index Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico

index Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico City, Mexico

1031 athletes from 93 countries. These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records, attributable to the high altitude of Mexico City.

Men 100m	Women 100m
Men 200m	Women 200m
Men 400m	Women 400m
Men 800m	Women 800m
Men 1500m
Men 5000m
Men 10000m
Men Marathon

Men 110m Hurdles	Women 80m Hurdles
Men 400m Hurdles
Men 3000m Steeplechase
Men 4x100m Relay	Women 4x100m Relay
Men 4x400m Relay
Men 20km Walk
Men 50km Walk
Men Decathlon	Women Pentathlon

Men High Jump	Women High Jump
Men Pole Vault
Men Long Jump	Women Long Jump
Men Triple Jump
Men Shot Put	Women Shot Put
Men Discus Throw	Women Discus Throw
Men Hammer Throw
Men Javelin Throw	Women Javelin Throw

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Men 100m	Jim Hines	USA	Lennox Miller	JAM	Charlie Greene	USA
Men 200m	Tommie Smith	USA	Peter Norman	AUS	John Carlos	USA
Men 400m	Lee Evans	USA	Larry James	USA	Ronald Freeman	USA
Men 800m	Ralph Doubell	AUS	Wilson Kiprugut	KEN	Tom Farrell	USA
Men 1500m	Hezakieh Keino	KEN	Jim Ryun	USA	Bodo Tummler	FRG
Men 5000m	Mohamed Gammoudi	TUN	Kipchoge Keino	KEN	Naftali Temu	KEN
Men 10000m	Naftali Temu	KEN	Mamo Wolde	ETH	Mohamed Gammoudi	TUN
Men Marathon	Mamo Wolde	ETH	Kenji Kimihara	JPN	Mike Ryan	NZL
Men 4x100m Relay	United States	USA	Cuba	CUB	France	FRA
Men 4x400m Relay	United States	USA	Kenya	KEN	West Germany	FRG
Men 110m Hurdles	Willie Davenport	USA	Ervin Hall	USA	Eddy Ottoz	ITA
Men 400m Hurdles	Dave Hemery	GBR	Gerhard Hennige	FRG	John Sherwood	GBR
Men 3000m Steeplechase	Amos Biwott	KEN	Benjamin Kogo	KEN	George Young	USA
Men High Jump	Dick Fosbury	USA	Ed Caruthers	USA	Valentin Gavrilov	URS
Men Pole Vault	Bob Seagren	USA	Claus Schiprowski	FRG	Wolfgang Nordwig	GDR
Men Long Jump	Bob Beamon	USA	Klaus Beer	GDR	Ralph Boston	USA
Men Triple Jump	Viktor Saneyev	URS	Nelson Prudencio	BRA	Giuseppe Gentile	ITA
Men Shot Put	Randy Matson	USA	George Woods	USA	Eduard Gushchin	URS
Men Discus Throw	Al Oerter	USA	Lothar Milde	GDR	Ludvig Danek	TCH
Men Hammer Throw	Gyula Zsivotzky	HUN	Romuald Klim	URS	Lazar Lovasz	HUN
Men Javelin Throw	Janis Lusis	URS	Jorma Kinnunen	FIN	Gergely Kulcsar	HUN
Men Decathlon	Bill Toomey	USA	Hans-Joachim Walde	FRG	Kurt Bendlin	FRG
Men 20km Walk	Vladimir Golubnichiy	URS	Jose Pedraza	MEX	Nickolay Smaga	URS
Men 50km Walk	Christoph Hohne	GDR	Antal Kiss	HUN	Larry Young	USA

Athletics World Index

Medals Men	G	S	B	All
1. United States	12	5	7	24
2. Kenya	3	4	1	8
3. Soviet Union	3	1	3	7
4. East Germany	1	2	1	4
5. Hungary	1	1	2	4
6. Australia	1	1	0	2
6. Ethiopia	1	1	0	2
8. Great Britain	1	0	1	2
8. Tunisia	1	0	1	2
10.West Germany	0	3	3	6
11.Brazil	0	1	0	1
11.Cuba	0	1	0	1
11.Finland	0	1	0	1
11.Jamaica	0	1	0	1
11.Japan	0	1	0	1
11.Mexico	0	1	0	1
16.Italy	0	0	2	2
17.New Zealand	0	0	1	1
17.France	0	0	1	1
17.Czeckoslovakia	0	0	1	1

Discipline	Gold		Silver		Bronze
Women 100m	Wyomia Tyus	USA	Barbara Ferrell	USA	Irena Kirszenstein	POL
Women 200m	Irena Kirszenstein	POL	Raelene Boyle	AUS	Jennifer Lamy	AUS
Women 400m	Colette Besson	FRA	Lillian Board	GBR	Natalya Pechenkina	URS
Women 800m	Madeline Manning	USA	Ileana Silai	ROM	Maria Gommers	NED
Women 4x100m Relay	United States	USA	Cuba	CUB	Soviet Union	URS
Women 80m Hurdles	Maureen Caird	AUS	Pamela Kilborn	AUS	Chi Cheng	TWN
Women High Jump	Miloslava Rezkova	TCH	Antonia Okorokova	URS	Valentina Kozyr	URS
Women Long Jump	Viorica Viscopoleanu	ROM	Sheila Sherwood	GBR	Tatyana Talysheva	URS
Women Shot Put	Margitta Gummel	GDR	Marita Lange	GDR	Nadezhda Chizhova	URS
Women Discus Throw	Lia Manoliu	ROM	Liesel Westermann	FRG	Jolan Kleiber	HUN
Women Javelin Throw	Angela Nemeth	HUN	Mihaela Penes	ROM	Eva Janko	AUT
Women Pentathlon	Ingrid Becker	GDR	Liese Prokop	AUT	Annamaria Toth	HUN

Medals Women	G	S	B	All
1. United States	3	1	0	4
2. Romania	2	2	0	4
3. East Germany	2	1	0	3
4. Australia	1	2	1	4
5. Hungary	1	0	2	3
6. Poland	1	0	1	2
7. France	1	0	0	1
7. Czechoslovakia	1	0	0	1
9. Great Britain	0	2	0	2
10.Soviet Union	0	1	5	6
11.Austria	0	1	1	2
12.Cuba	0	1	0	1
12.West Germany	0	1	0	1
14.Netherlands	0	0	1	1
14.Taiwan	0	0	1	1

1. United States	USA	15	6	7	28
2. Kenya	KEN	3	4	1	8
3. Soviet Union	URS	3	2	813
4. Australia	AUS	2	3	1	6
4. East Germany	GDR	2	3	1	6
6. Romania	ROU	2	2		4
7. Hungary	HUN	2	1	4	7
8. West Germany	FRG	1	4	3	8
9. Great Britain	GBR	1	2	1	4
10.Ethiopia	ETH	1	1		2
11.Czechoslovakia	TCH	1		1	2
11.France	FRA	1		1	2
11.Poland	POL	1		1	2
11.Tunisia	TUN	1		1	2
15.Cuba	CUB		2		2
16.Austria	AUT		1	1	2
17.Brazil	BRA		1		1
17.Finland	FIN		1		1
17.Jamaica	JAM		1		1
17.Japan	JPN		1		1
17.Mexico	MEX		1		1
22.Italy	ITA			2	2
23.Netherlands	NED			1	1
23.New Zealand	NZL			1	1
23.R. of China	ROC			1	1
Total	25 nat	36	36	36	108

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Last updated: 22 Oct 2024
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