The Olympics in Mexico movie posters
U.S. One Sheet (27″×41″) poster by Columbia Pictures. Secondary typefaces are Helvetica Condensed and what looks like a version of Venus Condensed.
Lance Wyman’s Mexico Olympic was designed specifically for the Olympic Games in Mexico City in 1968. The typeface is an extension of the logo Wyman created in 1966, based on the geometry of the Olympic rings and inspired by multiline patterns found in Mexican art.
Here it’s shown in use on two posters for The Olympics in Mexico (Spanish: Olimpiada en México), a documentary film directed by Alberto Isaac (1923–1998) who himself competed as swimmer in two Olympics. The film can be watched on the website of the IOC:
The high altitude of Mexico City, allied to the political and social upheavals of the time in Mexico itself, meant that the Summer Olympics of 1968 were the most controversial of modern times. But Alberto Isaac recorded so many events with a rare command of sound and image that his film received an Academy Award nomination for best documentary. Among the highlights are Bob Beamon’s prodigious leap in the long jump, Debbie Meyer’s triumphs in the swimming pool, and Dick Fosbury’s revolutionary “flop” technique in the high jump. There is superb coverage of the water polo, as well as of the diving competitions.
![Mexican poster by Ars-Una, depicting the medal award ceremony for the men’s 200 metres race: “Black American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) took a stand for civil rights by raising their black-gloved fists and wearing black socks in lieu of shoes. The Australian Peter Norman, who had run second, wore an American ‘human rights’ badge as support to them on the podium.” [Wikipedia]
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Mexican poster by Ars-Una, depicting the medal award ceremony for the men’s 200 metres race: “Black American athletes Tommie Smith (gold) and John Carlos (bronze) took a stand for civil rights by raising their black-gloved fists and wearing black socks in lieu of shoes. The Australian Peter Norman, who had run second, wore an American ‘human rights’ badge as support to them on the podium.” [Wikipedia]
The secondary typefaces are Steile Futura, Folio, and Folio Condensed or similar.
