Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. This was their thirteenth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1948. 69 competitors, 47 men and 22 women, took part in 60 events in 16 sports.

Medalists

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:90%"

!Medal

!Name

!Sport

!Event

!Date

| || || Boxing || Welterweight || August 1

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

{| class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;"

! width=180|Sport

! width=55|Men

! width=55|Women

! width=55|Total

| align=left|Archery

| 0 || 1 || 1

| align=left|Athletics

| 4 || 1 || 5

| align=left|Basketball

| 12 || 0 || 12

| align=left|Boxing

| 7 || – || 7

| align=left|Cycling

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Diving

| 1 || 1 || 2

| align=left|Equestrian

| 1 || 0 || 1

| align=left|Fencing

| 0 || 1 || 1

| align=left|Gymnastics

| 1 || 1 || 2

| align=left|Judo

| 4 || 0 || 4

| align=left|Sailing

| 2 || 1 || 3

| align=left|Shooting

| 2 || 0 || 2

| align=left|Softball

| – || 15 || 15

| align=left|Swimming

| 6 || 1 || 7

| align=left|Weightlifting

| 1 || – || 1

| align=left|Wrestling

| 5 || – || 5

! Total || 47 || 22 || 69

Archery

In the fifth time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one woman. She finished in last place.

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan="2"|Ranking round

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan="2"|Final /

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Seed

!Opposition Score

!Rank

|- align=center

|align=left|María Reyes

|align=left|Individual

|535

|63

| L 123–158

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Athletics

;Men

;Track and road events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Maximo Oliveras

|align=left|Marathon

|colspan=6

|2:47:15

|106

|-align=center

|align=left|Mickey Soto

|align=left|110 metres hurdles

|13.94

|42

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Domingo Cordero

|align=left|400 metres hurdles

|51.20

|46

|colspan=2

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Field events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Qualification

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Distance

!Position

!Distance

!Position

|-align=center

|align=left|Edgar Díaz

|align=left|Pole vault

|5.40

|28

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

;Track and road events

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Heats

!colspan="2"|Quarterfinal

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Myra Mayberry-Wilkinson

|align=left|100 metres

|11.51

|30 Q

|11.66

|29

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 metres

|23.23

|21 q

|23.48

|26

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Basketball

;Summary

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=6|Group stage

!Quarterfinal

!Semifinal

!colspan=2|Final

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Puerto Rico men's

|align=left|Men's tournament

| L 98–101

| W 98–86

| L 69–80

| L 96–101

| L 86–97

| W 76–67

| L 77–87

|10

Men's tournament

;Preliminary round

;9–12th Place classification match

;9th Place match

Boxing

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Omar Adorno

|align=left|Flyweight

| L 8–20

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Cotto

|align=left|Bantamweight

| L 6–16

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Luís Seda

|align=left|Featherweight

| L 2–13

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Luis Deines Pérez

|align=left|Light welterweight

| L 2–18

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Daniel Santos

|align=left|Welterweight

| W RSC R1

| W 16–4

| W 28–15

| L 11–13

|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Luis Quiñones

|align=left|Light middleweight

| L 8–10

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Enrique Flores

|align=left|Light heavyweight

| W 15–7

| W 16–7

| L RSC R3

|colspan=3|Did not advance

Cycling

Track

;Points race

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!Athlete

!Event

!Laps

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Juan Merheb

|align=left|Men's points race

|colspan=3|

Diving

;Men

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Ramon Sandin

|align=left|3 metre springboard

|302.55

|29

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Women

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Preliminary

!colspan="2"|Semifinal

!colspan="2"|Final

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Vivián Alberty

|align=left|3 metre springboard

|195.18

|27

|colspan=4|Did not advance

Equestrianism

Jumping

{|class=wikitable style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Horse

!rowspan="3"|Event

!colspan="8"|Qualification

!colspan="6"|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Round 3

!colspan=2|Total

!colspan=2|Round 1

!colspan=2|Round 2

!colspan=2|Total

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Score

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

!Penalties

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Alexander Earle

|align=left|Same Old Song

|align=left|Individual

|colspan=8|

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Fencing

One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!Round of 64

!Round of 32

!Round of 16

!Quarterfinals

!Semifinals

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Mitch Escanellas

|align=left|Épée

| L 11–15

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan =8|Qualification

|-style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=6|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|-align=center

|align=left|Diego Lizardi

|align=left|Individual

|18.500

|16.475

|17.575

|18.837

|15.850

|17.175

|104.412

|67

Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=3|Athlete

!rowspan=3|Event

!colspan=6|Qualification

|- style="font-size:95%"

!colspan=4|Apparatus

!rowspan=2|Total

!rowspan=2|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|-align=center

|align=left|Eileen Díaz

|align=left|Individual

|16.625

|18.424

|17.099

|17.400

|69.548

|73

Judo

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 64

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=3|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Melvin Méndez

|align=left|–60 kg

| L

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L

|colspan=4|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Pérez

|align=left|–65 kg

| L

|colspan=9|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Francisco Rodríguez

|align=left|–71 kg

| L

|colspan=8|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Figueroa

|align=left|–78 kg

| L

|colspan=8|Did not advance

Sailing

;Men

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=10|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!10

