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After placing first and third in the 200-meter run at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, American runners Tommie Smith and John Carlos gave the "Black Power" salute at the awards ceremony, both wearing a black glove and no shoes to protest the standard of living of minorities in the United States. The International Olympic Committee deemed the action overtly political and ejected the athletes from the games.
The 1968 games were also notable for the debut of high jumper Dick Fosbury's "Fosbury flop" technique—and for the first time an athlete was disqualified for failing a drug test. Swedish pentathlon entrant Hans-Gunnar Liljenwall tested positive for excessive alcohol.
Photograph by the Associated Press
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