El Salvador at the 1968 Summer Olympics

El Salvador at the
1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code

ESA

NOC

El Salvador Olympic Committee

Website

www.teamesa.org (Spanish)

in Mexico City

Competitors

60 (52 men and 8 women) in 7 sports

Flag bearer

Salvador Vilanova

Medals

Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
0	0	0	0

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

El Salvador competed in the Olympic Games for the first time at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico, from 12 to 27 October 1968.

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador sent a total of 60 athletes to the Games, 52 men and 8 women, to compete in 7 sports. Swimmer Salvador Vilanova was selected to carry his nation's flag during the opening ceremony.

Competitors

Comité Olímpico de El Salvador selected a team of 60 athletes, 52 men and 8 women, to compete in 7 sports.^[1] The contingent marks the largest in El Salvador's Olympic participation. Trap shooter Roberto Soundy, at age 68, was the oldest athlete of the team, while swimmer Rubén Guerrero was the youngest at age 13. Each respectively holds the distinction of being the all-time oldest and youngest Olympic participants from El Salvador.^[1]

The following is the list of number of competitors participating in the Games.

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	8	2	10
Cycling	5	0	5
Football	18	0	18
Sailing	3	0	3
Shooting	8	0	8
Swimming	8	6	14
Weightlifting	2	0	2
Total	52	8	60

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Rafael Santos	100 m	11.22	8	Did not advance
José Astacio	200 m	23.13	6	Did not advance
José Astacio	400 m	52.9	7	Did not advance
Alfredo Cubías	800 m	2:08.7	8	N/A		Did not advance
Alfredo Cubías	1500m	4:32.58	10	N/A		Did not advance
Efraín Cordero	3000 m steeplechase	11:19.23	13	N/A				Did not advance
Roberto Castellanos	20 km walk	N/A						1:58:48.0	29
Ricardo Cruz	50 km walk	N/A						5:56:22.0	28

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Mauricio Jubis	Shot put	12.92	19	Did not advance
Mauricio Jubis	Discus throw	36.18	27	Did not advance
Carlos Hasbún	Hammer throw	37.46	22	Did not advance

Women
Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Cecilia Sosa	100 m	13.7	7	Did not advance
Cecilia Sosa	80 m hurdles	12.8	6	N/A		Did not advance

Field events

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
Athlete	Event	Distance	Position	Distance	Position
Cecilia Sosa	Long jump	NM	N/A	Did not advance
Rosario Martínez	Shot put	N/A		10.18	14

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Road

Men

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Mauricio Bolaños	Road race	DNF	AC
Francisco Funes		DNF	AC
David Miranda		DNF	AC
Juan Molina		DNF	AC
Mauricio Bolaños	Team time trial	2:39:38.39	24
Francisco Funes
Roberto García
Juan Molina

Football

Main article: Football at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men
Team roster

Head coach: Rigoberto Guzmán

No.	Pos.	Player	DoB	Age	Caps	Club	Tournament games	Tournament goals	Minutes played	Sub off	Sub on	Cards yellow/red
1	GK	Ricardo Martínez	Oct 28, 1947	20	?	Águila	1	0	55	1	0	0
2	DF	Roberto Rivas	Jul 17, 1941	27	?	Alianza	3	0	270	0	0	0
3	DF	Guillermo Castro	Jun 25, 1940	28	?	Atlético Marte	2	0	180	0	0	0
4	DF	Edgar Morales	Apr 17, 1940	28	?	Atlético Marte	1	0	90	0	0	0
5	DF	Jorge Vásquez	Apr 23, 1945	23	?	Universidad	3	0	270	0	0	0
6	DF	José Ruano	Sep 30, 1945	22	?	FAS	2	0	155	1	0	0
7	FW	Salvador Cabezas	Feb 28, 1947	21	?	Adler	2	0	162	1	0	0
8	DF	Alberto Villalta	Nov 19, 1947	20	?	Atlético Marte	2	0	157	0	0	1
9	MD	José Quintanilla	Oct 29, 1947	20	?	Atlético Marte	3	0	270	0	0	0
10	FW	Mauricio Rodríguez	Dec 12, 1945	22	?	Universidad	3	1	255	1	0	0
11	FW	Elmer Acevedo	Feb 24, 1946	22	?	FAS	1	0	90	0	0	0
12	MD	Mario Flores	Sep 12, 1943	24	?	FAS	1	0	32	1	0	1
13	FW	Mauricio González	Sep 19, 1945	22	?	Atlético Marte	3	0	270	0	0	0
14	MF	Juan Ramón Martínez	Apr 20, 1948	20	?	Águila	3	1	151	1	2	1
15	FW	Víctor Azucar	Sep 20, 1946	22	?	Adler	2	0	30	0	2	0
16	MD	Sergio Méndez	Feb 14, 1942	26	?	Atlético Marte	3	0	270	0	0	0
17	MD	José Manuel Angel	Aug 24, 1948	20	?	Alianza	1	0	25	0	1	0
18	GK	Joaquin Alabi			?	FAS	0	0	0	0	0	0
19	GK	Gualberto Fernández	Jul 12, 1941	27	?	Atlante	3	0	215	0	1	0

