Costa_Rica_at_the_1968_Summer_Olympics

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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Athletics

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

Men's 10,000 metres

Men's marathon

Women's high jump

  • Sandra Johnson
    • Qualification — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's long jump

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)

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

Light middleweight (71 kg)

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five cyclists represented Costa Rica in 1968.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Five shooters, all men, represented Costa Rica in 1968.

50 m pistol
50 m rifle, three positions
50 m rifle, prone
Skeet

Swimming

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)

Weightlifting

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)

References

  1. [1]
    "Flagbearers for Costa Rica". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  2. [2]
    "Costa Rica at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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