Summer Olympics : Track & Field in 1968

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 MEDAL COUNTS:

    
COUNTRY
TOTAL
 GOLD
SILVER
BRONZE


United StatesUnited States
28
15
6
7



AustriaAustria
2
0
1
1



BrazilBrazil
1
0
1
0



CubaCuba
2
0
2
0



EthiopiaEthiopia
2
1
1
0



FinlandFinland
1
0
1
0



FranceFrance
2
1
0
1



West GermanyWest Germany
8
1
4
3



Great BritainGreat Britain
4
1
2
1



East GermanyEast Germany
6
2
3
1



HungaryHungary
7
2
1
4



ItalyItaly
2
0
0
2



JamaicaJamaica
1
0
1
0



JapanJapan
1
0
1
0



KenyaKenya
8
3
4
1



MexicoMexico
1
0
1
0



NetherlandsNetherlands
1
0
0
1



New ZealandNew Zealand
1
0
0
1



PolandPoland
2
1
0
1



RomaniaRomania
4
2
2
0



CzechoslovakiaCzechoslovakia
2
1
0
1



Chinese TaipeiChinese Taipei
1
0
0
1



TunisiaTunisia
2
1
0
1



Soviet UnionSoviet Union
13
3
2
8



AustraliaAustralia
6
2
3
1






 MEDAL WINNERS:

                           GOLD                                SILVER                            BRONZE                               
Men's 100 m                Jim Hines            USA     9.95 | Lennox Miller      JAM    10.04 | Charlie Greene        USA    10.07
Men's 200 m                Tommie Smith         USA    19.83 | Peter Norman       AUS    20.06 | John Carlos           USA    20.10
Men's 400 m                Lee Evans            USA    43.86 | Larry James        USA    43.97 | Ronald Freeman        USA    44.41
Men's 800 m                Ralph Doubell        AUS  1:44.40 | Wilson Kiprugut    KEN  1:44.57 | Thomas Farrell        USA  1:45.46
Men's 1,500 m              Kipchoge Keino       KEN  3:34.91 | Jim Ryun           USA  3:37.89 | Bodo Tummler          FRG  3:39.08
Men's 5,000 m              Mohamed Gammoudi     TUN 14:05.01 | Kipchoge Keino     KEN 14:05.16 | Naftali Temu          KEN 14:06.41
Men's 10,000 m             Naftali Temu         KEN 29:27.40 | Mamo Wolde         ETH 29:27.75 | Mohamed Gammoudi      TUN  29:34.2
Men's Marathon             Mamo Wolde           ETH  2:20:27 | Kenji Kimihara     JPN  2:23:31 | Michael Ryan          NZL  2:23:45
Men's 110 m Hurdles        Willie Davenport     USA    13.33 | Ervin Hall         USA    13.42 | Eddy Ottoz            ITA    13.46
Men's 400 m Hurdles        David Hemery         GBR    48.12 | Gerhard Hennige    FRG    49.02 | John Sherwood         GBR    49.03
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Amos Bixott          KEN  8:51.02 | Benjamin Kogo      KEN  8:51.56 | George Young          USA  8:51.86
Men's 20 km Walk           Vladimir Golubnichiy URS  1:33:58 | Jose Pedraza       MEX  1:34:00 | Nikolai Smaga         URS  1:34:03
Men's 4 x 100 m Relay      United States        USA    38.24 | Cuba               CUB    38.30 | France                FRA    38.43
Men's 4 x 400 m Relay      United States        USA  2:56.16 | Kenya              KEN  2:59.64 | West Germany          FRG  3:00.57
Men's Long Jump            Bob Beamon           USA    8.90m | Klaus Beer         GDR    8.19m | Ralph Boston          USA    8.16m
Men's Triple Jump          Viktor Saneyev       URS   17.39m | Nelson Prudencio   BRA   17.27m | Giuseppe Gentile      ITA   17.22m
Men's High Jump            Dick Fosbury         USA    2.24m | Edward Caruthers   USA    2.22m | Valentin Gavrilov     URS    2.20m
Men's Pole Vault           Robert Seagren       USA    5.40m | Claus Schiprowski  FRG    5.40m | Wolfgang Nordwig      GDR    5.40m
Men's Discus               Al Oerter            USA   64.78m | Lothar Milde       GDR   63.08m | Ludvik Danek          TCH   62.92m
Men's Hammer Throw         Gyula Zsivotzky      HUN   73.36m | Romuald Klim       URS   73.28m | Lazar Lovasz          HUN   69.78m
Men's Javelin              Janis Lusis          URS   90.10m | Jorma Kinnunen     FIN   88.58m | Gergely Kulcsar       HUN   87.06m
Men's Shot Put             Randy Matson         USA   20.54m | George Woods       USA   20.12m | Eduard Grischin       URS   20.09m
Men's Decathlon            William Toomey       USA     8193 | Hans-Joacim Walde  FRG     8111 | Kurt Bendlin          FRG     8064
Women's 100 m              Wyomia Tyus          USA    11.08 | Barbara Ferrell    USA    11.15 | Irena Szewinska       POL    11.19
Women's 200 m              Irena Szewinska      POL    22.58 | Raelene Boyle      AUS    22.74 | Jennifer Lamy         AUS    22.88
Women's 400 m              Colette Besson       FRA    52.03 | Lillian Board      GBR    52.12 | Natalya Pechonkina    URS    52.25
Women's 800 m              Madeline Manning     USA  2:00.92 | Ileana Silai       ROU  2:02.58 | Maria Gommers         NED  2:02.63
Women's 4 x 100 m Relay    United States        USA    42.88 | Cuba               CUB    43.36 | Soviet Union          URS    43.41
Women's Long Jump          Viorica Viscopoleanu ROU    6.82m | Sheila Sherwood    GBR    6.68m | Tatyana Talysheva     URS    6.66m
Women's High Jump          Miloslava Rezkova    TCH    1.82m | Antonina Okorokova URS    1.80m | Valentina Kozyr       URS    1.80m
Women's Discus             Lia Manoliu          ROU   58.28m | Liesel Westermann  FRG   57.76m | Jolan Kleiber-Kontsek HUN   54.90m
Women's Javelin            Angela Nemeth        HUN   60.36m | Mihaela Penes      ROU   59.92m | Eva Janko             AUT   58.04m
Women's Shot Put           Margitta Gummel      GDR   19.61m | Marita Lange       GDR   18.78m | Nadyezda Chizhova     URS   18.19m
Men's 50 km Walk           Christoph Hohne      GDR  4:20:14 | Antal Kiss         HUN  4:30:17 | Larry Young           USA  4:31:55
Women's 80 m Hurdles       Maureen Caird        AUS    10.39 | Pam Kilborn        AUS    10.46 | Chi Cheng             TPE    10.51
Women's Pentathlon         Ingrid Becker        FRG     5098 | Liese Prokop       AUT     4966 | Annamaria Toth        HUN     4959