Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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]

Puerto Rico at the
1996 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors69 (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)

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:

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)

  • José Miguel Cotto

Men's Featherweight ( 57 kg)

  • Luis Seda

Men's Light-Welterweight ( 63,5 kg)

Men's Welterweight ( 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight ( 71 kg)

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

  • Final did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Men's 3m Springboard

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

Women's 3m Springboard

  • 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

  • José Luis Figueroa

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

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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. "Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-18.
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