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Mexico City, October 12, 1968.

The games of the 19th olympiad commence.

Greece

The experience of our origins
and common hopes

are the point of departure.

The betterment
of human cooperation is the goal.

Following an itinerary that symbolizes
the meeting of the classical world

with the new world,

2,778 relay runners
have transported the olympic flame.

Ceylon

Long years of intense preparation
were required,

but now, delegations from 119 countries

participate in the largest peaceful
gathering of youth ever witnessed.

The torch follows the route of Columbus.

America is not so much conquered
as symbolically rediscoverea,

experienced anew.

The overwhelming majority
of Africa's young nations

will take part in the Mexico Olympics.

A word from Avery brundage,

President of the international
olympic committee.

It is a great pleasure for me...

Lo serve as a spokesman

in order fo extend fo you
a most cordial welcome...

Sharing with all Mexicans...

The enormous satisfaction

of being hosts

for this majestic festival

of the world's youth.

And now speaking,
architect Pedro Ramirez vazquez,

President of the organizing committee
of the games of the 19th olympiad.

Today, the olympic games

represent the only opportunity

for the world's youth

to come together

in a peaceful and harmonious
shared experience.

The olympic games, as an athletic event,

represent the physical achievements
of modern man.

As a cultural event,

they record and document
their passage through time.

In this way,

young people may come to recognize

the common features which unite us.

For the first ime, the olympic flame
arrives in Latin America.

Mexico's ambition, its effort fo ensure
the participation of all men

has resulted in the most enormous
attendance in olympic history.

Teotihuacan, ceremonial center
of pre-columbian culture,

where the flame of life
was restored every 52 years,

regains it's original splendor
upon receiving the flame of peace.

From this point,

the flame will be carried fo the various
stages to preside over the games.

October 12th, 1968.

I declare the olympic games of Mexico open,

celebrating the 19th olympiad

of the modern era.

The Olympics in Mexico

Freeman, James and Evans,

individual champions in the 400 mefers,

form together with Matthews
the American relay team.

The United States of America,

with new olympic and world records,
wins by a wide margin.

Afterwards follow Kenya and Germany.

The winner is angéla nemeth of Hungary.

In these games,
considering its number of competitors,

Hungary distinguished itself just as much
as the United States or the Soviet union.

110 meters hurdles.

Olympic champion, Willie Davenport,
United States of America.

13.3 seconds, a new olympic record.

Attention.

Women's shot put finals.

The competition will begin
in the northwest part of the stadium.

The names of the competitors
are listed on the electronic scoreboard.

Never in any olympic games

have so many records
been broken as in these games.

It often happened
that not only the winner,

but also various finalists
surpassed the olympic and world records.

Marita lange of east Germany.

Sixty-four centimeters
above the previous olympic record.

Her teammate margitta gumme/
beats her score.

Outstanding. Fantastic. I'm so happy.

In another throw, margitta beats
the world record by 95 centimeters

and the olympic record
by one meter 47 centimeters.

She herself is astonished
by the achievement.

For the spectators, astonishment
has become an everyday occurrence.

Margitta gummel, 27 years old,

student married.

An unforgettable figure in swimming
auring these olympic games

was Debbie meyer.

At the age of 16, Debbie,
a student from Maryland,

set new olympic records in three races:

The 200 meters...

The 400 meters...

And the 800 meters freestyle.

In xochimilco,
one of Mexico City's traditional outings,

the canal de cuemanco was built

this was the setting and backdrop
for the rowing and canoeing competitions.

The largest event: Coxed eight rowing.

The us team in Lane two is the favorite.

Since 1900, the United States has lost
this competition only three times.

In Lane number three,
the German team advances.

The Germans come in first place.

The 100 meters freestyle.

The fastest competition
in olympic swimming.

Michael wenden of Australia

sets a new olympic and world record.

Women's kayak doubles.

Annemarie Zimmermann
and roswitha esser of west Germany.

The 200 meters breaststroke.

The strong man in this event,
kosinsky of the Soviet union,

and job of the us, battle for first place.

On the last lap,
when kosinsky has passed job,

the Mexican Felipe murioz resolves fo win.

The unflappable murioz
lakes possession of the victory

fo widespread, deserved
and understandable jubilation.

Latin America obtains
its first gold medal in this olympiad.

Mexico can boast of an olympic champion.

