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100 metres, Men

Date13 – 14 October 1968
StatusOlympic
LocationEstadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants67 from 42 countries

The 1968 Olympic Games were held in Ciudad de México (Mexico City), which sits at an altitude of 2,240 metres (7,350 feet). Though organizers and the IOC were worried about the effects of the altitude on distance runners, they were not expecting the deluge of fast times in the short races and jumps. The world record was broken multiple times in the triple jump, Bob Beamon set his legendary world record in the long jump, and the sprinters went wild. The two favorites were Americans Jim Hines and Charlie Greene, both of whom had run several times under 10 seconds, not all of them with legal wind, however, and most hand-timed. The only non-American contender appeared to be Jamaican Lennox Miller. In the Olympic final, after a spate of fast times in the rounds, Jim Hines got off slowly but began a steady drive that took him to the gold medal in 9.95 seconds, the first legal time under 10 seconds on automatic timing. Miller pipped Greene at the line for the silver medal.

PosNumberCompetitorNOCR1QFSFFinal
1279Jim HinesUSA10.2 (1 h2)10.1 (2 h1)10.0 (1 h1)9.9 (1)GoldWR
2536Lennox MillerJAM10.1w (1 h6)10.1 (1 h1)10.1 (2 h2)10.0 (2)Silver
3275Charlie GreeneUSA10.0w (1 h1)10.0 (1 h4)10.1 (1 h2)10.0 (3)Bronze
4207Pablo MontesCUB10.1 (1 h4)10.1w (1 h3)10.1 (3 h2)10.1 (4)
5344Roger BambuckFRA10.1 (1 h5)10.1 (3 h2)10.1 (2 h1)10.1 (5)
6295Mel PenderUSA10.3 (2 h4)10.1 (2 h2)10.2 (4 h1)10.1 (6)
7171Harry JeromeCAN10.3 (1 h7)10.2 (4 h2)10.1 (3 h1)10.1 (7)
8583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.2 (2 h2)10.1 (2 h4)10.2 (4 h2)10.2 (8)
5 h1 r3/4202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.3 (1 h3)10.2 (3 h1)10.2 (5 h1)
5 h2 r3/4190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.3 (3 h2)10.2 (3 h4)10.2 (5 h2)
6 h1 r3/4210Hermes RamírezCUB10.2 (1 h9)10.0 (1 h2)10.2 (6 h1)
6 h2 r3/4227Iván MorenoCHI10.5 (2 h3)10.3 (4 h1)10.3 (6 h2)
7 h1 r3/463Harald EggersGDR10.3 (3 h7)10.2 (4 h4)10.2 (7 h1)
7 h2 r3/4360Gérard FenouilFRA10.4 (1 h8)10.3w (4 h3)10.3 (7 h2)
8 h1 r3/4542Hideo IijimaJPN10.2w (2 h1)10.3w (3 h3)10.3 (8 h1)
8 h2 r3/484Hartmut SchelterGDR10.3w (2 h6)10.2w (2 h3)10.3 (8 h2)
