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The Women's 800 metres competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.The event were held at the University Olympic Stadium on October 17–19. [1]Madeline Manning became the first Black woman to win an Olympic 800m title.
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. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries.
Four men have won consecutive 800 m Olympic titles: Douglas Lowe (1924/1928), Mal Whitfield (1948/1952), Peter Snell (1960/1964), and Rudisha (2012/2016). Only Caster Semenya (2012/2016) has won the women's title twice, but Maria Mutola, Kelly Holmes, Pamela Jelimo and Keely Hodgkinson have won gold and reached the podium twice. No athlete of ...
Men's 4x100 Relay record was set three times in Mexico City, including both semi-finals and the final by the United States which lasted until the next Olympics; Men's 4x400 Relay record by the United States lasted almost 24 years (although it was equalled after 20 years). Women's 100 meter record, set by Wyomia Tyus United States lasted almost ...
A. Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 4 × 100 metres relay; Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 80 metres hurdles; Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's 100 metres
Women's 4 × 100 m medley relay: October 17 Gold: Lee Evans: Athletics: Men's 400 m: October 18 Gold: Bob Beamon: Athletics: Men's long jump: October 18 Gold: Sue Gossick: Diving: Women's 3 m springboard: October 18 Gold: Bill Toomey: Athletics: Men's decathlon: October 19 Gold: Madeline Manning: Athletics: Women's 800 m: October 19 Gold: Don ...
The longest standing modern Olympic athletics record is Bob Beamon's achievement in the men's long jump at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [6] The jump, at 8.90 m (29 ft 2 in), also broke the existing world record by 55 cm (22 in), and stood as the world record for 23 years until Beamon's compatriot, Mike Powell, jumped farther in the 1991 World ...
The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (Spanish: México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.