Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Trinidad and Tobago at the Olympic Games

Flag of Trinidad and Tobago
IOC code  TRI
NOC Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
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At the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City
Competitors 19 in 5 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960* • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008

*As part of the British West Indies
Winter Games
1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Contents

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • Round 1 — 10.5 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

  • Round 1 — 20.6 seconds (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)
  • Round 2 — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to final)
  • Final — 20.3 seconds (→ 4th place)
  • Round 1 — 20.9 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)
  • Round 2 — 21.5 seconds (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

  • Round 1 — 47.9 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

  • Heats — 1:48.2 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 1:46.8 min (→ 4th in heat, advanced to final)
  • Final — 1:54.3 min (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

  • Heats — 38.9 seconds (→ 6th in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

  • Heats — 3:04.5 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
  • Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
  • Final — 3:04.5 min (→ 6th place)

[edit] Cycling

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

Men's Sprint

  • Round 1 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
  • Round 2 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
  • Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)
  • Leslie King
  • Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
  • Round 2 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round of 16)
  • Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
  • Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)

Men's Individual Pursuit

  • Vernon Stauble
  • Qualification — 5:07.80 min (→ 19th in trial, did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit

  • Robert Farrell, Salim Mohammed, Phillip Richardson, Noel Luces
  • Qualification — 4:48.64 min (→ did not advance)

[edit] Shooting

Men's 50 m rifle - prone position

  • Hugh Homer — 583 pts (→ 65th place)
  • Bertram Manhin — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 m pistol

  • Bertram Manhin — 539 pts (→ 38th place)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

  • Geoffrey Ferreira
  • Heats — 58.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

  • Geoffrey Ferreira
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

  • Geoffrey Ferreira
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

[edit] Weightlifting

Lightweight

  • Hugo Gittens
  • Press — 120.0 kg
  • Snatch — 102.5 kg
  • Jerk — 137.5 kg
  • Total — 360.0 kg (→ 16th place)

[edit] References