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Games of the XIX Olympiad - Mexico City 1968
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Date: 12 - 27 October.
Nations: 112.
Athletes: 5,530 (4,750 men, 780 women).
Sports: 20.
Events: 172.
Official opening of the Games by: President Gustavo Diaz
Ordaz.
Olympic flame: - Norma Enriqueta Basilio de Sotelo
(athletics).
Olympic oath: - Pablo Garrido (athletics).
Official oath: - (the first time in Munich in 1972).
Number of medal-winning nations: 44.
National medal total:
1. USA 107 (45, 28, 34).
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Summer Olympic Games
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For the first time the Games
were held at the altitude higher than 2,000m (2,277 m), and also for the
first time more than a hundred nations competed at the Games (113).
The athletes of German Democratic Republic debuted independently on
the Olympic stage (until then they competed in a team with Federal
Republic of Germany) winning a total of 25 medals.
The most successful athlete was a Czechoslovakian gymnast, Vera
Čáslavská who won four gold and two silver medals. However, what the
public admired most were the magnificent track-and-field records in the
long jump; the triple jump; the 100m, 200m and 400m dashes and the relay
races – all in men’s competition.
Al Oerter (USA) won his fourth straight gold in the discus throw.
Yugoslavia participated in the Games with
69 athletes in 11 sports and won eight medals. Đurđa
Bjedov won a gold and a silver medal; the
water polo team and Miroslav Cerar medalled
golds; the men’s basketball team and
Stevan Horvat won silver medals, and
Zvonimir Vujin and Branislav
Simić bronzes.
Candidate cities: Detroit, Lyon and Buenos Aires. |
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The greatest feat:
Bob Beamon (USA), set a world record in the long jump with 8,90m |
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- Aquatics1
- Athletics
- Cycling
- Boxing
- Rowing
- Gymnastics
- Weightlifting
- Sailing
- Canoe/kayak
- Equestrian
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- Basketball
- Fencing
- Modern Pentathlon
- Volleyball
- Basque Pelota2
- Wrestling
- Shooting
- Tennis2
- Football
- Hockey
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1 - swimming, diving, water polo
and starting with 1984, synchronized swimming
2 - demonstration sports that were included in the programme as the
host’s choice. Tennis became an Olympic sport in 1988. Basque pelota was
also a demonstration sport in 1992. |
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Country |
Gold |
Silver |
Bronze |
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USA |
45 |
28 |
34 |
| 2. |
USSR |
29 |
32 |
30 |
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JAPAN |
11 |
7 |
7 |
| 4. |
HUNGARY |
10 |
10 |
12 |
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GERMAN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC |
9 |
9 |
7 |
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FRANCE |
7 |
3 |
5 |
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CZECHOSLOVAKIA |
7 |
2 |
4 |
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GERMANY |
5 |
5 |
3 |
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POLAND |
5 |
2 |
11 |
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ROMANIA |
4 |
5 |
6 |
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ITALY |
3 |
4 |
9 |
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KENYA |
3 |
4 |
2 |
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MEXICO |
3 |
3 |
3 |
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YUGOSLAVIA |
3 |
3 |
2 |
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NETHERLANDS |
3 |
3 |
1 |
| 16. |
BULGARIA |
2 |
4 |
3 |
| 17. |
IRAN |
2 |
1 |
2 |
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SWEDEN |
2 |
1 |
1 |
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TURKEY |
2 |
0 |
0 |
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DENMARK |
1 |
4 |
3 |
| 21. |
CANADA |
1 |
3 |
1 |
| 22. |
FINLAND |
1 |
2 |
1 |
| 23. |
ETHIOPIA |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 24. |
NORWAY |
1 |
1 |
0 |
| 25. |
NEW ZEALAND |
1 |
0 |
2 |
| 26. |
TUNISIA |
1 |
0 |
1 |
| 27. |
PAKISTAN |
1 |
0 |
0 |
| 28. |
VENEZUELA |
1 |
0 |
0 |
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CUBA |
0 |
4 |
0 |
| 30. |
AUSTRIA |
0 |
2 |
2 |
| 31. |
SWITZERLAND |
0 |
1 |
4 |
| 32. |
MONACO |
0 |
1 |
3 |
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BRAZIL |
0 |
1 |
2 |
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BELGIAN |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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SOUTH KOREA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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UGANDA |
0 |
1 |
1 |
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CAMEROON |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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JAMAICA |
0 |
1 |
0 |
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ARGENTINA |
0 |
0 |
2 |
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GREECE |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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INDIA |
0 |
0 |
1 |
| 42. |
TAIWAN |
0 |
0 |
1 |
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For the first time the Olympic
medals were won by the athletes from German Democratic Republic,
Mongolia, Uganda and Cameroon. |
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