Costa Rica at the 1968 Summer Olympics
IOC code	CRC
NOC	Comité Olímpico de Costa Rica
Website	www.concrc.org (in Spanish)
in Mexico City
Competitors	18 (17 men, 1 woman) in 6 sports
Flag bearer	Rodolfo Castillo[1]
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Costa Rica competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Eighteen competitors, seventeen men and one woman, took part in eighteen events in six sports.^[2]

Athletics

Women's 400 metres

• Jean Robotham
  • Round 1 — 58.2 s (→ 8th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 5000 metres

• Rafael Ángel Pérez
  • Round 1 — 15:41.4 min (→ 12th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 10,000 metres

• Rafael Ángel Pérez — 32:14.6 min (→ 31st place)

Men's marathon

• Rafael Ángel Pérez — DNF (→ no ranking)

Women's high jump

• Sandra Johnson
  • Qualification — DNS (→ no ranking)

Women's long jump

• Jean Robotham
  • Qualification — 4.75 m (→ no ranking)

Women's pentathlon

• Jean Robotham
  • 80 m hurdles — 13.4 s (→ 712 points)
  • Shot put — 8.73 m (→ 615 points)
  • High jump — NM (→ 0 points)
  • Long jump — 4.74 m (→ 686 points)
  • 100 m hurdles — 25.4 s (→ 896 points)
  • Total — 2909 pts (→ 32nd place)

Boxing

Light welterweight (63.5 kg)

• José Marín
  • Round 2 - Lost to Issaka Dabore of Niger

Light middleweight (71 kg)

• Walter Campos
  • Round 1 - Lost to Stephen Thega of Kenya

Cycling

Five cyclists represented Costa Rica in 1968.

Individual road race

• Miguel Sánchez — 5:20:59.18 hrs (→ 63rd place)
• José Sánchez — DNF (→ no ranking)
• José Manuel Soto — DNF (→ no ranking)
• Humberto Solano — DNF (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• José Sánchez, José Manuel Soto, Miguel Sánchez, Adrián Solano — 2:36:25.79 hrs (→ 27th place)

Shooting

Five shooters, all men, represented Costa Rica in 1968.

50 m pistol

• Antonio Mora — 499 pts (→ 67th place)
• Rodrigo Ruiz — 485 pts (→ 68th place)

50 m rifle, three positions

• Hugo Chamberlain — 1064 pts (→ 57th place)

50 m rifle, prone

• Carlos Pacheco — 587 pts (→ 52nd place)
• Hugo Chamberlain — 583 pts (→ 66th place)

Skeet

• Carlos Pacheco — 176 pts (→ 42nd place)
• Jorge André — 75 pts (→ 51st place)

Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

• Luis Aguilar
  • Heats — 1:04.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 200 metres freestyle

• Edgar Miranda
  • Heats — DNS (→ no ranking)

Weightlifting

Middleweight

• Luis Fonseca
  • Press — 107.5 kg
  • Snatch — 97.5 kg
  • Jerk — 130.0 kg
  • Total — 335.0 kg (→ 17th place)

Light heavyweight

• Rodolfo Castillo
  • Press — 112.5 kg
  • Snatch — 105.0 kg
  • Jerk — 140.0 kg
  • Total — 357.5 kg (→ 21st place)

Middle heavyweight

• Fernando Esquivel
  • Press — 120.0 kg
  • Snatch — 105.0 kg
  • Jerk — 145.0 kg
  • Total — 370.0 kg (→ 23rd place)