel Duriez	FRA	13.7
8th	Pierre Schoebel	FRA	14.0

Final on October 17th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

400 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m hurdles (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (s)
1	David Hemery	GBR	48.1 WR
2	Gerhard Hennige	FRG	49.0
3	John Sherwood	GBR	49.0
4th	Geoff Vanderstock	United States	49.0
5	Vyacheslav Skomorokhov	URS	49.1
6th	Ron Whitney	United States	49.2
7th	Rainer Schubert	FRG	49.2
8th	Roberto Frinolli	ITA	50.1

Final on October 15th

3000 m obstacle

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 3000 m obstacle (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Amos Biwott	KEN	8: 51.0
2	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	8: 51.6
3	George Young	United States	8: 51.8
4th	Kerry O'Brien	OUT	8: 52.0
5	Alexander Morozov	URS	8: 55.6
6th	Mikhail Shelev	BUL	8: 58.4
7th	Gaston Roelants	BEL	8: 59.4
8th	Arne Risa	NOR	9: 09.0

Final on October 16th

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Charles Greene Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines	38.2 WR
2	Cuba	Hermes Ramírez Juan Morales Pablo Montes Enrique Figuerola	38.3
3	France	Gérard Fenouil Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck	38.4
4th	Jamaica	Errol Stewart Michael Fray Clifton Forbes Lennox Miller	38.4
5	GDR	Heinz Erbstößer Hartmut Schelter Peter Haase Harald Eggers	38.6
6th	BR Germany	Karl-Peter Schmidtke Gert Metz Gerhard Wucherer Joachim Eigenherr	38.7
7th	Italy	Sergio Ottolina Ennio Preatoni Angelo Sguazzero Livio Berruti	39.2
8th	Poland	Wiesław Maniak Edward Romanowski Zenon Nowosz Marian Dudziak	39.2

Final on October 20th

4 × 400 m relay

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 400 m (men)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Vince Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans	2: 56.1 WR
2	Kenya	Charles Asati Munyoro Nyamau Naftali Bon Daniel Rudisha	2: 59.6
3	BR Germany	Helmar Müller Manfred children Gerhard Hennige Martin Jellinghaus	3: 00.5
4th	Poland	Stanisław Grędziński Jan Balachowski Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński	3: 00.5
5	GBR	Martin Winbolt-Lewis Colin Campbell David Hemery John Sherwood	3: 01.2
6th	Trinidad and Tobago	George Simon Euric Bobb Benedict Cayenne Edwin Roberts	3: 04.5
7th	Italy	Sergio Ottolina Giacomo Puosi Furio Fusi Sergio Bello	3: 04.6
8th	France	Jean-Claude Nallet Jacques Carette Gilles Bertould Jean-Pierre Boccardo	3: 07.5

Final on October 20th

20 km walking

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 20 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Volodymyr Holubnychy	URS	1: 33: 58.4
2	José Pedraza	MEX	1: 34: 00.0
3	Nikolai Smaga	URS	1: 34: 03.4
4th	Rudy Haluza	United States	1: 35: 00.2
5	Gerhard Sperling	GDR	1: 35: 27.2
6th	Otto Bartsch	URS	1: 36: 16.8
7th	Hans-Georg Reimann	GDR	1: 36: 31.4
8th	Stefan Ingvarsson	SWE	1: 36: 43.4

October 14th

50 km of walking

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 50 km walk (men)

space	athlete	country	Time (h)
1	Christoph Höhne	GDR	4: 20: 13.6
2	Antal Kiss	HUN	4: 30: 17.0
3	Larry Young	United States	4: 31: 55.4
4th	Peter Selzer	GDR	4: 33: 09.8
5	Stig Lindberg	SWE	4: 34: 05.0
6th	Vittorio Visini	ITA	4: 36: 33.2
7th	Bryan Eley	GBR	4: 37: 32.2
8th	José Pedraza	MEX	4: 37: 51.4

October 17th

high jump

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - high jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Dick Fosbury	United States	2.24 OR
2	Ed Caruthers	United States	2.22
3	Valentin Gavrilov	URS	2.20
4th	Valery Skvortsov	URS	2.16
5	Reynaldo Brown	United States	2.14
6th	Giacomo Crosa	ITA	2.14
7th	Gunther Spielvogel	FRG	2.14
8th	Lawrie Peckham	OUT	2.12

Final on October 20th

Fosbury stayed clean up to 2.22 m with the flop named after him.

