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The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad (Spanish: Juegos de la XIX Olimpiada) and officially branded as Mexico 1968 (Spanish: México 1968), were an international multi-sport event held from 12 to 27 October 1968 in Mexico City, Mexico.
Basketball contests at the 1968 Summer Olympics was the seventh appearance of the sport of basketball as an official Olympic medal event. It took place at the Palacio de los Deportes in Mexico City , Mexico from October 13 to October 25, 1968.
The Palacio was constructed 14 miles (23 km) from the Olympic Village and 6.5 from downtown Mexico City in the Magdalena Mixhuca Sports City near the conflux of two expressways (Miguel Alemán Viaduct and Río Churubusco Interior Loop). It was built by the company ICA between October 15, 1966, and September 13, 1968, and finished construction ...
Mexico City hosted the Pan American Games in 1955. [16] The city submitted its bid for the 1968 Summer Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December 1962 and was awarded the games ten months later at the IOC meeting in Baden-Baden, West Germany (Germany since October 1990). [17]
The following is a list of indoor arenas in Mexico with a capacity of at least 3,000 spectators. Most of the arenas in this list have multiple uses such as individual sports , team sports as well as cultural events and political events .
Mexico lead Group F with six points, three more than Sweden and Germany, and in theory they could afford to sit back and force the Swedes to make the running. Needing one point, Osorio says Mexico ...
Mar. 16—This file will be updated as championship games end on Saturday. CLASS 5A BOYS (1) Volcano Vista (29-1) vs. (2) Organ Mountain (29-1), the Pit, 8 p.m. CLASS 5A GIRLS (2) Sandia (27-3) vs ...
Prior to its inclusion as a medal sport, basketball was held as an unofficial demonstration event in 1904 and 1924. Women's basketball made its debut in the Summer Olympics in 1976. FIBA organizes both the men's and women's FIBA World Olympic Qualifying Tournaments and the Summer Olympics basketball tournaments, which are sanctioned by the IOC. [1]