- Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Infobox Olympics Puerto Rico
games=1968 Summer
competitors=65
sports=11
flagbearer=
officials=Puerto Rico competed at the1968 Summer Olympics inMexico City ,Mexico .Results by event
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)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 toArtur Olech of PolandBantamweight (54 kg)
*Andrés Torres :* Round 2 — Lost toGiuseppe Mura of ItalyFeatherweight (57 kg)
*Reinaldo Mercado :* Round 1 — Lost toJovan Pajkovic of YugoslaviaLightweight (60 kg)
*Eugenio Febus :* Round 1 — Lost toAbdel Sheed of SudanLight welterweight (63.5 kg)
*Adalberto Siebens :* Round 1 — Lost toHabib Galhia of TunisiaMiddleweight (75 kg)
*Saulo Hernández :* Round 1 — Lost toRaúl Marrero of CubaLight heavyweight (81 kg)
*Jorge Clemente :* Round of 16 — Lost toStanislaw 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 SummerMen'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
* ManuelHawayek — 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 toMiguel Olvera of Ecuador
*Ricardo Carrero :* Round 1 — Lost toPierre Darmon of France
*Charles Pasarell :* Round 1 — Lost toRafael Osuna of MexicoMen's doubles
*Charles Pasarell ,Ricardo Carrero :* Round 1 — BeatHumberto Camarotti andJuan Brito of Cuba:* Quarter-final — Lost toJoaquín Loyo andPierre Darmon of Mexico and FranceFeatherweight
*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]
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