Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 400 metres

Men's 400 metres

at the Games of the XIX Olympiad

Venue

Date

16 October 1968 & 18 November 1968

Medalists

	Lee Evans	United States
	Larry James	United States
	Ron Freeman	United States

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Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Track events
100 m	men	women
200 m	men	women
400 m	men	women
800 m	men	women
1500 m	men
5000 m	men
10,000 m	men
80 m hurdles		women
110 m hurdles	men
400 m hurdles	men
3000 m steeplechase	men
4×100 m relay	men	women
4×400 m relay	men
Road events
Marathon	men
20 km walk	men
50 km walk	men
Field events
Long jump	men	women
Triple jump	men
High jump	men	women
Pole vault	men
Shot put	men	women
Discus throw	men	women
Javelin throw	men	women
Hammer throw	men
Combined events
Pentathlon		women
Decathlon	men

These are the official results of the Men's 400 metres event at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. The competition was held on 16 & 18 of October. Times are listed as both hand timing and automatic timing. Hand timing was the official time used in the 1968 Olympics.

Heats

The top four runners in each of the eight heats, advanced to the quarterfinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Lee Evans	United States	45.3	45.40
2	Claver Kamanya	Tanzania	45.7	45.74
3	Christian Nicolau	France	45.7	45.77
4	Sam Bugri	Ghana	45.8	45.88
5	Manfred Kinder	West Germany	46.9	46.95
6	Ezra Burnham	Barbados	47.9	47.94

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	45.5	45.52
2	Clifton Forbes	Jamaica	45.7	45.75
3	Larry James	United States	45.8	45.83
4	Daniel Rudisha	Kenya	46.9	46.96
5	Angelo Hussein	Sudan	47.7	47.80
6	Victor Asirvatham	Malaysia	48.0	48.02

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Amadou Gakou	Senegal	45.3	45.39
2	Tegegne Bezabeh	Ethiopia	45.5	45.60
3	Ron Freeman	United States	45.6	45.67
4	Rodobaldo Díaz	Cuba	46.4	46.48
5	Ramon Magariños	Spain	46.9	46.92
6	Anthony Egwunyenga	Nigeria	47.3	47.37
7	Francisco Menocal	Nicaragua	49.1	49.14

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	46.4	46.50
2	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	46.7	46.73
3	Michael Zerbes	East Germany	46.8	46.84
4	Ross MacKenzie	Canada	47.0	47.05
5	Howard Davies	Great Britain	47.2	47.30
6	Jacques Pennewaert	Belgium	48.5	48.55
7	José Astacio	El Salvador	52.9	52.92

Heat five

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Amos Omolo	Uganda	45.8	45.85
2	Munyoro Nyamau	Kenya	45.9	45.91
3	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	45.9	45.93
4	Helmar Müller	West Germany	45.9	45.98
5	José Jacinto Hidalgo	Venezuela	46.3	46.32
6	Carlos Martínez	Cuba	47.2	47.28
7	Tony Harper	Bermuda	49.1	49.18

Heat six

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Jan Werner	Poland	45.9	45.97
2	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	46.2	46.27
3	Mamman Makama	Nigeria	46.4	46.49
4	Sergio Bello	Italy	46.5	46.54
5	Eddy Téllez	Cuba	46.7	46.80
6	Noel Carroll	Ireland	46.8	46.83
7	José L’Oficial	Dominican Republic	47.9	47.93

Heat seven

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Naftali Bon	Kenya	46.2	46.21
2	Jan Balachowski	Poland	46.2	46.23
3	Musa Dogon Yaro	Nigeria	46.2	46.24
4	Gilles Bertould	France	46.3	46.31
5	Don Domansky	Canada	46.4	46.46
6	Melesio Piña	Mexico	46.8	46.81
7	Leslie Miller	Bahamas	46.9	46.99
8	Yoyaga Dit Coulibaly	Ivory Coast	50.0	50.11