5 h1 r2/497Andrés CalongeARG10.4 (2 h9)10.3 (5 h1)
5 h2 r2/464Heinz ErbstößerGDR10.4 (2 h5)10.2 (5 h2)
5 h3 r2/4666Marian DudziakPOL10.4 (3 h8)10.3w (5 h3)
5 h4 r2/4411Barrie KellyGBR10.5 (3 h3)10.3 (5 h4)
6 h1 r2/4410Ron JonesGBR10.4 (3 h4)10.4 (6 h1)
6 h2 r2/456Gerhard WuchererFRG10.4 (2 h8)10.3 (6 h2)
6 h3 r2/4588Mani JegathesanMAS10.3w (3 h6)10.3w (6 h3)
6 h4 r2/4355Jocelyn DelecourFRA10.4 (3 h9)10.3 (6 h4)
7 h1 r2/443Karl-Peter SchmidtkeFRG10.3 (2 h7)10.4 (7 h1)
7 h2 r2/4634Kola AbdulaiNGR10.4 (4 h7)10.3 (7 h2)
7 h3 r2/4789Amos OmoloUGA10.4 (4 h2)10.4w (7 h3)
7 h4 r2/4719Canagasabai KunalanSGP10.4w (3 h1)10.3 (7 h4)
8 h1 r2/4823Vladislav SapeyaURS10.4 (4 h8)10.4 (8 h1)
8 h2 r2/4375Mike AheyGHA10.5 (3 h5)10.4 (8 h2)
8 h3 r2/4643Robert OjoNGR10.4w (4 h6)10.5w (8 h3)
8 h4 r2/4760Eddy MonselsSUR10.4 (5 h8)10.4 (8 h4)
4 h1 r1/4674Wiesław ManiakPOL10.4w (4 h1)
4 h3 r1/4827Yevgeny SinyayevURS10.5 (4 h3)
4 h4 r1/4808Aleksey KhlopotnovURS10.4 (4 h4)
4 h5 r1/4128Bernie NottageBAH10.6 (4 h5)
4 h9 r1/430Gert MetzFRG10.5 (4 h9)
5 h1 r1/4716Barka SySEN10.6w (5 h1)
5 h2 r1/4703Porfirio VerasDOM10.5 (5 h2)
5 h3 r1/4676Zenon NowoszPOL10.5 (5 h3)
5 h4 r1/4130Norris StubbsBAH10.6 (5 h4)
5 h5 r1/4517Ennio PreatoniITA10.6 (5 h5)
5 h6 r1/4775Ron MonsegueTTO10.5w (5 h6)
5 h7 r1/4612Miguel Ángel GonzálezMEX10.5 (5 h7)
5 h9 r1/4769Norman ChihotaTAN10.5 (5 h9)
6 h1 r1/4702Alberto TorresDOM10.7w (6 h1)1
6 h2 r1/4573Julius SangKEN10.6 (6 h2)
6 h3 r1/4561Charles AsatiKEN10.6 (6 h3)
6 h4 r1/4761Chen Chuan-ShowTPE10.8 (6 h4)
6 h5 r1/4757Hansruedi WiedmerSUI10.7 (6 h5)
6 h6 r1/4332Rogelio OnofrePHI10.5w (6 h6)
6 h7 r1/4535Pablo McNeilJAM10.6 (6 h7)
6 h8 r1/4109Greg LewisAUS10.5 (6 h8)
6 h9 r1/4841Horacio EstevesVEN10.6 (6 h9)
7 h1 r1/4787William DraluUGA10.8w (7 h1)2
7 h2 r1/4694Jorge VizcarrondoPUR10.7 (7 h2)
7 h3 r1/4184Jimmy SierraCOL10.8 (7 h3)
7 h4 r1/4135Philippe HousiauxBEL10.9 (7 h4)
7 h5 r1/4766Su Wen-HoTPE10.8 (7 h5)
7 h7 r1/4598Hassan El-MechMAR10.7 (7 h7)
7 h8 r1/4602Félix BécquerMEX10.7 (7 h8)
7 h9 r1/4251José Luis SánchezESP10.6 (7 h9)
8 h2 r1/4847Manuel PlanchartVEN10.7 (8 h2)
8 h7 r1/4721Morgan GesmallaSUD11.0 (8 h7)
8 h8 r1/4241Rafael SantosESA11.2 (8 h8)
8 h9 r1/4627Juan ArgüelloNCA11.1 (8 h9)
DNF h6 r1/4129Tom RobinsonBAH– (DNF h6)3
DNS538Don QuarrieJAM
DNS671Adam KaczorPOL
DNS842Arquímedes HerreraVEN
DNS848Héctor ThomasVEN