|-align=center

|align=left|Matt Anderson

|align=left|Mistral One Design

|<s>39</s>

|32

|37

|35

|24

|<s>47</s>

|26

|34

|23

|211

|35

|-align=center

|align=left|Manuel Méndez

|align=left|Finn

|24

|30

|29

|28

|30

|29

|<s>32</s>

|<s>31</s>

|29

|229

|30

;Women

{|class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan=2|Athlete

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=9|Race

!rowspan=2|Net points

!rowspan=2|Final rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

|-align=center

|align=left|Lucía Martínez

|align=left|Mistral One Design

|16

|17

|12

|20

|19

|18

|<s>28</s>

|<s>23</s>

|15

|117

|19

Shooting

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Qualification

!colspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Points

!Rank

!Points

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|José Artecona

|align=left|Trap

|114

|49

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Double trap

|120

|33

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Ralph Rodríguez

|align=left|50 metre rifle prone

|588

|47

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Softball

;Summary

{|class=wikitable style=font-size:90%;text-align:center

!rowspan=2|Team

!rowspan=2|Event

!colspan=8|Round robin

!Semi-final

!Bronze medal game

!colspan=2|Gold medal game

|-style=font-size:95%

!Opposition Result

!Rank

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|align=left|Puerto Rico women's

|align=left|Women's tournament

| L 0–10

| L 0–4

| W 2–0

| L 0–10

| L 2–10

| L 1–8

| L 0–2

|colspan=4|Did not advance

;Team roster

Lourdes Baez
Sheree Corniel
Ivelisse Echevarría
Maria González
Elba Lebrón
Lisa Martínez
Aída Miranda
Lisa Mize
Jacqueline Ortiz
Janice Parks
Penelope Rosario
Sandra Rosario
Myriam Segarra
Eve Soto
Clara Vázquez
Head coach: José Agosto

;Group play

{| class=wikitable style=text-align:center

!width=170|Team

!width=20|W

!width=20|L

!width=20|RS

!width=20|RA

!width=20|WIN%

!width=20|GB

!width=120|Tiebreaker

|- style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left|

|6||1||37||7||.857||-||-

|- style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left|

|5||2||29||9||.714||1|| 3 RA vs. AUS/JPN

|- style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left|

|5||2||22||11||.714||1|| 6 RA vs. CHN/JPN

|- style="background:#cfc;"

|align=left|

|5||2||24||18||.714||1|| 10 RA vs. CHN/AUS

|- style="background:#fcc;"

|align=left|

|3||4||15||17||.429||3||-

|- style="background:#fcc;"

|align=left|

|2||5||19||19||.286||4||-

|- style="background:#fcc;"

|align=left|

|1||6||4||32||.143||5|| 1–0 vs. PUR

|- style="background:#fcc;"

|align=left|

|1||6||5||44||.143||5|| 0–1 vs. NED

Swimming

;Men

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=3|Ricardo Busquets

|align=left|50 m freestyle

|22.61

|5 FA

|22.73

|-align=center

|align=left|100 m freestyle

|49.61

|5 FA

|49.68

|-align=center

|align=left|100 m butterfly

|53.90

|13 FB

|53.65

|12

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Arsenio López

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:07.09

|27

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|400 m individual medley

|4:34.81

|25

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Todd Torres

|align=left|100 m breaststroke

|1:03.08

|21

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 m breaststroke

|2:22.66

|31

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Ricardo Busquets Eduardo González José González Arsenio López

|align=left|4 × 100 m freestyle relay

|3:28.27

|16

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Carlos Bodega Ricardo Busquets José González Todd Torres

|align=left|4 × 100 m medley relay

|3:52.04

|19

|colspan=2|Did not advance

;Women

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan=2|Heats

!colspan=2|Final A/B

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Time

!Rank

!Time

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left rowspan=2|Sonia Álvarez

|align=left|200 m butterfly

|2:25.24

|35

|colspan=2|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|200 m individual medley

|2:25.57

|37

|colspan=2|Did not advance

Weightlifting

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="2"|Athlete

!rowspan="2"|Event

!colspan="2"|Snatch

!colspan="2"|Clean & jerk

!rowspan="2"|Total

!rowspan="2"|Rank

|- style="font-size:95%"

!Result

!Rank

!Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|César Rodríguez

|align=left|–59 kg

|110.0

|15

|132.5

|14

|242.5

|13

Wrestling

;Greco-Roman

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=5|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Marco Sánchez

|align=left|–62 kg

| L 5–6

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 3–8

|colspan=6|Did not advance

;Freestyle

{| class="wikitable" style="font-size:90%"

!rowspan="3"|Athlete

!rowspan="3"|Event

!rowspan=2|Round of 32

!rowspan=2|Round of 16

!rowspan=2|Quarterfinals

!rowspan=2|Semifinals

!colspan=5|Repechage

!colspan=2 rowspan=2|Final

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Round 1

!Round 2

!Round 3

!Round 4

!Round 5

|-style="font-size:95%"

!Opposition Result

!Rank

|-align=center

|align=left|Anibál Nieves

|align=left|–62 kg

| L 0–3

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| W 8–3

| L 0–3

|colspan=5|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Orlando Rosa

|align=left|–82 kg

| L 1–3

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 3–4

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|José Betancourt

|align=left|–90 kg

| L 0–5

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 0–10

|colspan=6|Did not advance

|-align=center

|align=left|Daniel Sánchez

|align=left|–100 kg

| L Fall

|colspan=3|Did not advance

| L 2–3

|colspan=6|Did not advance

Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Medalists

Competitors

Archery

Athletics

Basketball

Men's tournament

Boxing

Cycling

Track

Diving

Equestrianism

Jumping

Fencing

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men

Women

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Swimming

Weightlifting

Wrestling

See also

Notes

References