Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Medalists

Bronze

* Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Results by event

=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 — 51.20s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon
* Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)

=Boxing=

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)

=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)

=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

=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 Lebron:*Lisa Martínez:*Aida 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 Lopez
*# Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Arsenio Lopez
*# Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay
* Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio Lopez, and Ricardo Busquets
*# Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

Men's 4x100m Medley Relay
* Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González
*# Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

References

*cite book |title=The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results |author=(ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. |publisher=Peachtree Publishers |location=Atlanta |year=1997 |isbn=1-56145-150-9 |url=http://www.la84foundation.org/6oic/OfficialReports/1996/1996v3.pdf |format=PDF |accessdate=2008-02-13
*cite web |title=Olympic Medal Winners |publisher=International Olympic Committee |url=http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp |accessdate=2008-02-13