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5. Mexico 1968... when Tommie Smith and John Carlos raised their gloved fists and bowed their heads during the medal ceremony in protest against racism in US, the images stuck. The protest met with outrage and both men were suspended from the national team and banned from the Olympic village. But it was a milestone in America's civil rights movement and both athletes were honoured in 1998 on the 30th anniversary of their protest.
That's Australia's own, Peter Norman with the silver medal
He ran the 200m in 20.06
Forty years later, this is still our national record!