Round One

Date13 October 1968 — 10:00
FormatTop three in each heat and next fastest five advanced to the quarter-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1275Charlie GreeneUSA10.09w10.0wQ
2207Pablo MontesCUB10.1410.1Q
3536Lennox MillerJAM10.15w10.1wQ
4344Roger BambuckFRA10.1810.1Q
5542Hideo IijimaJPN10.24w10.2wQ
6279Jim HinesUSA10.2610.2Q
=7583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.3010.2Q
=7210Hermes RamírezCUB10.3010.2Q
984Hartmut SchelterGDR10.34w10.3wQ
10295Mel PenderUSA10.3510.3Q
11588Mani JegathesanMAS10.35w10.3wQ
12171Harry JeromeCAN10.3510.3Q
13190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.3710.3Q
1443Karl-Peter SchmidtkeFRG10.3810.3Q
1563Harald EggersGDR10.3810.3Q
16202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.4010.3Q
=1764Heinz ErbstößerGDR10.4210.4Q
=17360Gérard FenouilFRA10.4210.4Q
1956Gerhard WuchererFRG10.4210.4Q
2097Andrés CalongeARG10.4410.4Q
=21410Ron JonesGBR10.4510.4Q
=21634Kola AbdulaiNGR10.4510.4q
=21355Jocelyn DelecourFRA10.4510.4Q
24666Marian DudziakPOL10.4610.4Q
25823Vladislav SapeyaURS10.4610.4q
=26719Canagasabai KunalanSGP10.47w10.4wQ
=26643Robert OjoNGR10.47w10.4wq
28760Eddy MonselsSUR10.4810.4q
29674Wiesław ManiakPOL10.49w10.4w
30808Aleksey KhlopotnovURS10.4910.4
31789Amos OmoloUGA10.5010.4q4
32703Porfirio VerasDOM10.5110.5
33227Iván MorenoCHI10.5310.5Q
=34411Barrie KellyGBR10.5510.5Q
=34109Greg LewisAUS10.5510.5
=3430Gert MetzFRG10.5510.5
37827Yevgeny SinyayevURS10.5610.5
38775Ron MonsegueTTO10.56w10.5w
=39676Zenon NowoszPOL10.5710.5
=39769Norman ChihotaTAN10.5710.5
41332Rogelio OnofrePHI10.58w10.5w
=42375Mike AheyGHA10.5910.5Q
=42612Miguel Ángel GonzálezMEX10.5910.5
44716Barka SySEN10.61w10.6w
45535Pablo McNeilJAM10.6210.6
46561Charles AsatiKEN10.6310.6
=47573Julius SangKEN10.6410.6
=47128Bernie NottageBAH10.6410.6
=49517Ennio PreatoniITA10.6510.6
=49841Horacio EstevesVEN10.6510.6
51130Norris StubbsBAH10.6710.6
52251José Luis SánchezESP10.6910.6
53702Alberto TorresDOM10.7w5
54694Jorge VizcarrondoPUR10.7110.7
55602Félix BécquerMEX10.7210.7
56757Hansruedi WiedmerSUI10.7510.7
57598Hassan El-MechMAR10.7910.7
58787William DraluUGA10.8w6
59847Manuel PlanchartVEN10.8010.7
60766Su Wen-HoTPE10.8110.8
61184Jimmy SierraCOL10.8810.8
62761Chen Chuan-ShowTPE10.9110.8
63135Philippe HousiauxBEL10.9410.9
64721Morgan GesmallaSUD11.0911.0
65627Juan ArgüelloNCA11.1811.1
66241Rafael SantosESA11.2211.2
DNF129Tom RobinsonBAH7

Heat #1

Wind2.8 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1275Charlie GreeneUSA10.0w10.09wQ
2542Hideo IijimaJPN10.2w10.24wQ
3719Canagasabai KunalanSGP10.4w10.47wQ
4674Wiesław ManiakPOL10.4w10.49w
5716Barka SySEN10.6w10.61w
6702Alberto TorresDOM10.7w8
7787William DraluUGA10.8w9

Heat #2

Wind0.8 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1279Jim HinesUSA10.210.26Q
2583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.210.30Q
3190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.310.37Q
4789Amos OmoloUGA10.410.50q10
5703Porfirio VerasDOM10.510.51
6573Julius SangKEN10.610.64
7694Jorge VizcarrondoPUR10.710.71
8847Manuel PlanchartVEN10.710.80

Heat #3

Wind0.0 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.310.40Q
2227Iván MorenoCHI10.510.53Q
3411Barrie KellyGBR10.510.55Q
4827Yevgeny SinyayevURS10.510.56
5676Zenon NowoszPOL10.510.57
6561Charles AsatiKEN10.610.63
7184Jimmy SierraCOL10.810.88

