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1968 Summer Olympics Mexico City, Mexico Track & Field |
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| Event | Athlete | Country | Result | Medal |
| 100m Men | Jim Hines | USA | 9.95 | GOLD |
| Lennox Miller | JAM | 10.0 | SILVER | |
| Charlie Greene | USA | 10.0 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Men | Tommie Smith | USA | 19.8 | GOLD |
| Peter Norman | AUS | 20.0 | SILVER | |
| John Carlos | USA | 20.0 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Men | Lee Evans | USA | 43.8 | GOLD |
| Larry James | USA | 43.9 | SILVER | |
| Ron Freeman | USA | 44.4 | BRONZE | |
| 800m Men | Ralph Doubell | AUS | 1:44.3 | GOLD |
| Wilson Kiprugut | KEN | 1:44.5 | SILVER | |
| Thomas Farrell | USA | 1:45.4 | BRONZE | |
| 1500m Men | Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 3:34.9 | GOLD |
| Jim Ryun | USA | 3:37.8 | SILVER | |
| Bodo Tümmler | FRG | 3:39.0 | BRONZE | |
| 5000m Men | Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 14:05.0 | GOLD |
| Kipchoge Keino | KEN | 14:05.2 | SILVER | |
| Naftali Temu | KEN | 14:06.4 | BRONZE | |
| 10000m Men | Naftali Temu | KEN | 29:27.4 | GOLD |
| Mamo Wolde | ETH | 29:28.0 | SILVER | |
| Mohamed Gammoudi | TUN | 29:34.8 | BRONZE | |
| Marathon Men | Mamo Wolde | ETH | 2:20:26.4 | GOLD |
| Kenji Kimihara | JPN | 2:23:31 | SILVER | |
| Michael Ryan | NZL | 2:23:45 | BRONZE | |
| 110m Hurdles Men | Willie Davenport | USA | 13.3 | GOLD |
| Ervin Hall | USA | 13.4 | SILVER | |
| Eddy Ottoz | ITA | 13.4 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Hurdles Men | David Hemery | GBR | 48.12 | GOLD |
| Gerhard Hennige | FRG | 49.0 | SILVER | |
| John Sherwood | GBR | 49.0 | BRONZE | |
| 3000m Steeplechase Men | Amos Biwott | KEN | 8:51.0 | GOLD |
| Benjamin Kogo | KEN | 8:51.6 | SILVER | |
| George Young | USA | 8:51.8 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Men | Ronnie-Ray Smith | USA | 38.2 | GOLD |
| Melvin Pender | USA | 38.2 | GOLD | |
| Jim Hines | USA | 38.2 | GOLD | |
| Charlie Greene | USA | 38.2 | GOLD | |
| Enrique Figuerola | CUB | 38.3 | SILVER | |
| Hermes Ramirez | CUB | 38.3 | SILVER | |
| Pablo Montes | CUB | 38.3 | SILVER | |
| Juan Morales | CUB | 38.3 | SILVER | |
| Claude Piquemal | FRA | 38.4 | BRONZE | |
| Gérard Fénouil | FRA | 38.4 | BRONZE | |
| Jocelyn Delecour | FRA | 38.4 | BRONZE | |
| Roger Bambuck | FRA | 38.4 | BRONZE | |
| 4x400m Relay Men | Lee Evans | USA | 2:56.1 | GOLD |
| Ron Freeman | USA | 2:56.1 | GOLD | |
| Larry James | USA | 2:56.1 | GOLD | |
| Vincent Matthews | USA | 2:56.1 | GOLD | |
| Hezekiah Nyamau | KEN | 2:59.6 | SILVER | |
| Daniel Rudisha | KEN | 2:59.6 | SILVER | |
| Charles Asati | KEN | 2:59.6 | SILVER | |
| Naftali Bon | KEN | 2:59.6 | SILVER | |
| Manfred Kinder | FRG | 3:00.5 | BRONZE | |
| Martin Jellinghaus | FRG | 3:00.5 | BRONZE | |
| Gerhard Hennige | FRG | 3:00.5 | BRONZE | |
| Helmar Müller | FRG | 3:00.5 | BRONZE | |
| 20km Walk Men | Vladimir Golubnichy | URS | 1:33:58.4 | GOLD |
| José Pedraza | MEX | 1:34:00.0 | SILVER | |
| Nikolay Smaga | URS | 1:34:03.4 | BRONZE | |
| 50km Walk Men | Christoph Höhne | GDR | 4:20:13.6 | GOLD |
| Antal Kiss | HUN | 4:30:17.2 | SILVER | |
| Larry Young | USA | 4:31:55.4 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Men | Dick Fosbury | USA | 2.24 | GOLD |
| Edward Caruthers | USA | 2.22 | SILVER | |
