MEXICO CITY 1968

The Games of the XIX Summer Olympiad. October 12-27, 1968. Mexico City, Mexico.

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ATHLETICS

MEN

100 m

1.Jim Hines (USA)

4 x 100 m: 1.USA (Jim Hines)

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200 m

1.Tommie Smith (USA)

2.Peter Norman (Australia) 3.John Carlos (USA) 4.Edwin Roberts (Trinidad and Tobago) 5.Roger Bambuck (France) 6.Larry Questad (USA)

4 x 100 m: 3.France (Roger Bambuck)

800 m

1.Ralph Doubell (Australia)

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1500 m

1.Kipchoge Keino (Kenya)

2.Tim Ryun (USA)

3.Bodo Tummler (West Germany)

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5000 m

1.Mohammed Gammoudi (Tunisia)

2.Kipchoge Keino (Kenya)

3.Naftali Temu (Kenya)

4.Juan Maximo Martinez (Mexico)

5.Ron Clarke (Australia)

6.Wohib Masresha (Ethiopia)

10000 m: 3.Mohammed Gammoudi (Tunisia)

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10000 m

1.Naftali Temu (Kenya)

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110 m hurdles

1.Willie Davenport (USA)

2.Ervin Hall (USA)

3.Eddy Ottoz (Italy)

4.Leon Coleman (USA)

5.Werner Trzmiel (West Germany)

6.Bo Forssander (Sweden)

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400 m hurdles

1.David Hemery (Great Britain)

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2.Gerhard Hennige (West Germany)

3.John Sherwood (Great Britain)

4.Geoff Vanderstock (USA)

5.Vyacheslav Skomorokhov (USSR)

4 x 400 m: 3.West Germany (Gerhard Hennige)

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3000 m steeplechase

1.Amos Biwott (Kenya)

NQF.Maurice Herriott (Great Britain)

4 x 100 m

1.USA

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4 x 400 m

1.USA

3.West Germany (Martin Jellinghaus)

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Marathon

1.Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia)

10000 m: 2.Mamo Wolde (Ethiopia)

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20 km walk

1.Vladimir Golubnichy (USSR)

2.Jose Pedraza (Mexico)

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Triple jump

1.Viktor Saneyev (USSR)

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Long jump

1.Bob Beamon (USA)

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2.Klaus Beer (East Germany)

3.Ralph Boston (USA)

4.Igor Ter-Ovanesyan (USSR)

5.Tonu Lepik (USSR)

11.Michael Ahey (Ghana)

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High jump

1.Dick Fosbury (USA)

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2.Ed Caruthers (USA)

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Pole vault

1.Bob Seagren (USA)

3.Wolfgang Nordwig (East Germany)

Hammer throw

1.Gyula Zsivotsky (Hungary)

2.Romuald Klim (USSR)

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Shot put

1.Randy Matson (USA)

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Discus throw

1.Al Oerter (USA)

3.Ludvik Danek (Czechoslovakia)

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Javelin throw

1.Janis Lusis (USSR)

3.Gergely Kulcsar (Hungary)

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Decathlon

1.Bill Toomey (USA)

2.Hans-Joachim Walde (West Germany)

3.Kurt Bendlin (West Germany)

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WOMEN

200 m

1.Irena Szewinska (Poland)

100 m: 3.Irena Szewinska (Poland)

80 m hurdles

3.Chi Cheng (Taiwan)

Shot put

3.Nadezhda Chizhova (USSR)

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400 m

1.Colette Besson (France)

2.Lillian Board (Great Britain)

3.Natalya Pechonkina (USSR)

4.Janet Simpson (Great Britain)

5.Aurelia Penton (Cuba)

6.Jarvis Scott (USA)

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4 x 100 m

1.USA (Mildrette Netter, Wyomia Tuys)

2.Cuba (Violetta Quesada, Miguelina Cobian)

3.USSR (Vera Popkova, Ludmila Samotyosova)

4.Netherlands (Geertruida Hennipman, Cornelia Bakker)

5.Australia (Raelene Boyle, Dianne Burge)

6.West Germany (Rita Jahn, Ingrid Becker)

