Athletics at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 36 |
Competitors | 1,031 from 93 nations |
Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics | ||
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Track events | ||
100 m | men | women |
200 m | men | women |
400 m | men | women |
800 m | men | women |
1500 m | men | |
5000 m | men | |
10,000 m | men | |
80 m hurdles | women | |
110 m hurdles | men | |
400 m hurdles | men | |
3000 m steeplechase | men | |
4 × 100 m relay | men | women |
4 × 400 m relay | men | |
Road events | ||
Marathon | men | |
20 km walk | men | |
50 km walk | men | |
Field events | ||
Long jump | men | women |
Triple jump | men | |
High jump | men | women |
Pole vault | men | |
Shot put | men | women |
Discus throw | men | women |
Javelin throw | men | women |
Hammer throw | men | |
Combined events | ||
Pentathlon | women | |
Decathlon | men | |
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries.[1][2]
These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records. These included:
This was the first Olympics to use an all-weather track surface now used in every major international athletics competition.
Rank | Nation | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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1 | ![]() | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
2 | ![]() | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
3 | ![]() | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
4 | ![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
![]() | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
6 | ![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | ![]() | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
8 | ![]() | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
9 | ![]() | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | ![]() | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | ![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
![]() | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | ![]() | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | ![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
23 | ![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
![]() | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (25 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |