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Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Competitors
  
19 in 5 sports

Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics

IOC code
  
TTO (TRT used at these Games)

NOC
  
Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee

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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.

Contents

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

    Trinidad and Tobago at the 1968 Summer Olympics Wikipedia