Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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]

Puerto Rico at the
1984 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Los Angeles
Competitors51 (43 men and 8 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer Fernando J. Canales
Medals
Ranked 30th
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Medalists

Silver

Bronze

Archery
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

Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 200 metres

Men's Marathon

  • Final — 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)
  • Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)
  • Final — 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase

Men's Pole Vault

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

Women's 400 metres

Women's 800 metres

Women's 4×400 metres Relay

Women's Marathon

  • Final — 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump

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

Women's Long Jump

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

Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • 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)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.

Individual road race

Equestrianism
Main article: Equestrian at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984

Men's foil
Men's épée

Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Half-Middleweight

Men's Middleweight

  • José Fuentes

Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Sailing
Main article: Sailing at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Freestyle

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

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

Men's 200m Butterfly

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

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay

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

Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Men's Bantamweight Freestyle

  • Orlando Caceres

Men's Featherweight Freestyle

Men's Lightweight Freestyle

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See also

References
  1. "Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-05-13.
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