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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Location: National Stadium
Date Started: October 13, 1968
Date Finished: October 13, 1968
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the semi-finals.
| Gold: | Jim Hines |
| Silver: | Lennox Miller |
| Bronze: | Charlie Greene |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lennox Miller | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.1 | 10.11 | QU |
| 2 | Jim Hines | 22 | United States | USA | 10.1 | 10.14 | QU |
| 3 | Enrique Figuerola | 30 | Cuba | CUB | 10.2 | 10.23 | QU |
| 4 | Iván Moreno | 26 | Chile | CHI | 10.3 | 10.37 | QU |
| 5 | Andrés Calonge | 23 | Argentina | ARG | 10.3 | 10.39 | |
| 6 | Ron Jones | 34 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.4 | 10.42 | |
| 7 | Karl-Peter Schmidtke | 22 | West Germany | FRG | 10.4 | 10.48 | |
| 8 | Vladislav Sapeya | 25 | Soviet Union | URS | 10.4 | 10.51 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hermes Ramírez | 20 | Cuba | CUB | 10.0 | 10.10 | QU/=WR |
| 2 | Mel Pender | 30 | United States | USA | 10.1 | 10.16 | QU |
| 3 | Roger Bambuck | 22 | France | FRA | 10.1 | 10.17 | QU |
| 4 | Harry Jerome | 28 | Canada | CAN | 10.2 | 10.22 | QU |
| 5 | Heinz Erbstößer | 28 | East Germany | GDR | 10.2 | 10.28 | |
| 6 | Gerhard Wucherer | 20 | West Germany | FRG | 10.3 | 10.33 | |
| 7 | Kola Abdulai | 21 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.3 | 10.38 | |
| 8 | Michael Ahey | 28 | Ghana | GHA | 10.4 | 10.49 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pablo Montes | 20 | Cuba | CUB | 10.1w | 10.16w | QU |
| 2 | Hartmut Schelter | 25 | East Germany | GDR | 10.2w | 10.29w | QU |
| 3 | Hideo Iijima | 24 | Japan | JPN | 10.3w | 10.31w | QU |
| 4 | Gérard Fenouil | 23 | France | FRA | 10.3w | 10.31w | QU |
| 5 | Marian Dudziak | 27 | Poland | POL | 10.3w | 10.32w | |
| 6 | Manikavasagam Jegathesan | 24 | Malaysia | MAS | 10.3w | 10.38w | |
| 7 | Amos Omolo | 31 | Uganda | UGA | 10.4w | 10.45w | |
| 8 | Robert Ojo | 27 | Nigeria | NGR | 10.5w | 10.58w |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Greene | 23 | United States | USA | 10.0 | 10.02 | QU/=WR |
| 2 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | 25 | Madagascar | MAD | 10.1 | 10.18 | QU |
| 3 | Gaoussou Koné | 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 10.2 | 10.22 | QU |
| 4 | Harald Eggers | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 10.2 | 10.25 | QU |
| 5 | Barrie Kelly | 28 | Great Britain | GBR | 10.3 | 10.35 | |
| 6 | Jocelyn Delecour | 33 | France | FRA | 10.3 | 10.36 | |
| 7 | Canagasabai Kunalan | 25 | Singapore | SIN | 10.3 | 10.38 | |
| 8 | Eddy Monsels | 20 | Suriname | SUR | 10.4 | 10.45 |