Group of models wearing uniforms, designed by Hardy Amies, to be worn by British athletes in the parade at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,...
Model wearing the uniform, designed by Hardy Amies, to be worn by female British athletes in the parade at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,...
Group of models wearing uniforms, designed by Hardy Amies, to be worn by British athletes in the parade at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,...
Model Margaret Middleton wearing a swimsuit designed by Hardy Amies to be worn by British athletes at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City,11th June...
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...
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...
Flock of birds are released to fly above spectators in the stadium during the 1968 Summer Olympics opening ceremony inside the Estadio Olimpico...
Members of the Mexican Armed Forces take cover behind a MAC-1 armored reconnaissance vehicle during disturbances between unarmed student protesters...
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...
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...
Children play on a big concrete insignia reading "Mexico 68" with the Olympic circles superimposed. Such decor is common in Olympic Village and...
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...
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...
Tommie Smith of the United States leads Edwin Roberts of Trinidad and Tobago and Nikolay Ivanov of the Soviet Union in quarterfinal 3 of the Men's...
American athletes Lee Evans gives the Black Power Salute as he and Larry James of the United States lead the team off the track after the medal...
Pedestrians walk past members of the Mexican Armed Forces with MAC-1 armored reconnaissance vehicles after disturbances between unarmed student...
Mexico City: Mexico's Norma Enriqueta Basilio, the first woman in the history of the modern Olympic Games to light the Olympic Fire, runs up the...
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...
During the award presentation for the Men’s 200-meter event final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and...
Dick Fosbury, of Medford, Oregon, the high jumper who goes over the bar backwards, is shown in his unorthodox manner during the Olympic high jump...
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...
Athletes of the Guinean Team and others protest after a racist episode in which Polish Team athletes threw water-filled plastic bags at them in the...
During the award presentation for the Men’s 200 metres event final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and...
Interior view of spectators seated in the Estadio Azteca , host stadium for the semifinals and final of the football tournament at the 1968 Summer...
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.
Olympic hostesses posed in their distinctive 1968 Summer Olympics branded dresses and sunhats during a lunch recess inside the Estadio Olimpico...
The Great Britain Olympic team, led by their flag-bearer, long jumper Lynn Davies, enter the stadium during the 1968 Summer Olympics opening ceremony...
American high jumper Dick Fosbury clears the bar on his third attempt at the 1968 Summer Games in Mexico City. Fosbury won the gold medal with this...
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...
The medal presentation for the Men’s 200 metres final at the 1968 Summer Olympics, American athletes, gold medalist Tommie Smith and bronze medalist...
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...
David Hemery of Great Britain stands on the first place podium flanked by Gerhard Hennige of Germany and John Sherwood of Great Britain during the...
American athlete Dick Fosbury competes in the men's high jump final and wins the gold medal with a brand new style of jumping, a dorsal technique, on...
American high jumper Dick Fosbury clears the bar and sets an Olympic record of 7 - 4 1/4, Mexico City, Mexico, late October 1968. His technique,...
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...
British boxer Chris Finnegan celebrates his victory after winning the Olympic Gold Medal, representing Great Britain as a Middleweight, Mexico City,...
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...
Heavyweight George Foreman, , fires a right and a left at Italy's Georgie Bambini, his own left and Bambini's own right--during Olympic bout. Foreman...
Mexico City, Mexico- Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos, right, of the United States, raise gloved hands after receiving their Olympic Medals for...
Balloons being released over the stadium at the opening ceremony of the Olympic Games in Mexico City.
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...
American athlete Bob Beamon breaks the Long Jump record at the 1968 Mexico Olympics, 20th October 1968. Keystone photographer Douglas Miller won...
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...
David Hemery of Great Britain leads the field during the 400 metres Hurdles event at the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City. Hemery won the gold...
In this aerial image, Estadio Olimpico Universitario, main stadium of the Mexico City Olympic Games circa October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Mexico City, Mexico Scoreboard for the Men's 200 metres event at the 1968 Summer Olympics / Games of the XIX Olympiad, Estadio Olímpico Universitario.
Mexico City, Mexico Walt Disney Television via Getty Images Sports camera crew covering the 1968 Summer Olympics / Games of the XIX Olympiad.
Track & Field: 1968 Summer Olympics, USA Jim Hines in action, setting new world record at finish line during 100M finals race, Mexico City, MEX --
French athlete Colette Besson of the France team shows off her gold medal after finishing in forst place in the final of the Women's 400 metres event...
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...
The women of the United States Olympic team lead their male counterparts into the University City Olympic Stadium during the opening ceremonies of...
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...
Harry Edwards, lecturer at San Jose State University who called for a boycott of the Olympic Games in Mexico City by African Amercian athletes, talks...
