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The 20th Century Almanac · Olympics

The Mexico City 1968 Olympics

Event: 100m Winner: Jim Hines Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Tommie Smith Country: USA Event: 400m Winner: Lee Evans Country: USA Event: 800m Winner: Ralph Doubell Country: AUS Event: 1500m Winner: Kipchoge Keino Country: KEN Event: 5000m Winner: Mohamed Gammoudi Country: TUN Event: 10,000m Winner: Naftali Temu Country: KEN Event: Marathon Winner: Mamo Wolde Country: ETH Event: 110 Hurdles Winner: Willie Davenport Country: USA Event: 400m Hurdles Winner: David Hemery Country: GBR Event: 3000m Steeplechase Winner: Amos Biwott Country: KEN Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x400m Relay Winner: USA Event: 20km walk Winner: Vladimir Golubnichiy Country: URS Event: 50km Walk Winner: Christoph Hohne Country: GDR Event: High Jump Winner: Dick Fosbury Country: USA Event: Pole Vault Winner: Bob Seagren Country: USA Event: Long Jump Winner: Bob Beamon Country: USA Event: Triple Jump Winner: Viktor Saneyev Country: URS Event: Discus Winner: Alfred Oerter Country: USA Event: Shotput Winner: Randy Matson Country: USA Event: Hammer Winner: Gyula Zsivotzky Country: HUN Event: Javelin Winner: Janis Lusis Country: URS Event: Decathlon Winner: Bill Toomey Country: USA Wo