Attention.

Men's 100 meters finals.

The runners' starting positions
are listed on the electronic scoreboard.

Participating in the finals of the classic
athletics event the 100 meters,

are eight black runners.

For the first time,
the 10-second barrier has been broken.

James hines sets a new olympic
and world-record time:

100 meters in 9.9 seconds.

First place and olympic champion,

James hines, United States of America.

In the walk, one of the most
exhausting competitions,

Jose pedraza, the Mexican champion,
loses valuable seconds.

The characteristic movement
that often provokes laughter

is produced precisely because
the athletes must walk, not run.

That is, they must always
have one foot on the ground.

While the walk is taking place
the discus throw event is held.

Here we encounter
one of the great figures of these games,

al oerter of the United States.

He's won first place
in the last three olympic games.

A new victory and another extraordinary
achievement is realized.

Sixty-four meters and 78 centimeters,
a new record.

For the fourth time in a row,
olympic champion.

The competitors
of the 20 kilometer walk arrive.

A grand finish.

Pedraza with implacable pace
passes nikolay smaga.

Now he closes in
on Vladimir golubnichy in first place.

But pedraza's effort is not enough.

The world champion has triumphed again.

Men's 20 kilometer walk
final results

we kindly request that the audience
remain as silent as possible

when the athletes are ready
fo perform their jumps.

An unconventional and striking style

converts Richard fosbury
from the very first moment

into the center of attention
in the high jump competition.

He's already surpassed the olympic record.

Fosbury walks, gestures

and moves in the warm
and cordial atmosphere of the field.

Now he asks for the bar
to be raised to 2.29 meters

in an attempt to beat the world record.

Dick fosbury wins the gold medal.

But he does not reach his goal,

the world record remains standing.

The Mexican olympiad highlighted
the dimensions of the modern world

with its incredible numbers.

Once the results of each event
were obtained,

they were reproduced
for immediate electronic transmission

to all official and press channels.

While 6,059 athletes were competing,

4,374 foreign press, radio,
television and film correspondents

broadcast the news
in the international arena

with the help of complex
technical support teams.

Never before in human history

had so many people come together
to experience and describe the same event.

Nor had a greater number of people
been informed with such precision.

By television alone,
600 million spectators

in every comer of the earth

were able to observe the games
broadcast via artificial satellites.

Al the firing of a special starting pistol

all the measuring devices
connected to it spring into activity.

The photosprint records the race
and delivers the photo-finish

whose negative is reviewed
by the international judges.

They send positive copies
fo the appeals table on the field,

where they are eventually compared
with manual timings taken by the judges.

Men's triple jump, group a

Five finalists surpass
the world and olympic records.

Another admirable feat

lets see it again.

Tommie Smith has run the 200 meters
in 19.8 seconds,

the exact double of the time achieved
in the 100 meters.

Tommie Smith, United States of America.

7198 seconds.

Second place.

Peter Norman, Australia.

Third place, John Carlos.

United States of America.

Twenty seconds.

In women's volleyball,

the final turned out fo be
a repeat of the Tokyo Olympics.

Japan and the Soviet union.

There, the Japanese feam was victorious.

The Soviet union wins.

In the 1000 meter time trial,

17 competitors break the olympic record.

The winner, Pierre trentin of France,

also surpasses the world record.

In tandem cycling, trentin,
accompanied by morelon, wins again.

Just a little more than 196 kilometers

is how far the cyclists must ride
in the individual road race.

Out of 144 competitors at the start,

only 64 select riders
arrive at the finish line.

Yugoslavia vs. Soviet union

In the bantamweight division,
we see Mohammad nassiri of Iran.

23 years old, weighing 110 pounds.

4°10" tall,

the shortest olympic champion.

In his three lifts,

he's totaled 367.5 kilos,

a new olympic record.

Heavyweight lifting finals.

Dube of the United States.

At 24 years old, weighing 315 pounds,

he lifts a total of 555 kilos.

Reding of Belgium.

27 years old, weighing 273 pounds.

He lifts a total of 555 kilos.

Zhabotinsky of the Soviet union
has always been the favorite.

At 30 years old, weighing 359 pounds,

he lifts a total of 572.5 kilos.

First place and olympic champion,
Klaus dibiasi, Italy.

