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Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944) is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics , Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially.
Jun 27, 2024 · Tommie Smith (born June 6, 1944, Clarksville, Texas, U.S.) is a former sprinter who made history at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City, where he won the 200-meter dash in 19.83 seconds—the first time that the distance was run in less than 20 seconds.
US athlete Tommie Smith attained international fame when he gave the Black Power salute at the 1968 Mexico City Olympics, 55 years ago. But as the exclusive BBC Archive clips in...
Aug 6, 2021 · It’s a familiar image, even 53 years after the 1968 Olympic Games in Mexico City, at which the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos staged one of the most iconic protests of the last...
Jul 21, 2021 · When the American sprinters Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their fists on the medal stand at the Mexico City Games to protest the oppression of Black Americans, they gave voice to...
Oct 13, 2021 · Tommie Smith says he is seeing a "rebirth" of his iconic protest against racial injustice at the 1968 Olympics because change is still needed today.
Jun 11, 2024 · American former track and field athlete Tommie Smith reenacts his gesture in front of the photograph of him at the 1968 Olympics, at the Immigration Museum, Tuesday, June 11, 2024 in Paris. Smith and John Carlos gave a black-gloved salute on the medal stand at the 1968 Olympics in Mexico City.
Sep 3, 2016 · For 48 years, Tommie Smith has talked about the night he stood on the podium at the 1968 Summer Olympics, fist thrust skyward. He had won the 200-meter sprint at the Mexico City Games, while...
Sep 14, 2022 · Tommie Smith, legendary for a Gold Medal and a raised fist at the ’68 Olympics, has lessons for young readers.
Tommie Smith, of Clarksville, Texas, received a scholarship to run track and field at San Jose State University where he won the NCAA Men’s Outdoor Track and Field Championships in 1966 and the 220-yard title in 1967. He set 13 world records throughout his career, and held 11 simultaneously.
