Ecuador at the 1968 Summer Olympics
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Ecuador
competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
in Mexico City
, Mexico
. It was the first time in 44 years that the nation sent athletes to the Olympic Games.
Athletics
Cycling
Gymnastics
Swimming
Tennis (demonstration sport)
Ecuador
Ecuador , officially the Republic of Ecuador is a representative democratic republic in South America, bordered by Colombia on the north, Peru on the east and south, and by the Pacific Ocean to the west. It is one of only two countries in South America, along with Chile, that do not have a border...
competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics
1968 Summer Olympics
The 1968 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XIX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Mexico City, Mexico in October 1968. The 1968 Games were the first Olympic Games hosted by a developing country, and the first Games hosted by a Spanish-speaking country...
in Mexico City
Mexico City
Mexico City is the Federal District , capital of Mexico and seat of the federal powers of the Mexican Union. It is a federal entity within Mexico which is not part of any one of the 31 Mexican states but belongs to the federation as a whole...
, Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
. It was the first time in 44 years that the nation sent athletes to the Olympic Games.
AthleticsAthletics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAt the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 36 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 12 for women. There were a total number of 1031 participating athletes from 93 countries....
- Gustavo Gutierrez
CyclingCycling at the 1968 Summer OlympicsThe cycling competition at the 1968 Summer Olympics consisted of two road cycling events and five track cycling events, all for men only.-Medal table:-Medal summary:...
- Víctor MoralesVíctor MoralesVíctor Morales is a Belizean footballplayer who currently plays for San Pedro Dolphins.-External links:...
- Noe Medina
- Hipó Pozo
- Arnufo Pozo
GymnasticsGymnastics at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAt the 1968 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the National Auditorium in Mexico City from October 21 through October 26.-Format of competition:...
- Sergio Luna
- Eduardo Najera
- Pedro Rendón
SwimmingSwimming at the 1968 Summer OlympicsAt the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, 29 events in swimming were contested. There was a total of 468 participants from 51 countries competing. The United States dominated the competition, winning 52 of 87 medals.-Medal table:-Men's events:...
- Fernando González
- Eduardo Orejuela
- Tamora Orejuela
Tennis (demonstration sport)Tennis at the 1968 Summer OlympicsTennis returned to the Summer Olympic program as a demonstration event in 1968. Men's and women's singles and doubles and mixed doubles were held in both a Demonstration tournament and an Exhibition tournament. Both tournaments were held in Guadalajara, Mexico.-Demonstration:-Exhibition:-External...
- Anea María Icaza
- Masría Elena Guzmán
- Franciscoa Guzmán
- Miguel OlveraMiguel OlveraMiguel Olvera was a tennis player in the 1960s and 1970s, playing for Ecuador.In 1960, as an unseeded player, he won the singles title at the Cincinnati Masters. He remains to this day the only unseeded player ever to win the singles title in Cincinnati...