Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC code PUR
NOC Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors 69 (47 men and 22 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Ivelisse Echevarría
Medals
Ranked 71st
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 69 competitors, 47 men and 22 women, took part in 60 events in 16 sports.[1]

Medalists

Bronze

Archery

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

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Reyes → Round of 64, 64th place (0-1)

Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Luis Seda

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • First Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC-1 (02:54)
  • Second Round — Defeated Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) on points (16-4)
  • Quarterfinals — Defeated Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan) on points (28-15)
  • Semifinals — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) on points (11-13)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • José Luis Quiñones
  • First Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • First Round — Defeated Gurcharn Singh (India) on points (15-7)
  • Second Round — Defeated Sybrand Botes (South Africa) on points (16-7)
  • Quarterfinals — Lost to Antonio Tarver (United States) RSC-3 (01:54)

Cycling

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

  • Juan Merheb
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

  • Preliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

Women's 3m Springboard

  • Vivian Alberty
  • Preliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Equestrianism

Fencing

One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.

Women's épée

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Half-Middleweight

Sailing

Shooting

Softball

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round Robin
  • Lost to United States (0:10)
  • Lost to Canada (0:4)
  • Defeated Australia (2:0)
  • Lost to PR China (0:10)
  • Lost to Chinese Taipei (2:10)
  • Lost to Japan (1:8)
  • Lost to Netherlands (0:2)
  • Semifinals
  • Did not advance → 8th place
  • Team Roster
  • Lourdes Baez
  • Sheree Corniel
  • Ivelisse Echevarría
  • Maria González
  • Elba Lebron
  • Lisa Martínez
  • Aida Miranda
  • Lisa Mize
  • Jacqueine Ortíz
  • Janice Parks
  • Penelope Rosario
  • Sandra Rosario
  • Myriam Segarra
  • Eve Soto
  • Clara Vázquez
  • Head Coach: José Agosto

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

  • Heat – 22.61
  • Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Heat – 49.61
  • Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Heat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

  • Heat – 53.90
  • B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley

  • Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

  • Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

  • Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight

  • César Rodríguez

Wrestling

See also


Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ↑ "Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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