Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

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.^[1]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Luis Ortiz	Boxing	Men's lightweight	11 August
Bronze	Arístides González	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