Editing 1968 Summer Olympics

{{short description|Multi-sport event in Mexico City}}
{{about|the sporting event|the social movement|Mexican Movement of 1968}}
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{{Infobox Olympic games|1968|Summer|Olympics|
| image       = 1968 Mexico emblem.svg
| image_size  = 220
| caption     = Emblem of the 1968 Summer Olympics
| host_city   = [[Mexico City]], Mexico
| nations     = 112
| athletes    = 5,516 (4,735 men, 781 women)
| events      = 172 in 18 [[Olympic sports|sports]] (24 disciplines)
| opening     = 12 October 1968
| closing     = 27 October 1968
| opened_by   = [[President of Mexico|President]] [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron">{{cite press release |title=Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad|url=https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf|url-status=live |publisher=International Olympic Committee|date=9 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160814215458/https://stillmed.olympic.org/Documents/Reference_documents_Factsheets/Opening_ceremony_of_the_Games_of_the_Olympiad.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2016|access-date=22 December 2018}}</ref>
| closed_by   = [[President of the International Olympic Committee|IOC President]] [[Avery Brundage]]
| cauldron    = [[Enriqueta Basilio]]<ref name="Opening and Cauldron"/>
| stadium     = [[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]]
| summer_prev = [[1964 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 1964]]
| summer_next = [[1972 Summer Olympics|Munich 1972]]
| winter_prev = [[1968 Winter Olympics|Grenoble 1968]]
| winter_next = [[1972 Winter Olympics|Sapporo 1972]]
}}

The '''1968 Summer Olympics''' ({{langx|es|Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968}}), officially known as the '''Games of the XIX Olympiad''' ({{langx|es|Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada}}) and officially branded as '''Mexico 1968''' ({{langx|es|México 1968}}), were an international [[multi-sport event]] held from 12 to 27 October 1968, in [[Mexico City]], Mexico. These were the first [[Olympic Games]] to be staged in [[Latin America]], the first to be staged in a [[Hispanophone|Spanish-speaking]] country, and the first to be staged in the [[Global South]]. Consequently, these games also marked the first time that there would be a gap of two Olympic Games not to be held in Europe. They were also the first Games to use an [[All-weather running track|all-weather]] (smooth) track for [[track and field]] events instead of the traditional [[cinder track]], as well as the first example of the Olympics exclusively using electronic timekeeping equipment.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Omega, the Olympics, and the innovations required to time the Earth's Best|url=https://secondtime.com/blog/omega-the-olympics-and-the-innovations-required-to-time-the-earths-best/|access-date=2021-07-24|website=SecondTime|language=en}}</ref>

The 1968 Games were the third to be held in the last quarter of the year, after the [[1956 Summer Olympics|1956 Games in Melbourne]] and the [[1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Games in Tokyo]]. The [[Mexican Movement of 1968|1968 Mexican Student Movement]] was [[Tlatelolco massacre|crushed days prior]], hence the Games were correlated to the government's repression.

The United States won the most gold and overall medals for the last time until [[1984 Summer Olympics|the 1984 Summer Games]].

==Host city selection==
[[File:Opening Ceremony Mexico 87 University Stadium.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Opening Ceremony of the 1968 Summer Olympic Games at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario in Mexico City]]

On 18 October 1963, at the 60th [[List of IOC meetings#IOC Sessions|IOC Session]] in [[Baden-Baden]], [[West Germany]], Mexico City finished ahead of bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Lyon to host the Games.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |title=IOC Vote History |access-date=11 June 2008 |archive-date=25 May 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080525070757/http://www.aldaver.com/votes.html |url-status=usurped }}</ref>

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! City 
! Country 
| style="background:silver;"|'''Round 1''' 
|-
| [[Mexico City]] || {{flag|Mexico|1934}} || style="text-align:center;"|'''30'''
|-
| [[Detroit]] || {{flag|United States}} || style="text-align:center;"|14
|-
| [[Lyon]] || {{flag|France}} || style="text-align:center;"|12
|-
| [[Buenos Aires]] || {{flag|Argentina}} || style="text-align:center;"|2
|}

==Olympic torch relay==
The [[1968 Summer Olympics torch relay|1968 torch relay]] recreated the route taken by [[Christopher Columbus]] to the [[New World]], journeying from Greece through Italy and Spain to San Salvador Island, Bahamas, and then on to Mexico.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.olympic.org/mexico-1968|title=Mexico 1968 Summer Olympics - results & video highlights|date=18 December 2018|website=International Olympic Committee|language=en|access-date=19 January 2019}}</ref> American [[sculptor]] [[James Metcalf (artist)|James Metcalf]], an [[expatriate]] in Mexico, won the commission to forge the [[Olympic torch]] for the 1968 Summer Games.<ref name=independent>{{cite news|first=Adrian|last=Dannatt|title=James Metcalf: US sculptor who led a community of artists and artisans in Mexico |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-metcalf-us-sculptor-who-led-a-community-of-artists-and-artisans-in-mexico-6988891.html |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/james-metcalf-us-sculptor-who-led-a-community-of-artists-and-artisans-in-mexico-6988891.html |archive-date=1 May 2022 |url-access=subscription |url-status=live |work=[[The Independent]] |date=17 February 2012 |access-date=25 February 2012}}{{cbignore}}</ref>

