Men 100m Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Monday 14.10

Men 100m Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Monday 14.10 - Gold Medal: James Hines, United States

Final wind 0.3m/s		time	electr	L
1. James Hines	United States	9.9s WR	9.95s	3
2. Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.0s	10.04s	4
3. Charlie Greene	United States	10.0s	10.07s	1
4. Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.1s	10.14s	2
5. Roger Bambuck	France	10.1s	10.15s	6
6. Mel Pender	United States	10.1s	10.17s	5
7. Harry Jerome	Canada	10.1s	10.20s	7
8. Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	10.2s	10.27s	8

world Men 100m History

Olympic Men 100m 1964

Olympic Men 100m 1972

Competitors: 64; Countries: 42

Round	date	H	Athl.
Semi-Finals	14.10	2	16
Quarter-Finals	13.10	4	32
Heats	13.10	9	66

World Record

9.9 Jim Hines, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968

9.9 Ronnie Ray Smith, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968

9.9 Charles Greene, United States Sacramento, United States 20 June 1968

Olympic Record

10.0 Robert Hayes, United States Tokyo, Japan 15 October 1964

Jim Hines had a time of 9.9 seconds (hand-timed) or 9.95 seconds (auto-timed) in the final. This equalled the world record and set a new Olympic record, which were measured by hand-timing at that point. The 9.95 second time was recognized as the initial world record for electronic timed results when the IAAF changed its records rules in 1977.

Semi-Finals - Monday 14.10

First 4 from each of 2 Semis advanced to Final.

Semi 1		time	electr
1. James Hines	United States	10.0s	10.08s
2. Roger Bambuck	France	10.1s	10.11s
3. Harry Jerome	Canada	10.1s	10.17s
4. Mel Pender	United States	10.2s	10.21s
5. Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.2s	10.23s
6. Hermes Ramírez	Cuba	10.2s	10.25s
7. Harald Eggers	East Germany	10.2s	10.29s
8. Hideo Iijima	Japan	10.3s	10.34s

Semi 2		time	electr
1. Charles Greene	United States	10.1s	10.13s
2. Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.1s	10.15s
3. Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.1s	10.19s
4. Jean Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	10.2s	10.26s
5. Gaoussou Kone	Ivory Coast	10.2s	10.27s
6. Ivan Moreno	Chile	10.3s	10.37s
7. Gerard Fenouil	France	10.3s	10.40s
8. Hartmut Schelter	East Germany	10.3s	10.40s

The effects of altitude and improved synthetic track surfaces meant that 24 marks of under 10.20 were recorded in Mexico City (in 1964 there were three such times). Hines and Greene had been the first to record legal 9.9 clockings earlier in the year, and Greene ran the fastest ever preliminary race (10.02) in the second round. Hines won the first semi- final (10.08) from Bambuck (10.11) and Jerome (10.17), while Greene suffered a hamstring strain in taking the other semi-final in 10.13 from Miller (10.15) and the surprising Montes (10.19). In the final the tiny power-packed Pender (1.65/72kg) exploded out to an early lead, but was caught by Hines at halfway. Hines was a metre clear by 70m, at which point Greene aggravated his injury when attempting his usual late race surge. Miller slipped by Greene with 10m to go, and Hines finished with the first ever legal sub-10 mark on elec- tric timing. On television pictures, the photo-cell time shown at the finish was 9.89. That is because the timer mechanism was adjusted with a delay of 0.05 according to IAAF policy in 1964-1970. So the actual cell time would have been 9.94, which was adjusted to 9.95 when the photo- graph was examined.

Quarter-Finals - Sunday, 13th October

First 4 from each of 4 Quarters advanced to Semi-Finals.

Quarter 1		time	electr
1. Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.1s	10.11s
2. James Hines	United States	10.1s	10.14s
3. Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.2s	10.23s
4. Ivan Moreno	Chile	10.3s	10.37s
5. Andrés Calonce	Argentina	10.3s	10.39s
6. Ronald Jones	Great Britain	10.4s	10.42s
7. Karl-Peter Schmidtke	West Germany	10.4s	10.48s
8. Vladislav Sapeia	Soviet Union	10.4s	10.51s

Quarter 2		time	electr
1. Hermes Ramírez	Cuba	10.0s	10.10s
2. Mel Pender	United States	10.1s	10.16s
3. Roger Bambuck	France	10.1s	10.17s
4. Harry Jerome	Canada	10.2s	10.22s
5. Heinz Erbstößer	East Germany	10.2s	10.28s
6. Gerhard Wucherer	West Germany	10.3s	10.33s
7. Kolawole Abdulai	Nigeria	10.3s	10.38s
8. Micheal Ahey	Ghana	10.4s	10.49s

Quarter 3		time	electr
1. Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.1s	10.16s
2. Hartmut Schelter	East Germany	10.2s	10.29s
3. Hideo Lijima	Japan	10.3s	10.31s
4. Gerard Fenouil	France	10.3s	10.31s
5. Marian Dudziak	Poland	10.3s	10.32s
6. Manikavasagam Jegathesan	MAlaysia	10.3s	10.38s
7. Amos Omolo	Uganda	10.4s	10.45s
8. Robert Ojo	Nigeria	10.5s	10.45s

Quarter 4		time	electr
1. Charles Greene	United States	10.0s	10.02s
2. Jean Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	10.1s NR	10.18s
3. Gaoussou Kone	Ivory Coast	10.2s	10.22s
4. Harald Eggers	East Germany	10.2s	10.25s
5. Barrie Kelly	Great Britain	10.3s	10.35s
6. Josselyn Delecour	France	10.3s	10.36s
7. Canagasabai Kunalan	Singapore	10.3s	10.38s
8. Eddy Monsels	Suriname	10.4s	10.45s

Heats - Sunday, 13th October

First 3 from each of 9 Heats and next 5 Best times advanced to Quarter-Finals.

