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Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 4 × 400 Metres Relay
These are the official results of the men's 4 × 400 metres relay event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema .... Medalists Final Heats Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 References External links Official Report {{DEFAULTSORT:Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics - Men's 4 by 400 metres relay R Relay foot races at the Olympics Men's events at the 1968 Summer Olympics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics
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. These games were notable for a number of Olympic firsts and numerous world records. These included: *Dick Fosbury introduced the Fosbury Flop to the high Jump by jumping over backwards, whereas the prevailing methods involved jumping forwards or sideways. *The first African Gold Medallists in the 1500m and 3000m Steeplechase, as well as many other medals in middle and long distance events. Particularly symbolic of Africa's newfound dominance was the victory by Kenyan athlete Kip Keino in the 1500m final. *Bob Beamon broke Ralph Boston's 1965 and Igor Ter-Ovanesyan's 1967 World Record in the Men's Long Jump by 55 cm (22 in). This record was not broken until 1991. It remains the second best legal jump in history. *The World Record was broken in the Men's Triple Jump five times by three ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Balachowski
Jan Balachowski (born 28 December 1948) is a retired Polish sprinter who specialized in the 400 metres. He was born in Kraków and represented the club Cracovia Kraków.Sports Reference At the 1966 European Junior Championships he won a bronze medal in the 400 metres, as well as a silver medal in the 4 x 400 metres relay. At the he won a silver medal in the 4 x 300 metres relay, which he ran together with |
Furio Fusi
Furio Fusi (born 4 December 1947) is an Italian former sprinter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. Olympic results National titles *1 win in 400 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ... (1970) See also * Italy national relay team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Fusi, Furio 1947 births Living people Italian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics Italian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Italian people Sportspeople from Savona ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Giacomo Puosi
Giacomo Puosi (born 30 March 1946) is an Italian former sprinter who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics and in the 1972 Summer Olympics. Biography Achievements National titles *1 win in 200 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships The Italian Athletics Championships ( it, Campionati italiani assoluti di atletica leggera) are the national championships in athletics, organised every year by the Federazione Italiana di Atletica Leggera. The first edition, four races only, wa ... (1970) See also * Italy national relay team References External links * {{DEFAULTSORT:Puosi, Giacomo 1946 births Living people Italian male sprinters Olympic athletes for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1972 Summer Olympics European Athletics Championships medalists Mediterranean Games gold medalists for Italy Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Mediterranean Games Mediterranean Games medalists in athletics ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sergio Ottolina
Sergio Ottolina (23 November 1942 – 28 April 2023) was an Italian sprinter. He won a bronze medal in the 200 m at the 1962 European Athletics Championships and a silver medal in the sprint medley relay at the 1966 European Indoor Games. On 24 June 1964, he set a European record in the 200 m at 20.4 seconds that stood for three years. He competed at the 1964 and 1968 Summer Olympics in five individual and team sprint events in total, with the best achievements of seventh place in the 4 × 100 m relay (1964 and 1968) and in the 4 × 400 m relay (1968). Ottolina retired from competitions shortly before the 1972 Games due to a motorcycle accident. Ottolina died on 28 April 2023, at the age of 80. International competitions National titles *Two titles in the 100 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1963, 1964) See also * Italy national relays team at the international athletics championships The Italy national relays team at the international athletics champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Edwin Roberts
Edwin Anthony Roberts (born 12 August 1941) is a retired Trinidadian runner. He competed at the 1964, 1968 and 1972 Olympics in various sprint events and had his best results in the 200 m, in which he finished third in 1964 and fourth in 1968. He also won a bronze medal in the 4 × 400 m relay in 1964. Roberts attended North Carolina College in the United States between 1962 and 1966 where he was a member of the college track team. He was also part of the Trinidadian team that set a world record at 3:02.8 in the 4×440 yd relay at the 1966 Commonwealth Games. He was among world's top ten sprinters from 1964 to 1971, according to the votes of the experts of ''Track and Field News ''Track & Field News'' is an American monthly sports magazine founded in 1948 by brothers Bert Nelson and Cordner Nelson, focused on the world of track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on runni ...''. *In 1969 Roberts was awarded the Trinidad & Toba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benedict Cayenne
