1968 Summer Olympics

Games of the XIX Olympiad
	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 sports (24 disciplines)
Opening	12 October
Closing	27 October
Opened by	President Gustavo Díaz Ordaz
Cauldron	Enriqueta Basilio
Stadium	Estadio Olímpico Universitario
Summer
Winter

The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were held in Mexico City in 1968. Mexico City beat out bids from Detroit, Buenos Aires and Lyon to host the Games in 1963. The Games were preceded by the Tlatelolco massacre, in which hundreds of students were killed by security forces ten days before the opening day. It is the only Games ever held in Latin America, and it was the second ever outside of Western Europe, Australia, or the USA.

Other websites

IOC page for the 1968 Summer Olympics

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

This short article about sports can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.

[Opening_and_Cauldron-1] 1.0 ^1.1 "Factsheet - Opening Ceremony of the Games of the Olympiad" (PDF) (Press release). International Olympic Committee. 9 October 2014. Archived (PDF) from the original on 14 August 2016. Retrieved 22 December 2018.

[1]