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Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics

{{use dmy dates|date=September 2014}}

{{infobox country at games

| NOC = GUA

| NOCname = Guatemalan Olympic Committee

| games = Summer Olympics

| year = 1968

| flagcaption =

| oldcode =

| website = {{url|www.cog.org.gt }} {{in lang|es}}

| location = Mexico City

| competitors = 48 (47 men, 1 woman)

| sports = 8

| flagbearer = Teodoro Palacios{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/flagbearers?country_id=GUA |title=Flagbearers for Guatemala |website=olympedia.org |publisher=OlyMADMen |access-date=28 December 2023}}

| rank =

| gold = 0

| silver = 0

| bronze = 0

| officials =

| appearances = auto

| app_begin_year =

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| summerappearances =

| winterappearances =

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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.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GUA/summer/1968/ |title=Guatemala at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games |access-date=13 September 2014 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141105034902/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/GUA/summer/1968/ |archive-date=5 November 2014 |df=dmy-all }}

Athletics

{{main|Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

;Track & road events

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Carlos Cuque

|align=left rowspan=2|Marathon

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|2:45:20

|39

align=center

|align=left|Fulgencio Hernández

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|3:00:40

|52

align=center

|align=left|Julio Ortíz

|align=left|20 km walk

|colspan=6 {{n/a}}

|1:54:48

|28

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Julio Quevedo

|align=left|1500 m

|4:03.13

|9

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|5000 m

|15:23.0

|9

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|3000 m steeplechase

|9:48.37

|12

|colspan=4 {{n/a}}

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Field events

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

align=center

|align=left|Teodoro Palacios

|align=left|High jump

|

|

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Boxing

{{main|Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!1 Round

!2 Round

!3 Round

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!Opposition
Result

!colspan=2|Rank

align=center

|align=left|Mario Mendoza

|align=left|Bantamweight

|{{flagIOCathlete|Chang Kyou-chul|KOR|1964 Summer}}
L 0-5

|colspan=6|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left|Eugenio Boches

|align=left|Light Middleweight

|colspan=1 {{n/a}}

|{{flagIOCathlete|Mario Benítez|URU|1968 Summer}}
L' 0-5

|colspan=5|Did not advance

Cycling

{{main|Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

Four cyclists represented Guatemala in 1968.

=Road=

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
Athlete

!Event

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Francisco Cuque

|align=left rowspan=4|Men's road race

|colspan=2|DNF

align=center

|align=left|Jorge Inés

|4:57:07

|49

align=center

|align=left rowspan=1|Evaristo Oliva

|4:57:07

|48

align=center

|align=left rowspan=1|Saturnino Rustrián

|4:46:13

|22

align=center

|align=left|Evaristo Oliva
Francisco Cuque
Jorge Inés
Saturnino Rustrián

|align=left|Team time trial

|2:24:20.7

|21

Football

{{main|Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

=First round=

=Group D=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
width=150|Team

!width=20|{{abbr|Pld|Matches played}}

!width=20|{{abbr|W|Matches won}}

!width=20|{{abbr|D|Matches drawn}}

!width=20|{{abbr|L|Matches lost}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GF|Goals for}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GA|Goals against}}

!width=20|{{abbr|GD|Goal difference}}

!width=20|{{abbr|Pts|Points}}

bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=left|{{fb|BUL|1967}}

|3

210113+85
bgcolor=#ccffcc

|align=left|{{fb|GUA}}

|3

20163+34
align=left|{{fb|TCH}}

|3

111103+73
align=left|{{fb|THA}}

|3

003119−180

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{{footballbox

| date = 1968-10-14

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

| score = 1 – 0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/mexicocity1968/matches/round=197100/match=32100/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|TCH}}

| goals1 = Stokes {{goal|28}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

| attendance =

| referee = Romualdo Arppi Filho {{flagicon|BRA}}

}}

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{{footballbox

| date = 1968-10-16

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|GUA}}

| score = 4 – 1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/mexicocity1968/matches/round=197100/match=32107/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|THA}}

| goals1 = N. Melgar {{goal|23}} {{goal|85}}
Roldán {{goal|55}}
López Oliva {{goal|67}}

| goals2 = Udomsilp Sornbutnark {{goal|44}}

| stadium = Estadio Nou Camp, León

| attendance =

| referee = Jean-Louis Faber {{flagicon|GUI}}

}}

----

{{footballbox

| date = 1968-10-18

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|BUL|1967}}

| score = 2 – 1

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/mexicocity1968/matches/round=197100/match=32115/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

| goals1 = Nikodimov {{goal|50}}
Zhekov {{goal|84}}

| goals2 = López Oliva {{goal|88}}

| stadium = Estadio Nou Camp, León

| attendance =

| referee = Raul Osorio {{flagicon|MEX}}

}}

=Quarter-finals=

{{footballbox

| date = 1968-10-20

| time = 12:00

| team1 = {{fb-rt|HUN}}

| score = 1 – 0

| report = [https://www.fifa.com/tournaments/archive/mensolympic/mexicocity1968/matches/round=197106/match=32120/index.html Report]

| team2 = {{fb|GUA}}

| goals1 = Szűcs {{goal|69}}

| goals2 =

| stadium = Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara

| attendance =

| referee = Arturo Yamasaki {{flagicon|PER}}

}}

Shooting

{{main|Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

Nine shooters, all men, represented Guatemala in 1968.