==Visual identity==
The logo is viewed as a Mexican [[cultural icon]].<ref name="l461"/><ref name="e931">{{cite news | title=Behind the iconic graphics from 1968, from the artists who created them | newspaper=Washington Post | date=2018-05-30 | url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/05/30/feature/behind-the-iconic-graphics-from-1968-from-the-artists-who-created-them/ | access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref> It was the subject of dispute between American designer [[Lance Wyman]] and Mexican architect [[Pedro Ramírez Vázquez]] over who originated the graphic concepts.<ref name="l461">{{cite web | last=Cervantes | first=Rodrigo | title=Mexico 68 Olympics Design Is Still Revered, Disputed | website=KJZZ | date=2018-10-12 | url=https://www.kjzz.org/2018-10-12/content-711559-after-50-years-iconic-mexico-68-olympics-design-still-revered-and-disputed | access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref> Architect Eduardo Terrazas also worked under Ramirez's direction to develop the concept.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=odT8sLuq1Zc |title=Entornos urbanos y Tablas |date=2024-08-12 |last=Museo MARCO |access-date=2024-10-25 |via=YouTube}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=mexico68 |url=https://eduardoterrazas.com/index.php/mexico68/ |access-date=2024-10-25 |website=Eduardo Terrazas |language=es}}</ref>  A pink [[chacmool]] [[jaguar]], which was sold in souvenir shops, is considered an unofficial [[List of Olympic mascots|mascot]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mexico 1968 – Chac Mool (unofficial mascot) |url=http://www.theolympicdesign.com/olympic-games/mascots/mexico-1968/ |access-date=2024-08-02 |website=theolympicdesign – Olympic Design Webseite! |language=en-US}}</ref> The [[dove of peace]] was also a symbol of the Games, which was appropriated by student protesters with a [[bayonet]] piercing it.<ref name="q163">{{cite web | title=Imágenes y revuelta: la gráfica del 68 | website=MUAC  | url=https://muac.unam.mx/exposicion/imagenes-y-revuelta-la-grafica-del-68 | language=es | access-date=2024-09-30}}</ref>

