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100 metres, Men

Date	13 – 14 October 1968
Status	Olympic
Location	Estadio Olímpico Universitario, Ciudad de México
Participants	67 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.

Pos	Number	Competitor	NOC	R1	QF	SF	Final
1	279	Jim Hines	USA	10.2 (1 h2)	10.1 (2 h1)	10.0 (1 h1)	9.9 (1)	Gold	WR
2	536	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.1w (1 h6)	10.1 (1 h1)	10.1 (2 h2)	10.0 (2)	Silver
3	275	Charlie Greene	USA	10.0w (1 h1)	10.0 (1 h4)	10.1 (1 h2)	10.0 (3)	Bronze
4	207	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1 (1 h4)	10.1w (1 h3)	10.1 (3 h2)	10.1 (4)
5	344	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1 (1 h5)	10.1 (3 h2)	10.1 (2 h1)	10.1 (5)
6	295	Mel Pender	USA	10.3 (2 h4)	10.1 (2 h2)	10.2 (4 h1)	10.1 (6)
7	171	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.3 (1 h7)	10.2 (4 h2)	10.1 (3 h1)	10.1 (7)
8	583	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.2 (2 h2)	10.1 (2 h4)	10.2 (4 h2)	10.2 (8)
5 h1 r3/4	202	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.3 (1 h3)	10.2 (3 h1)	10.2 (5 h1)	–
5 h2 r3/4	190	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	10.3 (3 h2)	10.2 (3 h4)	10.2 (5 h2)	–
6 h1 r3/4	210	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	10.2 (1 h9)	10.0 (1 h2)	10.2 (6 h1)	–
6 h2 r3/4	227	Iván Moreno	CHI	10.5 (2 h3)	10.3 (4 h1)	10.3 (6 h2)	–
7 h1 r3/4	63	Harald Eggers	GDR	10.3 (3 h7)	10.2 (4 h4)	10.2 (7 h1)	–
7 h2 r3/4	360	Gérard Fenouil	FRA	10.4 (1 h8)	10.3w (4 h3)	10.3 (7 h2)	–
8 h1 r3/4	542	Hideo Iijima	JPN	10.2w (2 h1)	10.3w (3 h3)	10.3 (8 h1)	–
8 h2 r3/4	84	Hartmut Schelter	GDR	10.3w (2 h6)	10.2w (2 h3)	10.3 (8 h2)	–
5 h1 r2/4	97	Andrés Calonge	ARG	10.4 (2 h9)	10.3 (5 h1)	–	–
5 h2 r2/4	64	Heinz Erbstößer	GDR	10.4 (2 h5)	10.2 (5 h2)	–	–
5 h3 r2/4	666	Marian Dudziak	POL	10.4 (3 h8)	10.3w (5 h3)	–	–
5 h4 r2/4	411	Barrie Kelly	GBR	10.5 (3 h3)	10.3 (5 h4)	–	–
6 h1 r2/4	410	Ron Jones	GBR	10.4 (3 h4)	10.4 (6 h1)	–	–
6 h2 r2/4	56	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	10.4 (2 h8)	10.3 (6 h2)	–	–
6 h3 r2/4	588	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	10.3w (3 h6)	10.3w (6 h3)	–	–
6 h4 r2/4	355	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	10.4 (3 h9)	10.3 (6 h4)	–	–
7 h1 r2/4	43	Karl-Peter Schmidtke	FRG	10.3 (2 h7)	10.4 (7 h1)	–	–
7 h2 r2/4	634	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.4 (4 h7)	10.3 (7 h2)	–	–
