Puerto Rico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the territory's nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Like on the 2016 Summer Olympics, Puerto Rico left the Olympics with a single gold medal, this time won by Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Other athletes fell short of their Olympic medal, with Steven Piñeiro finishing sixth in the men's skateboarding street park final, and table tennis player Adriana Díaz losing a match in the third round.
Medalists
The following Puerto Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded. MedalNameSportEventDateAthleticsWomen's 100 m hurdles
Competitors
SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 3 1 4Basketball 0 12 12Boxing 1 0 1Diving 1 0 1Equestrian 0 1 1Golf 1 1 2Judo 1 2 3Rowing 0 1 1Sailing 1 1 2Shooting 0 1 1Skateboarding 2 0 2Swimming 1 1 2Table tennis 1 2 3Taekwondo 0 1 1Wrestling 1 0 1 Total 13 24 37
Athletics
Puerto Rican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):
Track & road events AthleteEventHeat SemifinalFinalResultRankResultRankResultRankAndrés ArroyoMen's 800 m1:53.097Did not advanceRyan Sánchez1:47.077Did not advanceWesley Vázquez1:49.067Did not advanceJasmine Camacho-QuinnWomen's 100 m hurdles12.411 Q12.26 1 Q12.37
Basketball
Summary TeamEventGroup stageQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankOppositionScoreOppositionScoreOppositionScoreRankPuerto Rico women'sWomen's tournamentL 55–97L 52–87L 96–694 Did not advance
Women's tournament
Puerto Rico women's basketball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.
Team roster
Group play
Boxing
Puerto Rico entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yankiel Rivera finished among the top five of the men's flyweight category to book his place in the Puerto Rican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankYankiel RiveraMen's flyweightL 1–4Did not advance
Diving
Puerto Rico received an invitation from FINA to send a diver competing in the men's platform to the Olympics based on his results at the 2021 FINA World Cup series.
AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalPointsRank Points RankPointsRankRafael QuinteroMen's 10 m platform396.9012 Q397.5514Did not advance
Equestrian
Puerto Rico entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America).
Eventing AthleteHorseEventDressageCross-countryJumpingTotalQualifierFinalPenaltiesRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesTotalRankPenaltiesRankLauren BillysCastle Larchfield PurdyIndividual39.9054EliminatedDid not advance
Golf
Puerto Rico entered two golfers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rafael Campos (world no. 281) and Maria Fernanda Torres (world no. 185) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.
AthleteEventRound 1Round 2Round 3Round 4TotalScoreScoreScoreScoreScoreParRankRafael CamposMen's73737072288 +4=57Maria Fernanda TorresWomen's73777067287 +348
Judo
Puerto Rico qualified three judoka (one man and two women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melissa Mojica (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympian María Pérez (women's middleweight, 70 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Adrián Gandía (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankAdrián GandíaMen's −81 kg L 01–11Did not advanceMaría PérezWomen's −70 kgW 10–00L 00–10Did not advanceMelissa MojicaWomen's +78 kgL 00–10Did not advance
Rowing
Puerto Rico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the A-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, signifying the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1988.
AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankVeronica ToroWomen's single sculls8:11.573 QFcolspan=2 8:35.326 SC/D7:53.365 FD7:57.2222 Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage
Sailing
Puerto Rican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, Pan American Games, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time after sixteen years.
AthleteEventRaceNet pointsFinal rank123456789101112M*Enrique FigueroaGretchen OrtizMixed Nacra 17151616181841719151818EL17417 M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race
Shooting
Puerto Rico granted an invitation from ISSF to send Rio 2016 Olympian Yarimar Mercado in the women's rifle shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankYarimar MercadoWomen's 50 m rifle 3 positions115728Did not advance
Skateboarding
Puerto Rico entered two skateboarders to compete across all events at the Games. Steven Piñero and Manny Santiago were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's park and men's street, respectively, based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.
AthleteEventQualificationFinalPointsRankPointsRankSteven PiñeiroMen's park76.206 Q75.176Manny SantiagoMen's street5.4519Did not advance
Swimming
Puerto Rico received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankJarod ArroyoMen's 200 m individual medley2:01.9239Did not advanceMen's 400 m individual medley4:17.4622colspan=2 Did not advanceMiriam SheehanWomen's 100 m freestyle56.6438Did not advanceWomen's 100 m butterfly1:02.4931Did not advance
Table tennis
Puerto Rico entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Adriana Díaz secured an outright berth in the women's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Adriana's older sister Melanie Díaz, with Brian Afanador joining them to compete on the men's side at his second consecutive Games, scored the initial-stage final match triumphs to book one of the available places each in their respective singles events at the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina.
AthleteEventPreliminaryRound 1Round 2Round 3Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankBrian AfanadorMen's singlesL 3–4Did not advanceAdriana DíazWomen's singlescolspan=3 L 0–4Did not advanceMelanie DíazL 0–4Did not advance
Taekwondo
Puerto Rico entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. American-born taekwondo practitioner Victoria Stambaugh secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankVictoria StambaughWomen's −49 kgL 2–22Did not advance
Wrestling
Puerto Rico qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 74 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.
Freestyle AthleteEventRound of 16 QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal / OppositionResult OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankFranklin GómezMen's −74 kg L 0–4 STDid not advance16
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