7.Great Britain (Janet Simpson, Lillian Board)

8.France (Silviane Telliez)

100 m: 1.Wyomia Tuys (USA) 200 m: 2.Raelene Boyle (Australia)

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4 x 100 m: 3.USSR (Lyudmila Zharkova)

Long jump

1.Viorica Viscopoleanu (Romania)

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Discus throw

1.Lia Manoliu (Romania)

Javelin throw

1.Angela Nemeth (Hungary)

2.Mihaela Penes (Romania)

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Pentathlon

1.Ingrid Becker (West Germany)

2.Liese Prokop (Austria)

3.Annamaria Toth (Hungary)

4.Valentina Tikhomirova (USSR)

5.Manon Bornholdt (West Germany)

6.Pat Winslow (USA)

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400 m: NQF.Enriqueta Basilio (Mexico)

80 m hurdles: NQF.Enriqueta Basilio (Mexico)

4 x 100 m: NQF.Mexico (Enriqueta Basilio)

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BASKETBALL

1.USA

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Mike Barrett, John Clawson, Don Dee, Calvin Fowler, Spencer Haywood, Bill Hosket, Jim King, Glynn Saulters, Mike Sillimann, Ken Spain, Jo Jo White, Charlie Scott (USA)

2.Yugoslavia (Kresimir Cosic)

3.USSR (Sergei Kovalenko)

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BOXING

48 kg 51 kg

1.Francisco Rodriguez (Venezuela) 1.Ricardo Delgado (Mexico)

63.5 kg

1.Jerzy Kulej (Poland)

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67 kg

Final

Manfred Wolke (East Germany) - Joseph Bessala (Cameroon) 4:1

1.Manfred Wolke (East Germany)

2.Joseph Bessala (Cameroon)

75 kg

1.Chris Finnegan (Great Britain)

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81+ kg

Final

George Foreman (USA) def. Jonas Cepulis (USSR) (referee stopped contest)

1.George Foreman (USA)

2.Jonas Cepulis (USSR)

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CANOEING

MEN

C-1 1000 m

1.Tibor Tatai (Hungary)

2.Detlef Lewe (West Germany)

K-1 1000 m

1.Mihaly Hesz (Hungary)

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C-2 1000 m

1.Ivan Patzaichin / Serghei Covaliov (Romania)

2.Tamas Wichmann / Gyula Petrikovics (Hungary)

K-1 1000 m: 2.Aleksandr Shaparenko (USSR) K-2 1000 m: 1.Alexander Shaparenko /

Vladimir Morozov (USSR)

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WOMEN

K-2 500 m

1.Roswitha Esser / Annemarie Zimmermann (West Germany)

3.Ludmila Pinayeva / Antonina Seredina (USSR)

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CYCLING

ROAD

Individual road race

1.Pierfranco Vianelli (Italy)

Team time trial: 3.Italy (Pierfranco Vianelli)

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Team time trial: 1.Netherlands (Joop Zoetemelk)

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TRACK

Sprint

1.Daniel Morelon (France)

Tandem

1.Daniel Morelon / Pierre Trentin (France)

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1000 m time trial

1.Pierre Trentin (France)

Sprint: 3.Pierre Trentin (France)

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Individual pursuit

1.Daniel Rebillard (France)

2.Mogens Jensen (Denmark)

3.Xaver Kurmann (Switzerland)

Team pursuit: 1.Denmark (Mogens Jensen)

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DIVING

MEN

10 m platform

1.Klaus Dibiasi (Italy)

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2.Alvaro Gaxiola (Mexico)

3.Win Young (USA)

4.Keith Russell (USA)

5.Jose Robinson (Mexico)

6.Lothar Matthes (East Germany)

3 m springboard: 2.Klaus Dibiasi (Italy)

WOMEN

3 m springboard

1.Susanne Gossick (USA)

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EQUESTRIAN

Individual dressage

1.Ivan Kizimov (USSR)

2.Josef Neckermann (West Germany)

Team dressage: 2.USSR (Ivan Kizimov)

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Team dressage

1.West Germany

Josef Neckermann, Reiner Klimke, Liselott Lindenhoff (West Germany)