==Highlights==
[[File:Lopez Mateos.jpg|thumb|[[Adolfo López Mateos]], President of Mexico from 1958 to 1964 and first chairman of the Organization Committee of the 1968 Summer Olympics]]
* In the medal award ceremony for the [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Men's 200 metres|men's 200 metres race]], [[Black American]] athletes [[Tommie Smith]] (gold) and [[John Carlos]] (bronze) took a stand for [[civil rights]] by raising their [[1968 Olympics Black Power salute|black-gloved fists]] and wearing black socks in lieu of shoes. The Australian [[Peter Norman]], who had run second, wore an American "human rights" badge as a gesture of support to them on the podium. In response, the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]] banned Smith and Carlos from the Olympic Games for life, and Norman's omission from Australia's Olympic team in 1972 was allegedly as punishment.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.com/learning/general/onthisday/big/1018.html|title=2 Black Power Advocates Ousted From Olympics|website=archive.nytimes.com|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnn.com/2012/04/24/sport/olympics-norman-black-power/index.html|title=The third man: The forgotten Black Power hero|last=Montague|first=James |work=[[CNN]]|access-date=4 June 2018}}</ref>
* [[George Foreman]] won the gold medal in heavyweight boxing division by defeating Soviet [[Jonas Čepulis]] via a second-round TKO. After the victory, Foreman waved a small American flag as he bowed to the crowd.<ref>{{Citation|first=George|last=Foreman|title=George Foreman vs Ionas Chepulis (1968 Gold medal boxing match)|date=12 November 2011|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iswHPKP5sEU| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211103/iswHPKP5sEU| archive-date=2021-11-03 | url-status=live|access-date=4 June 2018}}{{cbignore}}</ref>
* The high [[elevation]] of [[Mexico City]], at {{convert|2240|m|ft|abbr=on}} [[Sea level#AMSL|above sea level]], influenced many of the events, particularly in track and field. No other Summer Olympic Games before or since have been held at high elevation.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh97OBEUTn4C&q=3M%20tartan%20surface%20olympics%201968&pg=PA23|title=Historical Dictionary of Track and Field|last=Matthews|first=Peter|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810879850|language=en}}</ref>
* In addition to high elevation, this was the first Olympics to use a synthetic all-weather surface for track and field events; the "[[Tartan track|Tartan]]" surface was originally developed by [[3M]] for horse racing, but did not catch on. The tracks at previous Olympics were conventional [[Cinder track|cinder]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kh97OBEUTn4C|title=Historical Dictionary of Track and Field|last=Matthews|first=Peter|date=22 March 2012|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=9780810879850|language=en}}</ref>
* For the first time, [[East Germany|East]] and [[West Germany]] competed as separate teams, after being forced by the IOC to compete as a [[United Team of Germany|combined German team]] in 1956, 1960, and 1964. 
* [[Al Oerter]] won his fourth consecutive [[gold medal]] in the [[discus throw|discus]] to become only the second athlete to achieve this feat in an individual event, and the first in [[sport of athletics|athletics]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/sports/othersports/02oerter.html|title=Al Oerter, Olympic Discus Champion, Is Dead at 71|last=Litsky|first=Frank|newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=2 October 2007|access-date=25 January 2017|via=Proquest Newspapers}}</ref>
* [[Bob Beamon]] leapt {{convert|8.90|m|ftin|2|abbr=on}} in the [[long jump]], an incredible {{convert|55|cm|in|abbr=on}} improvement over the previous world record. It stood as the world record for 23 years, until broken by American [[Mike Powell (athlete)|Mike Powell]] in 1991; yet it has stood as the current Olympic record for {{years ago|1968}} years. [[Jim Hines]], [[Tommie Smith]] and [[Lee Evans (athlete)|Lee Evans]] also set long-standing world records in the 100 m, 200 m and 400 m, respectively.{{citation needed|date = February 2015}}
* In the [[triple jump]], the previous world record was improved five times by three different athletes. Winner [[Viktor Saneev]] also won in 1972 and 1976, and won silver in 1980.
* [[Dick Fosbury]] won the gold medal in the [[high jump]] using his unconventional [[Fosbury flop]] technique, which quickly became the dominant technique in the event.<ref>[https://books.google.com/books?id=V36zXZm2bJ4C&q=Fosbury+%22mexico+city%22&pg=PA333 The Sports of the Times: A Day-by-Day Selection of the Most Important, Thrilling and Inspired Events of the Past 150 Years], edited by William Taaffe, David Fischer, New York, N.Y, U.S.: [[The New York Times]] and St. Martin's Press, 2003, "October 20, 1968: Fearless Fosbury Flops to Glory," Joseph Durso, page 333.</ref>
* [[Věra Čáslavská]] of [[Czechoslovakia]] won four gold medals in [[gymnastics]] and protested the Soviet invasion of her country.<ref>{{cite news |title='I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest |work=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230221225620/https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544 |archive-date=2023-02-21 |url-status=live |url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544}}</ref>
* [[Debbie Meyer]] became the first swimmer to win three individual gold medals, in the 200, 400 and 800 m [[Freestyle swimming|freestyle]] events. The 800 m was a new long-distance event for women. Meyer was only 16 years old, a student at [[Rio Americano High School]] in [[Sacramento, California]]. Meyer was the first of several American teenagers to win the 800 m, with [[Katie Ledecky]] being her notable successor.
* American swimmer [[Charlie Hickcox]] won three gold medals (200&nbsp;m IM, 400&nbsp;m IM, 4 × 100&nbsp;m medley relay) and one silver medal (100&nbsp;m backstroke).<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/mexico-1968/swimming|title=Mexico 1968 Swimming - Results & Videos|date=8 September 2016|newspaper=International Olympic Committee|access-date=13 February 2017|language=en}}</ref>{{citation needed|date = February 2015}}
* The introduction of [[Doping (Sport)|doping]] tests resulted in the first disqualification because of doping: [[Sweden|Swedish]] [[modern pentathlon|pentathlete]] [[Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall]] was disqualified for [[alcoholic beverage|alcohol]] use (he drank several [[beer]]s just prior to competing).<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Mason |first1=Christopher |title=Gold medals, vitamin V and miscreant sports |journal=Canadian Medical Association Journal |date=July 29, 2008 |volume=179 |issue=3 |pages=219–222 |doi=10.1503/cmaj.080993 |pmid=18663195 |pmc=2474878 |url=https://www.cmaj.ca/content/179/3/219 |access-date=June 25, 2022}}</ref>
* [[John Stephen Akhwari]] of [[Tanzania]] became internationally famous after finishing the marathon, in the last place, despite a dislocated knee.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://hub.olympic.org/news/tanzanias-most-inspirational-athlete/ |title=Tanzania's most inspirational athlete : IOC – HUB |access-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001035332/https://hub.olympic.org/news/tanzanias-most-inspirational-athlete/ |archive-date=1 October 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* This was the first of three Olympic participation by [[Jacques Rogge]]. He competed in [[yachting]] and would later become the president of the [[International Olympic Committee|IOC]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.olympic.org/count-jacques-rogge|title=Count Jacques ROGGE - Comité Olympique et Interfédéral Belge, IOC Member since 1991|date=17 January 2017|newspaper=International Olympic Committee|language=en|access-date=19 January 2017}}</ref>
* [[Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo]] of Mexico became the first woman to light the Olympic cauldron with the Olympic flame.{{citation needed|date = February 2015}}
* It was the first games at which there was a significant African presence in men's distance running. Africans won at least one medal in all running events from 800 meters to the marathon, and in so doing they set a trend for future games. Most of these runners came from high-altitude areas of countries like [[Kenya]] and [[Ethiopia]], and they were well-prepared for the 2240 m elevation of [[Mexico City]].<ref>{{Cite journal |last1=García-Soriano |first1=Daniel |last2=Quesada-Román |first2=Adolfo |last3=Zamorano-Orozco |first3=José Juan |date=2020-10-01 |title=Geomorphological hazards susceptibility in high-density urban areas: A case study of Mexico City |journal=Journal of South American Earth Sciences |volume=102 |pages=102667 |doi=10.1016/j.jsames.2020.102667 |bibcode=2020JSAES.10202667G |issn=0895-9811|doi-access=free }}</ref>
* [[Kipchoge Keino]] of Kenya, competing in spite of unexpected bouts of severe abdominal pain later diagnosed as a gall bladder infection, finished the 10,000 meters in spite of collapsing from pain with two laps to go, won silver in the 5000, and won gold in the 1500 meters.<ref>''The Complete Book of the Olympics, 2012 edition'', David Wallechinsky, Jaime Loucky, London, England, UK: Aurum Press Ltd, 2012, "Track & Field (Men): 1500 Meters," page 108.</ref><ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2002-nov-28-sp-oly28-story.html | title=Keino Reflects on Legendary Race: Now 63 and an IOC member, ever-humble Kenyan takes a lap around Mexico City track where he ran memorable 1,500 | newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] | first=Alan | last=Abrahamson | date=28 November 2002}}</ref>
* It was the first Olympic games in which the closing ceremony was transmitted in color to the world, as well as the events themselves.<ref>[https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/first-summer-olympic-games-to-be-televised-in-colour/ Guinness World Records - First summer Olympic Games televised in colour]</ref>

