Each day through October 26, Swimming World will take you back 50 years to the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, and will re-tell the stories of those Games through archived meet recaps via the Swimming ...

The 1968 Olympics could not escape the turmoil of their times. A gold medal gymnast silently rebelled against the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia. Apartheid South Africa was disinvited in order to ...

The LA84 Foundation decided to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the 1968 Olympics, which was held in Mexico City, through an art gallery. They received artifacts in ...

When Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal podium in protest at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, they had no idea that their actions would spark a legacy of athlete activism.

At the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, after African-American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos won the gold and bronze, respectively, in the 200 meters, the two runners stood atop the podium with ...