Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games

Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code  PUR
NOC Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico
external link (Spanish)
At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors 65 in 11 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
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Puerto Rico competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

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

Men's 800 metres

  • Carlos Baez
  • 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

  • Arnaldo Bristol
  • 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)

[edit] Basketball

Men's team competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • 9th-12th placement game
  • Puerto Rico – Cuba 71-65
  • 9th-10th placement game
  • Puerto Rico – Bulgaria 67-57
  • → 9th place
  • Team roster
  • ( 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

[edit] Boxing

Flyweight (51 kg)

  • Heriberto Cintrón
  • Round 1 — Lost to Artur Olech of Poland

Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Andrés Torres
  • Round 2 — Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy

Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Reinaldo Mercado
  • Round 1 — Lost to Jovan Pajkovic of Yugoslavia

Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Eugenio Febus
  • Round 1 — Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

  • Adalberto Siebens

Middleweight (75 kg)

  • Saulo Hernández
  • Round 1 — Lost to Raúl Marrero of Cuba

Light heavyweight (81 kg)

  • Jorge Clemente
  • Round of 16 — Lost to Stanislaw Dragan of Poland

[edit] Cycling

1000 metres time trial

  • Edwin Torres — 1:07.65 min (→ 20th place)

Sprint

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

Individual pursuit

  • Edwin Torres
  • Heats — failed to depart (→ no ranking)

[edit] Diving

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)

[edit] Fencing

Men's individual foil

  • José Pérez — defeated in first round
  • First round — 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance)
  1. lost to Poland Witold Woyda (POL)
  2. lost to Soviet Union German Sveshnikov (URS)
  3. lost to Canada Gerry Wiedel (CAN)
  4. lost to Egypt Moustapha Sohem (EGY)
  5. lost to Uruguay Alberto Varela (URU)

Men's individual épée

  • José Pérez — defeated in first round
  • First round — 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance)
  1. lost to Hungary Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN)
  2. lost to Italy Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA)
  3. lost to Mexico Valeriano Pérez (MEX)
  4. lost to Romania Stefan Haukler (ROU)
  5. lost to Australia Russell Hobby (AUS)
  6. lost to Portugal Francisco De Jesús (POR)

[edit] Sailing

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)

[edit] Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle prone position

  • Ralph Rodríguez — 588 pts (→ 47th place)
  • Alberto Santiago — 582 pts (→ 70th place)

Men's 50 m rifle three positions

  • Manuel Hawayek — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 m pistol

  • José González — 511 pts (→ 63rd place)
  • Miguel Barasorda — 481 pts (→ 69th place)

Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol

  • Fernando Miranda — 558 pts (→ 50th place)
  • Leon Lyon — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's trap

  • George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place)
  • Angel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)

Men's trap

  • Rafael Batista — 187 pts (→ 27th place)
  • Alberto Guerrero — 174 pts (→ 45th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

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

Women's 100 metres freestyle

  • Ana Marcial
  • Heats — 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Lorna Blake
  • Heats — 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Kristina Moir
  • Heats — 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle

  • Gary Goodner
  • Heats — 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  • Jorge González
  • Heats — 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
  • José Ferriouli
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres freestyle

  • Lorna Blake
  • Heats — 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
  • Kristina Moir
  • Heats — 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
  • Ana Marcial
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres freestyle

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

Women's 400 metres freestyle

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

Women's 800 metres freestyle

  • Kristina Moir
  • Heats — 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
  • Lorna Blake
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
  • Ana Marcial
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle

  • Jorge González
  • 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

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

Men's 200 metres backstroke

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

Men's 100 metres butterfly

  • José Ferriouli
  • Heats — 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
  • Gary Goodner
  • 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

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

Men's 200 metres butterfly

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

Women's 200 metres butterfly

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

Men's 200 metres individual medley

  • José Ferriouli
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres individual medley

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

Men's 400 metres individual medley

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

Women's 400 metres individual medley

  • Kristina Moir
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay

  • Jorge González, Michael Goodner, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli
  • Heats — 3:47.0 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay

  • José Ferriouli, Gary Goodner, Michael Goodner, Jorge González
  • Heats — 8:40.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres medley relay

  • Francisco Ramis, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli, Jorge González
  • Heats — 4:27.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metres medley relay

  • Ana Marcial, Kristina Moir, Liana Vicens, Lorna Blake
  • Heats — 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

[edit] Tennis

Men's singles

  • Ricardo Carrero

Men's doubles

[edit] Weightlifting

Featherweight

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

Bantamweight

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

Light heavyweight

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

Middle heavyweight

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

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