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Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) [3] is an American former track and field athlete and 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.
On the morning of October 16, 1968, [3] US athlete Tommie Smith won the 200-meter race with a world-record time of 19.83 seconds. Australia's Peter Norman finished second with a time of 20.06 seconds (an Oceania record that still stands), and the US's John Carlos finished in third place with a time of 20.10 seconds.
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.
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...
Jun 11, 2024 · American former track and field athlete Tommie Smith visits an exhibition on the Olympics at the Immigration Museum, Tuesday, June 11, 2024 in Paris. Smith and John Carlos gave a black-gloved salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
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.
Sep 3, 2016 · For 48 years, Tommie Smith has talked about the night he stood on the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fist thrust skyward. He had won the 200-meter sprint at the Mexico City Games, while...
Jul 9, 2020 · The image of sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raising their fists during a medal ceremony at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City is an enduring image of silent protest. But the key to...
Sep 10, 2018 · Former Olympic sprinter Tommie Smith reflects on his legacy and the resurgence of activism in sports. In the Boyle Heights neighborhood of Los Angeles, tucked between a gas station and what...
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.
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