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Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 10,000 Metres
The official results of the Men's 10,000 metres Race at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico held on Sunday October 13, 1968. There were a total number of 37 competitors from 23 nations. While Abebe Bikila had won the Marathon in the two previous Olympics to show Ethiopia's ability, this was Kenya's first ever gold medal, with Naftali Temu outsprinting leader Mamo Wolde Degaga "Mamo" Wolde ( amh, ማሞ ወልዴ; 12 June 1932 – 26 May 2002) was an Ethiopian long distance runner who competed in track, cross-country, and road running events. He was the winner of the marathon at the 1968 Summer Olympics. ... on the home straight. Final ranking References External links Results {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 10,000 Metres 10,000 metres at the Olympics Men's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Estadio Olímpico Universitario is a multi-purpose stadium located inside Ciudad Universitaria in Mexico City. It was built in 1952 and at that time was the largest stadium in Mexico. This stadium has a capacity of 72,000. The first major event held in the stadium was the 1955 Pan American Games. During the 1950s and the 1960s this stadium was used mostly for college American football matches between the largest Mexican public universities at the time: UNAM and IPN. From the late 1950s it was used for football matches, some American football matches and athletics. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it "the most important building in the modern America". The Olímpico Universitario hosted the 1968 Summer Olympics; for the event the seating capacity was increased from 70,000 to 83,700 spectators (without substantially modifying the original structure) to cover the IOC requirements for an Olympic stadium. It was the location of the track and field competitions, equestri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ron Hill
Ronald Hill MBE (25 September 1938 – 23 May 2021) was a British runner and clothing entrepreneur. He was the second man to break 2:10 in the marathon; he set world records at four other distances, and laid claim to the marathon world record. He ran two Olympic Marathons ( Tokyo 1964 and Munich 1972), and achieved a personal marathon record of 2:09:28. In 1970, Hill won the 74th Boston Marathon in a course record 2:10:30. He also won gold medals for the marathon at the European Championships in 1969 and the Commonwealth Games in 1970. Hill laid claim to the longest streak of consecutive days runningevery day for 52 years and 39 days from 1964 to 2017. Running career Hill held world records for (47:02, Leicester, April 1968; 46:44, Leicester, November 1968); (72:48.2, Bolton, July 1965); and 25 kilometers (15.5 miles) (75:22.6, Bolton, July 1965). In 1963, Hill won the event at the British Amateur Athletic Association (AAA) championships in a time of 27:49.8, equalling ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
János Szerényi
János Szerényi (born 21 August 1938) is a Hungarian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References External links * 1938 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Hungary Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Hungarian people Hungarian Athletics Championships winners {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tsugumichi Suzuki
is a Japanese long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 10,000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve .... References 1945 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Japanese athletics coaches Japanese male long-distance runners Olympic male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Japan Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Japan Championships in Athletics winners {{Japan-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manfred Letzerich
Manfred Letzerich (born 15 August 1942) is a German long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 1964 ( ja, 東京1964), were an international multi-sport event held from 10 to 24 October 1964 in Tokyo, Japan. Tokyo had been awarded the organization of the 1940 Summer Olympics, but this ho .... References 1942 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics German male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for the United Team of Germany Olympic athletes for West Germany Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century German sportspeople 21st-century German people West German Athletics Championships winners {{Germany-longdistance-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Leonid Mikitenko
Leonid Oleksiyovych Mykytenko (8 February 1944 – 3 March 2019) was a Ukrainian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ..., representing the Soviet Union. References 1944 births 2019 deaths Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Ukrainian male long-distance runners Soviet male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for the Soviet Union Place of birth missing {{USSR-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tom Laris
