Athletics at the 1968 Olympics | ![]() |
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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 | Mildred Netter | ||
Wyomia Tyus | |||||
Margaret Bailes | |||||
Barbara Ferrell | |||||
4x100 m M | ![]() | USA | Mel Pender | ||
Jim Hines | |||||
Ronnie Ray Smith | |||||
Charles Greene | |||||
4x400 m M | ![]() | USA | Ron Freeman | ||
Lee Evans | |||||
Vincent Matthews | |||||
Larry James | |||||
These facts about olympic Athletics and the Mexico City 1968 Athletics events are based on the official olympic reports and the Olympian Database | |||||