1968 Olympics: Track & Field
Updated February 21, 2017 | Factmonster Staff 
Men
| Event | Time | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Women
| 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 |
