# Atletiek op de Olympische Zomerspelen 1968

Atletiek is een van de sporten die beoefend werden tijdens de Olympische Zomerspelen 1968 in Mexico-Stad. Dit was het eerste Olympische atletiektoernooi op een atletiekbaan van tartan.

## Heren
### 100 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Jim Hines | USA | WR 9.95 |
| 2 | Lennox Miller | JAM | 10.0 |
| 3 | Charles Greene | USA | 10.0 |
| 4 | Pablo Montes | CUB | 10.1 |
| 5 | Roger Bambuck | FRA | 10.1 |
| 6 | Mel Pender | USA | 10.1 |
| 7 | Harry Jerome | CAN | 10.1 |
| 8 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | MAD | 10.2 |

### 200 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Tommie Smith | USA | WR 19.83 |
| 2 | Peter Norman | AUS | 20.0 |
| 3 | John Carlos | USA | 20.0 |
| 4 | Edwin Roberts | TRI | 20.3 |
| 5 | Roger Bambuck | FRA | 20.5 |
| 6 | Larry Questad | USA | 20.6 |
| 7 | Michael Fray | JAM | 20.6 |
| 8 | Joachim Eigenherr | FRG | 20.6 |

### 400 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Lee Evans | USA | WR 43.86 |
| 2 | Larry James | USA | 43.9 |
| 3 | Ron Freeman | USA | 44.4 |
| 4 | Amadu Gaku | SEN | 45.0 |
| 5 | Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 45.3 |
| 6 | Tegegne Bezabeh | ETH | 45.4 |
| 7 | Andrzej Badeński | POL | 45.5 |
| 8 | Amos Omolo | UGA | 47.6 |

### 800 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Ralph Doubell | AUS | WR 1:44.3 |
| 2 | Wilson Kiprugut | KEN | 1:44.5 |
| 3 | Thomas Farrell | USA | 1:45.4 |
| 4 | Walter Adams | FRG | 1:45.8 |
| 5 | Jozef Plachý | TCH | 1:45.9 |
| 6 | Dieter Fromm | GDR | 1:46.2 |
| 7 | Thomas Saisi | KEN | 1:47.5 |
| 8 | Benedict Cayenne | TRI | 1:54.3 |

### 1500 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | OR 3:34.9 |
| 2 | Jim Ryun | USA | 3:37.8 |
| 3 | Bodo Tümmler | FRG | 3:39.0 |
| 4 | Harald Norpoth | FRG | 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 Odložil | TCH | 3:48.6 |

### 5000 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Mohammed Gammoudi | TUN | 14:05.0 |
| 2 | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 14:05.2 |
| 3 | Naftali Temu | KEN | 14:06.4 |
| 4 | Juan Martínez | MEX | 14:10.8 |
| 5 | Ron Clarke | AUS | 14:12.4 |
| 6 | Wohib Masresha | ETH | 14:17.6 |
| 7 | Nikolai Sviridov | URS | 14:18.4 |
| 8 | Fikrou Deguefu | ETH | 14:19.0 |

### 10000 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Naftali Temu | KEN | 29:27.4 |
| 2 | Mamo Wolde | ETH | 29:28.0 |
| 3 | Mohammed Gammoudi | TUN | 29:34.2 |
| 4 | Juan Martínez | MEX | 29:35.0 |
| 5 | Nikolai Sviridov | URS | 29:43.2 |
| 6 | Ron Clarke | AUS | 29:44.8 |
| 7 | Ron Hill | GBR | 29:53.2 |
| 8 | Wohib Masresha | ETH | 29:57.0 |

### marathon

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 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 | 2:28:23.8 |

### 110 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Willie Davenport | USA | OR 13.3 |
| 2 | Ervin Hall | USA | 13.4 |
| 3 | Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13.4 |
| 4 | Leon Coleman | USA | 13.6 |
| 5 | Werner Trzmiel | FRG | 13.6 |
| 6 | Bo Forssander | SWE | 13.7 |
| 7 | Marcel Duriez | FRA | 13.7 |
| 8 | Pierre Schoebel | FRA | 14.0 |

