The 1968 Olympics in Mexico City saw an astonishing number of new world records, including the 100m by Jim Hines and 200m by Tommie Smith. This Olympics is also remembered for the Black Power salute at the 200m awards ceremony, where Tommie Smith and John Carlos each raised a gloved fist in support of the American civil rights movement.

RESULTS 100m:
1 Jim Hines USA 9.95 WR
2 Lennox Miller Jamaica 10.04
3 Charlie Greene USA 10.07
4 Pablo Montes Cuba 10.14
5 Roger Bambuck France 10.15
6 Mel Pender USA 10.17
7 Harry Jerome Canada 10.20
8 Jean-Louis Ravelomanantsoa Madagascar 10.27

RESULTS 200m:
1 Tommie Smith USA 19:83 WR
2 Peter Norman Australia 20:06 NR
3 John Carlos USA 20:10
4 Edwin Roberts Trinidad and Tobago 20:34
5 Roger Bambuck France 20:51
6 Larry Questad USA 20:62
7 Mike Fray Jamaica 20:63
8 Jochen Eigenherr West Germany 20:66

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