At the sports palace,

the yugoslavians celebrate
their victory over the Soviet union.

Now they will face the powerful us team

in the battle for first place.

In the first half, yugoslavia's momentum

threatens the superiority
of the American team.

Halftime.

The scoreboard displays a result
that's moderately favorable to the us.

In the second half, not even
the combative spirit of the yugoslavians

can manage fo weaken
the clear dominance of the us.

Hungary, in the red jerseys,
versus Bulgaria

in the finals of the quintessentially
popular game, football.

Bulgaria scores!

From the start, the difficulty
of this match is evident.

Hungary ties the score.

Hungary's second goal!

The game becomes more and more physical.

The expulsions multiply

as three Bulgarian players
and one Hungarian are sent off.

The audience takes part in the dispute.

You're useless!

The referee is clearly in the minority

and someone lets him know
in a very direct manner.

Hungary's third goal!

Final point. Four to one, Hungary.

At this moment, 11 competitors remain
in the pole vault competition.

All of them have surpassed the record
from the previous olympiad.

Five meters, 10 centimeters.

Isaksson of Sweden.

Sola of Spain.

And now, d'encausse of France.

Bliznetsov of the Soviet union.

Niwa of Japan.

While the pole vaulting final continues,

the 3,000 meter race
with obstacles begins,

more widely known as steeplechase.

First lap.

The bold athletes
of Kenya are in the lead.

Papanikolaou of Greece.

Schiprowski of west Germany.

Norawig of east Germany.

The steeplechase runners
are now 200 meters from the finish line.

Here we see Amos biwolt of Kenya,
number 562,

surging ahead from fifth place.

Biwott catches up to his teammate
Benjamin kogo.

And he wins by a clear margin.

Amos biwolt, a 21-year-old student.

Pole vault

Papanikolaou is out.

Pennel of the United States
clears the bar on his third attempt.

But the pole falls
in the direction of travel

which annuls the jump
and eliminates him from competition.

His teammate seagren
was ready to congratulate him.

Once again, norawig of east Germany.

He clears the bar

Schiprowski of west Germany.

It's also a clean jump.

Bob seagren.

With the accumulated points,

seagqgren takes the gold medal.

Intermission

At cuicuilco, where nature has preserved
only the remains of a great civilization,

the olympic village arose.

In these 29 buildings,

all the competitors
of these Olympics reside.

The other olympiad
of shared personal experiences

was furnished here
with a most apt setting.

There was such widespread interest
in meeting the athletes

that guided tours of the olympic village
were organized.

A necessary experiment,

the elimination of the barriers
of language and nationality

and the daily adventure
of discovering others.

In the men's individual foil finals,

drimba of Romania on the left
versus kamuti of Hungary.

First place and olympic champion,
lon drimba, Romania.

Drimba, kamuti and revenu of France.

On the left, Yelena novikova
of the Soviet union

defeats lldiko rejto of Hungary.

And goes on fo compete against
Pilar roldan of Mexico for first place.

Pilar roldan, second place
n women's indivicdual roll.

In the flyweight division, Ricardo delgado
versus artur olech of Poland.

One of the common ironies in sports,

the Mexican boxer delgado
trained by a Polish trainer

defeats his Polish rival
and wins the gold medal.

In the featherweight category,

Antonio roldan of Mexico

versus Albert Robinson
of the United States for first place.

Roldan takes a hard head butt,

deciding the fight in his favor.

Among the heavyweights,
Joaquin Rocha takes third place.

For his part, Agustin zaragoza,
third place in the middleweight category.

In the 800 meter freestyle,

after the champion, Debbie meyer,
and Pam kruse of the United States,

comes Maria Teresa Ramirez,
a young Mexican student.

Cultural program
of the 19th olympiad

Reception of the olympic flame
at teotihuacan

coinciding with the athletic games was
the culmination of the cultural olympiad

whose program covered
the entire year of 1968,

including all of the artistic,
scientific and cultural disciplines

and arousing the interest
of more than 6,000 participants.

Across the world, stamps
paid homage to the olympic games.

The route of friendship.

A journey of sculptural experimentation

and an international collaboration
of artists.

The cultural olympiad was the sum
of individual and collective efforts.

Major international ensembles alternated
with notable musicians, literary figures

painters, sculptors
and scientists from 97 countries.

Present were personalities
such as Duke Ellington, tito...

