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 code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Atlanta
Competitors	69 (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)
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Medalists

Main article: 1996 Summer Olympics medal table

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Bronze	Daniel Santos (boxer)	Boxing	Men's welterweight	??

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Domingo Cordero

• Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

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

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's tournament

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Men's tournament

Preliminary round

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	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)

Report

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)

Report

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)

Report

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)

Report

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)

Report

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

Report

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

Report

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

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Track Competition

Men's Points Race

• Juan Merheb

• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Equestrianism at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.

Women's épée

• Mitch Escanellas

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Softball

Main article: Softball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight

• César Rodríguez

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games

• Puerto Rico portal
• Olympics portal

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.