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Athletics At The 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 1500 Metres
The men's 1500 metres event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City was held on 18 to the 20 of October. Fifty-four athletes from 37 nations competed. The maximum number of athletes per nation had been set at 3 since the 1930 Olympic Congress. The event was won by Kenyan Kip Keino, who beat World record holder Jim Ryun, who struggled to adapt to the altitude of Mexico City. It was the first medal for Kenya in the 1500 metres. Ryun's silver was the United States's first medal in the event since 1952. Bodo Tümmler took bronze, the first medal for West Germany as a separate nation. As of 2023, the winning margin of 2.98 seconds remains the only time the men's 1500 metres has been won at the Olympics by more than two seconds since the introduction of fully automatic timing. Summary While this Olympics was the emergence of Kenyan runners, Kip Keino was not an unknown quantity, he had won the 1966 Commonwealth Games and 1965 African Championships. In the final, it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio OlÃmpico Universitario
University Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium located inside Ciudad Universitaria, Mexico City, 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 69,000. 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: National Autonomous University of Mexico, UNAM and National Polytechnic Institute, IPN. From the late 1950s it was used for football matches, some American football matches and sport of athletics, athletics. American architect Frank Lloyd Wright called it "the most important building in the modern America". It then became the Olympic Stadium for the 1968 Summer Olympics, 1968 Summer Games. History For the 1968 Summer Olympics, the seating capacity was increased from 70,000 to 83,700 spectators (wi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Herb Elliott
Herbert James Elliott (born 25 February 1938) is a former Australian athlete and arguably the world's greatest middle-distance runner of his era. In August 1958 he set the world record in the mile run, clocking 3:54.5, 2.7 seconds under the record held by Derek Ibbotson; later in the month he set the 1500 metres world record, running 3:36.0, 2.1 seconds under the record held by Stanislav Jungwirth. In the 1500 metres at the 1960 Rome Olympics, he won the gold medal and bettered his own world record with a time of 3:35.6. Herb Elliot never lost a mile run and accomplished 36 wins over this distance. During his career, he broke four minutes for the mile on 17 occasions. Only David Richards came close to beating him. Elliott retired from athletics soon after the 1960 Olympics, at the age of 22. He made a career in business, and at one time was chairman of Fortescue Metals Group. He was also chairman of Global Corporate Challenge health initiative. Biography Elliott was born ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emilio Barahona
Emilio Barahona (15 April 1949 date of death unknown) was a Honduran middle-distance runner. He won Honduras' first medal at the Central American Championships and competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Career Barahona was seeded in the first 1500 metres heat at the 1968 Olympics. He ran 4:56.08 minutes to place 11th, failing to qualify for the semi-finals. At the 1970 Central American Championships in Athletics, Barahona won Honduras' first medal. He finished bronze on the 4 × 400 metres relay The 4 × 400 metres relay or long relay is an athletics track and field, track event in which teams consist of four runners who each complete 400 metres or one lap, totaling 1600 meters. It is traditionally the final event of ... with teammates Clovis Morales Chávez, Israel Laitano, and Mario Amador. Personal life Barahona was known as "El OlÃmpico". He was called one of the most prominent Hounduran athletes of the 1970s. He died ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Édouard Sagna
Édouard Sagna (born 11 September 1940) is a Senegalese middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol .... References 1940 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Senegalese male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Senegal Place of birth missing (living people) 20th-century Senegalese sportsmen {{Senegal-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julio Quevedo
Julio Faustino Quevedo Elias (17 October 1939 – 9 June 2025) was a Guatemalan athlete who competed in multiple Summer Olympics. Quevedo won a bronze medal at the 1967 Central American and Caribbean Championships in Athletics in the 5000 m. At the 1968 and 1972 Summer Games, he participated in a total of six events. In 1968, he ran in the 1,500 m, 3,000 m steeplechase, and 5,000 m events. Four years later, he again ran in the 3,000 m steeplechase, and competed in the 10,000 m and marathon The marathon is a long-distance foot race with a distance of kilometres ( 26 mi 385 yd), usually run as a road race, but the distance can be covered on trail routes. The marathon can be completed by running or with a run/walk strategy. There ...; he finished 54th in the latter event. Quevedo posted his career-best marathon time of 2:27:20 the next year. His top marks in other disciplines had been set between 1968 and 1971. In the 1,500 m, he had a best ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rudolf Klaban