Yeviushenko...

Brubeck, merce Cunningham,

Julio le parc, grofowski,

chevalier, lonesco, Miller,

Martha Graham, Van cliburn,

Norman mclaren, Alexander calder.

The children's painting exhibition
aemonstrates a known truth:

Spontaneity is one of
the points of departure for art

For the sailing competfitions
which must be performed at sea

the physical and scenic advantages
of the port of acapulco were put fo use.

Given that these events always take place
under different conditions,

depending on nature,
they cannot be controlled,

there are no established records.

Nevertheless,
very precise scrutiny is given

to all that's related to the weight
and dimensions of the vessels.

The 400 meters hurdles. Men's finals.

The runners' starting positions
are shown on the electronic scoreboard.

In the 10000 meters event,

which fakes place
entirely within the stadium,

the athletes are subjected to a constant
and frenzied pressure from the crowd.

The spectators cheer on and encourage
Juanito Martinez, number 615,

who tirelessly remains in the lead group.

The crowd goes wild as Juanito
gradually positions himself at the head.

The final lap is about to begin.

Wolde of Ethiopia and temu of Kenya
suddenly break away from the group.

Wolde and temu increase their lead.

Martinez redoubles his effort

Temu passes wolde.

Gammoudi of Tunisia comes in third.

Martinez in fourth.

This is the men's long jump event.

In just a moment,

we will witness one of the greatest feats
of the 19th olympic games.

Robert beamon jumps
and makes athletic history.

The scale of the telescopic measure

does not anticipate
such an extraordinary jump.

Members of the international
athletics federation are summoned

in order to verify the measurement.

Eight meters, 90 centimeters.

A new, astonishing record.

Beamon beats the world record
by 55 centimeters

and the olympic record by 78 centimeters.

Olympic champions, Japan.

At avandaro, 150 kilometers
from Mexico cily, equestrian events.

The eventing contest begins,

the most arduous,
the most demanding of all.

The third refusal.

The competitor is disqualified.

Rain seems destined to become
a natural component of this event.

In Mexico, as in the last five olympiads,

the riders faced the challenge of a course

where water multiplied the difficulties,

but it also heightened
the striking quality of the event,

the visual grandeur of the contest.

First place and olympic champion,

Jean-Jacques guyon.

In the men's 4x100 meters relay,

the Cuban team energetically competes
with the United States for first place.

Only at the end does hines manage
fo get an edge on figuerola of Cuba.

The United States, Cuba and France.

Six teams have beat the olympic record,

and four, the world record.

In an elimination round
of the women's relay

the Polish team,
one of the great favorites,

drops the Baton and loses the chance
fo run the final contest

The us team wins by a comfortable margin.

Cuba is second.

The Soviet union is third.

Another angle of the same event.

First place and olympic champions,

United States of America.

Seven of the eight participating teams

beat the previous olympic
and world recoras.

Wearing number 1 is the two-time
olympic champion in the marathon,

abebe bikila of Ethiopia.

The races begins on the zocalo,

which has been the heart of Mexico
since 1325.

The competitors must run
42 kilometers and 195 meters

fo arrive at the Ciudad universitaria
stadium in the south of the city.

This is the last image of abebe bikila

who leaves the race around kilometer 18.

Wolde, number 24,

defeated by temu of Kenya
in the 10000 meters race,

overtakes him for good
shortly after the halfway Mark.

Mamo wolde keeps his head.

He's a member
of the Ethiopian imperial guard.

He's 25 years old.

Wolde enters the stadium in triumph.

Driven on by the crowd's enthusiasm,
the Victor completes one more lap.

Second place, kenji kimihara.

A worker from fukuoka, Japan.

Third place, Michael Ryan,
forest ranger from New Zealand.

First place and olympic champion,
mamo wolde, Ethiopia.

Two hours, 20 minutes and 26.4 seconds.

Less than an hour afterwards,

those who have not dropped out of the race
have crossed the finish line,

except for one,

John Stephen akhwari of Tanzania.

There are four athletes
in the tanzanian delegation.

In one century, there was a single day
that endured for all centuries.

October 27, 1968.

Every farewell celebration
sums up the experiences of many.

In the largest venue of the games,

all protocol is cast aside

and there occurs an enthusiastic overflow

defining the spirit
of the olympiad in Mexico.