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

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

1. "La Pelota Vasca en los Juegos Olímpicos" (PDF) (in Spanish). The International Federation of Basque Pelota (FIPV).