The men's 100 metres

100 metres

The 100 metres, or 100-metre dash, is a sprint race in track and field competitions. The shortest common outdoor running distance, it is one of the most popular and prestigious events in the sport of athletics. It has been contested at the Summer Olympics since 1896...

sprint event at the 1968 Olympic Games

1968 Summer Olympics

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...

took place between October 13 and October 14. The final was won by American

United States

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 Jim Hines

Jim Hines

James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...

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Heats

The top three runners in each of the nine heats and the next fastest five, advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one *

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charlie Greene Charlie Greene Charles Patrick Greene is a former backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball with four different teams from 1996 through 2000. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....		10.09
2	Hideo Iijima		10.24
3	Canagasabai Kunalan		10.47
4	Wiesław Maniak		10.49
5	Barka Sy		10.61

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jim Hines Jim Hines James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...		10.26
2	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		10.30
3	Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné is a former sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire, who represented his native West African country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1964, 1968 and 1972. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1965 All-Africa Games.-References:*...		10.37
4	Amos Omolo		10.50
5	Porfirio Veras		10.51
6	Julius Sang Julius Sang Julius Sang was a Kenyan runner. Along with teammates Robert Ouko, Charles Asati and Munyoro Nyamau he won the 4 x 400 relay race at the 1972 Summer Olympics for Kenya...		10.64
7	Jorge Vizcarrondo		10.71
8	Manuel Planchart		10.80

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final...		10.40
2	Iván Moreno		10.53
3	Barrie Kelly Barrie Kelly Barrie Kelly is a former sprinter from Bury, United Kingdom. He was born on the 2 August 1940. He was a member of Bury and Radcliffe athletic club....		10.55
4	Yevgeny Sinyayev		10.56
5	Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz Zenon Nowosz is a Polish sprinter who participated in world athletics for Poland in the late 1960s and 1970s. He competed in the 60 metres, 100 metres and 200 metres....		10.57
6	Charles Asati Charles Asati Charles Asati is a former Kenyan athlete, winner of gold medal in 4x400 m relay at the 1972 Summer Olympics.At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Charles Asati reached to the quarterfinal of 200 m and was a member of Kenyan 4x400 m relay team, which won the surprise silver medal, with a time of 2:59.6.At...		10.63
7	Jimmy Sierra		10.88

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pablo Montes Pablo Montes (athlete) Pablo Montes Casanova was a Cuban sprinter. His career highlight came in 1968 as he, together with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, and Enrique Figuerola, won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also fourth in the 100 m final, just outside the medals...		10.14
2	Mel Pender		10.35
3	Ron Jones Ron Jones (athlete) Ronald Jones is a retired Welsh track and field athlete.- 3 Time Olympian :Ron Jones represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960 ....		10.45
4	Aleksey Khlopotnov		10.49
5	Norris Stubbs		10.67
6	Chen Chuan-Show		10.91
7	Philippe Housiaux		10.94

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal...		10.18
2	Heinz Erbstößer		10.42
3	Michael Ahey		10.59
4	Bernard Nottage		10.64
5	Ennio Preatoni		10.65
6	Hansruedi Wiedmer		10.75
7	Su Wen-Ho		10.81

Heat six *

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennox Miller Lennox Miller Lennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller....		10.15
2	Hartmut Schelter		10.34
3	Manikavasagam Jegathesan		10.35
4	Robert Ojo		10.47
5	Ron Monsegue		10.56
6	Roba Negousse		10.58
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Heat seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		10.35
2	Karl-Peter Schmidtke		10.38
3	Harald Eggers		10.38
4	Kola Abdulai		10.45
5	Miguel Angel González Miguel Angel Gonzalez Miguel Ángel González , is a Mexican professional boxer best known to be world lightweight champion as a professional. He also campaigned as a junior welterweight, as well as welterweight in his career, and is currently rated as a junior middleweight but was never as respected as in his best...		10.59
6	Pablo McNeil Pablo McNeil Pablo S. McNeil was a Jamaican sprint athlete and sprinting coach. He participated in the 1964 Summer Olympics and the 1968 Summer Olympics. McNeil reached the semifinal of the 100 metres in the 1964 Olympics, finishing sixth with a wind assisted run of 10.30 seconds...		10.62
7	Hassan El-Mech		10.79
8	Morgan Gesmalla		11.09

