Puerto Rico
Puerto Rico (; abbreviated PR; tnq, Boriken, ''Borinquen''), officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico ( es, link=yes, Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico, lit=Free Associated State of Puerto Rico), is a Caribbean island and unincorporated ...
competed at the
1988 Summer Olympics
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in
Seoul
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South Korea
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In the fourth time this U.S. territory competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Gloria Rosa — Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
* Miguel Pedraza — Preliminary Round (→ 67th place)
Athletics
Athletics may refer to:
Sports
* Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping, throwing, and walking
** Track and field, a sub-category of the above sport
* Athletics (physical culture), competi ...
Domingo Cordero
Domingo Cordero Clase (born 17 October 1965 in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic) is a retired Puerto Rican track and field athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles.Raul Tejada
:* Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
* Ernesto Torres
Women's Long Jump
* Madeline de Jesús
Basketball
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Boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermine ...
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
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Luis Román Rolón
Luis Román Rolón (born July 13, 1968 in Vega Baja) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the bantamweight (– 54 kg) division. As an amateur he won the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Ren ...
Harold Arroyo
Harold Arroyo (born February 18, 1961) is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He won the silver medal in the Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) division at the 1991 Pan American Games. Arroyo also represented his native country at the 1988 Sum ...
Judo
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Swimming
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Men's 50m Freestyle
* Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 51.25 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 1:53.82 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
* Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 3:55.30
:* B-Final — 3:55.39 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Manuel Guzmán
:* Heat — 57.62 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
:* B-Final — 57.95 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Salvador Vassallo
:* Heat — 4:30.37 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 2:07.44 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 4:24.84 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 9:04.62 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 1:08.58 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Ritajean Garay
:* Heat — 2:23.73 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
1988
File:1988 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The oil platform Piper Alpha explodes and collapses in the North Sea, killing 165 workers; The USS Vincennes (CG-49) mistakenly shoots down Iran Air Flight 655; Australia celebrates its Bicenten ...