1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Puerto Rico)

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Puerto Rico took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City with a delegation of 58 athletes (54 men and 4 women) in 54 competitions in ten sports. None of the athletes managed to win a medal.

Participants by sport

basketball

• 9th place

  Alberto Zamot

  Adolfo Porrata

  Mariano Ortíz

  Bill McCadney

  Joe Hatton

  Tomás Gutiérrez

  Jaime Frontera

  Raymond Dalmau

  Teo Cruz

  Francisco Cordova

  Ángel Cancel

  Rubén Adorno

Boxing

• Andres Torres

  Bantamweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Reinaldo Mercado

  Featherweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Eugenio Febus

  Lightweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Adalberto Siebens

  Light welterweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Saulo Hernández

  Middleweight: eliminated in the 1st round

• Jorge Clemente

  Light heavyweight: eliminated in the last sixteen

fencing

Men

• José Miguel Pérez

  Foil: eliminated in the 1st round

  Epee: eliminated in the 1st round

Weightlifting

• Fernando Báez

  Bantamweight: 6th place

• Enrique Hernández

  Featherweight: 13th place

• Pedro Serrano

  Featherweight: 17th place

• Victor Ángel Pagán

  Light heavyweight: 9th place

• José Manuel Figueroa

  Light heavyweight: 20th place

• Fernando Torres

  Middle heavyweight: 22nd place

athletics

Men

• Jorge Vizcarrondo

  100 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Juan Franceschi

  200 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Carlos Báez

  800 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Willie Rios

  1500 m: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Arnaldo Bristol

  110 m hurdles: eliminated in the semifinals

• Hector Serrate

  Triple jump: 33rd place

Cycling

• Edwin Torres

  Track sprint: eliminated in the 2nd round

  Track 1000 m time trial: 20th place

shoot

• Fernando Miranda

  Rapid fire pistol 25 m: 50th place

• José González

  Free pistol 50 m: 63rd place

• Miguel Barasorda

  Free pistol 50 m: 69th place

• Ralph Rodríguez

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 47th place

• Alberto Santiago

  Small bore rifle lying 50 m: 70th place

• George Silvernail

  Trap: 31st place

• Ángel Marchand

  Trap: 53rd place

• Rafael Batista

  Skeet: 27th place

• Alberto Guerrero

  Skeet: 45th place

swim

Men

• Gary Goodner

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the semi-finals

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• José Ferraioli

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the semifinals

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Michael Goodner

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

• Jorge González

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  1500 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 200 meter freestyle relay: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Francisco Ramis

  100 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m back: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m individual medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

Women

• Lorna Blake

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Ana Marcial

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  100 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Kristina Moir

  100 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  400 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  800 m freestyle: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m butterfly: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

• Liana Vicens

  100 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m chest: eliminated in the preliminary run

  200 m medley: eliminated in the preliminary run

  4 x 100 meter medley relay: eliminated in the run-up

sailing

• Garry Hoyt

  Finn dinghy: 10th place

• Juan Torruella senior

  Flying Dutchman: 28th place

• Radamés Torruella

  Flying Dutchman: 28th place

• Lee Gentil

  5.5 mR class: 14th place

• Hovey Freeman

  5.5 mR class: 14th place

• James Fairbank

  5.5 mR class: 14th place

Diving

Men

• Jerry Anderson

  3 m jumping: 27th place

  10 m high diving: 34th place

• Héctor Bas

  3 m jumping: 28th place

  10 m high diving: 35th place

Web links

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