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    Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.

  2. Jun 27, 2024 · Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944, Clarksville, Texas, U.S.) is a former sprinter who made history at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he won the 200-meter dash in 19.83 seconds—the first time that the distance was run in less than 20 seconds.

  3. Aug 6, 2021 · It’s a familiar image, even 53 years after the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, at which the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged one of the most iconic protests of the last...

  4. Oct 16, 2023 · US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics – but the protest came at a huge personal cost.

  5. Jun 11, 2024 · PARIS (AP) — The audience in Paris stood to applaud Tommie Smith, more than 50 years after he took a stand for civil rights. A second ovation was even longer, and the 80-year-old Olympic champion seemed overwhelmed with emotion.

  6. Aug 9, 2016 · As the strains of the Star-Spangled Banner wafted over the winds of Mexico City, sprinter Tommie Smith, a 24-year old athlete from Lemoore, California, stood in his red-white-and-blue tracksuit.

  7. Jul 21, 2021 · When the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal stand at the Mexico City Games to protest the oppression of Black Americans, they gave voice to...

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