Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	TTO
Nocname:	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Oldcode:	TRT
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	19
Sports:	5
Flagbearer:	Roger Gibbon
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1948
See also:	(1960)

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 19 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 5 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

• Ronald Monsegue

• Round 1 — 10.5 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Edwin Roberts

• Round 1 — 20.6 seconds (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)

• Semi final — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to final)

• Final — 20.3 seconds (→ 4th place)
• Winston Short

• Round 1 — 20.9 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 — 21.5 seconds (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• George Simon

• Round 1 — 47.9 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Benedict Cayenne

• Heats — 1:48.2 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)

• Semi final — 1:46.8 min (→ 4th in heat, advanced to final)

• Final — 1:54.3 min (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Raymond Fabien, Winston Short, Carl Archer, Edwin Roberts

• Heats — 38.9 seconds (→ 6th in heat, advanced to semi final)

• Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• George Simon, Euric Bobb, Benedict Cayenne, Edwin Roberts

• Heats — 3:04.5 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)

• Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

• Final — 3:04.5 min (→ 6th place)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Roger Gibbon — 1:04.66 min (→ 5th place)

Men's Sprint

• Roger Gibbon

• Round 1 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)

• Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)

• Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)
• Leslie King

• Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)

• Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)

• Round 2 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)

• Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round of 16)

• Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)

• Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Vernon Stauble

• Qualification — 5:07.80 min (→ 19th in trial, did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Robert Farrell, Salim Mohammed, Phillip Richardson, Noel Luces

• Qualification — 4:48.64 min (→ did not advance)

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Two male shooters represented Trinidad and Tobago in 1968.

50 m pistol

• Bertram Manhin — 539 pts (→ 38th place)

50 m rifle, prone

• Hugh Homer — 583 pts (→ 65th place)

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres freestyle

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — 58.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Lightweight

• Hugo Gittens

• Press — 120.0 kg

• Snatch — 102.5 kg

• Jerk — 137.5 kg

• Total — 360.0 kg (→ 16th place)

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results

Notes and References

1. Web site: Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417093223/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/TTO/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 26 December 2015 . Sports Reference.