Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 69 competitors, 47 men and 22 women, took part in 60 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
Archery
In the fifth time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one woman. She finished in last place.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Maria Reyes → Round of 64, 64th place (0-1)
Athletics
Men's 400m Hurdles
- Domingo Cordero
- Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)
Basketball
Men's tournament
- Preliminary round
- 9–12th Place classification match
- 9th Place match
Boxing
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Omar Adorno
- First Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco (Moldova) on points (8-20)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- José Miguel Cotto
- First Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) on points (6-16)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Luis Seda
- First Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
- Luis Deines Pérez
- First Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Daniel Santos
- First Round — Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC-1 (02:54)
- Second Round — Defeated Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) on points (16-4)
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan) on points (28-15)
- Semifinals — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) on points (11-13)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
- José Luis Quiñones
- First Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Enrique Flores
- First Round — Defeated Gurcharn Singh (India) on points (15-7)
- Second Round — Defeated Sybrand Botes (South Africa) on points (16-7)
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Antonio Tarver (United States) RSC-3 (01:54)
Cycling
Track Competition
Men's Points Race
- Juan Merheb
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
- Ramon Sandin
- Preliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
- Vivian Alberty
- Preliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.
- Women's épée
- Mitch Escanellas
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Extra-Lightweight
- Melvin Méndez
Men's Half-Lightweight
- José Pérez
Men's Lightweight
- Francisco Rodríguez
Men's Half-Middleweight
- José Luis Figueroa
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round Robin
- Lost to United States (0:10)
- Lost to Canada (0:4)
- Defeated Australia (2:0)
- Lost to PR China (0:10)
- Lost to Chinese Taipei (2:10)
- Lost to Japan (1:8)
- Lost to Netherlands (0:2)
- Semifinals
- Did not advance → 8th place
- Team roster
- Lourdes Baez
- Sheree Corniel
- Ivelisse Echevarría
- Maria González
- Elba Lebrón
- Lisa Martínez
- Aída Miranda
- Lisa Mize
- Jacqueine Ortíz
- Janice Parks
- Penelope Rosario
- Sandra Rosario
- Myriam Segarra
- Eve Soto
- Clara Vázquez
- Head coach: José Agosto
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
- Ricardo Busquets
- Heat – 22.61
- Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
- Ricardo Busquets
- Heat – 49.61
- Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
- Todd Torres
- Heat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
- Todd Torres
- Heat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
- Ricardo Busquets
- Heat – 53.90
- B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
- Arsenio López
- Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
- Arsenio López
- Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
- Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo Busquets
- Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
- Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González
- Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
Weightlifting
Men's Bantamweight
- César Rodríguez
Wrestling
See also
- Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games
Notes
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