Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta | ||||||||||
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| Medals Rank: 71 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 1 |
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Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.
Contents |
[edit] Medals
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Bronze
- Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
[edit] Results by event
[edit] 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)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Domingo Cordero
- Heat — 51.20s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)
[edit] Boxing
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)
[edit] Cycling
[edit] Track Competition
Men's Points Race
- Juan Merheb
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- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
[edit] Softball
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
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- 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
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- Did not advance → 8th place
- Team Roster
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- 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
[edit] 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 Lopez
- Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Arsenio Lopez
- Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
- Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio Lopez, and Ricardo Busquets
- Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
- Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González
- Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
[edit] References
- (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 on 2008-02-13.
- Olympic Medal Winners. International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2008-02-13.
