Athletics at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games:

Men's 400 metres Final

Athletics at the 1968 Summer Games: Previous Summer Games ▪ Next Summer Games

Host City: Ciudad de México, Mexico
Venue(s): University Olympic Stadium, Ciudad de México
Date Started: October 18, 1968
Date Finished: October 18, 1968

Gold:	Lee Evans
Silver:	Larry James
Bronze:	Ron Freeman

Final

Rank	Athlete	Age	Team	NOC	T(H)	T(A)	L
1	Lee Evans	21	United States	USA	43.8	43.86	6	WR
2	Larry James	20	United States	USA	43.9	43.97	2
3	Ron Freeman	21	United States	USA	44.4	44.41	1
4	Amadou Gakou	28	Senegal	SEN	45.0	45.01	5
5	Martin Jellinghaus	23	West Germany	FRG	45.3	45.33	3
6	Tegegne Bezabeh	27	Ethiopia	ETH	45.4	45.42	4
7	Andrzej Badeński	25	Poland	POL	45.4	45.42	7
8	Amos Omolo	31	Uganda	UGA	47.6	47.61	8

Question, Comment, Feedback or Correction?

A Sports Reference Site: About SR/Olympics | Privacy Statement | Conditions & Terms of Service | Use of Data

Data provided by OlyMADMen, led by Hilary Evans, Arild Gjerde, Jeroen Heijmans, and Bill Mallon. Members: David Foster, Martin Frank, Jørn Jensen, Carl-Johan Johansson, Taavi Kalju, Martin Kellner, George Masin, Stein Opdahl, Wolf Reinhardt, Ralf Regnitter, Paul Tchir, Magne Teigen, Christian Tugnoli, and Morten Aarlia Torp.

Sports Reference LLC and www.sports-reference.com are not sponsored by or affiliated with the Olympics, the United States Olympic Committee or the International Olympic Committee. Trademarks featured or referred to on this website are the property of their respective trademark holders and not Sports Reference LLC or www.sports-reference.com.

Partner of USA TODAY Sports Digital Properties.