Puerto Rico at the 2003 Pan American Games explained

Noc:	PUR
Nocname:	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Year:	2003
Date:	1–17 August 2003
Games:	Pan American Games
Location:	Santo Domingo
Flagbearer:	Diego Lizardi
Gold:	3
Silver:	4
Bronze:	9
Rank:	11
Appearances:	auto

Puerto Rico participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.

Medals

Gold

• Jumping individual: Mark Watring on Sapphire

• Men's horizontal bar: Tommy Ramos

• Mixed Hobie Cat 16: Enrique Figueroa and Carla Malatrasi

Silver

• Men's decathlon: Luiggy Llanos

• Men's lightweight (60 kg): Alex de Jesús

• Men's pommel horse: Luis Vargas

• Women's doubles: Kristina Brandi and Vilmarie Castellvi

Bronze

• Men's tournament: National team

• Rick Apodaca, Carlos Arroyo, Larry Ayuso, Sharif Fajardo, Bobby Joe Hatton, Antonio Latimer, Jorge Rivera, Daniel Santiago, Orlando Santiago, Alejandro Carmona, Peter John Ramos and Richie Dalmau

• Men's tournament: Ramón Hernández and Raúl Papaleo

• Men's super heavyweight (+91 kg): Victor Bisbal

• Men's épée individual: Víctor Bernier
• Men's épée team: Víctor Bernier, David Bernier, Jonathan Peña and Marcos Peña

• Men's double trap: Lucas Bennazar

• Men's 58 kg: Kristian Meléndez

• Women's singles: Kristina Brandi

• Women's freestyle (63 kg): Mabel Fonseca

Results by event

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Track

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
width=20%	Yvonne Harrison	Women's 400 m hurdles	55.79	4	55.27	5
width=20%	Alexander Greaux	Men's 3000 m steeplechase	-	-	DSQ	-

Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
width=20%	Maribel Burgos	Women's marathon	2:53:03	6
width=20%	Lourdes Cruz	Women's marathon	3:04:12	11

Decathlon

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Men's tournament

• Rick Apodaca
• Carlos Arroyo
• Larry Ayuso
• Sharif Fajardo
• Bobby Joe Hatton
• Antonio Latimer
• Jorge Rivera
• Daniel Santiago
• Orlando Santiago
• Alejandro Carmona
• Peter John Ramos
• Richie Dalmau

Head coach:

• Unknown

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
width=20%	Joseph Serrano	width=15%	Light flyweight	W 18–9	L 9–16	did not advance
width=20%	Carlos Valcárcel	width=15%	Flyweight	L 13–26	did not advance
width=20%	Juan Manuel López	width=15%	Bantamweight	W 27–10	L 21–24	did not advance
width=20%	Carlos Velasquez	width=15%	Featherweight	W 12–5	L 10–+10	did not advance
width=20%	Alex de Jesús	width=15%	Lightweight	W 10–5	W 13–4	W 26–6	L 2–22 →
width=20%	Miguel Almonte	width=15%	Middleweight	W 18–10	L RSC–4	did not advance
width=20%	Gerardo Bisbal	width=15%	Heavyweight	Bye	L RSCH–2	did not advance
width=20%	Victor Bisbal	width=15%	Super heavyweight	Bye	W 19–12	L 13–17 →	did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2003 Pan American Games.

Men's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
width=30%	Ricardo Busquets	50 m freestyle	22.49	1	22.52	4
width=30%	Maran Cruz	24.75	27	did not advance
width=30%	Ricardo Busquets	100 m freestyle	50.82	6	50.37	6
width=30%	Maran Cruz	53.88	28	did not advance

Women's competitions

Athlete	Event	Heat		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank
width=30%	Solimar Mojica	200 m freestyle	2:08.54	12	2:08.54	12
width=30%	Vanessa Martínez	2:08.57	13	2:09.53	15
width=30%	Sonia Álvarez	400 m freestyle	4:24.25	8	4:22.79	10
width=30%	Solimar Mojica	4:37.42	14	4:34.60	14
width=30%	Sonia Álvarez	800 m freestyle	-	9:03.48	8

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
• Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics

References

• puertorico-herald vol 31
• puertorico-herald vol 33
• Web site: Puerto Rico medals at the Pan American Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20120310234915/http://especiales.primerahora.com/rio/medborpormetal.aspx . 2012-03-10 . dead.