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Lot #3055
Mexico City 1968 Summer Olympics Torch

“Mexico 68” white metal example with leather handle

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“Mexico 68” white metal example with leather handle

Official 1968 Mexico Olympics torch, comprised of white cast metal and a black leather handle, measuring 17.5″ in length and 4.25″ at its widest point. The white cast metal body is grooved and the top features “Mexico 68” twice around the rim. Scattered marks and dings to body. The torch relay recreated the route taken by Christopher Columbus to the New World, beginning on August 23, 1968, in Olympia, Greece. It notably traveled through Columbus’s birthplace in Genoa, where he set sail from Palos in Spain, and the first land he reached in San Salvador. In all, there were 2,778 torchbearers on the 13,546 km route.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Olympic Memorabilia Auction
  • Dates: #468 - Ended January 21, 2016