### 400 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | David Hemery | GBR | WR 48.1 |
| 2 | Gerhard Hennige | FRG | 49.0 |
| 3 | John Sherwood | GBR | 49.0 |
| 4 | Geoff Vanderstock | USA | 49.0 |
| 5 | Vjatsjeslav Skomorokhov | URS | 49.1 |
| 6 | Ronald Whitney | USA | 49.2 |
| 7 | Rainer Schubert | FRG | 49.3 |
| 8 | Roberto Frinolli | ITA | 50.1 |

### 3000 m steeple chase

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Amos Biwott | KEN | 8:51.0 |
| 2 | Benjamin Kogo | KEN | 8:51.6 |
| 3 | George L. Young | USA | 8:51.8 |
| 4 | Kerry O'Brien | AUS | 8:52.0 |
| 5 | Aleksandr Morozov | URS | 8:55.8 |
| 6 | Mikhail Sjelev | BUL | 8:58.4 |
| 7 | Gaston Roelants | BEL | 8:59.4 |
| 8 | Arne Risa | NOR | 9:09.0 |

### 4x100 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Charles Greene Mel Pender Ronnie Ray Smith Jim Hines | USA | WR 38.2 |
| 2 | Hermes Ramírez Juan Morales Pablo Montes Enrique Figuerola | CUB | 38.3 |
| 3 | Gérard Fénouil Jocelyn Delecour Claude Piquemal Roger Bambuck | FRA | 38.4 |
| 4 | Errol Stewart Michael Fray Clifton Forbes Lennox Miller | JAM | 38.4 |
| 5 | Heinz Erbstößer Hartmut Schelter Peter Haase Harald Eggers | GDR | 38.6 |
| 6 | Karl-Peter Schmidtke Gert Metz Gerhard Wucherer Joachim Eigenherr | FRG | 38.7 |
| 7 | Sergio Ottolina Ennio Preatoni Angelo Sguazzero Livio Berruti | ITA | 39.2 |
| 8 | Wiesław Maniak Edward Romanowski Zeńon Nowosz Marian Dudziak | POL | 39.2 |

### 4x400 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Vince Matthews Ron Freeman Larry James Lee Evans | USA | WR 2:56.16 |
| 2 | Daniel Rudisha Hezahiah Nyamau Naftali Bon Charles Asati | KEN | 2:59.6 |
| 3 | Helmar Müller Manfred Kinder Gerhard Hennige Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 3:00.5 |
| 4 | Jan Balachowski Stanisław Grędziński Jan Werner Andrzej Badeński | POL | 3:00.5 |
| 5 | Martin Winbolt-Lewis Colin Campbell David Hemery John Sherwood | GBR | 3:01.2 |
| 6 | George Simon Euric Bobb Benedict Cayenne Edwin Roberts | TRI | 3:04.5 |
| 7 | Sergio Ottolina Giacomo Puosi Furio Fusi Sergio Bello | ITA | 3:04.6 |
| 8 | Jean-Claude Nallet Jacques Carette Gilles Bertould Jean-Pierre Boccardo | FRA | 3:07.5 |

### 20 km snelwandelen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Volodymyr Holoebnytsjy | URS | 1:33:58.4 |
| 2 | José Pedraza | MEX | 1:34:00.0 |
| 3 | Nikolai Smaga | URS | 1:34:03.4 |
| 4 | Rudolph Haluza | USA | 1:35:00.2 |
| 5 | Gerhard Sperling | GDR | 1:35:27.2 |
| 6 | Otto Bartsj | URS | 1:36:16.8 |
| 7 | Hans Reimann | GDR | 1:36:31.4 |
| 8 | Stefan Ingvarsson | SWE | 1:36:43.4 |

### 50 km snelwandelen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Christoph Höhne | GDR | OR 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 Lindberg | SWE | 4:34:05.0 |
| 6 | Vittorio Visini | ITA | 4:36:33.2 |
| 7 | Bryan Eley | GBR | 4:37:32.2 |
| 8 | José Pedraza | MEX | 4:37:51.4 |

### hoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Dick Fosbury | USA | OR 2.24 m |
| 2 | Ed Caruthers | USA | 2.22 m |
| 3 | Valentin Gavrilov | URS | 2.20 m |
| 4 | Valeri Skvortsov | URS | 2.16 m |
| 5 | Reynaldo Brown | USA | 2.14 m |
| 6 | Giacomo Crosa | ITA | 2.14 m |
| 7 | Gunther Spielvogel | FRG | 2.14 m |
| 8 | Lawrence Peckham | AUS | 2.12 m |

### polsstokhoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Bob Seagren | USA | OR 5.40 m |
| 2 | Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 5.40 m |
| 3 | Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5.40 m |
| 4 | Christos Papanikolaou | GRE | 5.34 m |
| 5 | John Pennel | USA | 5.35 m |
| 6 | Gennadi Bliznetsov | URS | 5.30 m |
| 7 | Hervé d'Encausse | FRA | 5.25 m |
| 8 | Heinfried Engel | FRG | 5.20 m |

### verspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Bob Beamon | USA | WR 8.90 m |
| 2 | Klaus Beer | GDR | 8.19 m |
| 3 | Ralph Boston | USA | 8.16 m |
| 4 | Igor Ter-Ovanesjan | URS | 8.12 m |
| 5 | Tynu Lepik | URS | 8.09 m |
| 6 | Alan Crawley | AUS | 8.02 m |
| 7 | Jacques Pani | FRA | 7.97 m |
| 8 | Andrzej Stalmach | POL | 7.94 m |

### hink-stap-springen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Viktor Sanjejev | URS | WR 17.39 m |
| 2 | Nelson Prudêncio | BRA | 17.27 m |
| 3 | Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 17.22 m |
| 4 | Arthur Walker | USA | 17.12 m |
| 5 | Nikolai Doedkin | URS | 17.09 m |
| 6 | Philip May | AUS | 17.02 m |
| 7 | Józef Szmidt | POL | 16.89 m |
| 8 | Mansour Dia | SEN | 16.73 m |

### kogelstoten

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Randy Matson | USA | OR 20.54 m |
| 2 | George Woods | USA | 20.12 m |
| 3 | Eduard Gusjtsjin | URS | 20.09 m |
| 4 | Dieter Hoffmann | GDR | 20.00 m |
| 5 | David Maggard | USA | 19.43 m |
| 6 | Władysław Komar | POL | 19.28 m |
| 7 | Uwe Grabe | GDR | 19.03 m |
| 8 | Heinfried Birlenbach | FRG | 18.80 m |

### discuswerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Al Oerter | USA | OR 64.78 m |
| 2 | Lothar Milde | GDR | 63.08 m |
| 3 | Ludvík Daněk | TCH | 62.92 m |
| 4 | Hartmut Losch | GDR | 62.12 m |
| 5 | Jay Silvester | USA | 61.78 m |
| 6 | Gary Carlsen | USA | 59.46 m |
| 7 | Edmund Piatkowski | POL | 59.40 m |
| 8 | Ricky Bruch | SWE | 59.28 m |

### kogelslingeren

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Gyula Zsivótzky | HUN | OR 73.36 m |
| 2 | Romuald Klim | URS | 73.28 m |
| 3 | Lázár Lovász | HUN | 69.78 m |
| 4 | Takeo Sugawara | JPN | 69.78 m |
| 5 | Sándor Eckschmiedt | HUN | 69.46 m |
| 6 | Gennadi Kondratsjov | URS | 69.08 m |
| 7 | Reinhard Theimer | GDR | 68.84 m |
| 8 | Helmut Baumann | GDR | 68.26 m |

### speerwerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Jānis Lūsis | URS | OR 90.10 m |
| 2 | Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 88.58 m |
| 3 | Gergely Kulcsár | HUN | 87.06 m |
| 4 | Władysław Nikiciuk | POL | 85.70 m |
| 5 | Manfred Stolle | GDR | 84.42 m |
| 6 | Karl-Åke Nilsson | SWE | 83.48 m |
| 7 | Janusz Sidło | POL | 80.58 m |
| 8 | Urs von Wartburg | SUI | 80.56 m |

