Puerto Rico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 51 competitors, 43 men and 8 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

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| || || Boxing || Men's lightweight || 11 August

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| || || Boxing || Men's middleweight || 9 August

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Archery

In the third time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man.

Men's Individual Competition

  • Ismael Rivera — 2089 points (→ 58th place)

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

  • Luis Morales
  • Nelson Erazo

Men's Marathon

  • Jorge Gonzáles

:* Final — 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)

  • César Mercado

:* Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)

  • Claudio Cabán

:* Final — 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

  • Carmelo Ríos

Men's Pole Vault

  • Edgardo Rivera

:* Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

  • Marie Mathieu

Women's 800 metres

  • Angelita Lind

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

  • Margaret de Jesús
  • Evelyn Mathieu
  • Marie Mathieu
  • Angelita Lind

Women's Marathon

  • Naydi Nazario

:* Final — 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump

  • Laura Agront

:* Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Madeline de Jesús

:* Qualification — 5.63 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Rafael Ramos

:* First Round — Defeated Carlos Salazar (Argentina), walk-over

:* Second Round — Defeated Jesús Beltre (Dominican Republic), on points (4:1)

:* Quarterfinals — Lost to Salvatore Todisco (Italy), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • José Rivera

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Juan Molina

:* First Round — Bye

:* Second Round — Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland), 5-0

:* Third Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic), 2-3

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Orlando Fernández

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Luis Ortíz - Won the silver medal

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Jorge Maysonet

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Carlos Reyes

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Víctor Claudio

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Arístides González → Bronze Medal

:* First Round — Defeated Otosico Havili (Tonga), 4:1

:* Second Round — Defeated Paulo Tuvale (Samoa), 5:0

:* Quarterfinals — Defeated Pedro van Raamsdonk (Netherlands), 4:1

:* Semifinals — Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (South Korea), 1:4

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Arcadio Fuentes

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Isaac Barrientos

:* First Round — Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

Cycling

One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.

;Individual road race

  • Ramón Rivera — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984

;Men's foil

  • Edgardo Díaz

;Men's épée

  • Gilberto Peña

Judo

Men's Half-Middleweight

  • Jorge Bonnet

Men's Middleweight

  • José Fuentes

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Fernando Cañales

:* Heat — 51.75 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

  • Antonio Portela

:* Heat — 52.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

  • Fernando Cañales

:* Heat — 1:56.60 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Filiberto Colon

:* Heat — 56.66 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Filiberto Colon

:* Heat — 2:01.80

:* B-Final — 2:01.27 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Fernando Cañales, Miguel Figueroa, Antonio Portela, and Rafael Gandarillas

:* Heat — 3:30.66 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's Bantamweight Freestyle

  • Orlando Caceres

Men's Featherweight Freestyle

  • Carmelo Flores

Men's Lightweight Freestyle

  • José Betancourt

See also

  • Puerto Rico at the 1983 Pan American Games
  • Sports in Puerto Rico

References

  • Official Olympic Reports
  • International Olympic Committee results database