Heat #4

Wind0.6 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1207Pablo MontesCUB10.110.14Q
2295Mel PenderUSA10.310.35Q
3410Ron JonesGBR10.410.45Q
4808Aleksey KhlopotnovURS10.410.49
5130Norris StubbsBAH10.610.67
6761Chen Chuan-ShowTPE10.810.91
7135Philippe HousiauxBEL10.910.94

Heat #5

Wind0.7 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1344Roger BambuckFRA10.110.18Q
264Heinz ErbstößerGDR10.410.42Q
3375Mike AheyGHA10.510.59Q
4128Bernie NottageBAH10.610.64
5517Ennio PreatoniITA10.610.65
6757Hansruedi WiedmerSUI10.710.75
7766Su Wen-HoTPE10.810.81

Heat #6

Wind3.8 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1536Lennox MillerJAM10.1w10.15wQ
284Hartmut SchelterGDR10.3w10.34wQ
3588Mani JegathesanMAS10.3w10.35wQ
4643Robert OjoNGR10.4w10.47wq
5775Ron MonsegueTTO10.5w10.56w
6332Rogelio OnofrePHI10.5w10.58w
DNF129Tom RobinsonBAH11

Heat #7

Wind0.4 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1171Harry JeromeCAN10.310.35Q
243Karl-Peter SchmidtkeFRG10.310.38Q
363Harald EggersGDR10.310.38Q
4634Kola AbdulaiNGR10.410.45q
5612Miguel Ángel GonzálezMEX10.510.59
6535Pablo McNeilJAM10.610.62
7598Hassan El-MechMAR10.710.79
8721Morgan GesmallaSUD11.011.09

Heat #8

Wind0.0 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1360Gérard FenouilFRA10.410.42Q
256Gerhard WuchererFRG10.410.42Q
3666Marian DudziakPOL10.410.46Q
4823Vladislav SapeyaURS10.410.46q
5760Eddy MonselsSUR10.410.48q
6109Greg LewisAUS10.510.55
7602Félix BécquerMEX10.710.72
8241Rafael SantosESA11.211.22

Heat #9

Wind0.0 m/s
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1210Hermes RamírezCUB10.210.30Q
297Andrés CalongeARG10.410.44Q
3355Jocelyn DelecourFRA10.410.45Q
430Gert MetzFRG10.510.55
5769Norman ChihotaTAN10.510.57
6841Horacio EstevesVEN10.610.65
7251José Luis SánchezESP10.610.69
8627Juan ArgüelloNCA11.111.18

Quarter-Finals

Date13 October 1968 — 16:30
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1275Charlie GreeneUSA10.0210.0Q=WR
2210Hermes RamírezCUB10.1010.0Q=WR
3536Lennox MillerJAM10.1110.1Q
4279Jim HinesUSA10.1410.1Q
5295Mel PenderUSA10.1610.1Q
6207Pablo MontesCUB10.16w10.1wQ
7344Roger BambuckFRA10.1710.1Q
8583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.1810.1Q
=9171Harry JeromeCAN10.2210.2Q
=9190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.2210.2Q
11202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.2310.2Q
1263Harald EggersGDR10.2510.2Q
1364Heinz ErbstößerGDR10.2810.2
1484Hartmut SchelterGDR10.29w10.2wQ
15542Hideo IijimaJPN10.31w10.3wQ
16360Gérard FenouilFRA10.31w10.3wQ
17666Marian DudziakPOL10.32w10.3w
1856Gerhard WuchererFRG10.3310.3
19411Barrie KellyGBR10.3510.3
20355Jocelyn DelecourFRA10.3610.3
21227Iván MorenoCHI10.3710.3Q
22634Kola AbdulaiNGR10.3810.3
23588Mani JegathesanMAS10.38w10.3w
24719Canagasabai KunalanSGP10.3810.3
2597Andrés CalongeARG10.3910.3
26410Ron JonesGBR10.4210.4
27789Amos OmoloUGA10.45w10.4w
28760Eddy MonselsSUR10.4510.4
2943Karl-Peter SchmidtkeFRG10.4810.4
30375Mike AheyGHA10.4910.4
31823Vladislav SapeyaURS10.5110.4
32643Robert OjoNGR10.58w10.5w