;Open

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Final

Score

!Rank

rowspan=2|Otto Brolo

|Men's 50 metre rifle three positions

|align="center"|1092

|align="center"|53

Men's 50 metre rifle prone

|align="center"|580

|align="center"|78

rowspan=1|Gerardo Castañeda50 m pistol

|align="center"|537

|align="center"|39

rowspan=1|Víctor Castellanos

|25 m rapid fire pistol

|align="center"|578

|align="center"|33

rowspan=1|Leonel FernándezMen's 50 metre rifle three positions

|align="center"|1068

|align="center"|56

rowspan=1|José Marroquín

|Men's 300 metre rifle three positions

|align="center"|1027

|align="center"|29

rowspan=1|Félipe Ortíz

|Men's 300 metre rifle three positions

|align="center"|1023

|align="center"|30

rowspan=1|Fernando Samoya

|25 m rapid fire pistol

|align="center"|579

|align="center"|29

rowspan=1|Francisco Sandoval50 m pistol

|align="center"|519

|align="center"|59

rowspan=1|Pablo Sittler

|Men's 50 metre rifle prone

|align="center"|579

|align="center"|79

Swimming

{{main|Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Ramiro Benavides

|align=left|200 metre freestyle

|align=center|2:11.7

|align=center|47

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|100 metre butterfly

|align=center|1:03.1

|align=center|39

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|200 metre butterfly

|align=center|2:24.3

|align=center|38

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Antonio Cruz

|align=left|100 metre backstroke

|align=center|1:11.8

|align=center|35

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|200 metre backstroke

|align=center|2:36.3

|align=center|38

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|400 metre medley

|align=center|5:31.1

|align=center|33

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

;Women

class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heat

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

align=center

|align=left rowspan=4|Silvana Asturias

|align=left|100 metre freestyle

|align=center|1:10.3

|align=center|56

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|200 metre freestyle

|align=center|2:30.7

|align=center|36

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|400 metre freestyle

|align=center|5:25.6

|align=center|27

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

align=left|800 metre freestyle

|align=center|11:12.5

|align=center|25

|colspan=4 align=center|Did not advance

Weightlifting

{{main|Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"
rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Military Press

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Francisco Echevarría

|align=left|60 kg

|87.5

|21

|77.5

|21

|112.5

|20

|277.5

|20

Wrestling

{{main|Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics}}

;Men's freestyle

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=6|Elimination Pool

!colspan=2|Final round

style="font-size: 95%"

!Round 1
Result

!Round 2
Result

!Round 3
Result

!Round 4
Result

!Round 5
Result

!Round 6
Result

!Final round
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gustavo Ramírez

|align=left|−52 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Wanelge Castillo|PAN|1968 Summer}}
L T 8:15

|{{flagIOCathlete|Sudesh Kumar|IND|1968 Summer}}
L T 5:32

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|23

align=center

|align=left|Javier Raxon

|align=left|−57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Aboutaleb Talebi|IRN|1968 Summer}}
L

|{{flagIOCathlete|Donald Behm|USA|1968 Summer}}
L T 6:20

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|20

align=center

|align=left|José García

|align=left|−63 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Ismail Al-Karaghouli|IRQ|1968 Summer}}
L 5:45

|{{flagIOCathlete|Nikolaos Karypidis|GRE|1968 Summer}}
L T 4:47

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|20

align=center

|align=left|Ángel Aldama

|align=left|−70 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Udey Chand|IND|1968 Summer}}
L T 1:55

|{{flagIOCathlete|Roger Till|GBR|1968 Summer}}
L T 2:15

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|24

align=center

|align=left|José Manuel Hernández

|align=left|−87 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hüseyin Gursoy|TUR|1968 Summer}}
L T 1:45

|{{flagIOCathlete|Peter Doring|GDR|1968 Summer}}
L T 0:37

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|20

;Men's Greco-Roman

class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=6|Elimination Pool

!colspan=2|Final round

style="font-size: 95%"

!Round 1
Result

!Round 2
Result

!Round 3
Result

!Round 4
Result

!Round 5
Result

!Round 6
Result

!Final round
Result

!Rank

align=center

|align=left|Gustavo Ramírez

|align=left|−52 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Enrique Jiménez|MEX|1968 Summer}}
L T 1:25

|{{flagIOCathlete|Shin Sang-Sik|KOR|1968 Summer}}
L T 0:56

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|22

align=center

|align=left|Javier Raxon

|align=left|−57 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Risto Björlin|FIN|1968 Summer}}
L T 4:38

|{{flagIOCathlete|Othon Moschidis|GRE|1968 Summer}}
L T 1:23

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|24

align=center

|align=left|José García

|align=left|−63 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Jiří Švec|TCH|1968 Summer}}
L T 1:21

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hideo Fujimoto|JPN|1968 Summer}}
L T 0:20

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|19

align=center

|align=left|Ángel Aldama

|align=left|−70 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Hun-Gyo Seo|KOR|1968 Summer}}
L T 0:45

|{{flagIOCathlete|Gordon Garvie|CAN|1968 Summer}}
L T 6:17

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|24

align=center

|align=left|José Manuel Hernández

|align=left|−87 kg

|{{flagIOCathlete|Petăr Krumov Petrov|BUL|1968 Summer}}
L T 0:51

|{{flagIOCathlete|Håkon Overby|NOR|1968 Summer}}
L T 4:56

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|16

References

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External links

  • [https://web.archive.org/web/20060622162855/http://www.la84foundation.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]

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