7 h3 r2/4	789	Amos Omolo	UGA	10.4 (4 h2)	10.4w (7 h3)	–	–
7 h4 r2/4	719	Canagasabai Kunalan	SGP	10.4w (3 h1)	10.3 (7 h4)	–	–
8 h1 r2/4	823	Vladislav Sapeya	URS	10.4 (4 h8)	10.4 (8 h1)	–	–
8 h2 r2/4	375	Mike Ahey	GHA	10.5 (3 h5)	10.4 (8 h2)	–	–
8 h3 r2/4	643	Robert Ojo	NGR	10.4w (4 h6)	10.5w (8 h3)	–	–
8 h4 r2/4	760	Eddy Monsels	SUR	10.4 (5 h8)	10.4 (8 h4)	–	–
4 h1 r1/4	674	Wiesław Maniak	POL	10.4w (4 h1)	–	–	–
4 h3 r1/4	827	Yevgeny Sinyayev	URS	10.5 (4 h3)	–	–	–
4 h4 r1/4	808	Aleksey Khlopotnov	URS	10.4 (4 h4)	–	–	–
4 h5 r1/4	128	Bernie Nottage	BAH	10.6 (4 h5)	–	–	–
4 h9 r1/4	30	Gert Metz	FRG	10.5 (4 h9)	–	–	–
5 h1 r1/4	716	Barka Sy	SEN	10.6w (5 h1)	–	–	–
5 h2 r1/4	703	Porfirio Veras	DOM	10.5 (5 h2)	–	–	–
5 h3 r1/4	676	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.5 (5 h3)	–	–	–
5 h4 r1/4	130	Norris Stubbs	BAH	10.6 (5 h4)	–	–	–
5 h5 r1/4	517	Ennio Preatoni	ITA	10.6 (5 h5)	–	–	–
5 h6 r1/4	775	Ron Monsegue	TTO	10.5w (5 h6)	–	–	–
5 h7 r1/4	612	Miguel Ángel González	MEX	10.5 (5 h7)	–	–	–
5 h9 r1/4	769	Norman Chihota	TAN	10.5 (5 h9)	–	–	–
6 h1 r1/4	702	Alberto Torres	DOM	10.7w (6 h1)	–	–	–			1
6 h2 r1/4	573	Julius Sang	KEN	10.6 (6 h2)	–	–	–
6 h3 r1/4	561	Charles Asati	KEN	10.6 (6 h3)	–	–	–
6 h4 r1/4	761	Chen Chuan-Show	TPE	10.8 (6 h4)	–	–	–
6 h5 r1/4	757	Hansruedi Wiedmer	SUI	10.7 (6 h5)	–	–	–
6 h6 r1/4	332	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	10.5w (6 h6)	–	–	–
6 h7 r1/4	535	Pablo McNeil	JAM	10.6 (6 h7)	–	–	–
6 h8 r1/4	109	Greg Lewis	AUS	10.5 (6 h8)	–	–	–
6 h9 r1/4	841	Horacio Esteves	VEN	10.6 (6 h9)	–	–	–
7 h1 r1/4	787	William Dralu	UGA	10.8w (7 h1)	–	–	–			2
7 h2 r1/4	694	Jorge Vizcarrondo	PUR	10.7 (7 h2)	–	–	–
7 h3 r1/4	184	Jimmy Sierra	COL	10.8 (7 h3)	–	–	–
7 h4 r1/4	135	Philippe Housiaux	BEL	10.9 (7 h4)	–	–	–
7 h5 r1/4	766	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	10.8 (7 h5)	–	–	–
7 h7 r1/4	598	Hassan El-Mech	MAR	10.7 (7 h7)	–	–	–
7 h8 r1/4	602	Félix Bécquer	MEX	10.7 (7 h8)	–	–	–
7 h9 r1/4	251	José Luis Sánchez	ESP	10.6 (7 h9)	–	–	–
8 h2 r1/4	847	Manuel Planchart	VEN	10.7 (8 h2)	–	–	–
8 h7 r1/4	721	Morgan Gesmalla	SUD	11.0 (8 h7)	–	–	–
8 h8 r1/4	241	Rafael Santos	ESA	11.2 (8 h8)	–	–	–
8 h9 r1/4	627	Juan Argüello	NCA	11.1 (8 h9)	–	–	–
DNF h6 r1/4	129	Tom Robinson	BAH	– (DNF h6)	–	–	–			3
DNS	538	Don Quarrie	JAM	–	–	–	–
DNS	671	Adam Kaczor	POL	–	–	–	–
DNS	842	Arquímedes Herrera	VEN	–	–	–	–
DNS	848	Héctor Thomas	VEN	–	–	–	–

