Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Puerto Rico
games=1968 Summer
competitors=65
sports=11
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Puerto Rico competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.

Results by event

=Athletics=

Men's 100 metres
* Jorge Vizcarondo:* Round 1 — 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres
* Carlos Baez:* Round 1 — 1:52.6 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres
* Willie Rios:* Round 1 — 4:14.4 min (→ 10th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 110 metres hurdles
* Arnaldo Bristol:* Round 1 — 13.9 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final):* Semi final — 14.1 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres relay:* Round 1 — DNS

Men's triple jump
* Hector Serrate:* Round 1 — 15.09 m (→ did not advance)

=Basketball=

Men's team competition
*Preliminary Round (Group A):* Puerto Rico – Senegal 69-26:* Puerto Rico – Yugoslavia 72-93:* Puerto Rico – Italy 65-68:* Puerto Rico – Spain 62-86:* Puerto Rico – Philippines 89-65:* Puerto Rico – Panama 80-69:* Puerto Rico – USA 56-61:* → 5th in group, advanced to playoff
*9th-12th placement game :* Puerto Rico – Cuba 71-65
*9th-10th placement game :* Puerto Rico – Bulgaria 67-57:* → 9th place
*Team roster :* ( 4.) Bill McCadney:* ( 5.) Joe Hatton:* ( 6.) Adolfo Porrata:* ( 7.) Angel Cancel:* ( 8.) Rubén Adorno:* ( 9.) Alberto Zamot:* (10.) Raymond Dalmau:* (11.) Jaime Frontera:* (12.) Francisco Córdova:* (13.) Teófilo Cruz:* (14.) Tomás Gutiérrez:* (15.) Mariano Ortiz

=Boxing=

Flyweight (51 kg)
* Heriberto Cintrón:* Round 1 — Lost to Artur Olech of Poland

Bantamweight (54 kg)
* Andrés Torres:* Round 2 — Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy

Featherweight (57 kg)
* Reinaldo Mercado:* Round 1 — Lost to Jovan Pajkovic of Yugoslavia

Lightweight (60 kg)
* Eugenio Febus:* Round 1 — Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
* Adalberto Siebens:* Round 1 — Lost to Habib Galhia of Tunisia

Middleweight (75 kg)
* Saulo Hernández:* Round 1 — Lost to Raúl Marrero of Cuba

Light heavyweight (81 kg)
* Jorge Clemente:* Round of 16 — Lost to Stanislaw Dragan of Poland

=Cycling=

1000 metres time trial
* Edwin Torres — 1:07.65 min (→ 20th place)

Sprint
* Edwin Torres:* Round 1 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage):* Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)

Individual pursuit
* Edwin Torres:* Heats — failed to depart (→ no ranking)

=Diving=

Men's 3 metre springboard
* Jerry Anderson (→ 27th place)
* Héctor Bas (→ 28th place)

Men's 10 metre platform
* Jerry Anderson (→ 34th place)
* Héctor Bas (→ 35th place)

=Fencing=

Men's individual foil
* José Pérez — defeated in first round:* First round — 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance):#lost to flagIOCathlete|Witold Woyda|POL|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|German Sveshnikov|URS|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Gerry Wiedel|CAN|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Moustapha Sohem|EGY|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Alberto Varela|URU|1968 Summer

Men's individual épée
* José Pérez — defeated in first round:* First round — 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance):#lost to flagIOCathlete|Csaba Fenyvesi|HUN|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Gianfranco Paolucci|ITA|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Valeriano Pérez|MEX|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Stefan Haukler|ROU|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Russell Hobby|AUS|1968 Summer:#lost to flagIOCathlete|Francisco De Jesús|POR|1968 Summer

=Sailing=

Flying Dutchman class
* Juan Torruella, Radamés Torruella (→ 28th place)

Star class
* Gary Hoyt (→ 10th place)

5.5 metre class
* Lee Gentil, (James Fairbank, Hovey Freeman) (→ 14th place)

=Shooting=

Men's 50 m rifle prone position
* Ralph Rodríguez — 588 pts (→ 47th place)
* Alberto Santiago — 582 pts (→ 70th place)

Men's 50 m rifle three positions
* Manuel Hawayek — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 50 m pistol
* José González — 511 pts (→ 63rd place)
* Miguel Barasorda — 481 pts (→ 69th place)

Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol
* Fernando Miranda — 558 pts (→ 50th place)
* Leon Lyon — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's trap
* George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place)
* Angel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)

Men's trap
* Rafael Batista — 187 pts (→ 27th place)
* Alberto Guerrero — 174 pts (→ 45th place)

=Swimming=

Men's 100 metres freestyle
* Gary Goodner:* Heats — 55.7 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final):* Semi final — 55.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
* Michael Goodner:* Heats — 58.2 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
* José Ferriouli:* Heats — 56.1 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
* Lorna Blake:* Heats — 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle
* Gary Goodner:* Heats — 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Jorge González:* Heats — 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
* José Ferriouli:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres freestyle
* Lorna Blake:* Heats — 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres freestyle
* Michael Goodner:* Heats — 5:00.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Jorge González:* Heats — 4:38.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle
* Lorna Blake:* Heats — 5:54.7 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 4:57.7 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 metres freestyle
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)
* Lorna Blake:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 1500 metres freestyle
* Jorge González:* Heats — 19:06.0 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres breaststroke
* Liana Vicens:* Heats — 1:25.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres breaststroke
* Liana Vicens:* Heats — 3:16.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke
* Gary Goodner:* Heats — 1:06.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Francisco Ramis:* Heats — 1:07.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres backstroke
* Francisco Ramis:* Heats — 2:30.4 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres butterfly
* José Ferriouli:* Heats — 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final):* Semi final — 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
* Gary Goodner:* Heats — 1:00.3 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final):* Semi final — 1:00.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — 1:17.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres butterfly
* José Ferriouli:* Heats — 2:23.4 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 200 metres butterfly
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 2:51.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres individual medley
* José Ferriouli:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres individual medley
* Liana Vicens:* Heats — 2:57.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — 2:42.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)
* Ana Marcial:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres individual medley
* Francisco Ramis:* Heats — 5:30.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres individual medley
* Kristina Moir:* Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
* Jorge González, Michael Goodner, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli:* Heats — 3:47.0 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x200 metres freestyle relay
* José Ferriouli, Gary Goodner, Michael Goodner, Jorge González:* Heats — 8:40.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres medley relay
* Francisco Ramis, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli, Jorge González:* Heats — 4:27.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 4x100 metres medley relay
* Ana Marcial, Kristina Moir, Liana Vicens, Lorna Blake:* Heats — 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

=Tennis=

Men's singles
* Juan Ortíz:* Round 1 — Lost to Miguel Olvera of Ecuador
* Ricardo Carrero:* Round 1 — Lost to Pierre Darmon of France
* Charles Pasarell:* Round 1 — Lost to Rafael Osuna of Mexico

Men's doubles
* Charles Pasarell, Ricardo Carrero:* Round 1 — Beat Humberto Camarotti and Juan Brito of Cuba:* Quarter-final — Lost to Joaquín Loyo and Pierre Darmon of Mexico and France

=Weightlifting=

Featherweight
* Enrique Hernández:* Press — 115.0 kg:* Snatch — 100.0 kg:* Jerk — 130.0 kg:* "Total" — 345.0 kg (→ 13th place)
* Pedro Serrano:* Press — 97.5 kg:* Snatch — 97.5 kg:* Jerk — 127.5 kg:* "Total" — 322.5 kg (→ 17th place)

Bantamweight
* Fernando Báez:* Press — 120.0 kg:* Snatch — 92.5 kg:* Jerk — 132.5 kg:* "Total" — 345.0 kg (→ 6th place)

Light heavyweight
* Angel Pagán:* Press — 145.0 kg:* Snatch — 130.0 kg:* Jerk — 160.0 kg:* "Total" — 435.0 kg (→ 9th place)
* José Figueroa:* Press — 137.5 kg:* Snatch — 120.0 kg:* Jerk — 152.5 kg:* "Total" — 410.0 kg (→ 20th place)

Middle heavyweight
* Fernando Torres:* Press — 135.0 kg:* Snatch — 115.0 kg:* Jerk — 155.0 kg:* "Total" — 405.0 kg (→ 22nd place)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
** [http://www.aafla.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1968/1968v3.pdf Part Three: Results]