### tienkamp

| rang | sporter(s) | land | punten |
| 1 | Bill Toomey | USA | OR 8193 |
| 2 | Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | 8111 |
| 3 | Kurt Bendlin | FRG | 8064 |
| 4 | Nikolaj Avilov | URS | 7909 |
| 5 | Joachim Kirst | GDR | 7861 |
| 6 | Thomas Waddell | USA | 7720 |
| 7 | Richard Sloan | USA | 7692 |
| 8 | Steen Smidt-Jensen | DEN | 7648 |

## Dames
### 100 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Wyomia Tyus | USA | WR 11.0 |
| 2 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.1 |
| 3 | Irena Szewińska | POL | 11.1 |
| 4 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 11.1 |
| 5 | Margaret Bailes | USA | 11.3 |
| 6 | Dianne Burge | AUS | 11.4 |
| 7 | Chi Cheng | RCO | 11.5 |
| 8 | Miguelina Cobián | CUB | 11.6 |

### 200 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Irena Szewińska | POL | WR 22.5 |
| 2 | Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.7 |
| 3 | Jenny Lamy | AUS | 22.8 |
| 4 | Barbara Ferrell | USA | 22.9 |
| 5 | Nicole Montandon | FRA | 23.0 |
| 6 | Wyomia Tyus | USA | 23.0 |
| 7 | Margaret Bailes | USA | 23.1 |
| 8 | Jutta Stöck | FRG | 23.2 |

### 400 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Colette Besson | FRA | OR 52.0 |
| 2 | Lillian Board | GBR | 52.1 |
| 3 | Natalja Petsjonkina | URS | 52.2 |
| 4 | Janet Simpson | GBR | 52.5 |
| 5 | Aurelia Penton | CUB | 52.7 |
| 6 | Jarvis Scott | USA | 52.7 |
| 7 | Helga Henning | FRG | 52.8 |
| 8 | Mirna van der Hoeven | NED | 53.0 |

### 800 m

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Madeline Manning | USA | OR 2:00.9 |
| 2 | Ileana Silai | ROU | 2:02.5 |
| 3 | Mia Gommers | NED | 2:02.6 |
| 4 | Sheila Taylor | GBR | 2:03.8 |
| 5 | Doris Brown | USA | 2:03.9 |
| 6 | Patricia Lowe | GBR | 2:04.2 |
| 7 | Abigail Hoffman | CAN | 2:06.8 |
| 8 | Maryvonne Dupureur | FRA | 2:08.2 |

### 80 m horden

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Maureen Caird | AUS | OR 10.3 |
| 2 | Pam Kilborn | AUS | 10.4 |
| 3 | Chi Cheng | RCO | 10.4 |
| 4 | Patty van Wolvelaere | USA | 10.5 |
| 5 | Karin Balzer | GDR | 10.6 |
| 6 | Danuta Straszyńska | POL | 10.6 |
| 7 | Elzbieta Zebrowska | POL | 10.6 |
| 8 | Tatjana Talytsjeva | URS | 10.7 |

### 4x100 m estafette

| rang | sporter(s) | land | tijd |
| 1 | Barbara Ferrell Margaret Bailes Mildrette Netter Wyomia Tyus | USA | WR 42.8 |
| 2 | Marlene Elejarde Fulgencia Romay Violetta Quesada Miguelina Cobián | CUB | 43.3 |
| 3 | Ljoedmila Zjarkova Galina Boekharina Vera Popkova Ljoedmila Ignatjeva | URS | 43.4 |
| 4 | Truus Hennipman-Cruiming Wilma van Gool-van den Berg Mieke Sterk Corrie Bakker | NED | 43.4 |
| 5 | Jennifer Lamy Joyce Bennett Raelene Boyle Dianne Burge | AUS | 43.4 |
| 6 | Renate Meyer Jutta Stöck Rita Jahn Ingrid Becker | FRG | 43.6 |
| 7 | Anita Neil Janet Simpson Maureen Tranter Lillian Board | GBR | 43.7 |
| 8 | Michele Alayrangues Gabrielle Meyer Nicole Montandon Silviane Telliez | FRA | 44.2 |

### hoogspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Miloslava Rezková | TCH | 1.82 m |
| 2 | Antonina Okorokova | URS | 1.80 m |
| 3 | Valentina Kozyr | URS | 1.80 m |
| 4 | Jaroslava Valentová | TCH | 1.78 m |
| 5 | Rita Schmidt | GDR | 1.78 m |
| 6 | Mária Faithová | TCH | 1.78 m |
| 7 | Karin Schulze | GDR | 1.76 m |
| 8 | Ilona Gusenhauer | AUT | 1.76 m |

### verspringen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | hoogte |
| 1 | Viorica Viscopoleanu | ROU | WR 6.82 m |
| 2 | Sheila Sherwood | GBR | 6.68 m |
| 3 | Tatjana Talysjeva | URS | 6.66 m |
| 4 | Burghild Wieczorek | GDR | 6.48 m |
| 5 | Mirosława Sarna | POL | 6.47 m |
| 6 | Ingrid Becker | FRG | 6.43 m |
| 7 | Berit Berthelsen | NOR | 6.40 m |
| 8 | Heide Rosendahl | FRG | 6.40 m |

### kogelstoten

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Margitta Gummel | GDR | WR 19.61 m |
| 2 | Marita Lange | GDR | 18.78 m |
| 3 | Nadezjda Tsjizjova | URS | 18.19 m |
| 4 | Judit Lendvai | HUN | 17.78 m |
| 5 | Renate Boy | GDR | 17.72 m |
| 6 | Ivanka Hristova | BUL | 17.25 m |
| 7 | Marlene Fuchs | FRG | 17.11 m |
| 8 | Els van Noorduyn | NED | 16.23 m |

### discuswerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Lia Manoliu | ROU | OR 58.28 m |
| 2 | Liesel Westermann | FRG | 57.76 m |
| 3 | Jolán Kleiber-Kontsek | HUN | 54.90 m |
| 4 | Anita Otto | GDR | 54.40 m |
| 5 | Antonina Popova | URS | 53.42 m |
| 6 | Olga Connolly | USA | 52.96 m |
| 7 | Christine Spielberg | GDR | 52.86 m |
| 8 | Brigitte Berendonk | FRG | 52.80 m |

### speerwerpen

| rang | sporter(s) | land | afstand |
| 1 | Angéla Németh | HUN | 60.36 m |
| 2 | Mihaela Peneş | ROU | 59.92 m |
| 3 | Eva Janko | AUT | 58.04 m |
| 4 | Márta Rudas-Antal | HUN | 56.38 m |
| 5 | Daniela Jaworska | POL | 56.06 m |
| 6 | Nataša Urbančić | YUG | 55.42 m |
| 7 | Ameli Koloska-Isermeyer | FRG | 55.20 m |
| 8 | Kaisa Launela | FIN | 53.96 m |

### vijfkamp

| rang | sporter(s) | land | punten |
| 1 | Ingrid Becker | FRG | 5098 |
| 2 | Liese Prokop | AUT | 4966 |
| 3 | Annamária Tóth | HUN | 4959 |
| 4 | Valentina Tikhomirova | URS | 4927 |
| 5 | Manon Bornholdt | FRG | 4890 |
| 6 | Patricia Winslow | USA | 4877 |
| 7 | Ingeborg Bauer | GDR | 4849 |
| 8 | Meta Antenen | SUI | 4848 |

## Medaillespiegel

| rang | land | 1 goud | 2 zilver | 3 brons | totaal |
| 1 | Verenigde Staten | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
| 2 | Kenia | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 3 | Sovjet-Unie | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 4 | Australië | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 4 | DDR | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
| 6 | Roemenië | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 7 | Hongarije | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 8 | Bondsrepubliek Duitsland | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
| 9 | Groot-Brittannië | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 10 | Ethiopië | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 11 | Frankrijk | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Polen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Tsjecho-Slowakije | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 11 | Tunesië | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 15 | Cuba | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 16 | Oostenrijk | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| 17 | Brazilië | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Finland | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Jamaica | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Japan | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mexico | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 22 | Italië | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 23 | Nederland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Nieuw-Zeeland | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 23 | Taiwan | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| totaal | totaal | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |