Summer Olympics in Mexico
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The Summer Olympics in Mexico refers to the 1968 Mexico City Games, notable for their high-altitude setting, iconic athletic performances, and powerful political and social protests on the global stage.
All labels observed (2)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Olympic Games in Mexico | 1 |
| Summer Olympics in Mexico canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T11607746 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
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Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
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Target entity: Summer Olympics in Mexico Context triple: [Games of the XIX Olympiad, category, Summer Olympics in Mexico]
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A.
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games are a major multi-sport event held every four years, featuring athletes from countries across the Americas competing in a wide range of Olympic-style disciplines.
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Azteca América
Azteca América was a U.S.-based Spanish-language television network targeting Hispanic audiences with a mix of telenovelas, news, and entertainment programming from Mexico’s TV Azteca.
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C.
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics were an early modern Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, notable for their well-organized competitions, introduction of new events like the modern pentathlon, and participation by athletes from all five inhabited continents.
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Summer Olympics 1904
The 1904 Summer Olympics were the third modern Olympic Games, held in St. Louis, Missouri, and were the first Olympics staged in the United States.
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1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Amsterdam, notable for being the first Games to feature the Olympic flame and women’s athletics and gymnastics competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
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Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Summer Olympics in Mexico Target entity description: The Summer Olympics in Mexico refers to the 1968 Mexico City Games, notable for their high-altitude setting, iconic athletic performances, and powerful political and social protests on the global stage.
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A.
Pan American Games
The Pan American Games are a major multi-sport event held every four years, featuring athletes from countries across the Americas competing in a wide range of Olympic-style disciplines.
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B.
Azteca América
Azteca América was a U.S.-based Spanish-language television network targeting Hispanic audiences with a mix of telenovelas, news, and entertainment programming from Mexico’s TV Azteca.
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C.
1912 Summer Olympics
The 1912 Summer Olympics were an early modern Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, notable for their well-organized competitions, introduction of new events like the modern pentathlon, and participation by athletes from all five inhabited continents.
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D.
Summer Olympics 1904
The 1904 Summer Olympics were the third modern Olympic Games, held in St. Louis, Missouri, and were the first Olympics staged in the United States.
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E.
1928 Summer Olympics
The 1928 Summer Olympics were an international multi-sport event held in Amsterdam, notable for being the first Games to feature the Olympic flame and women’s athletics and gymnastics competitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Summer Olympic Games
ⓘ
multi-sport event ⓘ |
| biddingCity |
Buenos Aires
ⓘ
Detroit ⓘ Lyon ⓘ Mexico City ⓘ |
| category |
1968 in Mexico City
ⓘ
Olympic Games in Mexico ⓘ
linked to:
Summer Olympics in Mexico
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| cauldronLighter | Enriqueta Basilio ⓘ |
| city | Mexico City ⓘ |
| country | Mexico ⓘ |
| elevation | about 2,240 metres above sea level ⓘ |
| endDate | 1968-10-27 ⓘ |
| followedBy |
1972 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
linked to:
1972 Summer Olympics (Munich)
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| hostContinent | North America ⓘ |
| hostNation | Mexico ⓘ |
| hostSelectionCity | Baden-Baden ⓘ |
| hostSelectionDate | 1963-10-18 ⓘ |
| IOCSessionNumberForAward | 60 ⓘ |
| mainStadium | Estadio Olímpico Universitario ⓘ |
| motto | Everything is possible with peace ⓘ |
| notableAthlete |
Bob Beamon
ⓘ
Dick Fosbury ⓘ Jim Hines ⓘ John Carlos ⓘ Tommie Smith ⓘ |
| notableFeature |
first Olympic Games held in Latin America
ⓘ
first Olympic Games held in a Spanish-speaking country ⓘ first Olympic Games held in a developing country ⓘ high-altitude conditions affecting endurance events ⓘ |
| notableFirst |
first Olympic Games to conduct doping tests for athletes
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first Olympic Games to conduct gender verification tests ⓘ first use of an all-weather synthetic track at the Olympics ⓘ |
| notableInnovation | introduction of the Fosbury Flop technique in high jump ⓘ |
| notablePoliticalEvent |
Black Power salute by Tommie Smith and John Carlos
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linked to:
1968 Mexico City Olympics Black Power salute
protests and tension following the Tlatelolco massacre in Mexico City ⓘ |
| notableRecord | Bob Beamon’s long jump world record of 8.90 m ⓘ |
| numberOfAthletes | about 5,500 ⓘ |
| numberOfEvents | 172 ⓘ |
| numberOfParticipatingNations | 112 ⓘ |
| numberOfSports | 20 ⓘ |
| officialName | Games of the XIX Olympiad ⓘ |
| openedBy | Gustavo Díaz Ordaz ⓘ |
| organisingCommittee |
Organizing Committee of the Games of the XIX Olympiad
ⓘ
linked to:
Organising Committees for the Olympic Games
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| precededBy | 1964 Summer Olympics ⓘ |
| primaryLanguage | Spanish ⓘ |
| secondaryLanguage | English ⓘ |
| startDate | 1968-10-12 ⓘ |
| timeZone | UTC−06:00 ⓘ |
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Subject: Summer Olympics in Mexico Description of subject: The Summer Olympics in Mexico refers to the 1968 Mexico City Games, notable for their high-altitude setting, iconic athletic performances, and powerful political and social protests on the global stage.
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Summer Olympics in Mexico
linked to: Summer Olympics in Mexico