Athletics at the 1968 Olympics | |||||
Events |
Olympic Champions |
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100 m W | USA | Wyomia Tyus | |||
100 m M | USA | Jim Hines | |||
200 m W | POL | Irena Szewinska | |||
200 m M | USA | Tommie Smith | |||
400 m W | FRA | Colette Besson | |||
400 m M | USA | Lee Evans | |||
800 m W | USA | Madeline Manning | |||
800 m M | AUS | Ralph Doubell | |||
1500 m M | KEN | Kipchoge Keino | |||
5000 m M | TUN | Mohamed Gammoudi | |||
10000 m M | KEN | Naftali Temu | |||
Marathon M | ETH | Mamo Wolde | |||
80 m hurdles W | AUS | Maureen Caird | |||
110 m hurdles M | USA | Willie Davenport | |||
400 m hurdles M | GBR | David Hemery | |||
3000 m steeplechase M | KEN | Amos Biwott | |||
20 km walk M | URS | Vladimir Holubnychy | |||
50 km walk M | GDR | Christoph Höhne | |||
High jump W | TCH | Miroslava Rezkova | |||
High jump M | USA | Richard Fosbury | |||
Long jump W | ROU | Viorica Viscopoleanu | |||
Long jump M | USA | Bob Beamon | |||
Triple jump M | URS | Viktor Saneyev | |||
Pole vault M | USA | Robert Seagren | |||
Javelin throw W | HUN | Angela Nemeth | |||
Javelin throw M | URS | Janis Lusis | |||
Discus throw W | ROU | Lia Manoliu | |||
Discus throw M | USA | Al Oerter | |||
Hammer throw M | HUN | Gyula Zsivotzky | |||
Shot put W | GDR | Margitta Gummel | |||
Shot put M | USA | Randy Matson | |||
Pentathlon W | FRG | Ingrid Becker | |||
Decathlon M | USA | William Toomey | |||
4x100 m W | USA | Wyomia Tyus | |||
Barbara Ferrell | |||||
Mildred Netter | |||||
Margaret Bailes | |||||
4x100 m M | USA | Jim Hines | |||
Ronnie Ray Smith | |||||
Mel Pender | |||||
Charles Greene | |||||
4x400 m M | USA | Ron Freeman | |||
Larry James | |||||
Lee Evans | |||||
Vincent Matthews | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the Mexico City 1968 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||