1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Ivory Coast)

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The Ivory Coast participated in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City , Mexico , with a delegation of ten athletes (all men) in seven competitions in two sports. No medals could be won. The youngest athlete was the canoeist N'Gama N'Gama (21 years and 12 days), the oldest athlete was Kaute Paul Gnamia M'Boule (30 years and 195 days). It was the country's second participation in the Summer Olympics after the 1964 Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

canoe

Two-person kayak 1,000 meters

• Results

  Round one: failed in run two (fifth place), 4: 09.80 minutes

  Round one reunion: qualified for the semi-finals in run one (third place), 4: 07.98 minutes

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race two (fifth place), 4: 01.31 minutes

• team

  Paul Gnamia M'Boule

  N'Gama N'Gama

singles

• Jérôme Dodo Gaye
  • Single kayak 1,000 meters

  Round one: failed in run three (seventh place), 4: 31.20 minutes

  Round one re-run: eliminated in run three (fourth place), 4: 31.69 minutes

athletics

4 × 100 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: qualified for the semifinals in run two (fifth place), 39.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 39.68 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in race one (seventh place), 39.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 39.69 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Boy Akba Diby

  Gaoussou Koné

  Atta Kouakou

  Kouami N'Dri

singles

• Yoyaga Dit Coulibaly
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run seven (eighth place), 50.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 50.11 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Gaoussou Koné
  • 100 meter run

  Round one: in run two (third place) qualified for the quarter-finals, 10.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.37 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: qualified for the semifinals in run four (third place), 10.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.22 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Semi-finals: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 10.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 10.27 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Denis Ségui Kragbé
  • Discus throw

  Qualifying round: Group B, 55.24 meters, fourth place, 17th overall, not qualified for the final

  Try one: 55.24 meters

  Trial two: 54.24 meters

  Try three: invalid

• Simbara Maki
  • 110 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run three (sixth place), 14.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 14.32 seconds (automatically stopped)

Web links

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