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Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): University Olympic Stadium, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 14, 1968
Date Finished: October 14, 1968
Format: Top four in each heat advanced to the final.
| Gold: | Jim Hines |
| Silver: | Lennox Miller |
| Bronze: | Charlie Greene |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Hines | 22 | United States | USA | 10.0 | 10.08 | QU/=WR |
| 2 | Roger Bambuck | 22 | France | FRA | 10.1 | 10.11 | QU |
| 3 | Harry Jerome | 28 | Canada | CAN | 10.1 | 10.17 | QU |
| 4 | Mel Pender | 30 | United States | USA | 10.2 | 10.21 | QU |
| 5 | Enrique Figuerola | 30 | Cuba | CUB | 10.2 | 10.23 | |
| 6 | Hermes Ramírez | 20 | Cuba | CUB | 10.2 | 10.25 | |
| 7 | Harald Eggers | 26 | East Germany | GDR | 10.2 | 10.29 | |
| 8 | Hideo Iijima | 24 | Japan | JPN | 10.3 | 10.34 |
| Rank | Athlete | Age | Team | NOC | T(H) | T(A) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Charlie Greene | 23 | United States | USA | 10.1 | 10.13 | QU |
| 2 | Lennox Miller | 22 | Jamaica | JAM | 10.1 | 10.15 | QU |
| 3 | Pablo Montes | 20 | Cuba | CUB | 10.1 | 10.19 | QU |
| 4 | Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa | 25 | Madagascar | MAD | 10.2 | 10.26 | QU |
| 5 | Gaoussou Koné | 24 | Cote d'Ivoire | CIV | 10.2 | 10.27 | |
| 6 | Iván Moreno | 26 | Chile | CHI | 10.3 | 10.37 | |
| 7 | Gérard Fenouil | 23 | France | FRA | 10.3 | 10.40 | |
| 8 | Hartmut Schelter | 25 | East Germany | GDR | 10.3 | 10.40 |