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. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Silver

Enrique Regüeiferos Enrique Regüeiferos (15 July 1948 – 20 June 2002)
was a

— Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight *

Rolando Garbey Rolando Garbey Garbey (born November 19, 1947, in Santiago de Cuba) is a retired Cuban boxer. He competed in the Light Middleweight (71 kg) category. He won an Olympic silver medal in 1968 and a bronze medal in 1976. In 1974 ...

— Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight * Enrique Figuerola, Pablo Montes, Juan Morales, and Hermes Ramirez — Athletics, Men's 4×100 metre relay * Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Violetta Quesada, and Fulgencia Romay — Athletics, Women's 4×100 metre relay

Athletics

Basketball

Boxing

Cycling

Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1968. ; Individual road race * Sergio Martínez * Roberto Menéndez * Ulises Váldez * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez ; Sprint * Juan Reyes * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez ; 1000m time trial * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez ;

Tandem Tandem, or in tandem, is an arrangement in which a team of machines, animals or people are lined up one behind another, all facing in the same direction. The original use of the term in English was in ''tandem harness'', which is used for two ...

* Juan Reyes * Ulises Váldez ;

Individual pursuit The individual pursuit is a track cycling event where two cyclists begin the race from a stationary position on opposite sides of the track. It is held at over for men and for women. The riders start at the same time and set off to complete the ...

* Inocente Lizano ;

Team pursuit The team pursuit is a track cycling event similar to the individual pursuit, except that two teams, each of up to four riders, compete, starting on opposite sides of the velodrome. Race format Both men's and women's events are competed over ...

* Sergio Martínez * Roberto Menéndez * Raúl Marcelo Vázquez * Inocente Lizano

Diving

Fencing

13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Cuba in 1968. ; Men's foil * Dagoberto Borges *

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* Orlando Ruíz ; Men's team foil * Eduardo Jhons, Orlando Ruíz,

, Dagoberto Borges ; Men's épée * Gustavo Oliveros * José Antonio Díaz * Manuel González ; Men's team épée * Orlando Ruíz, Gustavo Oliveros, Manuel González, José Antonio Díaz ; Men's sabre * Félix Delgado * Manuel Ortíz *

José Narciso Díaz José Narciso Díaz (born 31 October 1950) is a Cuban fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre (fencing), sabre events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

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; Men's team sabre * Manuel Ortíz,

José Narciso Díaz José Narciso Díaz (born 31 October 1950) is a Cuban fencing, fencer. He competed in the individual and team sabre (fencing), sabre events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. References

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, Joaquin Tack-Fang, Félix Delgado ; Women's foil * Milady Tack-Fang *

Margarita Rodríguez Margarita Rodríguez (born 30 March 1947) is a Cuban foil fencer. She competed at the 1968, 1972, 1976 and 1980 Summer Olympics The 1980 Summer Olympics (russian: Летние Олимпийские игры 1980, Letniye Olimpiyskiye ig ...

Gymnastics

Rowing

Shooting

Eight shooters, all men, represented Cuba in 1968. ;

50 m pistol The 50 meter pistol, formerly and unofficially still often called Free Pistol, is one of the ISSF shooting events. It provides the purest precision shooting among the pistol events, and is one of the oldest shooting disciplines, dating back to t ...

* Nelson Oñate * Arturo Costa ; 50 m rifle, three positions * Raúl Llanos * Sergio Álvarez ; 50 m rifle, prone * Silvio Delgado * Enrique Guedes ;

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* Ignacio Huguet * Delfin Gómez

Swimming

Water polo

;Men's Team Competition *Preliminary Round (Group A) ** Lost to Soviet Union (4:11) ** Defeated Brazil (9:2) ** Tied with United States (6:6) ** Defeated West Germany (7:6) ** Defeated Spain (4:3) ** Lost to Hungary (1:7) *Classification Matches **5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (2:8) **7th/8th place: Lost to Netherlands (5:8) → 8th place *Team Roster ** Guillermo Canete ** Guillermo Martínez ** Ibrahim Rodríguez ** Jesús Pérez ** Miguel García ** Oscar Periche ** Osvaldo García ** Roberto Rodríguez ** Rolando Valdes ** Ruben Junco ** Waldimiro Arcos

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * Janu ...

1968 in Cuban sport