Uganda at the 1968 Summer Olympics

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Uganda at the
1968 Summer Olympics
Flag of Uganda.svg
IOC code UGA
NOC Uganda Olympic Committee
Website www.nocuganda.com
in Mexico City
Competitors11 in 2 sports
Medals
Ranked 38 [1] th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Uganda competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics which were held in Mexico City, Mexico from 12 to 27 October. The 1968 Summer Olympics were Uganda's fourth entry into an Olympic Games. Eleven athletes attended the Games to represent Uganda, eight boxers and three in track and field events.

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The nation won its first ever Olympic medals at these Games. Boxers Leo Rwabwogo and Eridadi Mukwanga both achieved podium finishes: Rwabwogo winning bronze in the flyweight division and Mukwanga winning silver in the bantamweight division. Amos Omolo was the most successful track and field athlete. He won both his heat and quarter-final in the men's 400m race before finishing last in the final.

Background

Uganda first took part in an Olympic Games at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, although it remained a British protectorate at the time. [2] [3] The Uganda Olympic Committee had been officially recognised by the International Olympic Committee in January of the same year. [4] The nation became fully independent in October 1962, [5] competing under its own flag for the first time at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [2] The 1968 Summer Olympics were held between 12 and 27 October in Mexico City, Mexico and featured 5,516 athletes from 112 nations competing in 172 events. [6]

The 1968 Games were Uganda's fourth entry into the Olympic Games. [7] Sprinter Amos Omolo and boxer Alex Odhiambo were the only members of Uganda's 11-man delegation who had previously competed at an Olympic Games. [8] [9] [10] Kenyan-born Omolo had been eliminated in the heats of both of his events at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. [10] [11] Odhiambo had been eliminated in the third round of the men's lightweight category at the same Games. He stepped up a weight division to light-welterweight for the 1968 Games. [12]

Medalists

MedalNameSportEvent
Silver medal.svg Eridadi Mukwanga Boxing Bantamweight
Bronze medal.svg Leo Rwabdogo Boxing Flyweight

Athletics

Uganda entered three athletes in athletics events at the 1968 Summer Olympics. [9] The athletics events were held at the Estadio Olímpico Universitario. [13] William Dralu competed in the men's 200m but failed to advance from his heat after finishing sixth with a time of 21.38 seconds. [14] Long-distance runner Mustafa Musa competed in three events, the men's 5000m, 10,000m and marathon races. The 5,000m was the only event Musa entered that required qualifying. He was eliminated after finishing ninth in his heat. In his remaining events, Musa finished 22nd in the 10,000m before finishing the marathon in 55th place. [15]

The remaining athlete, Amos Omolo, was the oldest competitor in the Ugandan delegation, being aged 31 at the start of the Games. [9] He entered the men's 100m and 400m events. In the 100m, Omolo qualified from his heat after finishing fourth with a personal best time of 10.50 seconds. He improved marginally on his time in the quarter-final with a wind assisted 10.45 seconds, but did not progress after finishing the race in seventh position. In the 400m, Omolo fared better, placing first in both his heat and his quarter-final race, setting a new personal best in the latter. He also progressed from the semi-finals with a fourth-placed finish before finishing last in the event's final after running the race in 47.61 seconds. [10]

Men
Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
William Dralu 200 m 21:386Did not advance
Mustafa Musa 5000 m 15:10.29Did not advance
10000 m N/A30:54.2422
Marathon N/A3:04:5355
Amos Omolo 100 m 10.504 Q10.457Did not advance
400 m 45.851 Q45.331 Q45.524 Q47.618

Boxing

Uganda sent eight boxers to compete at the Games. [9] The boxing event was held at the Arena México in the Colonia Doctores district of Mexico City. [16] [17] Douglas Ogada, Matthias Ouma and Andrew Kajjo, were eliminated after losing their first bouts in the early rounds. [18] [19] [20] Alex Odhiambo, entering in the second round, won his bout against Spaniard Mariano Pérez before being eliminated by American James Wallington. [12] David Jackson and Mohamed Muruli both advanced to the quarter-finals of the light-middleweight and lightweight divisions respectively before suffering defeat. [21] [22] Jackson was the youngest member of the Ugandan delegation, being aged 19 at the start of the Games. [9]

The remaining two Ugandan fighters in the quarter-finals, flyweight Leo Rwabwogo and bantamweight Eridadi Mukwanga, both won their bouts to reach the semi-finals. Rwabwogo defeated Hungarian Tibor Badari on points in the quarter-final while Mukvanga defeated Mexican Roberto Cervantes by the same method. [23] [24] By reaching the round, both fighters were guaranteed at least a bronze medal. [25] [26] Rwabwogo faced Polish fighter Artur Olech who had won the silver medal four years earlier in Tokyo. [23] [27] Olech defeated the Ugandan 3–2 on points. [23]

In his semi-final bout, Mukwanga defeated South Korean Chang Kyou-chul, progressing to the final after winning 4–1 on points. [24] In the final he met Valerian Sokolov from the Soviet Union but suffered a TKO defeat when the referee stopped the fight in the second round. [28] Rwabwogo and Mukwanga won a bronze and silver medal respectively, the first Olympic medals ever won by Uganda. [29]

Men
AthleteEvent1 Round2 Round3 RoundQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Opposition
Result		Rank
Douglas Ogada Light Flyweight Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Jee Yong-ju  (KOR)
L RSC-2 [30] 		Did not advance
Leo Rwabwogo Flyweight Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Seo Sang-Yeong  (KOR)
W 5–0		Flag of the United States.svg  David Vásquez  (USA)
W 3–2		N/AFlag of Hungary.svg  Tibor Badari  (HUN)
W 3–2		Flag of Poland (1928-1980).svg  Artur Olech  (POL)
L 2–3		Did not advance Bronze medal.svg
Eridadi Mukwanga Bantamweight BYEFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Ramiro Suárez  (ESP)
W KO-2		Flag of Romania (1965-1989).svg  Nicolae Giju  (ROU)
W RSC-2		Flag of Mexico.svg  Roberto Cervantes  (MEX)
W 4–1		Flag of South Korea (1949-1984).png  Chang Kyou-chul  (KOR)
W 4–1		Flag of the Soviet Union.svg  Valerian Sokolov  (URS)
L RSC-2 [28] 		Silver medal.svg
Mohamed Muruli Lightweight BYEFlag of Chile.svg  Luis Muñoz  (CHI)
W 5–0		Flag of Venezuela (1954-2006).png  Armando Mendoza  (VEN)
W 4–1		Flag of the United States.svg  Ronnie Harris  (USA)
L 0–5		Did not advance
Alex Odhiambo Light Welterweight BYEFlag of Spain (1945-1977).svg  Mariano Pérez  (ESP)
W RSC-1		Flag of the United States.svg  James Wallington  (USA)
L 0–5		Did not advance
Andrew Kajjo Welterweight BYEFlag of Argentina.svg  Mario Guilloti  (ARG)
L1–4		Did not advance
David Jackson Light Middleweight Flag of Austria.svg  Rainer Salzburger  (AUT)
W KO-2		Flag of Denmark.svg  Christian Larsen  (DEN)
W 3–2		N/AFlag of the German Olympic Team (1960-1968).svg  Günther Meier  (FRG)
L 0–5		Did not advance
Matthias Ouma Middleweight BYEFlag of the Soviet Union.svg  Aleksei Kiselyov  (URS)
L 1–4		Did not advance

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