Puerto Rico at the 1952 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:PUR
Nocname:Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:1952
Website: 
Location:Helsinki
Competitors:21 (21 men, 0 women)
Sports:4
Flagbearer:Jaime Annexy
Jorge Soto
Gold:0
Silver:0
Bronze:0
Appearances:auto
App Begin Year:1948

Puerto Rico competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki, Finland. 21 competitors, all men, took part in 19 events in 4 sports.[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

Track events

EventAthletesHeat Round 1Heat Round 2SemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
400 mFrank Rivera49.3=39align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
800 mFrank Rivera1:57.6=43align=center colspan="4" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
110 m hurdlesTéofilo Colón Molinaris15.219align=center colspan="4" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Juan Lebrón González15.4=22align=center colspan="4" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
400 m hurdlesAmadeo Francis54.0=9align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance

Field events

EventAthletesQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Triple jumpFrancisco Castro13.3735align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Shot putRamón Rosario Rodríguez14.2116align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Javelin throwReinaldo Luis Oliver Martínez52.4025align=center colspan="2" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Hammer throwJaime Annexy FajardoNMalign=center colspan="2" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResult
Pablo LugoFlyweight (-51 kg)L PTS 1:2align=center colspan="8" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Ángel FigueroaBantamweight (51-54 kg)W PTS 3:0L PTS 0:3align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance
Juan CuretLight-welterweight (60-63.5 kg)W KO R2L PTS 0:3align=center colspan="6" bgcolor="honeydew"Did not advance

Legend:
PTS = Points
KO = Knockout
R = Round

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1952 Summer Olympics. Five shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1952.

Men
AthleteEventFinal
ScoreRank
Ernesto Rivera25 m pistol54629
José Rua55322
Alberto Guerrero50 m pistol51727
Ramiro Ortíz49244
José Ángel GaliñanesTrap11739

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1952 Summer Olympics.

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Puerto Rico at the 1952 Helsinki Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092910/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/summer/1952/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 16 February 2015 . sports-reference.com.