Tommie Smith and John Carlos, gold and bronze medalists in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympic Games, engage in a victory stand protest against...
During the award presentation for the Men’s 200-meter event final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and...
The medal presentation for the Men’s 200 metres final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist...
Gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist John Carlos of the United States raise their fists on the podium at the medal ceremony for the...
Forty years after Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists in a civil rights gesture on the Olympic medal stand in Mexico City, protests on...
American track and field athletes Tommie Smith and John Carlos, first and third place winners in the 200 meter race, protest with the Black Power...
Mexican Spectators Perched Atop The Bleachers In Order To Better Appreciate The Processions During The Opening Ceremony Of The Olympic Summer Games...
Tommy Smith and John Carlos of the US raise their fists in the "Black Power Salute" during the playing of the national anthem at the Olympics in...
The USA team which won the 4 by 400 metres relay in a world record breaking performance leave the arena, holding aloft clenched fists, at the 1968...
Mexico City, Mexico- Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right, of the United States, raise gloved hands after receiving their Olympic Medals for...
Tommie Smith of the USA wins the men's 200 metres final at the Olympic Games in Mexico City, 16th October 1968. Bronze medallist John Carlos, also of...
During the award presentation for the Men’s 200 metres event final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and...
The women of the United States Olympic team lead their male counterparts into the University City Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of...
Dick Fosbury of the USA clears the bar in the high jump competiton with his dramtic new jumping style. Few competitors have had such a dramatic...
Crowds of spectators climb up the stadium to find a vantage point to watch sporting action at the 1968 Summer Olympics inside the Estadio Olimpico...
Jim Ryun of the United States crosses the line to take silver ahead of Bodo Tummler of West Germany in the Men's 1,500 metres event of the XIX Summer...
American athlete Bob Beamon breaks the Long Jump record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, 20th October 1968. Keystone photographer Douglas Miller won...
American track and field athlete Tommie Smith of the United States team crosses the finish line in first place, in a world record time of 19.83...
Bob Beamon of the USA breaking the Long Jump World Record during the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, Mexico. Beamon long jumped 8.9 m , winning...
American athletes, in front from left, Ron Freeman and Vince Matthews and behind, Lee Evans and Larry James of the United States on the podium after...
Tommie Smith of the US wins the gold medal in the 200m and John Carlos finishes 3rd at the Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Smith set a world record...
Mexico City, Mexico Crowds filling the stadium at the 1968 Summer Olympics / Games of the XIX Olympiad.
British boxer Chris Finnegan celebrates his victory after winning the Olympic Gold Medal, representing Great Britain as a Middleweight, Mexico City,...
American athletes, from left, Lee Evans and Larry James of the United States on the podium after the US team finished in first place to win the gold...
Masaaki Kaneko of Japan and Shamseddin Seyed-Abbasi of Iran compete in the Wrestling Freestyle 63kg final round during the Mexico City Olympic Games...
French player scores a goal during France-Japan quarterfinal on October 20, 1968 in Mexico City during the Mexico 1968 Olympic Games.
Summer Olympics: Australia Peter Norman , USA Tommie Smith , and USA John Carlos on medal stand during Men's 200M medal presentation at Estadio...
Kunishige Kamamoto of Japan scores a goal during the Football Group B match between Japan and Nigeria during the Mexico City Summer Olympic Games at...
Mexico City: Great Britain's Sheila Sherwood in Long Jump event of the 1968 Olympics. She placed second.
American athlete Dick Fosbury competes in the men's high jump final and wins the gold medal with a brand new style of jumping, on October 20 1968 at...
Mexico City, Mexico: Wymoia Tyus of the U.S. Winning the women's 100 meter dash in the 1968 Olympics.
The Olympic Flame is held aloft by a 'High Priestess' at the ancient Greek city of Olympia, from where it will be carried to Mexico City for the...
Two athletes fall victim to the high altitudes of the ''68 Olympics in Mexico City. Mandatory Credit: Tony Duffy/ALLSPORT
American high jumper Dick Fosbury in action using his revolutionary back-first Fosbury Flop technique to finish in first place to win the gold medal...
Mexican athlete Enriqueta Basilio holds aloft the Olympic torch flame after lighting the cauldron during the 1968 Summer Olympics opening ceremony...
Spectators watch during the opening ceremony of the Mexico City Olympic Games at the Estadio Olimpico Universitario on October 12, 1968 in Mexico...
Bob Beamon of the United States leaps 29 feet, 2½ inches, 8.90m to win gold and set an Olympic record during the Men's Long Jump event at the XIX...
Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia displays the four medals she won in Olympic gymnastic competition. Vera won three gold and one silver to add to the...
Summer Olympics: USA John Carlos after medal stand presentation for the Men's 200M at Estadio Olimpico. Tommie Smith and John Carlos wore black...
Summer Olympics: USA Tommie Smith and John Carlos during medal presentation for the Men's 200M at Estadio Olimpico. Tommie Smith and John Carlos wore...
Summer Olympics: USA Tommie Smith after winning Men's 200M Final at Estadio Olimpico. Mexico City, Mexico CREDIT: Neil Leifer
American sprinters Larry James, Lee Evans and Ronald Freeman III stand on the winner's podium at the 1968 Olympic games in Mexico City. The three men...
Debbie Meyer, the 16-year-old Miss America of Olympic swimming, displays 3 Gold Medals she's won for the 200 meter, 400 meter and 800 meter freestyle.
Mexico City, Mexico: Wyomia Tyus of the U.S., first place winner in the 100 meter dash, stands in the rain and walks off the field with her two...
American athlete Willie Davenport wins the 110 meter hurdle with a time of 13.3, setting an Olympic record, Mexico City, Mexico, late October 1968.
Group of Italian athletes in ceremonial uniform; top, from left: Eddy Pennard, Mario Casati, Livio Berruti, Giorgio Balbini, Franco Menichelli and...
David Hemery leaps the final hurdle before taking the gold in the 400m hurdles at the ''68 Olympics in Mexico City.
Track & Field: 1968 Summer Olympics: USA Tommie Smith victorious as he finishes Men's 200M race at the Estadio Olimpico. Mexico City, Mexico CREDIT:...
Enriqueta Basilio allumant la flamme lors de la cérémonie d'ouverture des Jeux Olympiques de Mexico, le 17 octobre 1968.
Gold medalist Vera Caslavska of Czechoslovakia is tossed into the air after winning the gold medal in the Artistic Gymnastics Women's Individual...
Ryuichi Sugiyama of Japan takes on Javier Sanchez of Mexico during the Football Bronze medal match between Mexico and Japan during the Mexico City...
Yojiro Uetake of Japan receives medical attention during the Wrestling Freestyle 57kg round 7 against Aboutaleb Talebi of Iran during the Mexico City...
Yojiro Uetake of Japan and Aboutaleb Talebi of Iran compete in the Wrestling Freestyle 57kg round 7 against during the Mexico City Olympic Games at...
Amos Biwott of Kenya in action during the Mens 3000 metres Steeplechase event at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. \ Mandatory Credit: Tony...
The american sprinters Tommie Smith,John Carlos and Peter Norman during the award ceremony of the 200 m race at the Mexican Olympic games. During the...
Lee Evans of the United States crosses the line to win the Men's 4 × 400 metres Relay event at the XIX Summer Olympics on 30th October 1968 at the...
