At the 1968 Summer OlympicsinMexico 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]
Athletics at the Games of the XIX Olympiad | |
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No. of events | 36 |
Competitors | 1,031 from 93 nations |
← 1964
1972 →
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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 | United States (USA) | 15 | 6 | 7 | 28 |
2 | Kenya (KEN) | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
3 | Soviet Union (URS) | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
4 | Australia (AUS) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 |
East Germany (GDR) | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | |
6 | Romania (ROU) | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
7 | Hungary (HUN) | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
8 | West Germany (FRG) | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 |
9 | Great Britain (GBR) | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
10 | Ethiopia (ETH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
11 | Czechoslovakia (TCH) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 |
France (FRA) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Poland (POL) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
Tunisia (TUN) | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | |
15 | Cuba (CUB) | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
16 | Austria (AUT) | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
17 | Brazil (BRA) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Finland (FIN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Jamaica (JAM) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Japan (JPN) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
Mexico (MEX) | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | |
22 | Italy (ITA) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
23 | Netherlands (NED) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
New Zealand (NZL) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Taiwan (ROC) | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | |
Totals (25 entries) | 36 | 36 | 36 | 108 |