American athlete known for the 1968 Olympics Black Power salute (born 1944)
For others with a similar name, see Tommy Smith.
Tommie Smith
Tommie Smith in March 2009
Personal information
Nationality
American
Born
(1944-06-06) June 6, 1944 (age 79)[1][2] Clarksville, Texas, U.S.[2]
Height
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)[2]
Weight
185 lb (84 kg)[2]
American football player
American football career
No. 24
Position:
Wide receiver
Personal information
Height:
6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)
Weight:
190 lb (86 kg)
Career information
High school:
Lemoore (CA)
College:
San Jose State
NFL draft:
1967 / Round: 9 / Pick: 226
Career history
Cincinnati Bengals (1969)
Player stats at PFR
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Sport
Sport
Track and field
Event
Sprints
College team
San Jose State Spartans
Club
Santa Clara Valley Youth Village[2]
Achievements and titles
Personal bests
100 m: 10.1 seconds, hand-timed (San Jose, 1966)[1][2]
200 m: 19.83 (Mexico City, 1968)[1][2]
400 m: 44.50 (San Jose, 1967)[1][2]
Medal record
Men's athletics
Representing the United States
Olympic Games
1968 Mexico City
200 m
Universiade
1967 Tokyo
200 m
1967 Tokyo
100 m
Tommie C. Smith (born June 6, 1944)[3] is an American former track and field athlete and former wide receiver in the American Football League. At the 1968 Summer Olympics, Smith, aged 24, won the 200-meter sprint finals and gold medal in 19.83 seconds – the first time the 20-second barrier was broken officially. His Black Power salute with John Carlos atop the medal podium to protest racism and injustice against African Americans in the United States caused controversy, as it was seen as politicizing the Olympic Games. It remains a symbolic moment in the history of the Black Power movement.
^ abcd"Tommie SMITH | Profile". iaaf.org. IAAF. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^ abcdefgh"Tommie Smith Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved January 1, 2019.
^Tommie Smith and David Steele, Silent Gesture: the autobiography of Tommie Smith (2007). Temple University Press, p. 42.
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award ceremony for the men's 200-meter race, black American athletes TommieSmith (gold medal winner) and John Carlos (bronze medal winner) took a stand...
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Athlete Place 1966 44.82 y Wendell Mottley (TTO) Kingston 1967 44.74 + h TommieSmith (USA) San Jose 1968 43.86 A Lee Evans (USA) Mexico City 1969 44.67 y...
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