Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	GUA
Nocname:	Guatemalan Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Website:
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	48 (47 men, 1 woman)
Sports:	8
Flagbearer:	Teodoro Palacios^[1]
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Guatemala competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It had been 16 years since the previous time that the nation competed at the Olympic Games. 48 competitors, 47 men and 1 woman, took part in 37 events in 8 sports.^[2]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carlos Cuque	align=left rowspan=2	Marathon	2:45:20	39
Fulgencio Hernández	3:00:40	52
Julio Ortíz	20 km walk	1:54:48	28
align=left rowspan=3	Julio Quevedo	1500 m	4:03.13	9	Did not advance
5000 m	15:23.0	9	Did not advance
3000 m steeplechase	9:48.37	12	Did not advance

Field events

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Mario Mendoza	Bantamweight	L 0-5	Did not advance
Eugenio Boches	Light Middleweight	L 0-5	Did not advance

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Four cyclists represented Guatemala in 1968.

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Francisco Cuque	align=left rowspan=4	Men's road race	DNF
Jorge Inés	4:57:07	49
align=left rowspan=1	Evaristo Oliva	4:57:07	48
align=left rowspan=1	Saturnino Rustrián	4:46:13	22
Evaristo Oliva Francisco Cuque Jorge Inés Saturnino Rustrián	Team time trial	2:24:20.7	21

Football

See main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Group D

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	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
	3	0	0	3	1	19	-18	0

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Quarter-finals

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Nine shooters, all men, represented Guatemala in 1968.

Open

Athlete	Event	Final
		Score	Rank
Otto Brolo	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1092	53
	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	580	78
Gerardo Castañeda	50 m pistol	537	39
Víctor Castellanos	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	33
Leonel Fernández	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1068	56
José Marroquín	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1027	29
Félipe Ortíz	Men's 300 metre rifle three positions	1023	30
Fernando Samoya	25 m rapid fire pistol	579	29
Francisco Sandoval	50 m pistol	519	59
Pablo Sittler	Men's 50 metre rifle prone	579	79

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=3	Ramiro Benavides	200 metre freestyle	2:11.7	47	Did not advance
100 metre butterfly	1:03.1	39	Did not advance
200 metre butterfly	2:24.3	38	Did not advance
align=left rowspan=3	Antonio Cruz	100 metre backstroke	1:11.8	35	Did not advance
200 metre backstroke	2:36.3	38	Did not advance
400 metre medley	5:31.1	33	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
align=left rowspan=4	Silvana Asturias	100 metre freestyle	1:10.3	56	Did not advance
200 metre freestyle	2:30.7	36	Did not advance
400 metre freestyle	5:25.6	27	Did not advance
800 metre freestyle	11:12.5	25	Did not advance

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Gustavo Ramírez	−52 kg	L T 8:15	L T 5:32	Did not advance					23
Javier Raxon	−57 kg	L	L T 6:20	Did not advance					20
José García	−63 kg	L 5:45	L T 4:47	Did not advance					20
Ángel Aldama	−70 kg	L T 1:55	L T 2:15	Did not advance					24
José Manuel Hernández	−87 kg	L T 1:45	L T 0:37	Did not advance					20

Men's Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
		Round 1 Result	Round 2 Result	Round 3 Result	Round 4 Result	Round 5 Result	Round 6 Result	Final round Result	Rank
Gustavo Ramírez	−52 kg	L T 1:25	L T 0:56	Did not advance					22
Javier Raxon	−57 kg	L T 4:38	L T 1:23	Did not advance					24
José García	−63 kg	L T 1:21	L T 0:20	Did not advance					19
Ángel Aldama	−70 kg	L T 0:45	L T 6:17	Did not advance					24
José Manuel Hernández	−87 kg	L T 0:51	L T 4:56	Did not advance					16

External links

• Official Olympic Reports

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Guatemala . olympedia.org . . 28 December 2023.
2. Web site: Guatemala at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . 13 September 2014 . sports-reference.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141105034902/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GUA/summer/1968/ . 5 November 2014 . dmy-all .