Mexico 1968. The return of pelota to these Games brought the number of our representatives to 20, 18 of whom were pelotaris. We will discuss this sport, which was once again an exhibition event, at the end of the chapter. The most notable achievement in athletics was by Ignacio Sola, who, after qualifying among the 14 finalists with 4.90 metres, successively cleared 4.80 metres and, without difficulty, 5.10 metres and 5.20 metres in the final. And as he was the first jumper in the final phase, this 5.20 earned him the Olympic record, although only for half an hour, as we mentioned at the beginning of this article. Areta, for his part, only took part in the triple jump, in which he came 12th with 15.75 metres, although in the qualifying rounds he had exceeded 16.19. Javier Ciáurriz, José Mari Igartua and substitute goalkeeper Andrés Mendieta were part of the football team, which lost (0-4) to Mexico in the quarter-finals, after remaining unbeaten in their group. Miguel Mari Lasa came 42nd in the road race and 11th in the team event with Spain, while Luis Zubero came 28th in the first of these events. In field hockey (Spain 6th), there was only one Basque player, Rafael Camiña. And the rower Angel Urtutia from Lekeitio took part in the coxed pair event. Alonso-Allende, father and son, were 18th in sailing, in the “star” class. In pelota, seven countries (Mexico, Spain, France, the USA, Argentina, Uruguay and the Philippines) competed in four disciplines (hand pelota, paleta cuero, cesta punta and frontenis). The winners from our pelotaris were: Cesta punta: Beascoechea, Gonzalo (Spain), gold medal, aged 14. Etcheberry, Fourneau, Borra and Camy (France), silver medal. Handball pairs: Esquisábel and Basabe (Spain), gold medal. Etchegoin, Lissar, Arbillaga and Minondo (France), silver medal. Leather paleta: P. Bareitz and J. Berrotarán (France), gold medal. Ancizu, Caballero and Casado (Spain), silver medal. Frontenis: Miguel Irigaray and Juan José Lersundi (Spain), bronze medal. The gold went to Mexico, the silver to Argentina, while France, whose team we do not know, came fifth. The teams from Spain, France, Mexico and the United States competed in all four events. Argentina and Uruguay only competed in short fronton, and the Philippines only in long fronton.