Pole vault

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - pole vault (men)

space	athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Bob Seagren	United States	5.40 OR
2	Claus Schiprowski	FRG	5.40 OR
3	Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR	5.40 OR
4th	Christos Papanikolaou	GRE	5.35
5	John Pennel	United States	5.35
6th	Hennadij Blesnizow	URS	5.30
7th	Hervé d'Encausse	FRA	5.25
8th	Heinfried Engel	FRG	5.20

Final on October 16th

Long jump

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - long jump (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Bob Beamon	United States	8.90 WR
2	Klaus Beer	GDR	8.19
3	Ralph Boston	United States	8.16
4th	Igor Ter-Ovanesjan	URS	8.12
5	Tõnu Lepik	URS	8.09
6th	Allen Crawley	OUT	8.02
7th	Jack Pani	FRA	7.97
8th	Andrzej Stalmach	POLE	7.94

Final on October 18th

Although a world record was expected due to the high altitude of Mexico City, nobody expected such a giant leap as Beamon succeeded in the first attempt: Too far for the permanently installed measuring devices. A normal measuring tape had to be fetched from the catacombs. Beamon had improved the world record by 55 centimeters, and since then only Mike Powell with 8.95 m (WR) and Carl Lewis with 8.91 m (wind-assisted) have made further jumps at the World Athletics Championships in 1991 .

Triple jump

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Triple Jump (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viktor Saneyev	URS	17.39 WR
2	Nelson Prudêncio	BRA	17.27
3	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA	17.22
4th	Art Walker	United States	17.12
5	Mikalaj Dudkin	URS	17.09
6th	Phil May	OUT	17.02
7th	Józef Szmidt	POLE	16.89
8th	Mansour slide	SEN	16.73

The first five of the world fight all jumped the old world record of Józef Szmidt (1960, 17.03 m); Overall, the world record was improved five times during the Olympic competition by the three medalists: Gentile 17.10 m (qualification); in the final: Gentile 17.22 m; 17.23 m Saneyev; 17.27 m Prudêncio and finally 17.39 m Sanejew.

Final on October 17th

Shot put

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Shot Put (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Randy Matson	United States	20.54
2	George Woods	United States	20.12
3	Eduard Gushchin	URS	20.09
4th	Dieter Hoffmann	GDR	20.00
5	Dave Maggard	United States	19.43
6th	Wladyslaw Komar	POLE	19.28
7th	Uwe Grabe	GDR	19.03
8th	Heinfried Birlenbach	FRG	18.80

Final on October 14th

In qualifying, Randy Matson set an Olympic record with 20.68 m.

Discus throw

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Discus throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Al Oerter	United States	64.78 OR
2	Lothar Milde	GDR	63.08
3	Ludvík Daněk	TCH	62.92
4th	Hartmut Losch	GDR	62.12
5	Jay New Years	United States	61.78
6th	Gary Carlsen	United States	59.46
7th	Edmund Piątkowski	POLE	59.40
8th	Ricky Bruch	SWE	59.28

Final on October 15th

Hammer throw

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - hammer throw (men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Gyula Zsivótzky	HUN	73.36 OR
2	Romuald Klim	URS	73.28
3	Lázár Lovász	HUN	69.78
4th	Takeo Sugawara	JPN	69.78
5	Sándor Eckschmiedt	HUN	69.46
6th	Gennady Kondrashov	URS	69.08
7th	Reinhard Theimer	GDR	68.84
8th	Helmuth Baumann	GDR	68.26

Final on October 17th

Javelin throw

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Javelin Throw (Men)

space	athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Jānis Lūsis	URS	90.10 OR
2	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	88.58
3	Gergely Kulcsár	HUN	87.06
4th	Wladyslaw Nikiciuk	POLE	85.70
5	Manfred Stolle	GDR	84.42
6th	Åke Nilsson	SWE	83.48
7th	Janusz Sidło	POLE	80.58
8th	Urs von Wartburg	SUI	80.56

Final on October 16th

Decathlon

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - Decathlon (men)

space	athlete	country	P - official value.	P - 85 value.
1	Bill Toomey	United States	8193 OR	8064
2	Hans-Joachim Walde	FRG	8111	8032
3	Kurt Bendlin	FRG	8064	7984
4th	Mykola Awilow	URS	7909	7841
5	Joachim Kirst	GDR	7861	7702
6th	Tom Waddell	United States	7720	7620
7th	Rick Sloan	United States	7692	7553
8th	Steen Smidt-Jensen	THE	7648	7507

October 18th and 19th

The scoring was based on the points table from 1964, which was also used at the last Olympic Games . For a better classification of the performance, in addition to the official points according to the rating table from 1964, the number of points converted according to the current rating system from 1985 is also given. According to this table, which is valid today, the order of the first eight would be identical to the rating from 1964. But these comparisons are only indicative, because the different standards of the time must apply as the basis.

