Editing 1968 Summer Olympics (section)

===Black Power salute===
{{Main|1968 Olympics Black Power salute}}

[[File:John Carlos, Tommie Smith, Peter Norman 1968cr.jpg|160px|thumb|Gold medalist Tommie Smith (center) and bronze medalist John Carlos (right) showing the raised fist on the podium after the 200 m race]]

On 16 October 1968, African American sprinters [[Tommie Smith]] and [[John Carlos]], the gold and bronze medalists in the men's 200-meter race, took their places on the podium for the medal ceremony wearing human rights badges and black socks without shoes, lowered their heads and each [[Raised fist|raised a black-gloved fist]] as "[[The Star Spangled Banner]]" was played, in solidarity with the Black Freedom Movement in the United States. Both were members of the [[Olympic Project for Human Rights]]. [[International Olympic Committee]] (IOC) president [[Avery Brundage]] deemed it to be a domestic political statement unfit for the apolitical, international forum the Olympic Games were intended to be. In response to their actions, he ordered Smith and Carlos suspended from the US team and banned from the Olympic Village. When the US Olympic Committee refused, Brundage threatened to ban the entire US track team. This threat led to the expulsion of the two athletes from the Games.<ref>[http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day--US-Athletes-Give-Black-Power-Salute-on-Olympic-Podium.html On This Day: Tommie Smith and John Carlos Give Black Power Salute on Olympic Podium] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109003515/http://www.findingdulcinea.com/news/on-this-day/September-October-08/On-this-Day--US-Athletes-Give-Black-Power-Salute-on-Olympic-Podium.html |date=9 November 2020 }}. Findingdulcinea.com. Retrieved on 13 June 2015.</ref>

[[Peter Norman]], the Australian sprinter who came second in the 200-meter race, also wore an Olympic Project for Human Rights badge during the medal ceremony. Norman was the one who suggested that Carlos and Smith wear one glove each. His actions resulted in him being ostracized by Australian media<ref>{{cite news |first=Mike|last=Wise|title=Clenched fists, helping hand|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401753_2.html|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|date=5 October 2006|access-date=9 November 2008}}</ref> and a reprimand by his country's Olympic authorities. He was not sent to the [[1972 Summer Olympics|1972 games]], despite several times making the qualifying time,<ref name="BBC2">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7674157.stm |publisher=[[BBC News]]| title=The other man on the podium | access-date=9 November 2008 | date=17 October 2008| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081020092915/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/magazine/7674157.stm | archive-date=20 October 2008| first=Caroline | last=Frost}}</ref> though opinions differ over whether that was due to the 1968 protest.<ref name=smh>{{cite news|last1=Messenger|first1=Robert|title=Leigh sprints into wrong lane over Norman|url=http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/leigh-sprints-into-wrong-lane-over-norman-20120823-24oug.html|access-date=12 November 2015|work=Sydney Morning Herald|date=24 August 2012}}</ref> When Australia hosted the [[2000 Summer Olympics]], he had no part in the opening ceremony, though the significance of that is also debated.<ref name=smh /> In 2006, after Norman died of a heart attack, Smith and Carlos were [[pallbearers]] at Norman's funeral.<ref>{{cite news |first=Martin|last=Flanagan|author-link=Martin Flanagan (journalist)|title=Olympic protest heroes praise Norman's courage|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/sport/olympic-protest-heroes-praise-normans-courage/2006/10/09/1160246069969.html|work=The Sydney Morning Herald|date=6 October 2006|access-date=9 November 2008}}</ref>