Guatemala at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Guatemala at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Guatemala at the; 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	GUA
NOC	Guatemalan Olympic Committee
in Mexico City
Competitors	48 (47 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Teodoro Palacios
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1952; 1956–1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024; 2028;

Guatemala competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. It had been 16 years since 1952, 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]

IOC codeGUA

NOCGuatemalan Olympic Committee

Competitors48 (47 men, 1 woman) in 8 sports

FlagbearerTeodoro Palacios^[1]

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

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

Athlete	Event	1 Round	2 Round	3 Round	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	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	N/a	Mario Benítez (URU) L' 0-5	Did not advance

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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Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Otto Brolo	Men's 50 metre rifle three positions	1092	53
Otto Brolo	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

Athlete	Event	Elimination Pool						Final round
Athlete	Event	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 Aldana	−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