Results women

100 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 100 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Wyomia Tyus	United States	11.0 WR
2	Barbara Ferrell	United States	11.1
3	Irena Szewińska	POLE	11.1
4th	Raelene Boyle	OUT	11.1
5	Margaret Bailes	United States	11.3
6th	Dianne Burge	OUT	11.4
7th	Chi Cheng	TPE	11.5
8th	Miguelina Cobián	CUB	11.6

Final on October 15th

Wind: +1.2 m / s

200 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 200 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Irena Szewińska	POLE	22.5 WR
2	Raelene Boyle	OUT	22.7
3	Jennifer Lamy	OUT	22.8
4th	Barbara Ferrell	United States	22.9
5	Nicole Montandon	FRA	23.0
6th	Wyomia Tyus	United States	23.0
7th	Margaret Bailes	United States	23.1
8th	Jutta Stöck	FRG	23.2

Final on October 18th

Wind: +2.0 m / s

400 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 400 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Colette Besson	FRA	52.0 ORe
2	Lillian Board	GBR	52.1
3	Natalia Pechonkina	URS	52.2
4th	Janet Simpson	GBR	52.5
5	Aurelia Pentón	CUB	52.7
6th	Jarvis Scott	United States	52.7
7th	Helga Henning	FRG	52.8
8th	Hermina van der Hoeven	NED	53.0

Final on October 16th

800 m

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 800 m (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (min)
1	Madeline Manning	United States	2: 00.9 OR
2	Ileana Silai	ROME	2: 02.5
3	Maria Gommers	NED	2: 02.6
4th	Sheila Taylor	GBR	2: 03.8
5	Doris Brown	United States	2: 03.9
6th	Pat Lowe	GBR	2: 04.2
7th	Abby Hoffman	CAN	2: 06.8
8th	Maryvonne Dupureur	FRA	2: 08.2

Final on October 19th

80 m hurdles

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 80 m hurdles (women)

space	Athlete	country	Time (s)
1	Maureen Caird	OUT	10.3 OR
2	Pam Kilborn	OUT	10.4
3	Chi Cheng	TPE	10.4
4th	Patty Van Wolvelaere	United States	10.5
5	Karin Balzer	GDR	10.6
6th	Danuta Straszyńska	POLE	10.6
7th	Elżbieta Żebrowska	POLE	10.6
8th	Tatiana Talysheva	URS	10.7

Final on October 18th

Wind: 0.0 m / s

4 × 100 m relay

→ Main article : 1968 Summer Olympics / Athletics - 4 × 100 m (women)

space	country	Athletes	Time (s)
1	United States	Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Nice Wyomia Tyus	42.8 WR
2	Cuba	Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián	43.3
3	Soviet Union	Lyudmila Sharkova Galina Bucharina Vera Popkova Lyudmila Samotjossowa	43.4
4th	Netherlands	Wilma van den Berg Mieke Sterk Truus Hennipman Corrie Bakker	43.4
5	Australia	Jennifer Lamy Joyce Bennett Raelene Boyle Dianne Burge	43.4
6th	BR Germany	Renate Meyer Jutta Stöck Rita Jahn Ingrid Becker	43.6
7th	GBR	Anita Neil Maureen Tranter Janet Simpson Lillian Board	43.7
8th	France	Michèle Alayrangues Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon Sylviane Telliez	44.2

Final on October 20th

high jump

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space	Athlete	country	Height (m)
1	Milena Rezková	TCH	1.82
2	Antonina Okorokova	URS	1.80
3	Walentyna Kosyr	URS	1.80
4th	Jaroslava Valentová	TCH	1.78
5	Rita Schmidt	GDR	1.78
6th	Mária Faithová	TCH	1.78
7th	Karin Schulze	GDR	1.76
8th	Ilona Gusenbauer	AUT	1.76