==Controversies==

===South Africa===
{{Main|Apartheid-era South Africa and the Olympics#1965–68}}
After being banned from participating in 1964, [[South Africa]] - under its new leader [[John Vorster]] - had made diplomatic overtures to improve relations with neighboring countries and internationally, suggesting legal changes to allow South Africa to compete with an integrated, multiracial team internationally. The nominal obstacle behind South Africa's exclusion thus removed, the country was thus provisionally invited to the Games, on the understanding that all segregation and discrimination in sport would be eliminated by the 1972 Games. However, African countries and [[African American]] athletes promised to boycott the Games if South Africa was present, and Eastern Bloc countries threatened to do likewise. In April 1968 the IOC conceded that "it would be most unwise for South Africa to participate".<ref>{{cite book |last=Espy |first=Richard |title=The Politics of the Olympic Games: With an Epilogue, 1976-1980 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JEA_Ss_2wK0C&pg=PA125 |pages=125–8 |access-date=16 June 2013 |year=1981 |publisher=University of California Press |isbn=9780520043954 }}</ref> It was thus the first Olympics where South Africa was positively excluded, which continued until the Olympics of 1992.

===Tlatelolco massacre===
{{Main|Tlatelolco massacre}}
Responding to growing social unrest and protests, the government of Mexico had increased economic and political suppression, against [[labor union]]s in particular, in the decade building up to the Olympics. A series of protest marches in the city in August gathered significant attendance, with an estimated 500,000 taking part on 27 August. President [[Gustavo Díaz Ordaz]] ordered the police occupation of the [[National Autonomous University of Mexico]] in September, but protests continued. Using the prominence brought by the Olympics, students gathered in [[Plaza de las Tres Culturas]] in [[Tlatelolco (Mexico City)|Tlatelolco]] to call for greater civil and democratic rights and showed disdain for the Olympics with slogans such as ''¡No queremos olimpiadas, queremos revolución!'' ("We don't want Olympics, we want revolution!").<ref>{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20130704085632/http://www.adnpolitico.com/2012/2012/08/07/mexico-1968-las-olimpiadas-10-dias-despues-de-la-matanza México 1968: Las Olimpiadas 10 días después de la matanza]}}. ADN Politico (8 August 2012). Retrieved on 2013-07-03.</ref><ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/dates/stories/october/2/newsid_3548000/3548680.stm 1968: Student riots threaten Mexico Olympics]. BBC Sport. Retrieved on 3 July 2013.</ref>

Ten days before the start of the Olympics, the government ordered the gathering in Plaza de las Tres Culturas to be broken up. Some 5000 soldiers and 200 [[tankette]]s surrounded the plaza. Hundreds of protesters and civilians were killed and over 1000 were arrested. At the time, the event was portrayed in the national media as the military suppression of a violent student uprising, but later analysis indicates that the gathering was peaceful prior to the army's advance.<ref>Werner, Michael S., ed. Encyclopedia of Mexico: History, Society & Culture. Vol. 2 Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1997.</ref><ref>[http://nvdatabase.swarthmore.edu/content/mexican-students-protest-greater-democracy-1968 Mexican students protest for greater democracy, 1968]. Global Non-Violent Action Database. Retrieved on 3 July 2013.</ref><ref>[http://www.gwu.edu/~nsarchiv/NSAEBB/NSAEBB201/ The Dead of Tlatelolco]. The National Security Archive. Retrieved on 3 July 2013.</ref>

===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>

===Věra Čáslavská and the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia===
In another notable incident in the gymnastics competition, while standing on the medal podium after the [[Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam|balance beam event]] final, in which [[Natalia Kuchinskaya]] of the [[Soviet Union at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Soviet Union]] had controversially taken the gold, [[Czechoslovakia at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Czechoslovakian]] [[Artistic gymnastics|gymnast]] [[Věra Čáslavská]] quietly turned her head down and away during the playing of the Soviet national anthem. The action was Čáslavská's silent protest against the recent [[Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia|Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia]]. Her protest was repeated when she accepted her medal for her [[Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics – Women's floor|floor exercise]] routine when the judges changed the preliminary scores of the Soviet [[Larisa Petrik]] to allow her to tie with Čáslavská for the gold. While Čáslavská's countrymen supported her actions and her outspoken opposition to Soviet control (she had publicly signed and supported [[Ludvik Vaculik]]'s "[[The Two Thousand Words|Two Thousand Words]]" manifesto), the new regime responded by banning her from both sporting events and international travel for many years and made her an outcast from society until the fall of communist regime in Czechoslovakia.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/sport/olympics/45900544|title='I will sweat blood to defeat invaders' representatives' - 1968's forgotten Olympic protest|work=BBC Sport}}</ref>

