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.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Boxing Men's lightweight 11 August Boxing Men's middleweight 9 August
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 200 metres Luis Morales Nelson Erazo
Men's Marathon Jorge Gonzáles Final — 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)
César Mercado Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)
Claudio Cabán Final — 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)
Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase Carmelo Ríos
Men's Pole Vault Edgardo Rivera Qualifying Round — 5.10m (→ did not advance)
Women's 400 metres Marie Mathieu
Women's 800 metres Angelita Lind
Women's 4×400 metres Relay Margaret de Jesús Evelyn Mathieu Marie Mathieu Angelita Lind
Women's Marathon Naydi Nazario Final — 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)
Women's High Jump Laura Agront Qualification — 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Women's Long Jump Madeline de Jesús Qualification — 5.63 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Rafael Ramos 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) 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 Featherweight (– 57 kg) Orlando Fernández
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Luis Ortíz - Won the silver medal
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Jorge Maysonet
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Carlos Reyes
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) Víctor Claudio
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Arístides 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 Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Arcadio Fuentes
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Isaac Barrientos First Round — Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5
Cycling
One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.
Individual road race Ramón Rivera — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Equestrianism
Fencing
Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984
Men's foil Edgardo Díaz
Men's épée Gilberto Peña
Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight Jorge Bonnet
Men's Middleweight José Fuentes
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
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 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay Fernando Cañales, Miguel Figueroa, Antonio Portela, and Rafael Gandarillas Heat — 3:30.66 (→ did not advance, 14th place)
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Men's Bantamweight Freestyle Orlando Caceres
Men's Featherweight Freestyle Carmelo Flores
Men's Lightweight Freestyle José Betancourt
See also
Puerto Rico at the 1983 Pan American Games Sports in Puerto Rico
References
External links Official Olympic Reports International Olympic Committee results database