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What were Tommie Smith and John Carlos protesting about in 1968?
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Racism in the United States.
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What event in the 1968 Mexico Olympics did Tommie Smith and John Carlos place?
200m dash
In the 1968 Olympics who were the two black athletes suspended from the US team?
Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze)
What two black men at the summer Olympic games in 1968 made a silent protest for equality?
Tommie Smith and John Carlos.
Who won the 1968 Olympics?
tommie smith won the 1968 Olympics
Who were the members of the US track team in the 1968 Olympics?
A few notable names are Jim Hines, Tommie Smith, John Carlos, Dick Fosbury, and Bob Beamon.
Are the 2 black athletes in the G commercial the same ones who raised their fists in the 1968 Olympics?
Yes, they are Tommie Smith and John Carlos who raised their fists after winning medals at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Why did john Carlos and tommie smith do the black power salute in the 1968 summer Olympics?
To protest the treatment of African American citizens of the United States and to protest bigotry. Click on the 'Black Power Salute' link below to read about it and see a picture of Smith and Carlos on the podium doing the salute.
What is the name of the stadium where Tommie Smith won an Olympic medal in 1968?
Olympic Stadium in Mexico City.
The two people who placed first and third in the 200m dash at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City who were later banished from the games were .?
They were gold medallist Tommie Smith (b. 1944) and bronze medallist John Carlos (b. 1945).
Australian participant in infamous sporting event 1968?
Maybe you mean Australian sprinter Peter Norman who was on the medal podium with Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos when they gave the infamous Black Power salute during the national anthem at the ceremony for the 200 meter dash medalists at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City (Norman won silver). Norman wore a human rights badge for the Olympic Project for Human Rights in support of their protest. He was reprimanded by the Australian Olympic Committee. Over the years Norman became very good friends with Smith and Carlos. At Norman's funeral in 2006, both Smith and Carlos were pallbearers.
What 2 track athletes were removed from the 1968 Olympics for showing the Black Power sign on the medal platform?
Tommy Smith and John Carlos. They had their medals removed from them but still competed in the 1968 Olympics. Smith won the gold and Carlos won the bronze both in the 200 meter race.
Why were the bronze an gold medallists from 1968 olympic 200 meters race stripped of their medals?
During the medal ceremony for the men's 200m, Tommie Smith (gold medallist) and John Carlos (bronze) gave the infamous 'black power' salute for civil rights, while Australian, Peter Norman (silver medallist) wore a civil rights badge.*None of the men were stripped of the medals but Tommie Smith and Juan Carlos were asked by the IOC to leave the games immediately and banned for life for using the Olympics as a platform for politics, meanwhile Peter Norman qualified for the 1972 Olympics but the AOC barred any of their sprinters from participating at those Olympics, a first.