==Venues==
{{Main|Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

*[[Agustín Melgar Olympic Velodrome]] – Cycling (track)
*[[Arena México]] – Boxing
*[[Avándaro Golf Club]] – Equestrian (eventing)
*[[Campo Marte]] – Equestrian (dressage, jumping individual)
*[[Campo Militar 1]] – Modern pentathlon (riding, running)
*[[Club de Yates de Acapulco]] – Sailing
*[[Estadio Azteca]] – Football (final)
*[[Estadio Cuauhtémoc]] – Football preliminaries
*[[Estadio Nou Camp]] – Football preliminaries
*[[Estadio Olímpico Universitario]] – Athletics (also 20&nbsp;km and 50&nbsp;km walk), Ceremonies (opening/ closing), Equestrian (jumping team)
*[[Fernando Montes de Oca Fencing Hall]] – Fencing, Modern pentathlon (fencing)
*[[Alberca Olímpica Francisco Márquez|Francisco Márquez Olympic Pool]] – Diving, Modern pentathlon (swimming), Swimming, Water polo
*[[Insurgentes Ice Rink|Arena Insurgentes]] – Wrestling
*[[Teatro de los Insurgentes|Insurgentes Theatre]] – Weightlifting
*[[Jalisco Stadium]] – Football preliminaries
*[[Gimnasio Olímpico Juan de la Barrera|Juan de la Barrera Olympic Gymnasium]] – Volleyball
*[[Palacio de los Deportes|Juan Escutia Sports Palace]] – Basketball, Volleyball
*[[Municipal Stadium (Mexico City)|Municipal Stadium]] – Field hockey
*[[National Auditorium]] – Gymnastics
*[[Revolution Ice Rink|Arena Revolución]] – Volleyball
*[[Satellite Circuit (Mexico City)|Satellite Circuit]] – Cycling (individual road race, road team time trial)
*[[University City Swimming Pool]] – Water polo
*[[Vicente Suárez Shooting Range]] – Modern pentathlon (shooting), Shooting
*[[Xochimilco#Other landmarks|Virgilio Uribe Rowing and Canoeing Course]] – Canoeing, Rowing
*[[Zócalo]] – Athletics (marathon start)

==Sports==
The 1968 Summer Olympic program featured 172 events in the following 18 sports:

{{div col|colwidth=17em}}
* Aquatics
**{{GamesSport|Diving|Events=4|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Swimming|Events=29|Format=d}}
**{{GamesSport|Water polo|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Athletics|Events=36|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Basketball|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Boxing|Events=11|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Canoeing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Cycling|Format=d}}
** Road <small>(2)</small>
** Track <small>(5)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Equestrian|Format=d}}
** Dressage <small>(2)</small>
** Eventing <small>(2)</small>
** Jumping <small>(2)</small>
*{{GamesSport|Fencing|Events=8|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Field hockey|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Football|Events=1|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Gymnastics|Events=14|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Modern pentathlon|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Rowing|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Sailing|Events=5|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Shooting|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Volleyball|Events=2|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Weightlifting|Events=7|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Wrestling|Format=d}}
** Freestyle <small>(8)</small>
** Greco-Roman <small>(8)</small>
{{div col end}}

===Demonstration sports===
*{{GamesSport|Basque pelota|Events=10|Format=d}}
*{{GamesSport|Tennis|Events=4|Format=d}}

The organizers declined to hold a [[Judo at the Summer Olympics|judo]] tournament at the Olympics, even though it had been a full-medal sport [[Judo at the 1964 Summer Olympics|four years earlier]]. This was the last time judo was not included in the Olympic games. 

[[Baseball at the Summer Olympics|Baseball]] had been featured as a demonstration sport at the [[Baseball at the 1964 Summer Olympics|1964 Tokyo Games]], but not in 1968, despite Mexico's [[Baseball in Mexico|baseball heritage]]. Instead, a separate [[International Amateur Baseball Tournament|international tournament]] was held in Mexico City, shortly after the conclusion of the Olympic Games.

==Participating National Olympic Committees==
[[East Germany]] and [[West Germany]] competed as separate entities for the first time at a Summer Olympiad, and would remain so through 1988. [[Barbados]] competed for the first time as an independent country. Also competing for the first time in a Summer Olympiad were [[British Honduras]] (now [[Belize]]), [[Central African Republic]], the [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]] (as [[Republic of the Congo (Léopoldville)|Congo-Kinshasa]]), [[El Salvador]], [[Guinea]], [[Honduras]], [[Kuwait]], [[Nicaragua]], [[Paraguay]], [[Sierra Leone]], and the [[United States Virgin Islands]]. [[Singapore]] returned to the Games as an independent country after competing as part of the Malaysian team in 1964. [[Suriname]] and [[Libya]] actually competed for the first time (in 1960 and 1964, respectively, they took part in the Opening Ceremony, but their athletes later withdrew from the competition). The [[People's Republic of China]] last competed at the [[1952 Summer Olympics|1952 Summer Games]] but had since withdrawn from the IOC due to a dispute with the [[Republic of China]] over the right to represent China.<ref>{{cite web|title=China and the Olympic Movement|last=Xiao|first=Li|publisher=China Internet Information Center|url=http://www.china.org.cn/english/null/116819.htm|access-date=August 4, 2011}}</ref>

[[File:1968 Summer Olympic games countries.png|thumb|center|upright=2.8|Participating countries]]
[[File:1968 Summer olympics team numbers.gif|thumb|center|upright=2.8|Number of athletes per country]]