Final on October 17th

Long jump

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROME	6.82 WR
2	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	6.68
3	Tatiana Talysheva	URS	6.66
4th	Burghild Wieczorek	GDR	6.48
5	Mirosława Sarna	POLE	6.47
6th	Ingrid Becker	FRG	6.46
7th	Berit Berthelsen	NOR	6.40
8th	Heide Rosendahl	FRG	6.40

Final on October 14th

Shot put

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Margitta Gummel	GDR	19.61 WR
2	Marita Lange	GDR	18.78
3	Nadezhda Tschischowa	URS	18.19
4th	Judit Bognár	HUN	17.78
5	Renate Boy	GDR	17.72
6th	Ivanka Christowa	BUL	17.25
7th	Marlene Fuchs	FRG	17.11
8th	Els van Noorduyn	NED	16.23

Final on October 20th

Discus throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Lia Manoliu	ROME	58.28 OR
2	Liesel Westermann	FRG	57.76
3	Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek	HUN	54.90
4th	Anita Otto	GDR	54.40
5	Antonina Popova	URS	53.42
6th	Olga Connolly	United States	52.96
7th	Christine Spielberg	GDR	52.86
8th	Brigitte Berendonk	FRG	52.80

Final on October 18th

Javelin throw

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space	Athlete	country	Width (m)
1	Angéla Németh	HUN	60.36
2	Mihaela Peneș	ROME	59.92
3	Eva Janko	AUT	58.04
4th	Márta Rudas	HUN	56.38
5	Daniela Jaworska	POLE	56.06
6th	Nataša Urbančič	YUG	55.42
7th	Ameli Koloska	FRG	55.20
8th	Kaisa Launela	FIN	53.96

Final on October 14th

Pentathlon

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space	Athlete	country	Points
1	Ingrid Becker	FRG	5098
2	Read Procopius	AUT	4966
3	Annamária Tóth	HUN	4959
4th	Valentina Tikhomirova	URS	4927
5	Manon Bornholdt	FRG	4890
6th	Pat Winslow	United States	4877
7th	Inge Bauer	GDR	4849
8th	Meta antennas	SUI	4848

October 15th and 16th

Individual evidence

1. ^ Official report of the 1960 Olympic Games , p. 17 (English) at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed on October 24, 2017
2. ^ Olympia Lexicon. Mexico City 1968 from olympia-lexikon.de, accessed on November 1, 2017
3. ↑ HÖHEN-ATHLETEN , Der Spiegel 42/1968, October 14, 1968, accessed on November 1, 2017
4. ^ Two Fists, a Scandal , Spiegel Online, August 19, 2008, accessed November 1, 2017
5. ↑ Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, p. 325
6. ^ Circus or broken neck: Fosbury is turning 60 , Kölner Stadtanzeiger, March 2, 2007, accessed on November 1, 2017
7. ↑ Bob Beamon turns 65th jump of the century brought him no luck , RP Online, August 29, 2011, accessed November 1, 2017

literature

• Ekkehard zur Megede , The History of Olympic Athletics, Volume 2: 1948–1968, Verlag Bartels & Wernitz KG, Berlin, 1st edition 1969, pp. 319–403

Web links

Commons : 1968 Summer Olympics  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Official report of the 1968 Olympic Games at library.la84.org (PDF), accessed November 1, 2017
• IOC website on the 1968 Olympic Games , accessed November 1, 2017
• The 1968 Summer Olympics at sports-reference.com , accessed November 1, 2017
• Mexico City 1968: Jumps into the next millennium on sportschau.de, accessed on November 1, 2017
• Schneller auf Tartan , Der Spiegel August 25, 1969, H. 35/1965, retrieved on November 1, 2017
• TEACHING THE GERMAN? , Der Spiegel November 4, 1968, H. 45/1968, accessed November 1, 2017
• Montezuma's Rache , Der Spiegel October 28, 1968, H. 44/1968, accessed November 1, 2017
• Olympia at extreme altitude , RP Online July 22, 2004, accessed November 1, 2017
• The bloodbath before the Olympics , Stern auf stern.de, accessed on November 1, 2017
• Mexico 1968: Olympic Games in Troubled Times , October 12, 2008 from Stimme.de, accessed on November 1, 2017
• The Olympics in Mexico and the German-German guerrilla war , Der Tagesspiegel, accessed on November 1, 2017

Video

• Full Olympic Film - Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games , released July 18, 2014, accessed November 1, 2017