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27 Saturday Oct 2018

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50 Aniversario

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Fifty years ago Mexico was the first developing country to host the Olympic Games from Oct. 12 to Oct. 27. Twenty years later South Korea followed in 1988 and forty years later China in 2008.

Mexico’s Enriqueta Basilio was the first woman ever to light the Olympic Cauldron.

During Mexico’s Olympic Games many world records were broken. It was also the first time in history that the games were broadcasted via color TV.

Enriqueta Basilio

ESPAÑOL
Hace 50 años México fue el primer país en vías de desarrollo en organizar unas olimpiadas del 12 al 27 de octubre. Veinte años después le siguió Corea del Sur en 1988 y cuarenta años después China en 2008.

La mexicana Enriqueta Basilio fue la primera mujer en la historia en encender el pebetero olímpico.

En nuestras olimpiadas se rompieron muchos records mundiales y por primera vez en la historia se transmiten los juegos en television a color.

1968 Olimpiadas

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