1968 European Indoor Games – Men's 50 metres hurdles

The men's 50 metres hurdles event at the 1968 European Indoor Games was held on 10 March in Madrid.^[1]

Medalists[]

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Eddy Ottoz Italy	Günther Nickel West Germany	Czechoslovakia

First 4 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the semifinals.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	3	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.64	Q
2	1	Hinrich John	West Germany	6.74	Q
2	2	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.74	Q
4	2		Czechoslovakia	6.76	Q
5	2	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	6.82	Q
5	3		Poland	6.82	Q
7	1	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.84	Q
8	3	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.89	Q
9	3	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.89	Q
10	2	Pierre Schoebel	France	6.92	Q
11	1	Sergio Liani	Italy	6.94	Q
12	3		Romania	6.95
13	1		France	6.96	Q
12	1		Switzerland	6.99
13	2		Spain	7.02

First 3 from each heat (Q) qualified directly for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.62	Q
2	2		Czechoslovakia	6.72	Q
3	1	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.73	Q
4	1		Poland	6.73	Q
5	1	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.76	Q
5	2	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.76	Q
7	1	Alan Pascoe	Great Britain	6.78
8	2	Hinrich John	West Germany	6.79
9	2	Kjellfred Weum	Norway	6.80
10	1		France	6.84
11	1	Sergio Liani	Italy	6.86
	2	Pierre Schoebel	France	DNF

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Eddy Ottoz	Italy	6.52	WB
	Günther Nickel	West Germany	6.68
		Czechoslovakia	6.73
4		Poland	6.78
5	Viktor Balikhin	Soviet Union	6.79
6	Valentin Chistyakov	Soviet Union	6.95

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*50 metres hurdles