Thomas Constantine Laris (born June 26, 1940, in New York City, New York) is an American long-distance runner who competed in the 10,000 meters at the 1968 Summer Olympics. He finished in 16th place. He had previously won a bronze medal in the same event at the 1967 Pan American Games The 1967 Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, from July 23 to August 6, 1967. Winnipeg was chosen as host of the Pan American Games on its second try. It first bid for the 1963 Games at the 1959 PASO meeting in Chicago .... Laris's personal record (pr) in the mile was 4:06 in 1972. Laris also competed in Masters Track and Field.National Masters NewsRetrieved Nov 29, 2020 References 1940 births Living people Track and field athletes from New York City American male long-distance runners American people of Greek descent Olympic track and field athletes for the United States Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Pan American Games m ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jürgen Haase
Jürgen Haase (born 19 January 1945) is a former track and field athlete and Olympian, who, competing for East Germany, was among the world's best long distance track runners in the 1960s and 1970s. Twice during this period, in 1966 and 1969, he was European champion in the 10,000 meters. Career Haase trained with methods developed by Arthur Lydiard, the New Zealand trainer who was, at the time, still relatively unknown in Europe and was the surprise winner of the 1965 GDR 10,000 metres. At the European Championships in 1966, his teammate Jürgen May convinced him, with the help of a $500 bribe, not to wear his usual Adidas shoes but rather to wear Puma. This episode became something of a political scandal, in the course of which Haase was pardoned by the GDR Sports authorities. May, on the other hand, was permanently banned from the GDR national team. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fikru Deguefu
Fikru Deguefu (born 28 February 1937) is an Ethiopian long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics ( es, Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad ( es, Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 ( es, México 1968), were an international multi-sport eve ..., ranking 8th in the final. He also competed in the men's 10,000 metres, ranking 14th in the final. References External links * 1937 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Ethiopian male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for Ethiopia Place of birth missing (living people) {{Ethiopia-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Tagg
Michael John Tagg (born 13 November 1946) is a British former long-distance runner. He finished second in the 10,000 metres at the 1969 European Championships. Tagg was born in East Ruston, Norfolk. He competed in the 10,000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, finishing 13th. His sister, Mary Green, competed at the same Games. At the 1969 European Championships in Athens he won silver in the same event in 28:43.2, losing only to East Germany's Jürgen Haase; '' Track & Field News'' ranked him fourth in the world in his event that year. Two years later in Helsinki Tagg placed seventh, setting his eventual personal best of 28:14.65; he also set his personal bests for two miles (8:28.2) and 5000 metres The 5000 metres or 5000-metre run is a common long-distance running event in track and field, approximately equivalent to or . It is one of the track events in the Olympic Games and the World Championships in Athletics, run over laps of a stan ... (13:41.4 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rex Maddaford
Rex Montague Maddaford (born 9 March 1947) is a New Zealand long-distance runner. He competed in the men's 5000 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Maddaford ran collegiately for Eastern New Mexico University in Portales, New Mexico, winning the 1970 NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship The NAIA Men's Cross Country Championship is the annual cross country meet to determine the national champions of NAIA men's cross country running. It has been held annually since 1956. A team and individual championship are contested each year. ... individual title, among other accomplishments. Maddaford was inducted into the Eastern New Mexico University Hall of Fame in 1984. References 1947 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics New Zealand male long-distance runners Olympic athletes for New Zealand Place of birth missing (living people) Eastern New Mexico University alumni {{NewZealand-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tracy Smith (long-distance Runner)
Tracy Evans Smith (born March 15, 1945, in Altadena, California) is a former American distance runner. He was a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympic Track and Field Team, competing in the 10,000 meters. He was ranked multiple times by Track & Field News as the No. 1 U.S. 5,000- and 10,000-meter runner in the mid- to late ‘60s, and was a six-time AAU National Champion from 1966 to 1973, winning outdoors in the 3-mile, 6-mile and 10,000 meters, and three times in the indoor 3-mile. He was a three-time world record holder in the indoor 3-mile. High School and College Smith was a champion miler in high school, winning the California State Meet at Edwards Stadium, Berkeley, June 1, 1963, in 4:14.4 for Arcadia High. He was also the nation's fastest prep two-miler that year, ahead of Jim Ryun, with a national-prep-record time of 9:11.6, and was the fourth-fastest miler, nationally, in 1963, with a time of 4:12.6. On July 4, 1963, University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman hosted an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