Round One

Date	13 October 1968 — 10:00
Format	Top three in each heat and next fastest five advanced to the quarter-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	2.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	275	Charlie Greene	USA	10.0w	10.09w	Q
2	542	Hideo Iijima	JPN	10.2w	10.24w	Q
3	719	Canagasabai Kunalan	SGP	10.4w	10.47w	Q
4	674	Wiesław Maniak	POL	10.4w	10.49w
5	716	Barka Sy	SEN	10.6w	10.61w
6	702	Alberto Torres	DOM	10.7w	–		4
7	787	William Dralu	UGA	10.8w	–		5

Heat #2

Wind	0.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	279	Jim Hines	USA	10.2	10.26	Q
2	583	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.2	10.30	Q
3	190	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	10.3	10.37	Q
4	789	Amos Omolo	UGA	10.4	10.50	q	6
5	703	Porfirio Veras	DOM	10.5	10.51
6	573	Julius Sang	KEN	10.6	10.64
7	694	Jorge Vizcarrondo	PUR	10.7	10.71
8	847	Manuel Planchart	VEN	10.7	10.80

Heat #3

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	202	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.3	10.40	Q
2	227	Iván Moreno	CHI	10.5	10.53	Q
3	411	Barrie Kelly	GBR	10.5	10.55	Q
4	827	Yevgeny Sinyayev	URS	10.5	10.56
5	676	Zenon Nowosz	POL	10.5	10.57
6	561	Charles Asati	KEN	10.6	10.63
7	184	Jimmy Sierra	COL	10.8	10.88

Heat #4

Wind	0.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1	10.14	Q
2	295	Mel Pender	USA	10.3	10.35	Q
3	410	Ron Jones	GBR	10.4	10.45	Q
4	808	Aleksey Khlopotnov	URS	10.4	10.49
5	130	Norris Stubbs	BAH	10.6	10.67
6	761	Chen Chuan-Show	TPE	10.8	10.91
7	135	Philippe Housiaux	BEL	10.9	10.94

Heat #5

Wind	0.7 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	344	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1	10.18	Q
2	64	Heinz Erbstößer	GDR	10.4	10.42	Q
3	375	Mike Ahey	GHA	10.5	10.59	Q
4	128	Bernie Nottage	BAH	10.6	10.64
5	517	Ennio Preatoni	ITA	10.6	10.65
6	757	Hansruedi Wiedmer	SUI	10.7	10.75
7	766	Su Wen-Ho	TPE	10.8	10.81

Heat #6

Wind	3.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	536	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.1w	10.15w	Q
2	84	Hartmut Schelter	GDR	10.3w	10.34w	Q
3	588	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	10.3w	10.35w	Q
4	643	Robert Ojo	NGR	10.4w	10.47w	q
5	775	Ron Monsegue	TTO	10.5w	10.56w
6	332	Rogelio Onofre	PHI	10.5w	10.58w
DNF	129	Tom Robinson	BAH	–	–		7

Heat #7

Wind	0.4 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	171	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.3	10.35	Q
2	43	Karl-Peter Schmidtke	FRG	10.3	10.38	Q
3	63	Harald Eggers	GDR	10.3	10.38	Q
4	634	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.4	10.45	q
5	612	Miguel Ángel González	MEX	10.5	10.59
6	535	Pablo McNeil	JAM	10.6	10.62
7	598	Hassan El-Mech	MAR	10.7	10.79
8	721	Morgan Gesmalla	SUD	11.0	11.09

Heat #8

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	360	Gérard Fenouil	FRA	10.4	10.42	Q
2	56	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	10.4	10.42	Q
3	666	Marian Dudziak	POL	10.4	10.46	Q
4	823	Vladislav Sapeya	URS	10.4	10.46	q
5	760	Eddy Monsels	SUR	10.4	10.48	q
6	109	Greg Lewis	AUS	10.5	10.55
7	602	Félix Bécquer	MEX	10.7	10.72
8	241	Rafael Santos	ESA	11.2	11.22

Heat #9

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	210	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	10.2	10.30	Q
2	97	Andrés Calonge	ARG	10.4	10.44	Q
3	355	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	10.4	10.45	Q
4	30	Gert Metz	FRG	10.5	10.55
5	769	Norman Chihota	TAN	10.5	10.57
6	841	Horacio Esteves	VEN	10.6	10.65
7	251	José Luis Sánchez	ESP	10.6	10.69
8	627	Juan Argüello	NCA	11.1	11.18

Quarter-Finals

Date	13 October 1968 — 16:30
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.

