Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.[2]

Puerto Rico at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors53 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Arnaldo Bristol[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

  • Ferdinand Vega – 1954 points (55th place)

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

  • Jorge Vizcarrondo
  • First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)
  • Guillermo González
  • First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)
  • Luis Alers
  • First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Anthony Colón
  • Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Luis Alers, Guillermo González, Pedro Ferrer, and Jorge Vizcarrondo
  • Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • José Antonio Colon
  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

  • Hector Bas – 254.79 points (→ 31st place)

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée
  • Roberto Levis
  • Roberto Maldonado

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol
  • Simon González
  • Fernando Miranda
50 m pistol
  • Fernando Miranda
  • Santiago Machuca
50 m rifle, prone
  • Jaime Santiago
  • Manuel Hawayek
50 m running target
  • Pedro Ramírez
  • Frank Tossas
Skeet
  • Rafael Batista

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

References
  1. "Arnaldo Bristol". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. "Puerto Rico at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2015.


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