Event: 100m Winner: Wyomia Tyus Country: USA Event: 200m Winner: Irena Szewinska Country: POL Event: 400m Winner: Colette Besson Country: FRA Event: 800m Winner: Madeline Manning Country: USA Event: 80m Hurdles Winner: Maureen Caird Country: AUS Event: 4x100m Relay Winner: USA Event: High Jump Winner: Miloslava Rezkova Country: TCH Event: Long Jump Winner: Viorica Viscopoleanu Country: ROM Event: Shotput Winner: Margitta Gummel Country: GBR Event: Discus Winner: Lia Manolu Country: ROM Event: Javelin Winner: Angela Nemeth Country: HUN Event: Pentathlon Winner: Ingrid Becker Country: FRG Men Swimming Event: 100m Fresstlye Winner: Michael Wenden Country: AUS Event: 200m Freestlye Winner: Michael Burton Country: USA Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Michale Burton Country: USA Event: 1500m Freestyle Winner: Michael Burton Country: USA Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Roland Matthes Country: GDR Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Donald McKenzie Country: USA Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Felipe Munoz Country: MEX Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Douglas Russell Country: USA Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Carl Robie Country: USA Event: 200m Individual Medely Winner: Charles Hickcox Country: USA Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Charles Hickcox Country: USA Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x200m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medely Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Bernie Wrightson Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Klaus Dibiasi Country: ITA Water Polo Winner: Yugoslavia Women Swimming Event: 100m Freestyle Winner: Jan Henne Country: USA Event: 200m Freestyle Winner: Debbie Meyer Country: USA Event: 400m Freestyle Winner: Debbie Meyer Country: USA Event: 800m Freestyle Winner: Debbie Meyer Country: USA Event: 100m Breaststroke Winner: Djurdijica Bjedov Country: YUG Event: 200m Breaststroke Winner: Sharon Wichman Country: USA Event: 100m Backstroke Winner: Kaye Hall Country: USA Event: 200m Backstroke Winner: Pokey Watson Country: USA Event: 100m Butterfly Winner: Lynette McClements Country: AUS Event: 200m Butterfly Winner: Ada Kok Country: NET Event: 200m Individual Medley Winner: Claudia Kolb Country: USA Event: 400m Individual Medley Winner: Claudia Kolb Country: USA Event: 4x100m Freestyle Relay Winner: USA Event: 4x100m Medely Relay Winner: USA Event: Springboard Diving Winner: Sue Gossick Country: USA Event: Platform Diving Winner: Milena Duckhova Country: ITA Boxing Event: Light Flyweight Winner: Francisco Rodriguez Country: VEN Event: Flyweight Winner: Ricardo Delgado Country: MEX Event: Bantamweight Winner: Valery Sokolov Country: URS Event: Featherweight Winner: Antonio Roldan Country: MEX Event: Lightweight Winner: Antonio Roldan Country: MEX Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Jerzy Kulej Country: POL Event: Welterweight Winner: Manfred Wolke Country: GDR Event: Light Middleweight Winner: Boris Lagutin Country: URS Event: Middleweight Winner: Christopher Finnegan Country: GBR Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Dab Poznyak Country: URS Event: Heavyweight Winner: George Foreman Country: USA Greco Roman Wrestling Event: Flyweight Winner: Peter Kirov Country: BUL Event: Bantamweight Winner: Janos Varga Country: HUN Event: Featherweight Winner: Roman Rurua Country: URS Event: Lightweight Winner: Munji Mumemura Country: JAP Event: Welterweight Winner: Rudolf Vesper Country: GDR Event: Middleweight Winner: Lothar Metz Country: GDR Event: Heavyweight Winner: Istvan Kozma Country: HUN Freestyle Wrestling Event: Flyweight Winner: Shigeo Nakata Country: JAP Event: Bantamweight Winner: Yojiro Uetake Country: JAP Event: Featherweight Winner: Masaaki Kaneko Country: JAP Event: Lightweight Winner: Abodllah Movahed Country: JAP Event: Welterweight Winner: Mahmut Atalay Country: TUR Event: Middleweight Winner: Boris Gurevitch Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Ahmet Ayik Country: TUR Event: Heavyweight Winner: Aleksandr Medved Country: URS Men Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Ionel Drimba Country: ROM Event: Foil Team Winner: France Event: Epee Individual Winner: Gyozo Kulcsar Country: HUN Event: Epee Team Winner: Hungary Event: Sabre Individual Winner: Jerzy Pawlowski Country: POL Event: Sabre Team Winner: Soviet Union Women Fencing Event: Foil Individual Winner: Yelena Novikova Country: URS Event: Foil Team Winner: Soviet Union Modern Pentathlon Event: Individual Winner: Bjorn Ferm Country: SWE Event: Team Winner: Hungary Men Canoeing Event: Kayak-1 1000m Winner: Mihaly Hesz Country: HUN Event: Kayak-2 1000m Winner: Soviet Union Event: Kayak-4 1000m Winner: Norway Event: Canadian-1 1000m Winner: Tibor Tatai Country: HUN Event: Canadian-2 2000m Winner: Romania Women Canoeing Event: Kayak-1 500m Winner: Lyudmila Pinayeva Country: URS Event: Kayak-2 500m Winner: West Germany Rowing Event: Single Sculls Winner: Henri Jan Wienese Country: NETH Event: Double Sculls Winner: Soviet Union Event: Coxless Pairs Winner: GDR Event: Coxed Pairs Winner: Italy Event: Coxless Fours Winner: GDR Event: Coxed fours Winner: New Zealand Event: Eights Winner: FRG Yachting Event: Finn Winner: Valentin Mankin Country: URS Event: Star Winner: USA Event: Flying Dutchman Winner: Great Britain Event: Dragon Winner: USA Event: 5.5m Winner: Sweden Cycling Event: Individual Road Race Winner: Pierfranco Vianelli Country: ITA Event: 100km Team Time Trial Winner: Netherlands Event: 1000m Time Trial Winner: Pierre Trentin Country: FRA Event: 1000m Sprint Winner: Daniel Morelon Country: FRA Event: 2000m Tandem Winner: France Event: 4000m Team Pursuit Winner: Denmark Equestrian Sports Event: Three-day Event Individual Winner: Jean-Jacques Guyon Country: FRA Event: Three-day Event Team Winner: Great Britain Event: Individual Dressage Winner: Ivan Kizimov Country: URS Event: Team Dressage Winner: FRG Event: Grand Prix Jumping Individual Winner: William Steinkraus Country: USA Event: Grand Prix Jumping Team Winner: Canada Shooting (men + women) Event: Free Rifle, 300m, 3 postiosns Winner: Gary Anderson Country: USA Event: Small-Bore Rifle, 50m prone Winner: Jan Kurka Country: TCH Event: Small-Bore Rifle Combined, 3 positions Winner: Bernd Klingner Country: FRG Event: Rapid Fire Pistol Winner: Jozef Zapedzki Country: POL Event: Free-Fire Pistol Winner: Grigory Kossykh Country: URS Event: Clay Pigeon Winner: John Braithwaite Country: GBR Event: Skeet Winner: Yevgeny Petrov Country: URS Weightligting Event: Bantamweight Winner: Mohammad Nassiri Country: IRN Event: Featherweight Winner: Yoshinobu Miyake Country: JAP Event: Lightweight Winner: Waldemar Baszanowski Country: JAP Event: Middleweight Winner: Viktor Kurentsov Country: URS Event: Light Heavyweight Winner: Boris Selitsky Country: URS Event: Middle Heavyweight Winner: Kaarlo Kangasiemi Country: FIN Event: Heavyweight Winner: Leonid Zhabotinsky Country: URS Men Gymnastics Event: All-around Individual Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP Event: Combined ExercisesTeam Winner: Japan Event: Parallel Bars Winner: Akinori Nakayama Country: JAP Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Sawao Kato Country: JAP Event: Long Horse Vault Winner: Mikhail Voronin Country: URS Event: Side Horse Winner: Miroslav Cerar Country: YUG Event: Horizontal Bar Winner: Mikhail Voronin Country: URS Event: Rings Winner: Akinori Nakayama Country: JAP Women Gymnastics Event: All-around Individual Winner: Vera Caslavska Country: TCH Event: Combined Exercises Team Winner: Soviet Union Event: Asymmetric Bars Winner: Vera Caskavska Country: TCH Event: Floor Exercises Winner: Larissa Petrik Country: URS Event: Side Horse Vault Winner: Vera Caslavska Country: TCH Event: Balance Beam Winner: Natalia Kuchinskaia Country: URS Basketball Winner: USA Hockey Winner: Pakistan Men Volleyball Winner: Soviet Union Women Volleyball Winner: Soviet Union Soccer Winner: Hungary

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