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12-27 OCTOBER THE GAMES IN NUMBERS 5,516 172 4,735 MEN 781 WOMEN Mexico City 1968 marked the last time that the traditional Olympic medal design – in use since 1928 – was used (a new reverse was designed for the Olympic Games Munich 1972). The obverse features an inscription commemorating the Games and an image of Nike, the Greek goddess of victory, clutching a palm in her left hand and triumphantly raising a crown in the air with her right. An Olympic champion being carried by a crowd adorns the reverse of the medal. The result of a collaboration by three artists – Pedro Ramírez Vázquez (an architect and President of the Organising Committee), Mexico’s Eduardo Terrazas and American Lance Wyman – the emblem of the Olympic Games Mexico City 1968 cleverly incorporated the five Olympic rings into the year of the Games. Its geometric style took inspiration from two sources: the patterns and artwork of the indigenous Huichol people and 1960s op art. 11 2 ATHLETES EVENTS NOCs Pictured A view of the Estadio Olímpico Universitario during the Opening Ceremony EMBLEM MEDALS OLYMPIC FLASHBACK OLYMPIC REVIEW 69