Sprinter Peter Norman has been memorialised in many ways in the US for his support of Tommie Smith and John Carlos at the 1968 Olympics. An American athlete who took part in a controversial black-power salute at the 1968 Olympics says an Australian parliamentary apology to silver medalist Peter Norman might have come too late. In an act as appropriate as it is overdue, the Australian parliament began debating issuing an official state apology on August 20 to the country's late, great sprinter Peter Norman. It took until 2012 for the Australian House of Representatives to make a posthumous apology to Norman, stating the government ‘belatedly recognises the powerful role that Peter Norman … ピーター・ノーマン（Peter Norman, 1942年 6月15日 - 2006年 10月3日）は、オーストラリアの元短距離陸上競技選手。 1968年メキシコシティーオリンピック（夏季）の男子200mの銀メダリスト。. "There's two Peter Normans," said his former East Melbourne Harriers teammate Gary Holdsworth, who asked Norman to be best man at his wedding. "The story about what happened that night [in 1968] grew. AN apology may be on the way for the late sprinter Peter Norman, who was blacklisted for his part in the Black Power protest at the 1968 Olympic Games. In an act as appropriate as it is overdue, the Australian House of Parliament is issuing an official state apology Monday to the country’s late, great sprinter Peter Norman. AAP August 19, 2012 2:10pm Norman won the 200-meter silver medal at the 1968 Olympics, but that is not why he is either remembered or owed apologies. In Australia, it's taken much longer.