Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC code PUR
NOC Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors 53 in 10 sports
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.[1]

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Ferdinand Vega – 1954 points (55th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • José Colón
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

  • Hector Bas – 254.79 points (→ 31st place)

Fencing

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Skeet

Weightlifting

References

  1. ↑ "Puerto Rico at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Retrieved 25 January 2015.


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