Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PUR
Nocname:	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1984
Website:
Location:	Los Angeles
Competitors:	51 (43 men and 8 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Fernando J. Canales
Rank:	30
Gold:	0
Silver:	1
Bronze:	1
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1948

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

See main article: 1984 Summer Olympics medal table.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				11 August
				9 August

Archery

See main article: Archery at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

• 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

See main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics. One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.

Individual road race

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

Equestrianism

See main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics. Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984

Men's foil

• Edgardo Díaz

Men's épée

• Gilberto Peña

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Men's Half-Middleweight

• Jorge Bonnet

Men's Middleweight

• José Fuentes

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417043101/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/summer/1984/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-05-13 . sports-reference.com.