| Valentin Gavrilov | URS | 2.20 | BRONZE | |
| Pole Vault Men | Bob Seagren | USA | 5.40 | GOLD |
| Claus Schiprowski | FRG | 5.40 | SILVER | |
| Wolfgang Nordwig | GDR | 5.40 | BRONZE | |
| Long Jump Men | Bob Beamon | USA | 8.90 | GOLD |
| Klaus Beer | GDR | 8.19 | SILVER | |
| Ralph Boston | USA | 8.16 | BRONZE | |
| Triple Jump Men | Viktor Saneyev | URS | 17.39 | GOLD |
| Nelson Prudęncio | BRA | 17.27 | SILVER | |
| Giuseppe Gentile | ITA | 17.22 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Men | Randy Matson | USA | 20.54 | GOLD |
| George Woods | USA | 20.12 | SILVER | |
| Eduard Gushchin | URS | 20.09 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Men | Al Oerter | USA | 64.78 | GOLD |
| Lothar Milde | GDR | 63.08 | SILVER | |
| Ludvík Danek | CZE | 62.92 | BRONZE | |
| Hammer Throw Men | Gyula Zsivótzky | HUN | 73.36 | GOLD |
| Romuald Klim | URS | 73.28 | SILVER | |
| Lázár Lovász | HUN | 69.78 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Men | Janis Lusis | URS | 90.10 | GOLD |
| Jorma Kinnunen | FIN | 88.58 | SILVER | |
| Gergely Kulcsár | HUN | 87.06 | BRONZE | |
| Decathlon Men | Bill Toomey | USA | 8193 | GOLD |
| Hans-Joachim Walde | FRG | 8111 | SILVER | |
| Kurt Bendlin | FRG | 8064 | BRONZE | |
| 100m Women | Wyomia Tyus | USA | 11.0 | GOLD |
| Barbara Ferrell | USA | 11.1 | SILVER | |
| Irena Szewinska | POL | 11.1 | BRONZE | |
| 200m Women | Irena Szewinska | POL | 22.5 | GOLD |
| Raelene Boyle | AUS | 22.7 | SILVER | |
| Jennifer Lamy | AUS | 22.8 | BRONZE | |
| 400m Women | Colette Besson | FRA | 52.0 | GOLD |
| Lillian Board | GBR | 52.1 | SILVER | |
| Natalya Pechenkina | URS | 52.2 | BRONZE | |
| 800m Women | Madeline Manning-Jackson | USA | 2:00.9 | GOLD |
| Ileana Silai | ROM | 2:02.5 | SILVER | |
| Maria Gommers | NED | 2:02.6 | BRONZE | |
| 80m Hurdles Women | Maureen Caird | AUS | 10.3 | GOLD |
| Pamela Kilborn | AUS | 10.4 | SILVER | |
| Chi Cheng | TPE | 10.4 | BRONZE | |
| 4x100m Relay Women | Margaret Bailes | USA | 42.8 | GOLD |
| Barbara Ferrell | USA | 42.8 | GOLD | |
| Wyomia Tyus | USA | 42.8 | GOLD | |
| Mildrette Netter | USA | 42.8 | GOLD | |
| Violetta Quesada | CUB | 43.3 | SILVER | |
| Fulgencia Romay | CUB | 43.3 | SILVER | |
| Miguelina Cobián | CUB | 43.3 | SILVER | |
| Marlene Elejarde | CUB | 43.3 | SILVER | |
| Galina Bukharina | URS | 43.4 | BRONZE | |
| Lyudmila Samotesova | URS | 43.4 | BRONZE | |
| Vera Popkova | URS | 43.4 | BRONZE | |
| Lyudmila Maslakova | URS | 43.4 | BRONZE | |
| High Jump Women | Miloslava Rezková | CZE | 1.82 | GOLD |
| Antonina Okorokova | URS | 1.80 | SILVER | |
| Valentina Kozyr | URS | 1.80 | BRONZE | |
| Long Jump Women | Viorica Viscopoleanu | ROM | 6.82 | GOLD |
| Sheila Sherwood | GBR | 6.68 | SILVER | |
| Tatyana Talysheva | URS | 6.66 | BRONZE | |
| Shot Put Women | Margitta Gummel-Helmboldt | GDR | 19.61 | GOLD |
| Marita Lange | GDR | 18.78 | SILVER | |
| Nadezhda Chizhova | URS | 18.19 | BRONZE | |
| Discus Throw Women | Lia Manoliu | ROM | 58.28 | GOLD |
| Liesel Westermann | FRG | 57.76 | SILVER | |
| Jolán Kleiber | HUN | 54.90 | BRONZE | |
| Javelin Throw Women | Angéla Németh | HUN | 60.36 | GOLD |
| Mihaela Penes | ROM | 59.92 | SILVER | |
| Eva Janko | AUT | 58.04 | BRONZE | |
| Pentathlon Women | Ingrid Mickler-Becker | FRG | 5098 | GOLD |
| Liese Prokop | AUT | 4966 | SILVER | |
| Annamária Tóth-Kovács | HUN | 4959 | BRONZE |
