Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of Puerto Rico (1952-1995).svg
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors58 in 10 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
Puerto Rican athletes at the 1968 Olympic Village, Mexico City.

Puerto Rico competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 58 competitors, 54 men and 4 women, took part in 54 events in 10 sports.[1]

Athletics[]

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Jorge Vizcarondo
  • Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Round 1 — 1:52.6 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Willie Rios
  • Round 1 — 4:14.4 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles

  • Round 1 — 13.9 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 14.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Round 1 — DNS

Men's triple jump

  • Hector Serrate
  • Round 1 — 15.09 m (→ did not advance)

Basketball[]

Main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Puerto Rico – Senegal 69-26
  • Puerto Rico – Yugoslavia 72-93
  • Puerto Rico – Italy 65-68
  • Puerto Rico – Spain 62-86
  • Puerto Rico – Philippines 89-65
  • Puerto Rico – Panama 80-69
  • Puerto Rico – USA 56-61
  • → 5th in group, advanced to playoff
  • 9th-12th placement game
  • Puerto Rico – Cuba 71-65
  • 9th-10th placement game
  • Puerto Rico – Bulgaria 67-57
  • → 9th place
  • Team roster

Boxing[]

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Flyweight (51 kg)

Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Round 2 — Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy

Featherweight (57 kg)

Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Round 1 — Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

Middleweight (75 kg)

Light heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Round of 16 — Lost to Stanislaw Dragan of Poland

Cycling[]

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

1000 metres time trial

Sprint

  • Round 1 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)

Individual pursuit

  • Heats — failed to depart (→ no ranking)

Diving[]

Main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 3 metre springboard

Men's 10 metre platform

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

One fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1968.

Men's foil
  • First round — 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance)
  1. lost to  Witold Woyda (POL)
  2. lost to  German Sveshnikov (URS)
  3. lost to  Gerry Wiedel (CAN)
  4. lost to  Moustapha Sohem (EGY)
  5. lost to  Alberto Varela (URU)
Men's épée
  • First round — 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance)
  1. lost to  Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN)
  2. lost to  Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA)
  3. lost to  Valeriano Pérez (MEX)
  4. lost to  Ștefan Haukler (ROU)
  5. lost to  Russell Hobby (AUS)
  6. lost to  Francisco da Silva (POR)

Sailing[]

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Flying Dutchman class

Star class

  • (→ 10th place)

5.5 metre class

Shooting[]

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Nine shooters, all male, represented Puerto Rico in 1968.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
Trap
  • George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place)
  • Ángel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)
Skeet

Swimming[]

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 55.7 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 55.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 58.2 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 56.1 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 5:00.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 4:38.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 5:54.7 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 4:57.7 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle

  • Heats — 19:06.0 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres breaststroke

  • Liana Vicens
  • Heats — 1:25.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres breaststroke

  • Liana Vicens
  • Heats — 3:16.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

  • Heats — 1:06.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 1:07.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres backstroke

  • Heats — 2:30.4 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

  • Heats — 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 1:00.3 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 1:00.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly

  • Heats — 1:17.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres butterfly

  • Heats — 2:23.4 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres butterfly

  • Heats — 2:51.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres individual medley

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres individual medley

  • Liana Vicens
  • Heats — 2:57.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — 2:42.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres individual medley

  • Heats — 5:30.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres individual medley

  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay

  • Heats — 3:47.0 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay

  • Heats — 8:40.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres medley relay

  • Heats — 4:27.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metres medley relay

  • Heats — 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Tennis[]

Main article: Tennis at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men's singles

  • Round 1 — Lost to Pierre Darmon of France

Men's doubles

  • ,
  • Round 1 — Beat and of Cuba
  • Quarter-final — Lost to and Pierre Darmon of Mexico and France

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Featherweight

  • Press — 115.0 kg
  • Snatch — 100.0 kg
  • Jerk — 130.0 kg
  • Total — 345.0 kg (→ 13th place)
  • Press — 97.5 kg
  • Snatch — 97.5 kg
  • Jerk — 127.5 kg
  • Total — 322.5 kg (→ 17th place)

Bantamweight

  • Press — 120.0 kg
  • Snatch — 92.5 kg
  • Jerk — 132.5 kg
  • Total — 345.0 kg (→ 6th place)

Light heavyweight

  • Press — 145.0 kg
  • Snatch — 130.0 kg
  • Jerk — 160.0 kg
  • Total — 435.0 kg (→ 9th place)
  • Press — 137.5 kg
  • Snatch — 120.0 kg
  • Jerk — 152.5 kg
  • Total — 410.0 kg (→ 20th place)

Middle heavyweight

  • Press — 135.0 kg
  • Snatch — 115.0 kg
  • Jerk — 155.0 kg
  • Total — 405.0 kg (→ 22nd place)

References[]

  1. ^ "Puerto Rico at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 December 2015.

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