Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City | ||||||||||||
| Competitors | 58 in 10 sports | |||||||||||
| Medals | Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 0 |
Total 0 |
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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]
Contents
Athletics
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Men's 100 metres
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- Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 800 metres
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- Round 1 — 1:52.6 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 1500 metres
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- Round 1 — 4:14.4 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 110 metres hurdles
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- 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
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- Round 1 — DNS
Men's triple jump
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- Round 1 — 15.09 m (→ did not advance)
Basketball
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Men's team competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- 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
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- Puerto Rico – Cuba 71-65
- 9th-10th placement game
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- Puerto Rico – Bulgaria 67-57
- → 9th place
- Team roster
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- ( 4.) Bill McCadney
- ( 5.) Joe Hatton
- ( 6.) Adolfo Porrata
- ( 7.) Angel Cancel
- ( 8.) Rubén Adorno
- ( 9.) Alberto Zamot
- (10.) Raymond Dalmau
- (11.) Jaime Frontera
- (12.) Francisco Córdova
- (13.) Teófilo Cruz
- (14.) Tomás Gutiérrez
- (15.) Mariano Ortiz
Boxing
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Flyweight (51 kg)
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- Round 1 — Lost to Artur Olech of Poland
Bantamweight (54 kg)
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- Round 2 — Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy
Featherweight (57 kg)
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- Round 1 — Lost to Jovan Pajkovic of Yugoslavia
Lightweight (60 kg)
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- Round 1 — Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
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- Round 1 — Lost to Habib Galhia of Tunisia
Middleweight (75 kg)
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- Round 1 — Lost to Raúl Marrero of Cuba
Light heavyweight (81 kg)
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- Round of 16 — Lost to Stanislaw Dragan of Poland
Cycling
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1000 metres time trial
- Edwin Torres — 1:07.65 min (→ 20th place)
Sprint
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- Round 1 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
- Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)
Individual pursuit
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- Heats — failed to depart (→ no ranking)
Diving
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Men's 3 metre springboard
- Jerry Anderson (→ 27th place)
- Héctor Bas (→ 28th place)
Men's 10 metre platform
- Jerry Anderson (→ 34th place)
- Héctor Bas (→ 35th place)
Fencing
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One fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1968.
- José Miguel Pérez — defeated in first round
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- First round — 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance)
- lost to
Witold Woyda (POL) - lost to
German Sveshnikov (URS) - lost to
Gerry Wiedel (CAN) - lost to 22x20px Moustapha Sohem (EGY)
- lost to
Alberto Varela (URU)
- José Miguel Pérez — defeated in first round
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- First round — 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance)
- lost to
Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN) - lost to
Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA) - lost to
Valeriano Pérez (MEX) - lost to
Ștefan Haukler (ROU) - lost to
Russell Hobby (AUS) - lost to
Francisco da Silva (POR)
Sailing
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Flying Dutchman class
- Juan Torruella, Radamés Torruella (→ 28th place)
Star class
- Gary Hoyt (→ 10th place)
5.5 metre class
- Lee Gentil, (James Fairbank, Hovey Freeman) (→ 14th place)
Shooting
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Nine shooters, all male, represented Puerto Rico in 1968.
- Fernando Miranda — 558 pts (→ 50th place)
- José González — 511 pts (→ 63rd place)
- Miguel Barasorda — 481 pts (→ 69th place)
- Ralph Rodríguez — 588 pts (→ 47th place)
- Alberto Santiago — 582 pts (→ 70th place)
- George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place)
- Ángel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)
- Rafael Batista — 187 pts (→ 27th place)
- Alberto Guerrero — 174 pts (→ 45th place)
Swimming
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Men's 100 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 55.7 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
- Semi final — 55.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 58.2 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 56.1 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 100 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Women's 200 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 400 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 5:00.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 4:38.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 400 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 5:54.7 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 4:57.7 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Women's 800 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 1500 metres freestyle
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- Heats — 19:06.0 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 100 metres breaststroke
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- Heats — 1:25.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 200 metres breaststroke
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- Heats — 3:16.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 100 metres backstroke
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- Heats — 1:06.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 1:07.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres backstroke
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- Heats — 2:30.4 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 100 metres butterfly
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- Heats — 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
- Semi final — 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
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- 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
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- Heats — 1:17.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 200 metres butterfly
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- Heats — 2:23.4 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 200 metres butterfly
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- Heats — 2:51.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 200 metres individual medley
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Women's 200 metres individual medley
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- Heats — 2:57.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — 2:42.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 400 metres individual medley
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- Heats — 5:30.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 400 metres individual medley
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- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
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- Heats — 3:47.0 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay
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- Heats — 8:40.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 4x100 metres medley relay
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- Heats — 4:27.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Women's 4x100 metres medley relay
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- Heats — 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Tennis
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Men's singles
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- Round 1 — Lost to Miguel Olvera of Ecuador
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- Round 1 — Lost to Pierre Darmon of France
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- Round 1 — Lost to Rafael Osuna of Mexico
Men's doubles
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- Round 1 — Beat Humberto Camarotti and Juan Brito of Cuba
- Quarter-final — Lost to Joaquín Loyo and Pierre Darmon of Mexico and France
Weightlifting
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Featherweight
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- Press — 115.0 kg
- Snatch — 100.0 kg
- Jerk — 130.0 kg
- Total — 345.0 kg (→ 13th place)
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- Press — 97.5 kg
- Snatch — 97.5 kg
- Jerk — 127.5 kg
- Total — 322.5 kg (→ 17th place)
Bantamweight
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- Press — 120.0 kg
- Snatch — 92.5 kg
- Jerk — 132.5 kg
- Total — 345.0 kg (→ 6th place)
Light heavyweight
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- Press — 145.0 kg
- Snatch — 130.0 kg
- Jerk — 160.0 kg
- Total — 435.0 kg (→ 9th place)
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- Press — 137.5 kg
- Snatch — 120.0 kg
- Jerk — 152.5 kg
- Total — 410.0 kg (→ 20th place)
Middle heavyweight
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- Press — 135.0 kg
- Snatch — 115.0 kg
- Jerk — 155.0 kg
- Total — 405.0 kg (→ 22nd place)
References
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