Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors	51 (43 men and 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer	Fernando J. Canales
Medals Ranked 30th	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Puerto Rico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 51 competitors, 43 men and 8 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Luis Ortiz	Boxing	Men's lightweight	11 August
Bronze	Arístides González	Boxing	Men's middleweight	9 August

Archery

In the third time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man.

Men's Individual Competition

• Ismael Rivera — 2089 points (→ 58th place)

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

• Luis Morales
• Nelson Erazo

Men's Marathon

• Jorge Gonzáles

• Final — 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)

• César Mercado

• Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)

• Claudio Cabán

• Final — 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

• Carmelo Ríos

Men's Pole Vault

• Edgardo Rivera

• Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres

• Marie Mathieu

Women's 800 metres

• Angelita Lind

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

• Margaret de Jesús
• Evelyn Mathieu
• Marie Mathieu
• Angelita Lind

Women's Marathon

• Naydi Nazario

• Final — 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump

• Laura Agront

• Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Long Jump

• Madeline de Jesús

• Qualification — 5.63 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Rafael Ramos

• First Round — Defeated Carlos Salazar (Argentina), walk-over
• Second Round — Defeated Jesús Beltre (Dominican Republic), on points (4:1)
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Salvatore Todisco (Italy), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• José Rivera

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Juan Molina

• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland), 5-0
• Third Round — Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic), 2-3

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Orlando Fernández

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Luis Ortíz - Won the silver medal

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Jorge Maysonet

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Carlos Reyes

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Víctor Claudio

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Arístides González → Bronze Medal

• First Round — Defeated Otosico Havili (Tonga), 4:1
• Second Round — Defeated Paulo Tuvale (Samoa), 5:0
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Pedro van Raamsdonk (Netherlands), 4:1
• Semifinals — Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (South Korea), 1:4

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• Arcadio Fuentes

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

• Isaac Barrientos

• First Round — Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

Cycling

One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.

Individual road race

• Ramón Rivera — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984

Men's foil

• Edgardo Díaz

Men's épée

• Gilberto Peña

Judo

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Jorge Bonnet

Men's Middleweight

• José Fuentes

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100m Freestyle

• Fernando Cañales

• Heat — 51.75 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

• Antonio Portela

• Heat — 52.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle

• Fernando Cañales

• Heat — 1:56.60 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly

• Filiberto Colon

• Heat — 56.66 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly

• Filiberto Colon

• Heat — 2:01.80
• B-Final — 2:01.27 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

• Fernando Cañales, Miguel Figueroa, Antonio Portela, and Rafael Gandarillas

• Heat — 3:30.66 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Weightlifting

Wrestling

Men's Bantamweight Freestyle

• Orlando Caceres

Men's Featherweight Freestyle

• Carmelo Flores

Men's Lightweight Freestyle

• José Betancourt

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1983 Pan American Games
• Sports in Puerto Rico

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database