Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GUA
NOC	Guatemalan Olympic Committee
Website	www.cog.org.gt (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors	48 (47 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Teodoro Palacios[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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]

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carlos Cuque	Marathon	—						2:45:20	39
Fulgencio Hernández		—						3:00:40	52
Julio Ortíz	20 km walk	—						1:54:48	28
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

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Teodoro Palacios	High jump			Did not advance

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	Chang Kyou-chul (KOR) L 0-5	Did not advance
Eugenio Boches	Light Middleweight	—	Mario Benítez (URU) L' 0-5	Did not advance

Four cyclists represented Guatemala in 1968.

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

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Bulgaria	3	2	1	0	11	3	+8	5
Guatemala	3	2	0	1	6	3	+3	4
Czechoslovakia	3	1	1	1	10	3	+7	3
Thailand	3	0	0	3	1	19	−18	0

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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

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
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
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
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

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Francisco Echevarría	60 kg	87.5	21	77.5	21	112.5	20	277.5	20

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	Wanelge Castillo (PAN) L T 8:15	Sudesh Kumar (IND) L T 5:32	Did not advance					23
Javier Raxon	−57 kg	Aboutaleb Talebi (IRN) L	Donald Behm (USA) L T 6:20	Did not advance					20
José García	−63 kg	Ismail Al-Karaghouli (IRQ) L 5:45	Nikolaos Karypidis (GRE) L T 4:47	Did not advance					20
Ángel Aldama	−70 kg	Udey Chand (IND) L T 1:55	Roger Till (GBR) L T 2:15	Did not advance					24
José Manuel Hernández	−87 kg	Hüseyin Gursoy (TUR) L T 1:45	Peter Doring (GDR) 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	Enrique Jiménez (MEX) L T 1:25	Shin Sang-Sik (KOR) L T 0:56	Did not advance					22
Javier Raxon	−57 kg	Risto Björlin (FIN) L T 4:38	Othon Moschidis (GRE) L T 1:23	Did not advance					24
José García	−63 kg	Jiří Švec (TCH) L T 1:21	Hideo Fujimoto (JPN) L T 0:20	Did not advance					19
Ángel Aldama	−70 kg	Hun-Gyo Seo (KOR) L T 0:45	Gordon Garvie (CAN) L T 6:17	Did not advance					24
José Manuel Hernández	−87 kg	Petăr Krumov Petrov (BUL) L T 0:51	Håkon Overby (NOR) L T 4:56	Did not advance					16

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