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1968 Olympic Games
Mens Results

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Men's 100m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. James HINES                 (USA)    9.95   WR
2. Lennox MILLER               (JAM)   10.04
3. Charles GREENE              (USA)   10.07
4. Pablo MONTES                (CUB)   10.14
5. Roger BAMBUCK               (FRA)   10.16
6. Melvin PENDER               (USA)   10.17
7. Harry JEROME                (CAN)   10.20
8. Jean-Louis RAVELOMANATSOA   (MAD)   10.28
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Men's 200m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Tommie SMITH                (USA)   19.83   WR
2. Peter NORMAN                (AUS)   20.06
3. John CARLOS                 (USA)   20.10
4. Edwin ROBERTS               (TRI)   20.34
5. Roger BAMBUCK               (FRA)   20.51
6. Larry QUESTAD               (USA)   20.62
7. MIchael FRAY                (JAM)   20.63
8. Joachim EIGENHERR           (GER)   20.66
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Men's 400m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Lee EVANS                   (USA)   43.86   WR
2. G. Lawrence JAMES           (USA)   43.97
3. Ronald FREEMAN              (USA)   44.41
4. Amadou GAKOU                (SEN)   45.01
5. Martin JELLINGHAUS          (GER)   45.33
6. Tegegne BEZABEH             (ETH)   45.42
7. Andrzej BADENSKI            (POL)   45.42
8. Amos OMOLO                  (UGA)   47.61
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Men's 800m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Ralph DOUBELL               (AUS)   1:44.3   EWR
2. Wilson Kiprugut CHUMA       (KEN)   1:44.5
3. Thomas FARRELL              (USA)   1:45.4
4. Walter ADAMS                (GER)   1:45.8
5. Josef PLACHY                (CZE)   1:45.9
6. Dieter FROMM                (GDR)   1:46.2
7. Thomas SAISI                (KEN)   1:47.5
8. Benedict CAYENNE            (TRI)   1:54.3
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Men's 1500m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Kip KEINO                   (KEN)   3:34.9   OR
2. Jim RYUN                    (USA)   3:37.8
3. Bodo TUMMLER                (GER)   3:39.0
4. Harald NORPOTH              (GER)   3:42.5
5. John WHETTON                (GBR)   3:43.8
6. Jacques BOXBERGER           (FRA)   3:46.6
7. Henryk SZORDYKOWSKI         (POL)   3:46.6
8. Josef ODLOZIL               (CZE)   3:48.6
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Men's 5000m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Mohamed GAMMOUDI            (TUN)   14:05.0
2. Kip KEINO                   (KEN)   14:05.2
3. Naftali TEMU                (KEN)   14:06.4
4. Juan MARTINEZ               (MEX)   14:10.8
5. Ron CLARKE                  (AUS)   14:12.4
6. Wohib MASRESHA              (ETH)   14:17.6
7. Nikolai SVIRIDOV            (RUS)   14:18.4
8. Fikru DEGUEFU               (ETH)   14:19.0
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Men's 10,000m. Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Naftali TEMU                (KEN)   29:27.4
2. Mamo WOLDE                  (ETH)   29:28.0
3. Mohamed GAMMOUDI            (TUN)   29:34.2
4. Juan MARTINEZ               (MEX)   29:35.0
5. Nikolai SVIRIDOV            (RUS)   29:43.2
6. Ron CLARKE                  (AUS)   29:44.8
7. Ron HILL                    (GBR)   29:53.2
8. Wohib MASRESHA              (ETH)   29:57.0
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Men's Marathon. Olympic Games 1968

