Men 4x100m Relay Athletics XIX Olympic Games Mexico 1968 - Sunday 20.10 - Gold Medal: United States
Finaltime
1. United States38.2sCharles GreeneMel PenderRonald SmithJames Hines
2. Cuba38.3sHermes RamírezJuan MoralesPablo MontesEnrique Figuerola
3. France38.4sGerard FenouilJosselyn DelecourClaude PiquemalRoger Bambuck
4. Jamaica38.4sErrol StewartMichael FrayClifton ForbesLennox Miller
5. East Germany38.6sHeinz ErbstösserHartmut SchelterPeter HaaseHarald Eggers
6. West Germany38.7sKarl-Peter SchmidtkeGert MetzGerhard WuchererJoachim Eigenherr
7. Italy39.2sSergio OttolinaEnnio PreatoniAngelo SguazzeroLivio Berruti
8. Poland39.2sWieslaw ManiakEdward RomanowskiZenon NowoszMarian Dudziak
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The altitude did wonders for the times. Cuba won the first heat from the USA – 38.7 to 38.8, both national records – with Greene leaving the USA more than 5m back on the first leg. Jamaica then equalled the world record with 38.6, and the GDR won the final heat in 38.9, equalling the European record. Later in the day Jamaica and the GDR improved to 38.3 (38.39), a new world record, and 38.7 (38.72), a European best. Cuba then edged the USA, 38.6 for both teams, with France third in 38.8, again national records for all teams. The normally well drilled Soviet team dropped the baton, after almost doing so in their heat. In the final Charlie Greene was no longer hobbling, and the USA were in contact with Cuba and Jamaica, as both Caribbean teams had poor changeovers. Cuba showed better speed than the rest until the last changeover when Figuerola took over with 1.5m to spare over Hines. France were half a metre behind the USA. The technically proficient GDR team was in second place just ahead of the USA. Hines ran a scorching leg, almost certainly sub-9 seconds, to win by 2m from Cuba, while Bambuck just held off Miller, who lost only a metre to Hines. The first four teams crushed the pre-Olympic world record.
SemifinalsSaturday 19.10
Heat 1TimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. Jamaica38.3sErrol StewartMichael FrayClifton ForbesLennox Miller
2. East Germany38.7sHeinz ErbstösserHartmut SchelterPeter HaaseHarald Eggers
3. West Germany38.9sKarl-Peter SchmidtkeGert MetzGerhard WuchererJoachim Eigenherr
4. Poland38.9sWieslaw ManiakEdward RomanowskiZenon NowoszMarian Dudziak
5. Great Britain39.4sJoseph SpeakeRonald JonesRalph BanthorpeBarrie Kelly
6. Trinidad and Tobago39.5sRaymond FabienWinston ShortCarl ArcherEdwin Roberts
7. Cml39.6sAtta KouaukouN'dri KouameBoy DibyGaoussou Kone
8. Malaisia40.8sManikavasagam JegathesanKrishnan ThambusamyGunaratnam RajalingamJai Hock Lim
Heat 2TimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. Cuba38.6sHermes RamírezJuan MoralesPablo MontesEnrique Figuerola
2. United States38.6sCharles GreeneMel PenderRonald SmithJames Hines
3. France38.8sGerard FenouilJosselyn DelecourClaude PiquemalRoger Bambuck
4. Italy39.4sSergio OttolinaEnnio PreatoniAngelo SguazzeroLivio Berruti
5. Ghana39.9sEdward OwusuMicheal AheyWilliam QuayeJames Addy
-. BahamasDQ
-. NigeriaDQ
-. Soviet UnionDQ
Round 1Saturday 19.10 3
Heat 1TimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. Cuba38.7sHermes RamírezJuan MoralesPablo MontesEnrique Figuerola
2. United States38.8sCharles GreeneMel PenderRonald SmithJames Hines
3. Trinidad and Tobago38.9sRaymond FabienWinston ShortCarl ArcherEdwin Roberts
4. Bahamas39.4sGerald WisdomThomas RobinsonBernard NottageEdwin Jonnson
5. Nigeria39.4sTimon OyebamiRobert OjoBenedict MajekodunmiKolawole Abdulai
6. Ghana39.8sEdward OwusuMicheal AheyWilliam QuayeJames Addy
7. Domominican Republic41.4sLuis SorianoAlberto TorresRafael DomínguezPorfirio Veras
-. Puerto RicoDNS
Heat 2TimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. Jamaica38.6sErrol StewartMichael FrayClifton ForbesLennox Miller
2. France39.0sGerard FenouilJosselyn DelecourClaude PiquemalRoger Bambuck
3. West Germany39.1sKarl-Peter SchmidtkeGert MetzGerhard WuchererJoachim Eigenherr
4. Great Britain39.3sJoseph SpeakeRonald JonesRalph BanthorpeBarrie Kelly
5. Cml39.6sAtta KouaukouN'dri KouameBoy DibyGaoussou Kone
6. Japan40.0sNaoki AbeHiroomi YamadaShinji OguraHideo Iijima
7. Mexico40.0sFelix BecquerEnrique LabadiéGaldino FloresMiguel González
-. JapanDNS
Heat 3TimeAth.1Ath.2Ath.3Ath.4
1. East Germany38.9sHeinz ErbstösserHartmut SchelterPeter HaaseHarald Eggers
2. Soviet Union39.0sAleksey KhlopotnovEugeny SiniaevNickolay IvanovVladislav Sapeia
3. Poland40.2sWieslaw ManiakEdward RomanowskiZenon NowoszMarian Dudziak
4. Malaisia40.6sManikavasagam JegathesanKrishnan ThambusamyGunaratnam RajalingamJoi Hock Lim
5. Italy41.5sSergio OttolinaEnnio PreatoniAngelo SguazzeroLivio Berruti
-. TaiwanDNS
-. SwitzerlandDNS
-. VenezuelaDNS
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