1968 Summer Olympics
Mexico City, CDMX, MexicoThe 1968 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico. These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish-speaking country. The 1968 Mexican Student Movement was crushed days prior, hence the Games were correlated to the government's repression.