1. Mamo WOLDE                  (ETH)   2:20:26.4
2. Kenji KIMIHARA              (JPN)   2:23:31.0
3. Michael RYAN                (NZL)   2:23:45.0
4. Ismail AKCAY                (TUR)   2:25:18.8
5. William ADCOCKS             (GBR)   2:25:33.0
6. Merawi GEBRU                (ETH)   2:27:16.8
7. Derek CLAYTON               (AUS)   2:27:23.8
8. Timothy JOHNSTON            (GBR)   2:28:04.4
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Men's 3000m. Steeplechase Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Amos BIWOTT                 (KEN)   8:51.0
2. Benjamin KOGO               (KEN)   8:51.6
3. George YOUNG                (USA)   8:51.8
4. Kerry O'BRIEN               (AUS)   8:52.0
5. Alexandr MOROZOV            (RUS)   8:55.8
6. Mikhail CHELEV              (BUL)   8:58.4
7. Gaston ROELANTS             (BEL)   8:59.4
8. Arne RISA                   (NOR)   9:09.0
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Men's 110m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Willie DAVENPORT            (USA)   13.33   EOR 
2. Ervin HALL                  (USA)   13.42
3. Eddy OTTOZ                  (ITA)   13.46
4. Leon COLEMAN                (USA)   13.67
5. Werner TRZMIEL              (GER)   13.68
6. Bo FORSSANDER               (SWE)   13.73
7. Marcel DURIEZ               (FRA)   13.77
8. Pierre SCHOEBEL             (FRA)   14.02
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Men's 400m. Hurdles Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. David HEMERY                (GBR)   48.12   WR   
2. Gerhard HENNIGE             (GER)   49.02
3. John SHERWOOD               (GBR)   49.12
4. Geoffrey VANDERSTOCK        (USA)   49.07
5. Vyacheslav SKOMOROKHOV      (UKR)   49.12
6. Rodney WHITNEY              (USA)   49.27
7. Rainer SCHUBERT             (GER)   49.30
8. Roberto FRINOLLI            (ITA)   50.13
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Men's 20km. Walk. Olympic Games 1968

1. Volodymyr HOLUBNYCHY        (UKR)   1:33:58.4
2. Jose Pedraza ZUNIGA         (MEX)   1:34:OO.O
3. Mykola SMAHA                (UKR)   1:34:03.4
4. Rudolph HALUZA              (USA)   1:35:00.2
5. Gerhard SPERLING            (GDR)   1:35:27.2
6. Otto BARCH                  (UKR)   1:36.16.8
7. Hans REIMANN                (GDR)   1:36:31.4
8. Stefan INGVARSSON           (SWE)   1:36:43.4
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Men's 50km. Walk. Olympic Games 1968

