Puerto Rico at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 58 competitors, 54 men and 4 women, took part in 54 events in 10 sports.

Athletics
Men's 100 metres
 * Jorge Vizcarondo
 * Round 1 &mdash; 10.7 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

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

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

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

Men's 4x100 metres relay
 * Round 1 &mdash; DNS

Men's triple jump
 * Hector Serrate
 * Round 1 &mdash; 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 &mdash; Lost to Artur Olech of Poland

Bantamweight (54 kg)
 * Andrés Torres
 * Round 2 &mdash; Lost to Giuseppe Mura of Italy

Featherweight (57 kg)
 * Reinaldo Mercado
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Jovan Pajkovic of Yugoslavia

Lightweight (60 kg)
 * Eugenio Febus
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Abdel Sheed of Sudan

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
 * Adalberto Siebens
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Habib Galhia of Tunisia

Middleweight (75 kg)
 * Saulo Hernández
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Raúl Marrero of Cuba

Light heavyweight (81 kg)
 * Jorge Clemente
 * Round of 16 &mdash; Lost to Stanislaw Dragan of Poland

Cycling
1000 metres time trial
 * Edwin Torres &mdash; 1:07.65 min (→ 20th place)

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

Individual pursuit
 * Edwin Torres
 * Heats &mdash; 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
One fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1968.


 * Men's foil
 * José Miguel Pérez &mdash; defeated in first round
 * First round &mdash; 6th place in group C with 0 wins and 5 losses (→ did not advance)
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to


 * Men's épée
 * José Miguel Pérez &mdash; defeated in first round
 * First round &mdash; 7th place in group D with 0 wins and 6 losses (→ did not advance)
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to
 * lost to

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
Nine shooters, all male, represented Puerto Rico in 1968.


 * 25 m pistol
 * Fernando Miranda &mdash; 558 pts (→ 50th place)


 * 50 m pistol
 * José González &mdash; 511 pts (→ 63rd place)
 * Miguel Barasorda &mdash; 481 pts (→ 69th place)


 * 50 m rifle, prone
 * Ralph Rodríguez &mdash; 588 pts (→ 47th place)
 * Alberto Santiago &mdash; 582 pts (→ 70th place)


 * Trap
 * George Silvernail &mdash; 188 pts (→ 31st place)
 * Ángel Marchand &mdash; 156 pts (→ 53rd place)


 * Skeet
 * Rafael Batista &mdash; 187 pts (→ 27th place)
 * Alberto Guerrero &mdash; 174 pts (→ 45th place)

Swimming
Men's 100 metres freestyle
 * Gary Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 55.7 s (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 55.8 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)


 * Michael Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 58.2 s (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)


 * José Ferriouli
 * Heats &mdash; 56.1 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres freestyle
 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; 1:10.1 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)


 * Lorna Blake
 * Heats &mdash; 1:13.2 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)


 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 1:07.9 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle
 * Gary Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 2:06.6 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)


 * Jorge González
 * Heats &mdash; 2:09.1 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)


 * José Ferriouli
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres freestyle
 * Lorna Blake
 * Heats &mdash; 2:43.8 min (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)


 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 2:23.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)


 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 400 metres freestyle
 * Michael Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 5:00.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Jorge González
 * Heats &mdash; 4:38.1 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 400 metres freestyle
 * Lorna Blake
 * Heats &mdash; 5:54.7 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 4:57.7 min (→ 3rd in heat, did not advance)


 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 800 metres freestyle
 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 10:24.5 min (→ 4th in heat, did not advance)


 * Lorna Blake
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)


 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

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

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

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

Men's 100 metres backstroke
 * Gary Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 1:06.3 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Francisco Ramis
 * Heats &mdash; 1:07.2 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

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

Men's 100 metres butterfly
 * José Ferriouli
 * Heats &mdash; 1:00.6 min (→ 3rd in heat, advanced to semi final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 1:00.9 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)


 * Gary Goodner
 * Heats &mdash; 1:00.3 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
 * Semi final &mdash; 1:00.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Women's 100 metres butterfly
 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; 1:17.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

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

Women's 200 metres butterfly
 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 2:51.1 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 200 metres individual medley
 * José Ferriouli
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's 200 metres individual medley
 * Liana Vicens
 * Heats &mdash; 2:57.0 min (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)


 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; 2:42.8 min (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)


 * Ana Marcial
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

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

Women's 400 metres individual medley
 * Kristina Moir
 * Heats &mdash; DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 4x100 metres freestyle relay
 * Jorge González, Michael Goodner, Gary Goodner, José Ferriouli
 * Heats &mdash; 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 &mdash; 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 &mdash; 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 &mdash; 5:18.2 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Tennis
Men's singles
 * Antonio Ortíz
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Miguel Olvera of Ecuador


 * Alberto Carrero
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Pierre Darmon of France


 * Stanley Pasarell
 * Round 1 &mdash; Lost to Rafael Osuna of Mexico

Men's doubles
 * Stanley Pasarell, Alberto Carrero
 * Round 1 &mdash; Beat Humberto Camarotti and Juan Brito of Cuba
 * Quarter-final &mdash; Lost to Joaquín Loyo and Pierre Darmon of Mexico and France

Weightlifting
Featherweight
 * Enrique Hernández
 * Press &mdash; 115.0 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 100.0 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 130.0 kg
 * Total &mdash; 345.0 kg (→ 13th place)


 * Pedro Serrano
 * Press &mdash; 97.5 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 97.5 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 127.5 kg
 * Total &mdash; 322.5 kg (→ 17th place)

Bantamweight
 * Fernando Báez
 * Press &mdash; 120.0 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 92.5 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 132.5 kg
 * Total &mdash; 345.0 kg (→ 6th place)

Light heavyweight
 * Angel Pagán
 * Press &mdash; 145.0 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 130.0 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 160.0 kg
 * Total &mdash; 435.0 kg (→ 9th place)


 * José Figueroa
 * Press &mdash; 137.5 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 120.0 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 152.5 kg
 * Total &mdash; 410.0 kg (→ 20th place)

Middle heavyweight
 * Fernando Torres
 * Press &mdash; 135.0 kg
 * Snatch &mdash; 115.0 kg
 * Jerk &mdash; 155.0 kg
 * Total &mdash; 405.0 kg (→ 22nd place)