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Josef Neckermann (West Germany) Reiner Klimke (West Germany)

Liselotte Linsenhoff (West Germany)

Individual dressage: 3.Reiner Klimke (West Germany)

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Team dressage: 2.USSR (Yelena Petushkova)

Team dressage: 3.Switzerland (Henri Chammartin)

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Individual eventing

1.Jean-Jacques Guyon (France)

Team eventing

1.Great Britain (Richard Meade)

2.USA (Michael Plumb)

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Individual jumping

1.William Steinkraus (USA)

3.David Broome (Great Britain)

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Team jumping

2.France (Jean-Marcel Rozier,

Pierre Jonqueres d’Oriola)

3.West Germany (Alwin Schockemohle, Hermann Schridde, Hans Gunter Winkler)

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FENCING

MEN

Individual epee: 1.Gyozo Kulcsar (Hungary)

Team epee: 1.Hungary

Gyozo Kulcsar (Hungary)

Csaba Fenyvesi (Hungary)

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Team foil

1.France

3.Poland (Egon Franke,

Witold Woyda)

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Individual foil

1.Ion Drimba (Romania)

Team sabre

1.USSR (Viktor Sidyak)

Individual sabre

1.Jerzy Pawlowski (Poland)

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WOMEN

Individual foil

1.Elena Belova (USSR)

Team foil: 1.USSR (Elena Belova)

Team foil

1.USSR (Svetlana Chirkova)

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FIELD HOCKEY

1.Pakistan

3.India (John Victor Peter, Balbir Singh)

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FOOTBALL

1.Hungary

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2.Bulgaria (Evgeni Yanchovski,

Asparuh Nikodimov, Petar Zhekov)

3.Japan (Kunishige Kamamoto)

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5-8.Israel

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GYMNASTICS

MEN

Team all-around

1.Japan

Mitsuo Tsukahara (Japan)

Horizontal bar: 1-2.Akinori Nakayama (Japan)

Parallel bars: 1.Akinori Nakayama (Japan)

Team all-around: 1.Japan (Akinori Nakayama)

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Individual all-around

1.Sawao Kato (Japan)

Team all-around: 1.Japan (Sawao Kato) Floor exercise: 1.Sawao Kato (Japan) Rings: 3.Sawao Kato (Japan)

Rings

1.Akinori Nakayama (Japan)

Individual all-around: 3.Akinori Nakayama (Japan) Floor exercise: 2.Akinori Nakayama (Japan)

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Team all-around: 1.Japan (Yukio Endo) Vault: 2.Yukio Endo (Japan)

Team all-around: 2.USSR (Mikhail Voronin) Individual all-around: 2.Mikhail Voronin (USSR) Horizontal bar: 1-2.Mikhail Voronin (USSR) Parallel bars: 2.Mikhail Voronin (USSR) Pommel horse: 3.Mikhail Voronin (USSR) Rings: 2.Mikhail Voronin (USSR) Vault: 1.Mikhail Voronin (USSR)

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Team all-around: 2.USSR (Sergey Diomidov, Viktor Lisitsky) Vault: 3.Sergey Diomidov (USSR)

Team all-around: 2.USSR (Viktor Klimenko) Parallel bars: 3.Viktor Klimenko (USSR)

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WOMEN

Individual all-around

1.Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)

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Floor exercise

1-2.Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)

Uneven bars: 1.Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)

Vault: 1.Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)

Team all-around: 2.Czechoslovakia (Vera Caslavska) Balance beam: 2.Vera Caslavska (Czechoslovakia)

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Team all-around: 1.USSR (Ludmila Tourischeva), 3.East Germany (Karin Janz) Uneven bars: 2.Karin Janz (East Germany)

Team all-around: 3.East Germany (Erika Zuchold) Vault: 2.Erika Zuchold (East Germany)

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MODERN PENTATHLON

Individual

1.Bjorn Ferm (Sweden)

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Team

1.Hungary

Ferenc Torok (Hungary)

Individual: 2.Andras Balczo (Hungary) Team: 1.Hungary (Andras Balczo)

