Puerto Rico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"
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! width=180|Sport
! width=55|Men
! width=55|Women
! width=55|Total
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| align=left|Archery
| 1 || 1 || 2
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| align=left|Athletics
| 4 || 1 || 5
|-
| align=left|Basketball
| 12 || 0 || 12
|-
| align=left|Boxing
| 10 || – || 10
|-
| align=left|Equestrian
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|Judo
| 4 || – || 4
|-
| align=left|Rowing
| 1 || 0 || 1
|-
| align=left|Sailing
| 3 || 0 || 3
|-
| align=left|Shooting
| 2 || 0 || 2
|-
| align=left|Swimming
| 2 || 1 || 3
|-
| align=left|Weightlifting
| 2 || – || 2
|-
| align=left|Wrestling
| 2 || – || 2
|-
! Total || 44 || 3 || 47
|}
Results by event
Archery
In the fourth time this U.S. territory competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Gloria Rosa — Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Miguel Pedraza — Preliminary Round (→ 67th place)
Athletics
Men's 200 metres
- Edgardo Guilbe
Men's 400 metres Hurdles
- Domingo Cordero
Men's Long Jump
- Raul Tejada
:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
- Ernesto Torres
Women's Long Jump
- Madeline de Jesús
Basketball
Men's tournament
;Team roster
;Group play
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;Quarterfinals
;Classification round 5–8
;Classification round 7/8
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Luis Román Rolón
:* First Round — Bye
:* Second Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (THA), 2:3
Men's Flyweight
- Andy Agosto
Men's Bantamweight
- Felipe Nieves
Men's Featherweight
- Esteban Flores
Men's Lightweight
- Héctor Arroyo
Men's Light-Welterweight
- Víctor Pérez
Men's Welterweight
- Lionel Ortíz
Men's Light-Middleweight
- Rey Rivera
Men's Light-Heavyweight
- Nelson Adams
Men's Super-Heavyweight
- Harold Arroyo
Judo
Men's Extra-Lightweight
- Luis Martínez
Men's Half-Lightweight
- Víctor Rivera
Men's Lightweight
- Angelo Ruiz
Men's Middleweight
- Jorge Bonnet
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 51.25 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
- Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 1:53.82 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
- Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 3:55.30
:* B-Final — 3:55.39 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
- Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 57.62 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
:* B-Final — 57.95 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 4:30.37 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
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Women's 200m Freestyle
- Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 2:07.44 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
- Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 4:24.84 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
- Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 9:04.62 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
- Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 1:08.58 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
- Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 2:23.73 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
See also
- Puerto Rico at the 1987 Pan American Games
References
- Official Olympic Reports
- sports-reference