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available from Wikipedia or other free sources online.The 1968 Summer
Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an
international multi-sport event held in Mexico City in October 1968. The
1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country,
and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country (followed in
1992 in Barcelona, Spain). It is the only Games ever held in Latin
America (until Rio de Janeiro hosts the 2016 Summer Olympics) and it was
the second to be hosted outside of Europe, Australia, or the United
States. It was also the third Olympic Games to be held in autumn,
followed by the 1988 Summer Olympics.
