Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	PUR
Nocname:	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	2000
Website:
Location:	Sydney
Competitors:	29 (23 men and 6 women)
Sports:	10
Flagbearer:	Enrique Figueroa
Gold:	0
Silver:	0
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto
App Begin Year:	1948

Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Track & road events

Women

Track & road events

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iván Calderón	Light flyweight	L 9–10	colspan=5
Carlos Valcárcel	Flyweight	L 6–12	colspan=5
Orlando Cruz	Bantamweight	L 10–11	colspan=5
Miguel Cotto	Light Welterweight	L 7–117	colspan=5
Rubén Fuchú	Welterweight	L RSC

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Angelique Rodriguez	3 m springboard	235.47	27	27
	10 m platform	273.36	17	134.94	17	408.30	18	18

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final /
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melvin Méndez	–66 kg		L 0000–1000	L 0000–0011	colspan=5
Carlos Méndez	–73 kg		L 0000–0200	colspan=9
José Luis Figueroa	–81 kg		L 0001–1110	L 0000–1001	colspan=5
Carlos Santiago	–90 kg		W 1001–0011	L 0001–0020	L 0000–1000

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ralph Rodríguez	50 m rifle prone	578	52	colspan=4
Roberto Carlo	Skeet	118	=32

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics.

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Busquets	50 m freestyle	22.42	6 Q	22.51	15	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2	Andrew Livingston	100 m butterfly	55.03	32	colspan=4
200 m butterfly	1:59.05	15	1:58.63	13	colspan=2
align=left rowspan=2	Arsenio López	100 m breaststroke	1:04.02	34	colspan=4
200 m individual medley	2:06.49	34

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics. Women

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games

Notes

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. .
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

Notes and References

1. Web site: Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417092911/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/PUR/summer/2000/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2012-03-10 . sports-reference.com.