{| class="wikitable collapsible" style="width:100%;"
|-
! Participating [[:Category:Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics|National Olympic Committees]]
|-
|
{{div col|colwidth=22em}}
* {{flagIOC|AFG|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|ALG|1968 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|ARG|1968 Summer|89}}
* {{flagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer|128}}
* {{flagIOC|AUT|1968 Summer|43}}
* {{flagIOC|BAH|1968 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|BAR|1968 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|BEL|1968 Summer|82}}
* {{flagIOC|BER|1968 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|BOL|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|BRA|1968 Summer|76}}
* {{flagIOC|HBR|1968 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|BUL|1968 Summer|112}}
* {{flagIOC|BIR|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|CMR|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|CAN|1968 Summer|138}}
* {{flagIOC|CAF|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|CEY|1968 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHA|1968 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|CHI|1968 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|COL|1968 Summer|43}}
* {{flagIOC|COK|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|CRC|1968 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|CUB|1968 Summer|115}}
* {{flagIOC|TCH|1968 Summer|121}}
* {{flagIOC|DEN|1968 Summer|64}}
* {{flagIOC|DOM|1968 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|ECU|1968 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|EGY|1968 Summer|30}}
* {{flagIOC|ESA|1968 Summer|60}}
* {{flagIOC|ETH|1968 Summer|18}}
* {{flagIOC|FIJ|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|FIN|1968 Summer|66}}
* {{flagIOC|FRA|1968 Summer|200}}
* {{flagIOC|GDR|1968 Summer|226}}
* {{flagIOC|FRG|1968 Summer|275}}
* {{flagIOC|GHA|1968 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|GBR|1968 Summer|225}}
* {{flagIOC|GRE|1968 Summer|44}}
* {{flagIOC|GUA|1968 Summer|48}}
* {{flagIOC|GUI|1968 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|GUY|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|HON|1968 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|HKG|1968 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|HUN|1968 Summer|167}}
* {{flagIOC|ISL|1968 Summer|8}}
* {{flagIOC|IND|1968 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIOC|INA|1968 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|IRI|1968 Summer|14}}
* {{flagIOC|IRQ|1968 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|IRL|1968 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|ISR|1968 Summer|29}}
* {{flagIOC|ITA|1968 Summer|167}}
* {{flagIOC|CIV|1968 Summer|10}}
* {{flagIOC|JAM|1968 Summer|25}}
* {{flagIOC|JPN|1968 Summer|171}}
* {{flagIOC|KEN|1968 Summer|39}}
* {{flagIOC|KOR|1968 Summer|54}}
* {{flagIOC|KUW|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|LIB|1968 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|LBA|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|LIE|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|LUX|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|MAD|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|MAS|1968 Summer|31}}
* {{flagIOC|MLI|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MLT|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|MEX|1968 Summer|275}} '''(host)'''
* {{flagIOC|MON|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|MGL|1968 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|MAR|1968 Summer|24}}
* {{flagIOC|NED|1968 Summer|107}}
* {{flagIOC|AHO|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|NZL|1968 Summer|52}}
* {{flagIOC|NCA|1968 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|NIG|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|NGR|1968 Summer|36}}
* {{flagIOC|NOR|1968 Summer|46}}
* {{flagIOC|PAK|1968 Summer|15}}
* {{flagIOC|PAN|1968 Summer|16}}
* {{flagIOC|PAR|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|PER|1968 Summer|28}}
* {{flagIOC|PHI|1968 Summer|49}}
* {{flagIOC|POL|1968 Summer|177}}
* {{flagIOC|POR|1968 Summer|20}}
* {{flagIOC|PUR|1968 Summer|58}}
* {{flagIOC|ROU|1968 Summer|82}}
* {{flagIOC|SMR|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|SEN|1968 Summer|21}}
* {{flagIOC|SLE|1968 Summer|3}}
* {{flagIOC|SIN|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|URS|1968 Summer|312}}
* {{flagIOC|ESP|1968 Summer|122}}
* {{flagIOC|SUD|1968 Summer|5}}
* {{flagIOC|SUR|1968 Summer|1}}
* {{flagIOC|SWE|1968 Summer|100}}
* {{flagIOC|SUI|1968 Summer|85}}
* {{flagIOC|SYR|1968 Summer|2}}
* {{flagIOC|ROC|1968 Summer|name=Taiwan|43}}
* {{flagIOC|TAN|1968 Summer|4}}
* {{flagIOC|THA|1968 Summer|41}}
* {{flagIOC|TRI|1968 Summer|19}}
* {{flagIOC|TUN|1968 Summer|7}}
* {{flagIOC|TUR|1968 Summer|29}}
* {{flagIOC|UGA|1968 Summer|11}}
* {{flagIOC|USA|1968 Summer|357}}
* {{flagIOC|URU|1968 Summer|27}}
* {{flagIOC|VEN|1968 Summer|23}}
* {{flagIOC|VIE|1968 Summer|9}}
* {{flagIOC|ISV|1968 Summer|6}}
* {{flagIOC|YUG|1968 Summer|69}}
* {{flagIOC|ZAM|1968 Summer|7}}
{{div col end}}
|-
|}

