Costa_Rica_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics
Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Sporting event delegation
Costa Rica competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Eighteen competitors, seventeen men and one woman, took part in eighteen events in six sports.[2]
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Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | CRC |
NOC | Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica |
Website | www |
in Mexico City | |
Competitors | 18 (17 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports |
Flag bearer | Rodolfo Castillo[1] |
Medals |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
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Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Women's 400 metres
- Jean Robotham
- Round 1 — 58.2 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 5000 metres
- Rafael Ángel Pérez
- Round 1 — 15:41.4 min (→ 12th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 10,000 metres
- Rafael Ángel Pérez — 32:14.6 min (→ 31st place)
Men's marathon
- Rafael Ángel Pérez — DNF (→ no ranking)
Women's high jump
- Sandra Johnson
- Qualification — DNS (→ no ranking)
Women's long jump
- Jean Robotham
- Qualification — 4.75 m (→ no ranking)
Women's pentathlon
- Jean Robotham
- 80 m hurdles — 13.4 s (→ 712 points)
- Shot put — 8.73 m (→ 615 points)
- High jump — NM (→ 0 points)
- Long jump — 4.74 m (→ 686 points)
- 100 m hurdles — 25.4 s (→ 896 points)
- Total — 2909 pts (→ 32nd place)
Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Light welterweight (63.5 kg)
- José Marín
- Round 2 - Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger
Light middleweight (71 kg)
- Walter Campos
- Round 1 - Lost to Stephen Thega of Kenya
Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Five cyclists represented Costa Rica in 1968.
- Miguel Sánchez — 5:20:59.18 hrs (→ 63rd place)
- José Sánchez — DNF (→ no ranking)
- José Manuel Soto — DNF (→ no ranking)
- Humberto Solano — DNF (→ no ranking)
- José Sánchez, José Manuel Soto, Miguel Sánchez, Adrián Solano — 2:36:25.79 hrs (→ 27th place)
Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Five shooters, all men, represented Costa Rica in 1968.
- Antonio Mora — 499 pts (→ 67th place)
- Rodrigo Ruiz — 485 pts (→ 68th place)
- Hugo Chamberlain — 1064 pts (→ 57th place)
- Carlos Pacheco — 587 pts (→ 52nd place)
- Hugo Chamberlain — 583 pts (→ 66th place)
- Carlos Pacheco — 176 pts (→ 42nd place)
- Jorge André — 75 pts (→ 51st place)
Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Men's 100 metres freestyle
- Luis Aguilar
- Heats — 1:04.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)
Men's 200 metres freestyle
- Edgar Miranda
- Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics
Middleweight
- Luis Fonseca
- Press — 107.5 kg
- Snatch — 97.5 kg
- Jerk — 130.0 kg
- Total — 335.0 kg (→ 17th place)
Light heavyweight
- Rodolfo Castillo
- Press — 112.5 kg
- Snatch — 105.0 kg
- Jerk — 140.0 kg
- Total — 357.5 kg (→ 21st place)
Middle heavyweight
- Fernando Esquivel
- Press — 120.0 kg
- Snatch — 105.0 kg
- Jerk — 145.0 kg
- Total — 370.0 kg (→ 23rd place)
- "Flagbearers for Costa Rica". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
- "Costa Rica at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.