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 (Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	69 (47 men and 22 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer	Ivelisse Echevarría
Medals Ranked 71st	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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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

• Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

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

• Domingo Cordero

• Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

• Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Omar Adorno

• First Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco (Moldova) on points (8-20)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• José Miguel Cotto

• First Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) on points (6-16)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Luis Seda

• First Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

• Luis Deines Pérez

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

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Daniel Santos

• 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)

• Enrique Flores

• 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

• Ramon Sandin

• 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

• Mitch Escanellas

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight

• Melvin Méndez

Men's Half-Lightweight

• José Pérez

Men's Lightweight

• Francisco Rodríguez

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

• Ricardo Busquets

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

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Ricardo Busquets

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

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Todd Torres

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

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Todd Torres

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

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Ricardo Busquets

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

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Arsenio López

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

Men's 400m Individual Medley

• Arsenio López

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo Busquets

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay

• Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González

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

Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight

• César Rodríguez

Wrestling

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games

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.