=== Number of athletes by National Olympic Committees ===

{| class="wikitable collapsible collapsed sortable" style="border:0;"
|-
! [[List of IOC country codes|IOC Letter Code]]
! Country
! Athletes
|-
|-
| AFG || {{flagIOC|AFG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| AGL || {{flagIOC|ALG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| ARG || {{flagIOC|ARG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 89
|-
| AUS || {{flagIOC|AUS|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 128
|-
| AUT || {{flagIOC|AUT|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 43
|-
| BAH || {{flagIOC|BAH|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| BAR || {{flagIOC|BAR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| BEL || {{flagIOC|BEL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 82
|-
| BER || {{flagIOC|BER|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| BOL || {{flagIOC|BOL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| BRA || {{flagIOC|BRA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 76
|-
| HBR || {{flagIOC|HBR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| BUL || {{flagIOC|BUL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 112
|-
| BIR || {{flagIOC|BIR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| CMR || {{flagIOC|CMR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| CAN || {{flagIOC|CAN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 138
|-
| AFC || {{flagIOC|CAF|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| CEI || {{flagIOC|CEY|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| CHA || {{flagIOC|CHA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| CHI || {{flagIOC|CHI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| COL || {{flagIOC|COL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 43
|-
| COK || {{flagIOC|COK|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| CRC || {{flagIOC|CRC|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| CUB || {{flagIOC|CUB|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 115
|-
| CHE || {{flagIOC|TCH|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 121
|-
| DIN || {{flagIOC|DEN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 64
|-
| DOM || {{flagIOC|DOM|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| ECU || {{flagIOC|ECU|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| RAU || {{flagIOC|EGY|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 30
|-
| SAL || {{flagIOC|ESA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 60
|-
| ETI || {{flagIOC|ETH|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 18
|-
| FIJ || {{flagIOC|FIJ|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| FIN || {{flagIOC|FIN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 66
|-
| FRA || {{flagIOC|FRA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 200
|-
| ODE || {{flagIOC|GDR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 226
|-
| ALE || {{flagIOC|FRG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 275
|-
| GHA || {{flagIOC|GHA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| GBR || {{flagIOC|GBR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 225
|-
| GRE || {{flagIOC|GRE|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 44
|-
| GUA || {{flagIOC|GUA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 48
|-
| GUI || {{flagIOC|GUI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| GUY || {{flagIOC|GUY|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| HON || {{flagIOC|HON|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| HOK || {{flagIOC|HKG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| HUN || {{flagIOC|HUN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 167
|-
| ISL || {{flagIOC|ISL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 8
|-
| IND || {{flagIOC|IND|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 25
|-
| INA || {{flagIOC|INA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| IRN || {{flagIOC|IRI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 14
|-
| IRK || {{flagIOC|IRQ|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| IRL || {{flagIOC|IRL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| ISR || {{flagIOC|ISR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 29
|-
| ITA || {{flagIOC|ITA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 167
|-
| CML || {{flagIOC|CIV|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 10
|-
| JAM || {{flagIOC|JAM|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 25
|-
| JPN || {{flagIOC|JPN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 171
|-
| KEN || {{flagIOC|KEN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 39
|-
| COR || {{flagIOC|KOR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 54
|-
| KUW || {{flagIOC|KUW|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| LIB || {{flagIOC|LIB|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| LBA || {{flagIOC|LBA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| LIE || {{flagIOC|LIE|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| LUX || {{flagIOC|LUX|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| MAD || {{flagIOC|MAD|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| MAS || {{flagIOC|MAS|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 31
|-
| MLI || {{flagIOC|MLI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| MLT || {{flagIOC|MLT|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| MEX || {{flagIOC|MEX|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 275
|-
| MON || {{flagIOC|MON|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| MGL || {{flagIOC|MGL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| MAR || {{flagIOC|MAR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 24
|-
| HOL || {{flagIOC|NED|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 107
|-
| AHO || {{flagIOC|AHO|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| NZL || {{flagIOC|NZL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 52
|-
| NIC || {{flagIOC|NCA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| NIG || {{flagIOC|NIG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| NGR || {{flagIOC|NGR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 36
|-
| NOR || {{flagIOC|NOR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 46
|-
| PAK || {{flagIOC|PAK|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 15
|-
| PAN || {{flagIOC|PAN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 16
|-
| PAR || {{flagIOC|PAR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| PER || {{flagIOC|PER|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 28
|-
| FIL || {{flagIOC|PHI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 49
|-
| POL || {{flagIOC|POL|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 177
|-
| POR || {{flagIOC|POR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 20
|-
| PRI || {{flagIOC|PUR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 58
|-
| RUM || {{flagIOC|ROU|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 82
|-
| SMR || {{flagIOC|SMR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| SEN || {{flagIOC|SEN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 21
|-
| SLA || {{flagIOC|SLE|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 3
|-
| SIN || {{flagIOC|SIN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| URS || {{flagIOC|URS|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 312
|-
| ESP || {{flagIOC|ESP|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 122
|-
| SUD || {{flagIOC|SUD|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 5
|-
| SUR || {{flagIOC|SUR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 1
|-
| SUE || {{flagIOC|SWE|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 100
|-
| SUI || {{flagIOC|SUI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 85
|-
| SIR || {{flagIOC|SYR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 2
|-
| TWN || {{flagIOC|ROC|1968 Summer|name=Taiwan}} ||align=center| 43
|-
| TAN || {{flagIOC|TAN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 4
|-
| THA || {{flagIOC|THA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 41
|-
| TRI || {{flagIOC|TRI|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 19
|-
| TUN || {{flagIOC|TUN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|-
| TUR || {{flagIOC|TUR|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 29
|-
| UGA || {{flagIOC|UGA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 11
|-
| EUA || {{flagIOC|USA|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 357
|-
| URG || {{flagIOC|URU|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 27
|-
| VEN || {{flagIOC|VEN|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 23
|-
| VNM || {{flagIOC|VIE|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 9
|-
| ISV || {{flagIOC|ISV|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 6
|-
| YUG || {{flagIOC|YUG|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 69
|-
| ZAM || {{flagIOC|ZAM|1968 Summer}} ||align=center| 7
|- class="sortbottom"
|colspan=2; style="text-align:right; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''Total''' ||style="text-align:center; border:0px; background:#fff;"| '''5,516'''
|-
|}

==Calendar==
:''All dates are in [[Central Time Zone]] ([[UTC-6]])''

<section begin="Calendar"/>
{| class=wikitable style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%;position:relative;width:75%;"
|-8
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#00cc33;text-align:center;"|'''OC'''||Opening ceremony
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#3399ff;text-align:center;"|●||Event competitions
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#ffcc00;text-align:center;"|'''1'''||Gold medal events
|style="width:2.5em; background-color:#ee3333;text-align:center;"|'''CC'''||Closing ceremony
|}

