Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.[1]

Puerto Rico at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors51 (43 men and 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Fernando J. Canales
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Archery

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

Men's Individual Competition

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Men's Marathon

  • Final 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)
  • Final 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)
  • Final 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Men's Pole Vault

  • Edgardo Rivera
  • Qualifying Round 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Women's Marathon

  • Final 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification 5.63 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight ( 48 kg)

  • 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)

  • [[Jose Rivera (boxer)|José Rivera]]

Men's Bantamweight ( 54 kg)

  • 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)

Men's Light-Welterweight ( 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight ( 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight ( 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • 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)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Cycling

One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.

Individual road race

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984

Men's foil
Men's épée

Judo

Men's Half-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

  • José Fuentes

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

  • Fernando Cañales
  • Heat 51.75 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
  • 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

  • Heat 56.66 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

  • Heat 2:01.80
  • B-Final 2:01.27 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's Bantamweight Freestyle

  • Orlando Caceres

Men's Featherweight Freestyle

Men's Lightweight Freestyle

See also

References

  1. "Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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