Basque pelota at the 1968 Summer Olympics

Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. It was the third time that the sport was included in the Olympic program; it was an official Olympic sport at the 1900 Games in Paris, and a demonstration sport in 1924. It would be included as a demonstration sport once again at the 1992 Games in Barcelona.[1]

Events

Event	Gold	Silver	Bronze
Basket-pelota	Mirapeix Brothers, Beascoechea, Arrien Spain	Etcheverry, Camy, Borra, Fourneau France	Hamui Brothers, Andrade, Lanzagorta Mexico
Paleta-rubber	Becerra, Rendon, Gastelumendi, Baltazar Mexico	Sehter, Utge, Goyeche, Caresella Argentina	Iroldi, D'Alba, Bell Uruguay
Paleta-leather	Bareilts Brothers, Berrotaran, Goicoechea France	Ancizu, Caballero, Reyzabal, Casado Spain	Sanchez, Beltran, Del Valle Mexico
Frontenis	Loaiza, Hernandez, Sanciprian Mexico	Sehter, Utge Argentina	Garraus, Lersundi, Irigaray Spain
Hand-pelota	Esquisabel, Basabe, Sacristan, Iruzubieta Spain	Arrillaga, Minondo, Lissar, Etchegoin France	Hernández, Tovar, Rivero, Izquierdo Mexico

Medal table


Rank	Nation	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1	Spain (ESP)	2	1	1	4
2	Mexico (MEX)	2	0	3	5
3	France (FRA)	1	2	0	3
4	Argentina (ARG)	0	2	0	2
5	Uruguay (URU)	0	0	1	1
Totals (5 nations)		5	5	5	15

Note: Since Basque Pelota was a demonstration sport, medals were awarded, but the medals were not "official" (and did not count in the respective nations' medal totals).

References

"La Pelota Vasca en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF) (in Spanish). The International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.

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[1] "La Pelota Vasca en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF) (in Spanish). The International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2009-09-20.