Rudolf Klaban (born 5 April 1938) is an Austrian middle-distance runner. He competed in the 800 metres at the 1960 Summer Olympics and the 1964 Summer Olympics The , officially the and commonly known as Tokyo 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 honor was subseq .... References 1938 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1960 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1964 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Austrian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Austria Place of birth missing (living people) FISU World University Games silver medalists for Austria FISU World University Games bronze medalists for Austria Universiade medalists in athletics (track and field) Medalists at the 1961 Summer Universiade Medalists at the 1965 Summer Universiade Aus ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Róbert Honti
Róbert Honti (born 30 January 1943) is a Hungarian middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 800 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics The 1968 Summer Olympics (), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad () and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Ol .... References 1943 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Hungarian male middle-distance runners Olympic athletes for Hungary Place of birth missing (living people) Hungarian Athletics Championships winners 20th-century Hungarian sportsmen {{Hungary-athletics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dave Bailey (athlete)
David George Bailey (March 17, 1945 – August 27, 2022) was a Canadian track and field Athletics (sport), athlete, and subsequently a recognized pharmacologist, who pioneered the research of grapefruit–drug interactions. Athletic career Bailey represented Canada at the 1968 Summer Olympics in the men's 1,500 metres. He was the first Canadian to run the mile in less than 4 minutes (3:59.1) in San Diego, CA on June 11, 1966 and the first Canadian to run the mile in less than 4 minutes in Canada (3:57.7) in Toronto on July 22, 1967. A resident of North York, North York, Ontario, he won the bronze medal in this event at the 1967 Pan American Games and the silver medal in this event at the Athletics at the 1967 Summer Universiade, 1967 World University Games. He was two-time Canadian Universities Track and Field Athlete of Year (1965, 1967) and two-time inductee into the University of Toronto Sports Hall of Fame (individually 1998 and team 2003). He was a member of 9 Canadian nati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franco Arese
Francesco "Franco" Arese (born 13 April 1944 in Centallo) is an Italian middle-distance runner, competing mainly at 1500 m. Arese won the 1500 meters final at the 1971 European Athletics Championships in Helsinki, Finland. He was the President of Italian Athletics Federation (FIDAL). Biography Arese has won several Italian championships on 800, 1500 and 5000 meters. He competed in both the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City and the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, but on both occasions failed to qualify for the final. National titles He won 12 times the national championship. * 4 wins in 800 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1968, 1969, 1972, 1973) * 4 wins in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1986, 1967, 1968, 1970) * 1 win in 5000 metres at the Italian Athletics Championships (1971) * 1 win in Cross country running at the Italian Athletics Championships (1970) * 1 win in 1500 metres at the Italian Athletics Indoor Championships (1972) * 1 win in ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jorge Grosser
Jorge Grosser Castillo (born 8 July 1945) is a Chilean middle-distance runner. He competed in the men's 1500 metres at the 1968 Summer Olympics. International competitions 1Disqualified in the final 2Did not finish in the semifinals Personal bests *800 metres – 1:49.0 (ValparaÃso 1969) * 1500 metres – 3:42.5 (ValparaÃso 1971) *3000 metres – 8:10.3 (ValparaÃso 1971) *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 sta ... – 14:19.0 (ValparaÃso 1970) * 10,000 metres – 29:46.3 (ValparaÃso 1970) * 3000 metres steeplechase – 8:49.2 (ValparaÃso 1973) References 1945 births Living people Athletes (track and field) at the 1967 Pan American Games Athletes (track and field) at the 1968 Summer Olympics Athletes (track and field) at the 1971 Pan Ameri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Boulter (athlete)
John Peter Boulter (born 18 November 1940) is a British middle-distance runner who competed at two Olympic Games. Biography Boulter was educated at The Queen's College, Oxford and University of Bristol. He won the gold medal in the men's 4 × 400 metres relay at the 1963 Summer Universiade with Adrian Metcalfe, Menzies Campbell and Dick Steane. At the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, he represented Great Britain in the men's 800 metres competition. Boulter finished second behind Tom Farrell in the 880 yards event at the 1965 AAA Championships and third behind Noel Carroll at the 1966 AAA Championships. Boulter became the British 880 yards champion after winning the British AAA Championships title at the 1967 AAA Championships The 1967 AAA Championships was the 1967 edition of the annual outdoor track and field competition organised by the Amateur Athletic Association (AAA). It was held from 14 to 15 July 1967 at White City Stadium White City Stadium in London, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
