Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Costa Rica at the
1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code CRC
NOC Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors 18 (17 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[1]

Athletics

Women's 400 metres

  • Jean Robotham
    • Round 1 — 58.2 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

  • Juan Pérez
    • Round 1 — 15:41.4 min (→ 12th in heat, did not advance)

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

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

Light middleweight (71 kg)

  • Walter Campos
    • Round 1 - Lost to Stephen Thega of Kenya

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Costa Rica in 1968.

Individual road race
Team time trial

Shooting

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

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

Swimming

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

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. ↑ "Costa Rica at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 13 September 2014.
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