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Lebanon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
LIB

Competitors
  
11 in 6 sports

Website
  
www.lebolymp.org

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Lebanon at the 1968 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Lebanese Olympic Committee

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

Contents

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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