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:

  • 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

Men's tournament

Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia FR Yugoslavia 5 5 0 478 364 +114 10 Quarterfinals
2  Australia 5 4 1 492 438 +54 9
3  Greece 5 3 2 402 416 −14 8
4  Brazil 5 2 3 498 494 +4 7
5  Puerto Rico 5 1 4 447 465 −18 6 9th place playoff
6  South Korea 5 0 5 422 562 −140 5 11th place playoff
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
Puerto Rico  98–101  Brazil
Scoring by half: 54–58, 44–43
Pts: Ortiz 35
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Mincy 7
Pts: Schmidt 45
Rebs: Vianna 8
Asts: Ratto 10
Atlanta
Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
South Korea  86–98  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 52–51, 34–47
Pts: K. E. Moon 20
Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 11
Asts: Hur Jae 12
Pts: Ortiz 37
Rebs: Ortiz 14
Asts: Alicea 10
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)
24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
Greece  80–69  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36
Pts: Oikonomou 19
Rebs: Oikonomou 8
Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3
Pts: Mincy 20
Rebs: Mincy 8
Asts: Ortíz 4
Atlanta
Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
Puerto Rico  96–101  Australia
Scoring by half: 53–51, 43–50
Pts: Ortíz 30
Rebs: Ortíz 11
Asts: Rivera 7
Pts: Gaze 29
Rebs: Fisher, Bradtke 6
Asts: Heal 7
Atlanta
Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
FR Yugoslavia  97–86  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 45–34, 52–52
Pts: Danilović 22
Rebs: Divac 10
Asts: Đorđević 7
Pts: Ortiz 20
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Rivera 9
Atlanta
Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)
9–12th Place classification match
30 July 1996 (1996-07-30)
17:00
Puerto Rico  76–67  Angola
Scoring by half: 38–36, 38–31
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Rivas 7
Asts: Alicea 5
Pts: Moreira 15
Rebs: Dias 11
Asts: Moreira 6
Atlanta
Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)
9th Place match
2 August 1996 (1996-08-02)
12:00
Argentina  87–77  Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 43–38, 44–39
Pts: Espil, Osella 17
Rebs: Milanesio, Oberto 7
Asts: Milanesio, Espil 7
Pts: Ortiz 21
Rebs: Ortiz 11
Asts: Travieso 5
Atlanta
Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)

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

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)

  • 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 Lebrón
  • Lisa Martínez
  • Aída 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. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • "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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