Group play

Team	Pld	W	D	L	GF	GA	GD	Pts
Hungary	3	2	1	0	8	2	+6	5
Israel	3	2	0	1	8	6	+2	4
Ghana	3	0	2	1	6	8	−2	2
El Salvador	3	0	1	2	2	8	−6	1

Israel v Ghana

1968-10-13
12:00

Israel	5 – 3	Ghana
Spiegel 11' 75' Feigenbaum 16' 30' 70'	Report	Jabir 18' 79' Amosa 35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Michel Kitabdjian

Hungary v El Salvador

1968-10-13
12:00

Hungary	4 – 0	El Salvador
Menczel 19' A. Dunai 47' Fazekas 51' Sárközi 68'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Diego De Leo

Hungary v Ghana

1968-10-15
12:00

Hungary	2 – 2	Ghana
A. Dunai 15' Menczel 17'	Report	Sunday 12' Sampene 33'

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Yoshiyuki Maruyama

Israel v El Salvador

1968-10-15
12:00

Israel	3 – 1	El Salvador
Talbi 20' Spiegler 44' Bar 85'	Report	Martínez 35'

Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Thompson Shakibudeen Badru

El Salvador v Ghana

1968-10-17
12:00

El Salvador	1 – 1	Ghana
Rodríguez 42'	Report	Kofi 55'

Estadio Nou Camp, León
Referee: Mariano Medina Iglesias

Hungary v Israel

1968-10-17
12:00

Hungary	2 – 0	Israel
A. Dunai 40' 75'	Report

Estadio Jalisco, Guadalajara
Referee: Arturo Yamasaki

El Salvador did not advance to the quarterfinal.

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race							Net points	Final rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	Net points	Final rank
Carlos Ruiz	Finn	37	35	36	39	42	30	35	212	34
Mario Aguilar Manuel Escobar	Flying Dutchman	31	36	36	36	35	33	35	206	30

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Eight shooters represented El Salvador in 1968.

Men

Athlete	Event	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank
Helio Castro	50 m rifle (3 positions)	1046	59
Juan Antonio Valencia	50 m rifle (3 positions)	1013	62
Ricardo Menéndez	50 m rifle (prone)	578	71
Tomás Vilanova	50 m rifle (prone)	581	74
Tito Castillo	50 m pistol	519	58
Helio Castro	50 m rapid-fire pistol	533	55
Tomás Vilanova	50 m rapid-fire pistol	561	49
Roberto Soundy	Trap	125	54
Andrés Amador	Skeet	175	43
Ricardo Soundy	Skeet	147	50

