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. 51 competitors, 43 men and 8 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.

Medalists

Archery

In the third time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. Men's Individual Competition *

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— 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 César Mercado (born October 25, 1959 in Maricao, Puerto Rico) is a retired Puerto Rican marathon runner. He competed for his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of th ...

:* Final — 2:19:09 (→ 31st place) *

Claudio Cabán Claudio Cabán (born August 25, 1963) is a retired Puerto Rican marathon runner. He competed for his native country in the men's marathon at the 1984 Summer Olympics The 1984 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XXIII Olympiad and als ...

:* 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

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(Finland), 5-0 :* Third Round — Lost to

Pedro Nolasco Pedro Nolasco (February 2, 1962 – September 15, 1995) was a Dominican boxer, who won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight category at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. This was the first Olympic medal of the Dom ...

(Dominican Republic), 2-3 Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) *

Orlando Fernández Orlando Fernández De La Crúz, a.k.a. "Aquaman Boricua" (born 1971), is a long-distance swimmer and the first Puerto Rican swimmer to cross the Strait of Gibraltar. Early life and education Orlando Fernández De La Crúz was born in Santurce, ...

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,

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, 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

References

External links

Official Olympic ReportsInternational Olympic Committee results database
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