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.

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
Totals (5 entries)		5	5	5	15

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).