Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Figueroa
Medals	Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 0 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
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Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 m

• Félix Omar Fernández, Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson

• Round 1 — 40.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m

• Militza Castro, Beatriz Cruz, Sandra Moya, Maritza Salas

• Round 1 — 03:33.30 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Iván Calderón
  • Round 1 — Lost to La Paene Masara of Indonesia (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Carlos Valcárcel
  • Round 1 — Lost to Omar Narvaez of Argentina (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Orlando Cruz
  • Round 1 — Lost to Hichem Blida of Algeria (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Miguel Cotto
  • Round 1 — Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Rubén Fuchú
  • Round 1 — Lost to Dorel Simion of Romania (→ did not advance)

Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

• Angelique Rodriguez

• Preliminary — 235.47 (→ 27th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

• Angelique Rodriguez

• Preliminary — 273.36
• Semi-final — 408.30 (→ 18th place, did not advance)

Fencing

One male fencer represented Puerto Rico in 2000.

Men's épée

• Jonathan Peña

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

• Melvin Méndez

Men's Lightweight

• Carlos Méndez

Men's Half-Middleweight

• José Luis Figueroa

Men's Middleweight

• Carlos Santiago

Sailing

Open Tornado

• Enrique Figueroa and Pedro Colon
  1. Race 1 - (11)
  2. Race 2 - 11
  3. Race 3 - 1
  4. Race 4 - 7
  5. Race 5 - 9
  6. Race 6 - 2
  7. Race 7 - 4
  8. Race 8 - 8
  9. Race 9 - (13)
  10. Race 10 - 11
  11. Race 11 - 5
  12. Final - 58 (→ 8th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

• Ricardo Busquets

• Preliminary Heat — 22.42
• Semi-final — 22.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Andrew Livingston

• Preliminary Heat — 55.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Andrew Livingston

• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.05
• Semi-final — 01:58.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Arsenio López

• Preliminary Heat — 01:04.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

• Arsenio López

• Preliminary Heat — 02:06.49 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Ruth Rivera	Light-Heavyweight (– 69 kg)	82.5	82.5	85.0	100.0	105.0	107.5	187.5	13

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games

Notes

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

1. "Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-03-10.