# 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 — 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 Witold Woyda (POL)
   * lost to German Sveshnikov (URS)
   * lost to Gerry Wiedel (CAN)
   * lost to Moustapha Sohem (EGY)
   * lost to Alberto Varela (URU)

### 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 Csaba Fenyvesi (HUN)
   * lost to Gianfranco Paolucci (ITA)
   * lost to Valeriano Pérez (MEX)
   * lost to Ștefan Haukler (ROU)
   * lost to Russell Hobby (AUS)
   * lost to Francisco da Silva (POR)

## 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 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)