Benedict Hutchinson "Ben" Cayenne (22 March 1944 – 1 November 2014) was an athlete from Trinidad and Tobago who specialized in the 800 metres and 4 x 400 metres relay reaching the finals in both events at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. He was born in Barrackpore, Trinidad and Tobago and graduated from the University of Maryland in the United States. After his competitive career ended, Cayenne coached at Swarthmore College in Pennsylvania Pennsylvania (; ( Pennsylvania Dutch: )), officially the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is a state spanning the Mid-Atlantic, Northeastern, Appalachian, and Great Lakes regions of the United States. It borders Delaware to its southeast, .... He was inducted into the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) athletics’ Hall of Fame in 1984 and was also inducted into Trinidad and Tobago's Sports Hall of Fame. Achievements References 1944 births 2014 deaths Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Trinidad and Toba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Euric Bobb
Euric Allan Bobb (born 31 October 1943) is an economist and former athlete from Trinidad and Tobago. Athletics As an athlete he specialized in the 400 metres. He finished sixth in the 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1968 Summer Olympics, together with teammates Benedict Cayenne, Edwin Roberts and George Simon. Career Bobb was born in Trinidad and obtained a degree in economics from the University of Cambridge in England. After retiring from athletics he was appointed as the Governor of the Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is the central bank of Trinidad and Tobago. The Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago is located in the Eric Williams Financial Complex. The complex consists of the central bank auditorium and two sky-scrape ... from 1984 to 1988. In 1994, he was awarded the Trinidad & Tobago Chaconia Gold Medal for outstanding public service. References 1943 births Living people Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Athletes (tr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Simon (athlete)
George Simon (born March 14, 1942) is a retired athlete from Trinidad and Tobago, born in St. George's, Grenada St. George's (Grenadian Creole French: ''Sen Jòj'') is the capital of Grenada. The town is surrounded by a hillside of an old volcano crater and is located on a horseshoe-shaped harbour. St. George's is a popular Caribbean tourist destinatio .... Achievements References * 1942 births Living people People from St. George's, Grenada Trinidad and Tobago male sprinters Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Olympic athletes for Trinidad and Tobago Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago Competitors at the 1970 Central American and Caribbean Games Grenadian emigrants to Trinidad and Tobago {{Trinidad-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Sherwood (athlete)
John Sherwood (born 4 June 1945 in Selby, West Riding of Yorkshire, England) is a male retired United Kingdom, British athlete. Athletics career Sherwood won the bronze medal in the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968 for the 400 m hurdles. His time was 49.03 seconds, and he was third behind fellow British athlete David Hemery, who took gold, and German Gerhard Hennige (silver). The commentator, David Coleman, who in his great excitement after Hemery won, made the rather unfortunate remark "who cares who's third - it doesn't matter!" It was an early example of so-called Colemanballs. Sherwood also won a silver medal in the European Athletics Championships in 1969 and a gold medal in the Commonwealth Games in 1970. He also represented England at the 1974 British Commonwealth Games, England in the 400 metres hurdles event, at the 1966 Commonwealth Games and the 1974 British Commonwealth Games in Christchurch, New Zealand. He was a regular on the popular BBC sports programme The S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Hemery
David Peter Hemery, (born 18 July 1944) is a British former track and field athlete, best known as the winner of the 400 metres hurdles at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Early life Hemery was born in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, but his father's accounting work took the family to the United States, where he attended school and graduated from Boston University. At one point the family had returned to Britain for a time, and Hemery moved back and forth across the Atlantic during his training. Athletics career Hemery's first International title came at the 1966 Commonwealth Games, where he won the 120 yd hurdles in 14.1 seconds, a title he retained four years later at the 1970 Commonwealth Games (by then it was the 110m hurdles which he won in 13.8 seconds). at 3:35. At the Mexico City Olympics in 1968, Hemery won the 400m hurdles in 48.12 seconds, a new world record. His margin of victory was the largest since 1924, beating second-placed Gerhard Hennige from West ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Colin Campbell (athlete)
Colin William Ashburner Campbell (born 20 June 1946) is a British sportsman, who competed in track and field athletics and in the bobsled. He competed for Great Britain in the 1968 and 1972 Summer Olympics, before moving to bobsled and competing at the 1976 Winter Olympics, becoming one of only a handful of British athletes to compete at both the Summer and Winter games. Biography Born on the island of Jersey, Campbell was a sporty child who progressed through youth competitions to compete internationally in athletics for Britain. As a middle-distance runner Campbell competed in the 400 meters and 800 metres. He reached the second round of the 400m in 1968 and broke the British record in qualifying for the 800m in 1972, though running with an injury he did not progress out of the first round. He also competed for England at the 1970 and 1974 Commonwealth Games. He subsequently answered an advert calling for trialists for the British bobsleigh Bobsleigh or bobsled is a team ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |