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1 day ago · The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and commonly known as Mexico 1968 (Spanish: México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Olympic ...
5 days ago · Los XIX Juegos Olímpicos, que se realizaron en México, del 12 al 27 de octubre de 1968, significaron la entrada a la modernidad para estas justas deportivas, al ser los primeros en trasmitirse por televisión vía satélite a todo el mundo y ser los primeros en utilizar sistemas eléctricos para calificar las competencias, como el cronómetro fotográ...
3 days ago · Después de 16 días de actividades, el 27 de octubre de 1968, México bajó el telón de los Juegos Olímpicos, justa en la que obtuvo su mejor actuación y despidió a los 112 países que se dieron cita en tierra azteca para disputar el magno evento deportivo, el cual se realizó por primera vez en América Latina y por segunda ocasión en el continente, ...
2 days ago · The 1968 Mexico Olympics became the most successful summer games for the US in the post-war era. American athletes amassed 45 gold and 107 total medals, 16 gold and 16 total medals more than the second-placed Soviets.
2 days ago · The opening ceremony for the 1968 Games, in Mexico City, the first held in Latin America. Performances at the 1968 Games in Mexico City were affected by the altitude of the host city. These Games introduced the now-universal Fosbury flop, a technique which won American high jumper Dick Fosbury the gold medal.
4 days ago · Olympic Games in 1968 and that b) in the original Olympic Games in ancient Greece there were no ball games (they weren’t considered ‘serious’ enough!) - yet Mexico is home to the oldest recorded team sport with a ball anywhere in the world, and it was very much a game ‘of life and death’... (Written by Ian Mursell/Mexicolore)
5 days ago · Mexico 1968: Politics, protests, Black Power, and some harum-scarum high-altitude records. May 25 2024 Updated 52 minutes ago. David Dixon. 5 min read. American runners Tommie Smith (centre) and John Carlos (right) showing the Black Power salute during the medal ceremonies at the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968.