1. Christoph HOHNE             (GDR)   4:20:13.6
2. Antal KISS                  (HUN)   4:30:17.0
3. Larry YOUNG                 (USA)   4:31:55.4
4. Peter SELZER                (GDR)   4:33:09.8
5. Stig-Erik LINDBERG          (SWE)   4:34:05.0
6. Vittorio VISINI             (ITA)   4:36:33.2
7. Brian ELEY                  (GBR)   4:37:33.0
8. Jose Pedraza ZUNIGA         (MEX)   4:37:52.0
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Men's 4x100m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. USA      (C. Greene, M. Pender, R. Smith, J. Hines)          38.24   WR
2. Cuba     (H. Ramirez, J. Morales, P. Montes, E. F. Camue)    38.40 
3. France   (G. Fenouil, J. Delecour, C. Piquemal, R. Bambuck)  38.43
4. Jamaica  (E. Stewart, M. Fray, C. Forbes, L. Miller)         38.47
5. GDR       38.66
6. Germany   38.76
7. Italy     39.22
8. Poland    39.22
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Men's 4x400m. Relay Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. USA     (V. Matthews, R. Freeman, G. L. James, L. Evans)         2:56.2   WR
2. Kenya   (D. Rudisha, M. M. Nyamau, N. Bon, C. Asati)             2:59.6
3. Germany (H. Muller, M. Kinder, G. Hennige, M. Jellinghaus)       3:00.5
4. Poland  (J. Balachowski, S. Gredzinski, J. Werner, A. Badenski)  3:00.5
5. Great Britain   3:01.2
6. Trinidad        3:04.5
7. Italy           3:04.6
8. France          3:07.5
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Men's High Jump Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Dick FOSBURY                (USA)   2.24
2. Edward CARUTHERS            (USA)   2.22
3. Valentin GAVRILOV           (RUS)   2.20
4. Valery SKVORTSOV            (RUS)   2.16
5. Reynaldo BROWN              (USA)   2.14
6. Giacomo CROSA               (ITA)   2.14
7. Gunter SPIELVOGEL           (GER)   2.14
8. Lawrie PECKHAM              (AUS)   2.12
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Men's Pole Vault Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Bob SEAGREN                 (USA)   5.40m.   OR
2. Claus SCHIPROWSKI           (GER)   5.40m.
3. Wolfgang NORDWIG            (GDR)   5.40m.
4. Christos PAPANICOLAOU       (GRE)   5.35m.
5. John PENNEL                 (USA)   5.35m.
6. Hennady BLYZNETSOV          (UKR)   5.30m.
7. Herve D'ENCAUSSE            (FRA)   5.25m.
8. Heinfried ENGEL             (GER)   5.20m.
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Men's Long Jump Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Bob BEAMON                  (USA)   8.90m.
2. Klaus BEER                  (GDR)   8.19m.
3. Ralph BOSTON                (USA)   8.16m.
4. Igor TER-OVANESYAN          (RUS)   8.12m.
5. Tonu LEPIK                  (EST)   8.09m.
6. Allen CRAWLEY               (AUS)   8.02m.
7. Jacques PANI                (FRA)   7.97m.
8. Andrzej STELMACH            (POL)   7.94m.
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Men's Triple Jump Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Viktor SANEYEV              (GEO)   17.39m.   WR
2. Nelson PRUDENCIO            (BRA)   17.27m.
3. Giuseppe GENTILE            (ITA)   17.22m.
4. Arthur WALKER               (USA)   17.12m.
5. Nikolai DUDKIN              (BLR)   17.09m.  
6. Philip MAY                  (AUS)   17.02m.
7. Jozef SCHMIDT               (POL)   16.89m.
8. Mamadou MANSOUR-DIA         (SEN)   16.73m.
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Men's Shot Put Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. James Randel MATSON         (USA)   20.54m.
2. George WOODS                (USA)   20.12m.
3. Eduard GUSHCHIN             (RUS)   20.09m.
4. Dieter HOFFMANN             (GDR)   20.00m.
5. David MAGGARD               (USA)   19.43m.
6. Wladyslaw KOMAR             (USA)   19.28m.
7. Uwe GRABE                   (GDR)   19.03m.
8. Heinfried BIRLENBACH        (GER)   18.80m.
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Men's Discus Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Al OERTER                   (USA)   64.78m.   OR
2. Lothar MILDE                (GDR)   63.08m.
3. Ludvik DANEK                (CZE)   62.92m.
4. Hartmut LOSCH               (GDR)   62.12m.
5. L. Jay SILVESTER            (USA)   61.78m.
6. Gary CARLSEN                (USA)   59.46m.
7. Edmund PIATKOWSKI           (POL)   59.40m.
8. Bjorn Rickard BRUCH         (SWE)   59.28m.
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Men's Hammer Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Gyula ZSIVOTZKY             (HUN)   73.36m.   OR
2. Romuald KLIM                (BLR)   73.28m.
3. Lazar LOVASZ                (HUN)   69.78m.
4. Takeo SUGAWARA              (JPN)   69.78m.
5. Sandor ECKSCHMIDT           (HUN)   69.46m.
6. Gennady KONDRASHOV          (RUS)   69.08m.
7. Reinhard THEIMER            (GDR)   68.84m.   
8. Helmut BAUMANN              (GDR)   68.26m.  
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Men's Javelin Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Janis LUSIS                 (LAT)   90.10m.   OR
2. Jorma KINNUNEN              (FIN)   88.58m.
3. Gergely KULCSAR             (HUN)   87.06m.
4. Wladislaw NIKICIUK          (POL)   85.70m.
5. Manfred STOLLE              (GDR)   84.42m.  
6. Ake NILSSON                 (SWE)   83.48m. 
7. Janusz Sidlo                (POL)   80.58m.
8. Urs von WARTBURG            (SWI)   80.56m.
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Men's Decathlon Final. Olympic Games 1968

1. Bill TOOMEY                 (USA)   8193   OR
2. Hans-Joachim WALDE          (GER)   8111
3. Kurt BENDLIN                (GER)   8064 
4. Mykola AVILOV               (UKR)   7909
5. Joachim KIRST               (GDR)   7861
6. Thomas WADDELL              (USA)   7719
7. Rick SLOAN                  (USA)   7692
8. Steen SMIDT-JENSEN          (DEN)   7648
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