For the most important athletics competitions in the world are held the Olympic games.
These are carried out in four
in four years in different countries who apply to be the organizers.
19th Olympic Games - Mexico 1968.
The Mexicans staged a superb Olympiad and managed to prove to the world through sport a new image of themselves
thereof.
For the first time I have used the tartan track.
These games were marked by political demonstrations and among them the "black power" being so common to athletes
wear berets and black gloves and lift the arm with his fist in time to receive their medals.
The altitude of 2.260m hurt much evidence of resistance due to the thin air and ended up helping in evidence
speed and jumps.
So for 88 world records were toppled times and 23 times were equalized.
The victories were the most striking American Jim Hines with 9.9 sec in the 100m dash, new world record of 8.90 m in
Bob Beamon away, Johnny Smith's record in the 200m dash with 19.8 sec, the record of Lee Evans in the 400m, the
tetracampeonato Al Oerter hard and win the fantastic new way to jump height presented by Dick
Fosbury, beating the Olympic record going back when the bar was 2.24 m.
The highlight of the Brazilian participation was the silver medal won by Nelson Prudencio, the triple jump.
Source: Athletics
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