Heat #1

Wind	1.8 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	536	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.1	10.11	Q
2	279	Jim Hines	USA	10.1	10.14	Q
3	202	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.2	10.23	Q
4	227	Iván Moreno	CHI	10.3	10.37	Q
5	97	Andrés Calonge	ARG	10.3	10.39
6	410	Ron Jones	GBR	10.4	10.42
7	43	Karl-Peter Schmidtke	FRG	10.4	10.48
8	823	Vladislav Sapeya	URS	10.4	10.51

Heat #2

Wind	0.5 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	210	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	10.0	10.10	Q=WR
2	295	Mel Pender	USA	10.1	10.16	Q
3	344	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1	10.17	Q
4	171	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.2	10.22	Q
5	64	Heinz Erbstößer	GDR	10.2	10.28
6	56	Gerhard Wucherer	FRG	10.3	10.33
7	634	Kola Abdulai	NGR	10.3	10.38
8	375	Mike Ahey	GHA	10.4	10.49

Heat #3

Wind	4.2 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	207	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1w	10.16w	Q
2	84	Hartmut Schelter	GDR	10.2w	10.29w	Q
3	542	Hideo Iijima	JPN	10.3w	10.31w	Q
4	360	Gérard Fenouil	FRA	10.3w	10.31w	Q
5	666	Marian Dudziak	POL	10.3w	10.32w
6	588	Mani Jegathesan	MAS	10.3w	10.38w
7	789	Amos Omolo	UGA	10.4w	10.45w
8	643	Robert Ojo	NGR	10.5w	10.58w

Heat #4

Wind	2.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	275	Charlie Greene	USA	10.0	10.02	Q=WR
2	583	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.1	10.18	Q
3	190	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	10.2	10.22	Q
4	63	Harald Eggers	GDR	10.2	10.25	Q
5	411	Barrie Kelly	GBR	10.3	10.35
6	355	Jocelyn Delecour	FRA	10.3	10.36
7	719	Canagasabai Kunalan	SGP	10.3	10.38
8	760	Eddy Monsels	SUR	10.4	10.45

Semi-Finals

Date	14 October 1968 — 16:00
Format	Top four in each heat advanced to the final.

Heat #1

Wind	1.6 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	279	Jim Hines	USA	10.0	10.08	Q=WR
2	344	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1	10.11	Q
3	171	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.1	10.17	Q
4	295	Mel Pender	USA	10.2	10.21	Q
5	202	Enrique Figuerola	CUB	10.2	10.23
6	210	Hermes Ramírez	CUB	10.2	10.25
7	63	Harald Eggers	GDR	10.2	10.29
8	542	Hideo Iijima	JPN	10.3	10.34

Heat #2

Wind	0.0 m/s

Pos	Lane	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	275	Charlie Greene	USA	10.1	10.13	Q
2	536	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.1	10.15	Q
3	207	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1	10.19	Q
4	583	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.2	10.26	Q
5	190	Gaoussou Koné	CIV	10.2	10.27
6	227	Iván Moreno	CHI	10.3	10.37
7	360	Gérard Fenouil	FRA	10.3	10.40
8	84	Hartmut Schelter	GDR	10.3	10.40

Final

Date	14 October 1968 — 18:00
Wind	0.3 m/s

Pos	Competitor	NOC	Time (Hand)	Time (Automatic)
1	Jim Hines	USA	9.9	9.95	WR
2	Lennox Miller	JAM	10.0	10.04
3	Charlie Greene	USA	10.0	10.07
4	Pablo Montes	CUB	10.1	10.14
5	Roger Bambuck	FRA	10.1	10.15
6	Mel Pender	USA	10.1	10.17
7	Harry Jerome	CAN	10.1	10.20
8	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	MAD	10.2	10.27