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

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

Basque pelota at the Summer Olympics
	1896 1900 1904 1908 1912 1920 1924 (demonstration) 1928 1932 1936 1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 (demonstration) 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 (demonstration)