Lebanon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code LIB Competitors 11 in 6 sports		Website www.lebolymp.org 0 0

NOC Lebanese Olympic Committee Medals Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0

Lebanon competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. Eleven competitors, all men, took part in 13 events in 6 sports.

Cycling

1000m time trial

Tarek Abou Al Dahab — 1:16.18 min (→ 32nd place)

Sprint

Tarek Abou Al Dahab

Round 1 — eliminated (→ did not advance)

Individual pursuit

Tarek Abou Al Dahab

Heats — 5:35.42 min (→ did not advance)

Individual road race

Tarek Abou Al Dahab — DNF

Fencing

Three fencers represented Lebanon in 1968.

Men's foil

Souheil Ayoub — defeated in first round

Men's épée

Ali Chekr — defeated in first round

Khalil Kallas — defeated in first round

Shooting

Three shooters represented Lebanon in 1968.

Trap

Elias Salhab — 191 pts (→ 18th place)

Skeet

Spiro Hayek — 180 pts (→ 39th place)

Tanios Harb — 179 pts (→ 41st place)

Swimming

Men's 100 metres freestyle

Yacoub Masboungi

Heats — 1:00.5 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Men's 100 metres backstroke

Yacoub Masboungi

Heats — 1:11.6 min (→ 7th in heat, did not advance)

Wrestling

Men's Greco-Roman bantamweight (57 kg)

Jean Nakouzi

Round 1 — fought Herbert Singerman of Canada

Round 2 — fought Rodolfo Guerra of Mexico

Round 3 — fought Arthur Spaenhoven of the Netherlands

Men's Greco-Roman heavyweight (97 kg)

Hasan Bechara

Round 1 — fought Petr Kment of Czechoslovakia

Round 2 — fought Constantin Busoi of Romania

References

Lebanon at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia

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