1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Uruguay)

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Uruguay participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico , with a delegation of 27 athletes (21 men and six women).

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Juan Rivero

  Lightweight: 17th place

• Carlos Casal

  Light welterweight: 17th place

• Mario Benítez

  Light middleweight: 5th place

• Nolberto Freitas

  Middleweight: 9th place

fencing

• Nolberto Freitas

  Foil, single: prelims

  Epee, singles: prelims

athletics

• Armando González

  Marathon: DNF

• Albertino Etchechury

  3,000 meter obstacle: prelims

• Josefa Vicent

  Women, 100 meters: heats

  Women, 200 meters: heats

  Women, 400 meters: heats

Cycling

• Luis Sosa

  Team time trial: 24th place

• Walter Garre

  Team time trial: 24th place

• Jorge Jukich

  Team time trial: 24th place

• René Deceja

  Team time trial: 24th place

• Luis Barrufa

  1,000 meter time trial: 13th place

rowing

• José Sigot

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Esteban Masseilot

  Two without a helmsman: quarter-finals

• José Ahlers

  Two with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Emilio Ahlers

  Two with a helmsman: quarter-finals

• Luis Colman

  Two with a helmsman: quarter-finals

shoot

• Enrique Barragán

  Free target pistol: 48th place

• Walter Vera

  Free target pistol: 54th place

• Arturo Porro

  Trap: 50th place

swim

• Ruth Apt

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters butterfly: prelims

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 400 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Emilia Figueroa

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Lylian Castillo

  Women, 100 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 200 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 400 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 800 meters freestyle: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

• Felicia Ospitaletche

  Women, 4 × 100 meter freestyle: prelims

  Women, 100 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meters back: heats

  Women, 200 meter medley: prelims

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

• Ana María Norbis

  Women, 100 meters chest: 8th place

  Women, 200 meters chest: 8th place

  Women, 4 × 100 meter medley: prelims

sailing

• Fernando Thode

  Finn dinghy: 26th place

Web links

• Uruguayan Olympic team from 1968 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )