Yahoo! Sports: SN 140 Moments: No. 18 - Tommie Smith, John Carlos give Black Power salute at 1968 Olympics On Oct.
16, 1968, Tommie Smith and John Carlos made a powerful statement on the podium after the 200-meter dash in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. Smith won the gold medal after winning in 19 ... SN 140 Moments: No. 18 - Tommie Smith, John Carlos give Black Power salute at 1968 Olympics Relive the moments that went down in history at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City.
1968 olympics, Access official videos, results, galleries, sport and athletes. List of 1968 Summer Olympics medal winners The 1968 Summer Olympics were held in Mexico City, from 12 to 27 October 1968. Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games, athletic festival held in Mexico City that took place October 12–27, 1968. The Mexico City Games were the 16th occurrence of the modern Olympic Games. In the actual running of the modern Olympics, however, political symbolism has often been as potent as the spirit of competition itself.
1968 olympics, The first hints of the Olympics as ideological staging... Official list of medal winners and results by sport at the Mexico City 1968 Olympic Games. Celebrate medal-winning moments by the world's top athletes.
