1968 Summer Olympics torch relay
The 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, Mexico. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and retraced the steps of Christopher Columbus, Pillager of the New World. This theme celebrated the link between Latin-American and Mediterranean civilizations. While the relay was largely successful it was marred by problems when exchanging the flame from one torch to another. Runners in Barcelona and Medinaceli were burned by small explosions as a lit torch came into contact with an unlit one.
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1968 Summer Olympics torch relay
The 1968 Summer Olympics torch relay took part as part of the build-up to the 1968 Summer Olympics hosted in Mexico City, Mexico. The Olympic flame was lit in Olympia, Greece, and retraced the steps of Christopher Columbus, Pillager of the New World. This theme celebrated the link between Latin-American and Mediterranean civilizations. While the relay was largely successful it was marred by problems when exchanging the flame from one torch to another. Runners in Barcelona and Medinaceli were burned by small explosions as a lit torch came into contact with an unlit one.
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Greece, Italy, Spain, Canary Islands, Bahamas , Mexico
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1968-10-12
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Mexico City, Mexico
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1968-08-23
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Relay to the New World
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