What is your favorite memory.The most amazing race I ever saw was the 200 Breaststroke in the 1968 Olympics. The only gold medal won by a Mexican at the Games Was by Felipe Munoz. Every time he breathed the crowd screamed MEXICO, I have never experienced such passion for a swimming event,(I only saw it on T.V. I can't imagine what it was like in person.)
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Originally posted by aquageek
I have never understood how that guy qualified for the Olympics.
Yeah, I believe they instituted the 'A' and 'B' Olympic time standards so only good athletes make it now. They didn't then.
If memory serves he was the ONLY Olympian (or the ONLY swimmer) from his country which, under rules at the time, did qualify him. They put him in a heat of his own to spare him the embarrassment of being still in the pool while the other heat participants would have been in their street clothes.
It took guts but................. he will always be able to say that he was an Olympian.
Originally posted by aquageek
I have never understood how that guy qualified for the Olympics.
Yeah, I believe they instituted the 'A' and 'B' Olympic time standards so only good athletes make it now. They didn't then.
If memory serves he was the ONLY Olympian (or the ONLY swimmer) from his country which, under rules at the time, did qualify him. They put him in a heat of his own to spare him the embarrassment of being still in the pool while the other heat participants would have been in their street clothes.
It took guts but................. he will always be able to say that he was an Olympian.