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
José Alvarado	100 m freestyle	1:02.0	8	Did not advance
Ernesto Durón		1:03.8	8	Did not advance
Salvador Vilanova		59.6	8	Did not advance
José Alvarado	200 m freestyle	2:20.2	8	N/A		Did not advance
Ernesto Durón		2:24.1	5	N/A		Did not advance
Salvador Vilanova		2:14.6	6	N/A		Did not advance
Rubén Guerrero	400 m freestyle	4:50.8	6	N/A		Did not advance
Friedrich Jokisch	400 m freestyle	5:09.2	5	N/A		Did not advance
Rubén Guerrero	1500 m freestyle	19:36.4	6	N/A		Did not advance
Arturo Carranza	100 m backstroke	1:17.4	6	Did not advance
Friedrich Jokisch	100 m backstroke	1:13.7	5	Did not advance
Arturo Carranza	100 m breaststroke	1:28.0	7	Did not advance
Abel Muñoz		1:19.4	6	Did not advance
Eduardo Ramos		1:31.2	6	Did not advance
Arturo Carranza	200 m breaststroke	3:02.8	8	N/A		Did not advance
Rubén Guerrero	100 m butterfly	1:10.1	7	Did not advance
Friedrich Jokisch		1:10.5	7	Did not advance
Salvador Vilanova		59.6	8	Did not advance
Arturo Carranza	200 m butterfly	2:47.3	6	N/A		Did not advance
Rubén Guerrero	200 m individual medley	2:37.5	8	N/A		Did not advance
Friedrich Jokisch		2:41.6	7	N/A		Did not advance
Salvador Vilanova		2:33.8	6	N/A		Did not advance
José Alvarado Ernesto Durón Rubén Guerrero Salvador Vilanova	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:08.3	8	N/A		Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Carmen Ferracuti	100 m freestyle	1:08.5	5	Did not advance
Rosa Hasbún	100 m freestyle	1:10.0	8	Did not advance
Donatella Ferracuti	200 m freestyle	2:28.2	6	N/A		Did not advance
Carmen Ferracuti	100 m backstroke	1:17.8	6	Did not advance
Rosa Hasbún	100 m backstroke	1:20.5	7	Did not advance
Carmen Ferracuti	200 m backstroke	2:52.6	6	N/A		Did not advance
Rosa Hasbún	200 m backstroke	2:56.2	8	N/A		Did not advance
María Castro	100 m breastroke	1:36.9	7	Did not advance
Celia Jokisch		1:46.6	7	Did not advance
María Moreño		1:27.2	6	Did not advance
María Castro	200 m breastroke	3:15.4	7	N/A		Did not advance
Carmen Ferracuti	200 m individual medley	2:44.7	6	N/A		Did not advance
Donatella Ferracuti		2:48.6	6	N/A		Did not advance
María Moreño		2:51.1	7	N/A		Did not advance
Carmen Ferracuti Donatella Ferracuti Rosa Hasbún María Moreño	4 × 100 m freestyle relay	4:39.8	5	N/A		Did not advance
Carmen Ferracuti Donatella Ferracuti Rosa Hasbún María Moreño	4 × 100 m medley relay	5:12.6	8	N/A		Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Military Press		Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Alex Martínez	56 kg	87.5	14	80.0	14	100.0	13	267.5	13
Valerio Fontanals	67.5 kg	90.0	19	95.0	=18	Did not attempt		185.0	AC

References

1 2 "El Salvador at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014.

External links

Official Olympic Reports
"El Salvador at the 1968 Ciudad de México Summer Games." Sports-Reference.com. Retrieved on 15 March 2014.

Nations at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico

Africa	Algeria Cameroon Central African Republic Chad Congo Kinshasa Ethiopia Ghana Guinea Ivory Coast Kenya Libya Madagascar Mali Morocco Niger Nigeria Senegal Sierra Leone Sudan Tanzania Tunisia Uganda United Arab Republic Zambia

America	Argentina Bahamas Barbados Bermuda Bolivia Brazil British Honduras Canada Chile Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador El Salvador Guatemala Guyana Honduras Jamaica Mexico Netherlands Antilles Nicaragua Panama Paraguay Peru Puerto Rico Suriname Trinidad-Tobago United States Uruguay Venezuela Virgin Islands

Asia	Afghanistan Burma Ceylon Republic of China Hong Kong India Indonesia Iran Iraq Israel Japan South Korea Kuwait Lebanon Malaysia Mongolia Pakistan Philippines Singapore Syria Thailand Vietnam

Europe	Austria Belgium Bulgaria Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany West Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Liechtenstein Luxembourg Malta Monaco Netherlands Norway Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Turkey Yugoslavia

Oceania	Australia Fiji New Zealand

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