Ka cika wannan jumla: Wasanni a wasannin Mexico City na 1968 ya shafi tsawo na birnin da aka shirya. Wasannin na 1968 sun kuma gabatar da Fosbury flop na yanzu, wata dabara wacce ta lashe lambar zinare ta Amurka mai tsalle-tsalle Dick Fosbury. A bikin bayar da lambar yabo ga tseren mita 200 na maza, 'yan wasan Amurka baƙar fata Tommie Smith (zinare) da John Carlos (bronze) sun tsaya don' yancin jama'a ta hanyar ɗaga hannayen hannayensu masu baƙar fata da saka safa baƙar fata maimakon takalma. Kungiyar IOC ta haramta su. Věra Čáslavská, don nuna rashin amincewa da 1968
Soviet-jagoranci mamayewa na Czechoslovakia da kuma m yanke shawara da alƙalai a kan Balance Beam da Floor, juya ta kai saukar da kuma daga Soviet flag yayin da take taka leda a lokacin bikin lambar yabo. Ta koma gida a matsayin gwarzo na mutanen Czechoslovak amma gwamnatin da ke mulkin Soviet ta yi watsi da ita.