Talk:1968 Summer Olympics

Erroneous image

Hi. The photograph that appears in the site under was shot during the Closing Ceremonies of the Games and therefore it is an inaccuracy. The Opening Ceremonies was made at 11:00 hours on Saturday October 12th, 1968 and the closing ceremonies was the Sunday October 27th, 1968 at 17:00 hours.Nekko09 (talk) 02:03, 10 December 2011 (UTC)

Unsourced unprecedent research shouldn't be encouraged in wikipedia

To claim that that Olympics, in 1968, were the first outside first-world countries is pathetic. Because (1) the concept of first-world and third-world countries didn't even exist when the first games were held, in 1896. Thus, the affirmation is already impossible. (2) How Soviet Finland, recently liberated by USSR in 1952, ravaged by a bloody war with multiple fronts, was a first-world country back in those games? That's absurd! There isn't a reliable source for that because that's unprecedent research! To claim that "all games prior to Mexico were held in first-world countries" will make any History professor laugh. Please provide a source for your research before inserting that information again. MarcosPassos (talk)

The "Third World" concept was coined in 1952 and was already in wide use during the sixties. A search for the period 1960-1968 proves this: [1]. The Finland example is not very good; even though it struggled economically in the immediate postwar years, already in 1950 it was one of the top economies in the world, with GDP (PPP) per capita higher than Germany, Austria, or Italy. See the data from Maddison in [2]Ladril (talk) 20:36, 16 October 2018 (UTC)

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editing sentence on Jacques Rogge, adding citation to his participation in yachting in summer olympics in 1968, 1972, 1976. Also confirming he is president of the IOC — Preceding unsigned comment added by Anjani95 (talk • contribs) 20:32, 19 January 2017 (UTC)

Tommie Smith and John Carlos banned for life over black power salute?

The article says, "In response, the IOC banned Smith and Carlos from the Olympic Games for life", and cites this CNN article which does indeed say, "Smith and Carlos were sent home in disgrace and banned from the Olympics for life.".[3] But I can't find the "banned for life" punishment in other sources and I suspect the CNN article is wrong, even though we'd generally regard it as a WP:RS. Adpete (talk) 23:35, 15 October 2018 (UTC)