MEX1968

GPTKB entity

Statements (58)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Olympic Games edition
gptkbp:country gptkb:Mexico
gptkbp:endDate 1968-10-27
gptkbp:firstTimeParticipating gptkb:Albania
gptkb:Barbados
gptkb:Central_African_Republic
gptkb:El_Salvador
gptkb:Guyana
gptkb:Honduras
gptkb:Kuwait
gptkb:Nicaragua
gptkb:Paraguay
gptkb:Sierra_Leone
gptkb:Singapore
gptkb:Sudan
gptkb:Swaziland
gptkb:Tanzania
gptkb:US_Virgin_Islands
gptkb:Zambia
gptkb:British_Honduras
gptkb:Congo_(Brazzaville)
gptkbp:followedBy gptkb:Munich_1972
gptkbp:hostCity gptkb:Mexico_City
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label MEX1968
gptkbp:mainVenue gptkb:Estadio_Olímpico_Universitario
gptkbp:mascot No official mascot
gptkbp:memberState 112
gptkbp:notableAthlete gptkb:Dick_Fosbury
gptkb:Al_Oerter
gptkb:Bob_Beamon
gptkb:Debbie_Meyer
gptkb:Jim_Hines
gptkb:John_Carlos
gptkb:Kipchoge_Keino
gptkb:Lee_Evans
gptkb:Tommie_Smith
gptkb:Věra_Čáslavská
gptkb:Wyomia_Tyus
Tlatelolco massacre (contextual event)
gptkbp:notableFor Black Power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos
first Olympic Games held in a Spanish-speaking country
first Olympic Games held in Latin America
high altitude affected performances
introduction of doping and gender testing
first Olympic Games to feature a synthetic all-weather track
gptkbp:numberOfAthletes 5516
gptkbp:numberOfEvents 172
gptkbp:officialLanguage gptkb:Spanish
English
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Games_of_the_XIX_Olympiad
gptkbp:opened gptkb:Gustavo_Díaz_Ordaz
gptkbp:precededBy gptkb:Tokyo_1964
gptkbp:sport 18
gptkbp:startDate 1968-10-12
gptkbp:torchLighter gptkb:Enriqueta_Basilio
gptkbp:year 1968
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Games_of_the_XIX_Olympiad
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6