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ROWING

Double sculls

1.Alexander Timoshinin / Anatoly Sass (USSR)

Coxless pairs

1.Jorg Lucke / Heinz-Jorg Bothe (East Germany)

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Coxed pairs

1.Italy (Primo Baran, Renzo Sambo, Bruno Cipolla)

Coxed fours

1.New Zealand (Dick Joyce, Ross Collinge, Dudley Storey, Warren Cole, Simon Dickie)

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SAILING

Flying Dutchman

1.Great Britain (Rodney Pattisson, Iain MacDonald-Smith)

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SHOOTING

Mixed 50 m pistol

2.Heinz Mertel (West Germany)

50 m rifle, three positions

1.Bernd Klingner (West Germany)

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50 m rifle, prone

2.Laszlo Hammerl (Hungary)

Skeet

1.Yevgeni Petrov (USSR)

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SWIMMING

MEN

100 m freestyle

1.Michael Wenden (Australia)

200 m freestyle

1.Michael Wenden (Australia)

4 x 100 m freestyle: 3.Australia (Michael Wenden) 4 x 200 m freestyle: 2.Australia (Michael Wenden)

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400 m freestyle

1.Mike Burton (USA)

1500 m freestyle

1.Mike Burton (USA)

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100 m backstroke

1.Roland Matthes (East Germany)

2.Charlie Hickcox (USA)

3.Ronnie Mills (USA)

4.Larry Barbiere (USA)

5.Jim Shaw (Canada)

200 m individual medley: 1.Charlie Hickcox (USA) 400 m individual medley: 1.Charlie Hickcox (USA) 4 x 100 m medley: 1.USA (Charlie Hickcox, Ronnie Mills (swam in Heats))

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200 m backstroke

1.Roland Matthes (East Germany)

4 x 100 m medley: 2.East Germany (Roland Matthes)

100 m butterfly

1.Doug Russell (USA)

4 x 100 m medley: 1.USA (Doug Russell)

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200 m breaststroke

1.Felipe Munoz (Mexico)

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4 x 100 m freestyle: 1.USA (Mark Spitz)

4 x 200 m freestyle: 1.USA (Mark Spitz)

100 m freestyle: 3.Mark Spitz (USA) 100 m butterfly: 2.Mark Spitz (USA)

200 m freestyle: 2.Don Schollander (USA) 4 x 200 m freestyle: 1.USA (Don Schollander) 4 x 100 m freestyle: 1.USA (Don Schollander (swam in Heats)) 4 x 100 m medley: 1.USA (Don Schollander (swam in Heats))

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WOMEN

200 m freestyle

1.Debbie Meyer (USA)

400 m freestyle

1.Debbie Meyer (USA)

800 m freestyle

1.Debbie Meyer (USA)

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VOLLEYBALL

Men: 1.USSR

Women: 1.USSR

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WATER POLO

1.Yugoslavia

3.Hungary (Mihaly Mayer)

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WEIGHTLIFTING

56 kg

2.Imre Foldi (Hungary)

60 kg

1.Yoshinobu Miyake (Japan)

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67.5 kg

1.Waldemar Baszanowski (Poland)

75 kg

1.Viktor Kurentsov (USSR)

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90 kg

2.Jaan Talts (USSR)

90+ kg

1.Leonid Zhabotinsky (USSR)

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WRESTLING

FREESTYLE

52 kg

3.Chimedbazaryn Damdinsharav (Mongolia)

70 kg

3.Danzandarjaagiin Sereeter (Mongolia)

87

78 kg

3.Tomorlin Artag (Mongolia)

87 kg

2.Jigjidiin Monkhbat (Mongolia)

88

97+ kg

1.Aleksandr Medved (USSR)

89

3.Wilfried Dietrich (Germany)

90

GRECO-ROMAN

57 kg: 1.Janos Varga (Hungary)

97+ kg: 1.Istvan Kozma (Hungary)

63 kg

1.Roman Rurua (USSR)

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MEDAL COUNT

1.USA (45-28-34)

2.USSR (29-32-30)

3.JAPAN (11-7-7)

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11.POLAND (5-2-11)

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