Heat eight

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	46.6	46.66
2	Colin Campbell	Great Britain	46.6	46.66
3	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	46.7	46.78
4	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	47.0	47.02
5	George Simon	Trinidad and Tobago	47.9	47.95
6	Omar Ghizlat	Morocco	48.2	48.23
7	Kun Min-Mu	Chinese Taipei	49.0	49.07

Quarterfinals

The top four runners in each of the four heats, advanced to the semifinal round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Amadou Gakou	Senegal	45.5	45.56
2	Larry James	United States	45.7	45.77
3	Claver Kamanya	Tanzania	46.0	46.03
4	Ross MacKenzie	Canada	46.1	46.15
5	Musa Dogon Yaro	Nigeria	46.1	46.19
6	Colin Campbell	Great Britain	46.3	46.35
7	Naftali Bon	Kenya	46.3	46.39
8	Sergio Bello	Italy	46.8	46.84

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Amos Omolo	Uganda	45.3	45.33
2	Lee Evans	United States	45.5	45.54
3	Munyoro Nyamau	Kenya	46.1	46.12
4	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	46.2	46.32
5	Jan Balachowski	Poland	46.3	46.33
6	Rodobaldo Díaz	Cuba	46.3	46.38
7	Juan Carlos Dyrzka	Argentina	46.8	46.85
-	Christian Nicolau	France	DNS

Heat three

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Jan Werner	Poland	45.6	45.63
2	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	45.9	46.00
3	Tegegne Bezabeh	Ethiopia	46.0	46.02
4	Sam Bugri	Ghana	46.0	46.08
5	Clifton Forbes	Jamaica	46.2	46.29
6	Daniel Rudisha	Kenya	47.6	47.68
7	Gilles Bertould	France	48.9	48.91
-	Sergio Ottolina	Italy	DNS

Heat four

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Ron Freeman	United States	45.3	45.31
2	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	45.6	45.60
3	Helmar Müller	West Germany	45.7	45.78
4	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	45.7	45.80
5	Martin Winbolt-Lewis	Great Britain	45.9	45.91
6	Michael Zerbes	East Germany	46.1	46.19
7	Mamman Makama	Nigeria	46.4	46.41
8	Pedro Grajales	Colombia	46.5	46.53

Semifinals

Top four in each of the two heats advanced to the final round.

Heat one

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)
1	Amadou Gakou	Senegal	45.1	45.17
2	Ron Freeman	United States	45.4	45.47
3	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	45.4	45.50
4	Tegegne Bezabeh	Ethiopia	45.5	45.60
5	Sam Burgi	Ghana	45.9	45.92
6	Helmar Müller	West Germany	46.2	46.22
7	Claver Kamanya	Tanzania	46.2	46.22
8	Wolfgang Müller	East Germany	48.3	48.37

Heat two

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)	Notes
1	Lee Evans	United States	44.8	44.83	OR
2	Larry James	United States	44.9	44.88
3	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	44.9	45.06
4	Amos Omolo	Uganda	45.4	45.52
5	Jan Werner	Poland	45.7	45.75
6	Munyoro Nyamau	Kenya	46.3	46.37
7	Jean-Claude Nallet	France	49.0	49.01
8	Ross MacKenzie	Canada	49.2	49.28

Final

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time (hand)	Time (auto)	Notes
01 !	Lee Evans	United States	43.8	43.86	WR
02 !	Larry James	United States	43.9	43.97
03 !	Ron Freeman	United States	44.4	44.41
4	Amadou Gakou	Senegal	45.0	45.01
5	Martin Jellinghaus	West Germany	45.3	45.33
6	Tegegne Bezabeh	Ethiopia	45.4	45.42
7	Andrzej Badeński	Poland	45.4	45.42
8	Amos Omolo	Uganda	47.6	47.61

References

400 metres at the Olympic Games

Summary

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Women	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016

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