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Gérard Fenouil Gérard Fénouil Gérard Fenouil is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger...		10.42
2	Gerhard Wucherer Gerhard Wucherer Gerhard Wucherer is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Klaus Ehl.-References:...		10.42
3	Marian Dudziak Marian Dudziak Marian Andrzej Dudziak was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and...		10.46
4	Vladislav Sapeya		10.46
5	Eddy Monsels		10.48
6	Greg Lewis Greg Lewis (athlete) Gregory Lewis is a former Australian Olympic athlete who competed in the 100 metres and 200 metres.-Achievements:...		10.55
7	Félix Bécquer		10.72
8	Rafael Santos		11.22

Heat nine

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968...		10.30
2	Andrés Calonge		10.44
3	Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay...		10.45
4	Gert Metz		10.55
5	Norman Chihota		10.57
6	Horacio Esteves Horacio Esteves Horacio E. Esteves Orihuela was a Venezuelan sprinter who jointly held the 100 metres world record at 10.0s from 1964-8. His record time was run on 15 August 1964 at the Estadio Nacional de "El Paraíso" in Caracas , matching the time set by Armin Hary in 1960 and Harry Jerome in 1962...		10.65
7	José Luis Sánchez		10.69
8	Juan Argüello		11.18

Quarterfinals

The top four runners in each of the four heats advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Lennox Miller Lennox Miller Lennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller....		10.11	EWR
2	Jim Hines Jim Hines James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...		10.14
3	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final...		10.23
4	Iván Moreno		10.37
5	Andrés Calonge		10.39
6	Ron Jones Ron Jones (athlete) Ronald Jones is a retired Welsh track and field athlete.- 3 Time Olympian :Ron Jones represented Great Britain at three consecutive Summer Olympics, starting in 1960 ....		10.42
7	Karl-Peter Schmidtke		10.48
8	Vladislav Sapeya		10.51

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968...		10.10	EWR
2	Mel Pender		10.16
3	Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal...		10.17
4	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		10.22
5	Heinz Erbstößer		10.28
6	Gerhard Wucherer Gerhard Wucherer Gerhard Wucherer is a German former athlete who competed mainly in the 100 metres.He competed for West Germany in the 1972 Summer Olympics held in Munich, Germany in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Jobst Hirscht, Karlheinz Klotz and Klaus Ehl.-References:...		10.33
7	Kola Abdulai		10.38
8	Michael Ahey		10.49

Heat three *

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Pablo Montes Pablo Montes (athlete) Pablo Montes Casanova was a Cuban sprinter. His career highlight came in 1968 as he, together with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, and Enrique Figuerola, won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also fourth in the 100 m final, just outside the medals...		10.55
2	Hartmut Schelter		10.75
3	Hideo Iijima		10.78
4	Gérard Fenouil Gérard Fénouil Gérard Fenouil is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger...		10.95
5	Marian Dudziak Marian Dudziak Marian Andrzej Dudziak was a Polish sprinter who specialized in the 100 metres.He was born in Wielichowo and represented the clubs Orkan Poznań and Olimpia Poznań. At the 1964 Summer Olympics he won a silver medal in the 4 x 100 metres relay with teammates Andrzej Zieliński, Wiesław Maniak and...		10.99
6	Manikavasagam Jegathesan		11.15
7	Amos Omolo		11.15
8	Robert Ojo		11.15

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charlie Greene Charlie Greene Charles Patrick Greene is a former backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball with four different teams from 1996 through 2000. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....		10.02	WR
2	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		10.18	NR
3	Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné is a former sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire, who represented his native West African country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1964, 1968 and 1972. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1965 All-Africa Games.-References:*...		10.22
4	Harald Eggers		10.25
5	Barrie Kelly Barrie Kelly Barrie Kelly is a former sprinter from Bury, United Kingdom. He was born on the 2 August 1940. He was a member of Bury and Radcliffe athletic club....		10.35
6	Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour Jocelyn Delecour was a French athlete, who won the bronze medal at the 1964 Summer Olympics in the 4 x 100 metre relay...		10.36
7	Canagasabai Kunalan		10.38
8	Eddy Monsels		10.45

