Venues of the 1968 Summer Olympics
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For the 1968 Summer Olympics, a total of twenty-five sports venues were used. Most of the venues were constructed after Mexico City was awarded the 1968 Games. Mexican efforts in determining wind measurement led to sixteen world records in athletics at the University Olympic Stadium. All four of the football venues used for these games would also be used for both of the occurrences that Mexico hosted the FIFA World Cup, in 1970 and 1986.
Before the Olympics
Mexico City hosted the Pan American Games in 1955.[16] The city submitted its bid for the 1968 Summer Games to the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in December 1962 and was awarded the games ten months later at the IOC meeting in Baden-Baden, West Germany (Germany since October 1990).[17] Critical path method was used with the help of computers to guide through 88 separate projects related to the 1968 Games.[18] The Olympic Stadium was constructed in 1952 for the 1955 Pan American Games.[5] Most of the venues were constructed from the late 1950s to September 1968.[19]
