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First Olympics in Latin America
First Olympics in a Spanish-speaking country
East and West Germany competed as separate teams
Student protests and Tlatelolco massacre before the Games
First Games broadcast in color
First Olympic Games in Central America
First Olympics at high altitude
Introduction of all-weather track
Introduction of electronic timing
Introduction of synthetic track surface
South Africa banned due to apartheid
Bob Beamon's long jump world record
Dick Fosbury's Fosbury Flop high jump technique
First sub-10 second 100m by Jim Hines
First sub-20 second 200m by Tommie Smith
First sub-44 second 400m by Lee Evans