Francisco Checa (born 4 February 1940, in Panama City) is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics. [1]
Lloyd Barrington La Beach was a sprinter from Panama, who won two bronze medals during the 1948 Summer Olympics, the first Olympic medals for Panama and for Central America. He also competed in the long jump.
Irving Jahir Saladino Aranda is a Panamanian former long jumper. He was Olympic champion, having won at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and is Panama's first and only Olympic gold medalist. He was world champion in the long jump in 2007. He represented his country at three straight Olympics, from 2004 to 2012, and competed at four World Championships in Athletics from 2005 to 2011.
The Panama national basketball team participates in international competitions.
Panama competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico.
Panama competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.
Leo Joseph Goodwin was an American swimmer, diver, and water polo player. He competed in the 1904 and 1908 Summer Olympics and won medals in all three disciplines.
Panama has appeared in 17 Summer Games, making its debut appearance at the 1928 Summer Olympics. They have never appeared in the Winter Games. The country has won three medals, all in athletics. Long jumper Irving Saladino won Panama's first and only Olympic gold medal.
Sebastian Bea is an American rower. He won a silver medal in the men's pair at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, along with Ted Murphy, and is a 1999 graduate of the University of California, Berkeley.
Byron LaBeach is a retired Jamaican sprinter who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics. He also won gold medals at the Central American and Caribbean Games with the Jamaican 4×100 metres relay and 4×400 metres relay teams. He is the brother of Panamanian sprinter Lloyd La Beach.
Percibal Blades is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Pedro Rivas is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Julio Osorio is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Luis Sinclair is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Norris Webb is a Panamanian former basketball player who competed in the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Miryam Roper is a German judoka. She competed in the Women's 57 kg event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Since 2017, Roper competes for her father's land Panama.
Isabel Checa Porcel is a Spanish long-distance runner. Checa represented Spain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, where she competed for the women's 10,000 metres. She finished the race in twenty-ninth place by fourteen seconds behind China's Dong Xiaoqin, with a time of 33:17.88.
Events in the year 1988 in Portugal.
The following is the list of squads for each of the 16 teams that competed in the men's basketball tournament at the 1968 Summer Olympics.
Luis Ávila is a Panamanian boxer. He competed in the men's bantamweight event at the 1972 Summer Olympics. In his opening fight, he lost to Juan Francisco Rodriguez of Spain.
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