Heat #1

Wind1.8 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1536Lennox MillerJAM10.110.11Q
2279Jim HinesUSA10.110.14Q
3202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.210.23Q
4227Iván MorenoCHI10.310.37Q
597Andrés CalongeARG10.310.39
6410Ron JonesGBR10.410.42
743Karl-Peter SchmidtkeFRG10.410.48
8823Vladislav SapeyaURS10.410.51

Heat #2

Wind0.5 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1210Hermes RamírezCUB10.010.10Q=WR
2295Mel PenderUSA10.110.16Q
3344Roger BambuckFRA10.110.17Q
4171Harry JeromeCAN10.210.22Q
564Heinz ErbstößerGDR10.210.28
656Gerhard WuchererFRG10.310.33
7634Kola AbdulaiNGR10.310.38
8375Mike AheyGHA10.410.49

Heat #3

Wind4.2 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1207Pablo MontesCUB10.1w10.16wQ
284Hartmut SchelterGDR10.2w10.29wQ
3542Hideo IijimaJPN10.3w10.31wQ
4360Gérard FenouilFRA10.3w10.31wQ
5666Marian DudziakPOL10.3w10.32w
6588Mani JegathesanMAS10.3w10.38w
7789Amos OmoloUGA10.4w10.45w
8643Robert OjoNGR10.5w10.58w

Heat #4

Wind2.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1275Charlie GreeneUSA10.010.02Q=WR
2583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.110.18Q
3190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.210.22Q
463Harald EggersGDR10.210.25Q
5411Barrie KellyGBR10.310.35
6355Jocelyn DelecourFRA10.310.36
7719Canagasabai KunalanSGP10.310.38
8760Eddy MonselsSUR10.410.45

Semi-Finals

Date14 October 1968 — 16:00
FormatTop four in each heat advanced to the final.
PosNumberCompetitorNOCTime (automatic)Time (hand)
1279Jim HinesUSA10.0810.0Q=WR
2344Roger BambuckFRA10.1110.1Q
3275Charlie GreeneUSA10.1310.1Q
4536Lennox MillerJAM10.1510.1Q
5171Harry JeromeCAN10.1710.1Q
6207Pablo MontesCUB10.1910.1Q
7295Mel PenderUSA10.2110.2Q
8202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.2310.2
9210Hermes RamírezCUB10.2510.2
10583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.2610.2Q
11190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.2710.2
1263Harald EggersGDR10.2910.2
13542Hideo IijimaJPN10.3410.3
14227Iván MorenoCHI10.3710.3
15360Gérard FenouilFRA10.4010.3
1684Hartmut SchelterGDR10.4010.3

Heat #1

Wind1.6 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1279Jim HinesUSA10.010.08Q=WR
2344Roger BambuckFRA10.110.11Q
3171Harry JeromeCAN10.110.17Q
4295Mel PenderUSA10.210.21Q
5202Enrique FiguerolaCUB10.210.23
6210Hermes RamírezCUB10.210.25
763Harald EggersGDR10.210.29
8542Hideo IijimaJPN10.310.34

Heat #2

Wind0.0 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1275Charlie GreeneUSA10.110.13Q
2536Lennox MillerJAM10.110.15Q
3207Pablo MontesCUB10.110.19Q
4583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.210.26Q
5190Gaoussou KonéCIV10.210.27
6227Iván MorenoCHI10.310.37
7360Gérard FenouilFRA10.310.40
884Hartmut SchelterGDR10.310.40

Final Round

Date14 October 1968 — 18:00
Wind0.3 m/s
PosLaneCompetitorNOCTime (Hand)Time (Automatic)
1279Jim HinesUSA9.99.95WR
2536Lennox MillerJAM10.010.04
3275Charlie GreeneUSA10.010.07
4207Pablo MontesCUB10.110.14
5344Roger BambuckFRA10.110.15
6295Mel PenderUSA10.110.17
7171Harry JeromeCAN10.110.20
8583Jean-Louis RavelomanantsoaMAD10.210.27