<Table> <Tr> <Th> <Grenoble 1968 </Th> <Th> Sapporo 1972> </Th> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Th> <Grenoble 1968 </Th> <Th> Sapporo 1972> </Th> </Tr> <P> The 1968 Summer Olympics (Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos de Verano de 1968), officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico, in October 1968 . </P> <P> These were the first Olympic Games to be staged in Latin America and the first to be staged in a Spanish - speaking country . They were also the first Games to use an all - weather (smooth) track for track and field events instead of the traditional cinder track . </P>

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