Semifinals

The top four runners in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Jim Hines Jim Hines James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...		10.08
2	Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal...		10.11
3	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		10.17
4	Mel Pender		10.21
5	Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Enrique Figuerola Camue is a former sprinter from Cuba.His major international success was his threefold participation in the Olympic Games. He made his first appearance at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, were he finished fourth in the 100 metres final...		10.23
6	Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez Hermes Ramírez is a former sprinter from Cuba. Together with Juan Morales, Pablo Montes, and Enrique Figuerola he won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay in Mexico City 1968...		10.25
7	Harald Eggers		10.29
8	Hideo Iijima		10.34

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	Charlie Greene Charlie Greene Charles Patrick Greene is a former backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball with four different teams from 1996 through 2000. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....		10.13
2	Lennox Miller Lennox Miller Lennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller....		10.15
3	Pablo Montes Pablo Montes (athlete) Pablo Montes Casanova was a Cuban sprinter. His career highlight came in 1968 as he, together with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, and Enrique Figuerola, won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also fourth in the 100 m final, just outside the medals...		10.19
4	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		10.26
5	Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné Gaoussou Koné is a former sprinter from Côte d'Ivoire, who represented his native West African country at three consecutive Summer Olympics: 1964, 1968 and 1972. He is best known for winning two gold medals at the 1965 All-Africa Games.-References:*...		10.27
6	Iván Moreno		10.37
7	Gérard Fenouil Gérard Fénouil Gérard Fenouil is a former athlete from France who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for a France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Tokyo, Japan, where he won the bronze medal in the 4 x 100 metre relay with his team mates Jocelyn Delecour, Claude Piquemal and Roger...		10.40
8	Hartmut Schelter		10.40

Final

Wind

Wind

Wind is the flow of gases on a large scale. On Earth, wind consists of the bulk movement of air. In outer space, solar wind is the movement of gases or charged particles from the sun through space, while planetary wind is the outgassing of light chemical elements from a planet's atmosphere into space...

 = 0.3m/s

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Jim Hines Jim Hines James "Jim" Ray Hines is a former American track and field athlete, who held the 100 m world record for 15 years. He was the first sprinter to officially break the 10-second barrier in the 100 meters.-Track career:...		9.95	WR
	Lennox Miller Lennox Miller Lennox V. Miller was a champion runner and father of Inger Miller....		10.04
	Charlie Greene Charlie Greene Charles Patrick Greene is a former backup catcher who played in Major League Baseball with four different teams from 1996 through 2000. Listed at 6' 1", 170 lbs., he batted and threw right-handed....		10.07
4	Pablo Montes Pablo Montes (athlete) Pablo Montes Casanova was a Cuban sprinter. His career highlight came in 1968 as he, together with Hermes Ramírez, Juan Morales, and Enrique Figuerola, won an Olympic silver medal in 4 x 100 metres relay. He was also fourth in the 100 m final, just outside the medals...		10.14
5	Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck Roger Bambuck was a French athlete, who mainly competed in the 100 metres.He competed for France in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City in the 100 metres and in the 4 x 100 metre relay where he won the bronze medal with his team mates Gérard Fenouil, Jocelyn Delecour and Claude Piquemal...		10.15
6	Mel Pender		10.17
7	Harry Jerome Harry Jerome Henry "Harry" Winston Jerome, was a Canadian track and field runner. He was the grandson of John Howard, a railway porter who represented Canada in the 1912 Summer Olympics....		10.20
8	Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa is a retired Malagasy athlete who specialized in the 100 metres.At the 1964 Summer Olympics he was knocked out in the heats in both 100 and 200 metres....		10.27

Key: WR = World record; EWR = Equalled world record; DNF = Did not finish; * Wind assisted