Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Infobox Olympics Puerto Rico
games=1984 Summer
competitors=51 (43 men and 8 women)
sports=13
flagbearer=Fernando J. Canales
officials=
gold=0
silver=1
bronze=1
total=2
rank=30

Puerto Rico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States.

Medalists

Silver

* Luis Ortiz — Boxing, Men's Lightweight

Bronze

* Aristides González — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

Results by event

=Archery=

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=

Men's Marathon
* Jorge Gonzáles:* Final — 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)

* César Mercado:* Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)

* Claudio Caban:* Final — 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's Pole Vault
* Edgardo Rivera:* Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's Marathon
* Naydi Nazario :* Final — 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump
*Laura Agront:* Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance)

=Boxing=

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Rafael Ramos
*# First Round — Defeated Carlos Salazar (Argentina), walk-over
*# Second Round — Defeated Jesus Herrera (Dominican Republic), on points (4:1)
*# Quarterfinals — Lost to Salvatore Todisco (Italy), on points (1:4)

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 Middleweight (– 75 kg)
* Aristides 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 Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
* Isaac Barrientos
*# First Round – Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

=Cycling=

Men's Individual Road Race
*Ramón Rivera — did not finish (→ no ranking)

=Swimming=

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 4x100m Freestyle Relay
*Fernando Cañales, Miguel Figueroa, Antonio Portela, and Rafael Gandarillas:* Heat — 3:30.66 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

References

* [http://www.aafla.org/5va/reports_frmst.htm Official Olympic Reports]
* [http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp International Olympic Committee results database]