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1968 Summer Olympics

Games of the XIX Olympiad, in Mexico City, Mexico

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Instance of: Summer Olympic Games edition, international sporting event
Date: 1968
Start time: 12 October 1968
End time: 27 October 1968
Has parts: football at the 1968 Summer Olympics, athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics, gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics, swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics, field hockey at the 1968 Summer Olympics, rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics, modern pentathlon at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics, canoeing at the 1968 Summer Olympics, sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Follows: 1964 Summer Olympics
Followed by: 1972 Summer Olympics
Location: Universitary Olympic Stadium, Mexico City
Country: Mexico
Participants: Karel Kovář, Ewald Kist
edition number: 19
has part(s) of the class: Olympic sporting event
number of participants: 112, 5516
oath made by: Pablo Garrido Lugo
official name: Spiller vun der XIX. Olympiad
officially opened by: Gustavo Díaz-Ordaz
sport: Olympic sport
sports season of league or competition: Summer Olympic Games
topic's main category: Category:1968 Summer Olympics
torch lit by: Enriqueta Basilio

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Mexico 68: 19. olympijské hry ; 10. zimní olympijské hry, Grenoble

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