1968 Summer Olympics
Games of the XIX Olympiad, in Mexico City, Mexico
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Summary
1968 Summer Olympics is a Summer Olympic Games edition[1]. It draws 6,266 Wikipedia views per month (summer olympic games edition category, ranking #19 of 35).[2]
Key Facts
- Country: Mexico[3]
- Instance of: international sporting event[4]
- Follows: 1964 Summer Olympics[5]
- Followed by: 1972 Summer Olympics[6]
- Location: Universitary Olympic Stadium[7], Mexico City[8]
- Commons category: 1968 Summer Olympics[9]
- Edition number: 19[10]
- Has part(s): football at the 1968 Summer Olympics[11], athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics[12], gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics[13], swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics[14], field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics[15], rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics[16], cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics[17], modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics[18], fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics[19], shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics[20], canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics[21], sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics[22], tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics[23], Basque pelota at the 1968 Summer Olympics[24]
- Officially opened by: Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz[25]
- Oath made by: Pablo Garrido Lugo[26]
- Torch lit by: Enriqueta Basilio[27]
- Start time: October 12, 1968[28]
- End time: October 27, 1968[29]
- Point in time: 1968[30]
- Sport: Olympic sport[31]
- Participant: Karel Kovář[32], Ewald Kist[33]
- Official website: https://olympics.com/en/olympic-games/mexico-city-1968[34]
- Topic's main category: Category:1968 Summer Olympics[35]
- Described at URL: https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1968/[36]
- Number of participants: 112[37], 5516[38]
- Official name: Spiller vun der XIX. Olympiad[39]
- Has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event[40]
- Sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games[41]
Why It Matters
1968 Summer Olympics has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[42] It is known by 74 alternative names across languages and contexts.[43]