Heat 1		time	electr
1. Greene Charles	United States	10.0s	10.09s
2. Lijima Hideo	Japan	10.2s	10.24s
3. Kunalan Canagasabai	Singapore	10.4s	10.47s
4. Wieslaw Maniak	Poland	10.4s	10.49s
5. Barka Sy	Senegal	10.6s	10.61s
6. Alberto Torres	Dominicana	10.7s
7. Santino Dralu	Uganda	10.8s

Heat 2		time	electr
1. James Hines	United States	10.2s	10.26s
2. Jean Ravelomanantsoa	Madagascar	10.2s	10.30s
3. Gaoussou Kone	Ivory Coast	10.3s	10.37s
4. Amos Omolo	Uganda	10.4s	10.50s
5. Porfirio Veras	Dominicana	10.5s	10.51s
6. Julius Sang	Kenya	10.6s	10.64s
7. Jorge Vizcarondo	Puerto Rico	10.7s	10.71s
8. Manuel Planchart	Venezuela	10.7s	10.80s

Heat 3		time	electr
1. Enrique Figuerola	Cuba	10.3s	10.40s
2. Ivan Moreno	Chile	10.5s	10.53s
3. Barrie Kelly	Great Britain	10.5s	10.55s
4. Eugeny Siniaev	Soviet Union	10.5s	10.56s
5. Zenon Nowosz	Poland	10.5s	10.57s
6. Charles Asati	Kenya	10.6s	10.63s
7. Jimmy Sierra	Colombia	10.8s	10.88s

Heat 4		time	electr
1. Pablo Montes	Cuba	10.1s	10.14s
2. Mel Pender	United States	10.3s	10.35s
3. Ronald Jones	Great Britain	10.4s	10.45s
4. Aleksey Khlopotnov	Soviet Union	10.4s	10.49s
5. Norris Stubbs	Bahamas	10.6s	10.67s
6. Chuan-Show Chen	Taiwan	10.8s	10.91s
7. Philippe Housiaux	Belgium	10.9s	10.94s

Heat 5		time	electr
1. Roger Bambuck	France	10.1s	10.18s
2. Heinz Erbstößer	East Germany	10.4s	10.42s
3. Micheal Ahey	Ghana	10.5s	10.59s
4. Bernard Nottage	Bahamas	10.6s	10.64s
5. Ennio Preatoni	Italy	10.6s	10.65s
6. Hansruedi Wiedmer	Switzerland	10.7s	10.75s
7. Wen-ho Su	Taiwan	10.8s	10.81s

Heat 6		time	electr
1. Lennox Miller	Jamaica	10.1s	10.15s
2. Hartmut Schelter	East Germany	10.3s	10.34s
3. Manikavasagam Jegathesan	Malaysia	10.3s	10.35s
4. Robert Ojo	Nigeria	10.4s	10.47s
5. Ronald Monsegue	Trinidad Tobago	10.5s	10.56s
6. Rogelio Onofre	Philippines	10.5s	10.58s
-. Tom Robinson	Bahamas	DNF

Heat 7		time	electr
1. Harry Jerome	Canada	10.3s	10.35s
2. Karl-Peter Schmidtke	West Germany	10.3s	10.38s
3. Harald Eggers	East Germany	10.3s	10.38s
4. Kolawole Abdulai	Nigeria	10.4s	10.45s
5. Miguel González	Mexico	10.5s	10.59s
6. Pablo McNeil	Jamaica	10.6s	10.62s
7. Hassan Emech	Marocco	10.7s	10.79s
8. Gasmalla Morgan	Sudan	11.0s	11.09s

Heat 8		time	electr
1. Gerard Fenouil	France	10.4s	10.42s
2. Gerhard Wucherer	West Germany	10.4s	10.42s
3. Marian Dudziak	Poland	10.4s	10.46s
4. Vladislav Sapeia	Soviet Union	10.4s	10.46s
5. Eddy Monsels	Suriname	10.4s	10.48s
6. Gregory Lewis	Australia	10.5s	10.55s
7. Felix Becquer	Mexico	10.7s	10.72s
8. Rafael Santos	El Salvador	11.2s	11.22s

Heat 9		time	electr
1. Hermes Ramírez	Cuba	10.2s	10.30s
2. Andrés Calonce	Argentina	10.4s	10.44s
3. Jocelyn Delecour	France	10.4s	10.45s
4. Gert Metz	West Germany	10.5s	10.55s
5. Norman Chihota	Tanzania	10.5s	10.57s
6. Horacio Estevez	Venezuela	10.6s	10.65s
7. Jose Sanchez	Spain	10.6s	10.69s
8. Juan Argüello	Nicaragua	11.1s	11.18s

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