1968 Summer Olympics / Participant (Zambia)

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Zambia took part in the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico Mexico City with a delegation of seven male athletes in five competitions in two sports part. The youngest participant was the boxer David Nata (17 years and 210 days), the oldest participant was the marathon runner Douglas Zinkala (24 years and 98 days).

It was Zambia's second participation in the Summer Olympics .

Participants by sport

Boxing

• Julius Luipa
  • Welterweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: BYE

  Round two: Victory on points against Rabah Labiod from Algeria (4: 1 rounds, 296: 292 points - 59:58, 59:59 (round lost), 59:58, 59:58, 60:59)

  Round three: defeat by technical knockout in the second round against Joseph Bessala from Cameroon

• Godfrey Mwamba
  • Bantamweight

  Rank 33

  Round one: defeat by technical knockout in the second round against Nikola Savov from Bulgaria

• Kenny Mwansa
  • Flyweight

  Ninth place

  Round one: Victory on points against Rodolfo Díaz from the Philippines (4: 1 rounds, 295: 284 points - 59:57, 60:56, 59:55, 58:59, 59:57)

  Round two: points defeat against Nikolai Novikow from the Soviet Union (1: 4 rounds, 291: 297 points - 60:57, 58:60, 59:60, 57:60, 57:60)

• David Nata
  • Light flyweight

  Rank 17

  Round one: points defeat against Tahar Aziz from Morocco (1: 4 rounds, 287: 292 points - 60:58, 57:58, 57:58, 57:58, 56:60)

athletics

marathon

• Godwin Kalimbwe

  Final : 2: 45: 26.8 h, 40th place

• Enoch Muemba

  Final : 3: 06: 16.0 h, rank 56

• Douglas Zinkala

  Final : 2:42: 51.0 h, 35th place

Web links

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