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 — 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
One fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1968.
Men's foil José Miguel Pérez — defeated in first round First round — 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 — defeated in first round First round — 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 — 558 pts (→ 50th place)
50 m pistol José González — 511 pts (→ 63rd place) Miguel Barasorda — 481 pts (→ 69th place)
50 m rifle, prone Ralph Rodríguez — 588 pts (→ 47th place) Alberto Santiago — 582 pts (→ 70th place)
Trap George Silvernail — 188 pts (→ 31st place) Ángel Marchand — 156 pts (→ 53rd place)
Skeet 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 Antonio Ortíz Round 1 — Lost to Miguel Olvera of Ecuador Alberto Carrero Round 1 — Lost to Pierre Darmon of France Stanley Pasarell Round 1 — Lost to Rafael Osuna of Mexico
Men's doubles Stanley Pasarell, Alberto 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 Manuel 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
External links Official Olympic Reports Part Three: Results