Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	TTO (TRT used at these Games)
NOC	Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee
Website	www.ttoc.org
in Mexico City
Competitors	19 in 5 sports
Flag bearer	Roger Gibbon
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Other related appearances
British West Indies (1960 S)

Trinidad and Tobago competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 19 competitors, all men, took part in 14 events in 5 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Ronald Monsegue

• Round 1 — 10.5 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres

• Edwin Roberts

• Round 1 — 20.6 seconds (→ 4th in heat, advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 20.4 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to final)
• Final — 20.3 seconds (→ 4th place)

• Winston Short

• Round 1 — 20.9 seconds (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 21.5 seconds (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 400 metres

• George Simon

• Round 1 — 47.9 seconds (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 800 metres

• Benedict Cayenne

• Heats — 1:48.2 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 1:46.8 min (→ 4th in heat, advanced to final)
• Final — 1:54.3 min (→ 8th place)

Men's 4x100 metres relay

• Raymond Fabien, Winston Short, Carl Archer, Edwin Roberts

• Heats — 38.9 seconds (→ 6th in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres relay

• George Simon, Euric Bobb, Benedict Cayenne, Edwin Roberts

• Heats — 3:04.5 min (→ 2nd in heat, advanced to semi final)
• Semi final — 39.5 seconds (→ 6th in heat, did not advance)
• Final — 3:04.5 min (→ 6th place)

Cycling

Men's 1.000m Time Trial

• Roger Gibbon — 1:04.66 min (→ 5th place)

Men's Sprint

• Roger Gibbon

• Round 1 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
• Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
• Repechage — 2nd in heat (→ did not advance)

• Leslie King

• Round 1 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
• Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round 2)
• Round 2 — 3rd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
• Repechage — 1st in heat (→ advanced to round of 16)
• Round of 16 — 2nd in heat (→ advanced to repechage)
• Repechage — 3rd in heat (→ did not advance)

Men's Individual Pursuit

• Vernon Stauble

• Qualification — 5:07.80 min (→ 19th in trial, did not advance)

Men's Team Pursuit

• Robert Farrell, Salim Mohammed, Phillip Richardson, Noel Luces

• Qualification — 4:48.64 min (→ did not advance)

Shooting

Two male shooters represented Trinidad and Tobago in 1968.

50 m pistol

• Bertram Manhin — 539 pts (→ 38th place)

50 m rifle, prone

• Hugh Homer — 583 pts (→ 65th place)

Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — 58.9 s (→ 5th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Men's 100 metres butterfly

• Geoffrey Ferreira

• Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Weightlifting

Lightweight

• Hugo Gittens

• Press — 120.0 kg
• Snatch — 102.5 kg
• Jerk — 137.5 kg
• Total — 360.0 kg (→ 16th place)

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
  • Part Three: Results^{[permanent dead link]}

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