{| class=wikitable style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:90%; line-height:1.25em; width:75%; text-align:center;"
|-
!style=width:10%; colspan=19|[[File:Olympic rings without rims.svg|100px]]
|-
!style=width:18%; colspan=2|October 1968
!style=width:4%;|12th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|13th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|14th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|15th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|16th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|17th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|18th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|19th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|20th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|21st<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|22nd<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|23rd<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|24th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|25th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|26th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|27th<br/>Sun
!style=width:6%;|Events
|-
| style="text-align:left;" colspan=2|[[File:Olympic Rings Icon.svg|20px]] Ceremonies || style="background-color:#00cc33;" |'''OC'''|| ||  || || || || || || || || || || || || || style="background-color:#ee3333;" |'''CC'''||{{n/a}}
|-

| style="text-align:left;" rowspan=4|Aquatics
|-

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|rowspan=3|'''33'''
|-

| style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|[[File:Swimming pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Swimming]]}}
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<!-- 24 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''4'''
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 | style="text-align:left;"|{{nowrap|[[File:Water polo pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Water polo]]}}
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<!-- 27 -->| 
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File: Athletics pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Athletics]]
<!-- 12 -->| 
<!-- 13 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''1'''
<!-- 14 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''4'''
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<!-- 16 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''7'''
<!-- 17 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''6'''
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<!-- 19 -->| style="background-color:#ffcc00;" |'''2'''
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<!--  T -->| '''36'''
|-

 | style="text-align:left;" colspan=2 |[[File: Basketball pictogram.svg|20px|alt=|link=]] [[Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Basketball]]
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!colspan=2|Daily medal events !! !! 2 !! 5 !! 6 !! 9 !! 13 !! 10 !! 17 !! 20 !! 14 !! 5 !! 12 !! 8 !! 16 !! 34 !! 1 !! rowspan=2|172
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!colspan=2|Cumulative total !! !!2 !! 7!!13 !! 22!!35!! 45!! 62!! 82!! 96!! 101!! 113!! 121!! 137!!171 !! 172
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!style=width:18%; colspan=2|October 1968
!style=width:4%;|12th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|13th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|14th<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|15th<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|16th<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|17th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|18th<br/>Fri
!style=width:4%;|19th<br/>Sat
!style=width:4%;|20th<br/>Sun
!style=width:4%;|21st<br/>Mon
!style=width:4%;|22nd<br/>Tue
!style=width:4%;|23rd<br/>Wed
!style=width:4%;|24th<br/>Thu
!style=width:4%;|25th<br/>Fri
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!style=width:6%;|Total events
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|}<section end="Calendar"/>

== Boycotting countries ==
[[North Korea]] withdrew from the 1968 Games because of two incidents that strained its relations with the IOC. First, the IOC had barred North Korean track and field athletes from the 1968 Games because they had participated in the rival [[GANEFO|Games of the New Emerging Forces]] (GANEFO) in 1966. Secondly, the IOC had ordered the nation to compete under the name "North Korea" in the 1968 Games, whereas the country itself would have preferred its official name: "Democratic People's Republic of Korea".<ref name="GrassoMallon2015">{{cite book|last1=Grasso|first1=John|last2=Mallon|first2=Bill|last3=Heijmans|first3=Jeroen|title=Historical Dictionary of the Olympic Movement|chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=uCN1CQAAQBAJ&pg=PA316|edition=5th|year=2015|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|location=Lanham|isbn=978-1-4422-4860-1|page=316|chapter=Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (North Korea) (PRK)}}</ref>

==Medal count==
{{Main|1968 Summer Olympics medal table|List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners}}
These are the top ten nations that won medals at the 1968 Games. Host [[Mexico at the 1968 Summer Olympics|Mexico]] won nine medals in total.
{{Medals table
 | caption        = 
 | host           = 
 | show_limit     = 
 | remaining_text = 
 | flag_template  = flagIOC
 | event          = 1968 Summer
 | team           = 
 | gold_USA = 45 | silver_USA = 28 | bronze_USA = 34
 | gold_URS = 29 | silver_URS = 32 | bronze_URS = 30
 | gold_JPN = 11 | silver_JPN = 7 | bronze_JPN = 7
 | gold_HUN = 10 | silver_HUN = 10 | bronze_HUN = 12
 | gold_GDR = 9 | silver_GDR = 9 | bronze_GDR = 7
 | gold_FRA = 7 | silver_FRA = 3 | bronze_FRA = 5
 | gold_TCH = 7 | silver_TCH = 2 | bronze_TCH = 4
 | gold_FRG = 5 | silver_FRG = 11 | bronze_FRG = 10
 | gold_AUS = 5 | silver_AUS = 7 | bronze_AUS = 5
 | gold_GBR = 5 | silver_GBR = 5 | bronze_GBR = 3
}}

==See also==
{{IOC seealso|games=1968 Summer Olympics }}
* [[1968 Olympics Black Power salute]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
{{Commons category}}
{{external media|video1={{youTube|pVsQYRZgb10|Full Olympic Film - Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games}}}}
*{{IOC games|games=1968 Summer Olympics }}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090616111244/http://iviesinchina.com/the-politics-of-hypocrisy/ The Politics of Hypocrisy – Mexico '68]
* [https://www.academia.edu/319984/Beyond_Tlatelolco_Design_Media_and_Politics_at_Mexico_68 Luis Castañeda, "Beyond Tlatelolco: Design, Media and Politics at Mexico '68" article in Grey Room 40 (Summer 2010)]
* [http://www.gamesbids.com/english/archives/past.shtml Result of the 1968 Summer Olympics host city candidacies] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124022022/http://www.gamesbids.com/eng/past.html |date=24 January 2011 }}
* [http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/oct2000/olym-o25.shtml An article on the American Sprinters Controversy]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20080705170550/http://www.marcolympics.org/jeux/1968/summer/index.php The program of the 1968 Mexico City Olympics]
* [http://guides.library.illinois.edu/sports Research Guide to Latin American and Caribbean Sport at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign]

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