Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ferdinand Vega – 1954 points (55th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Jorge Vizcarrondo

* First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)

• Guillermo González

* First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)

• Luis Alers

* First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Anthony Colón

* Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• Luis Alers, Guillermo González, Pedro Ferrer, and Jorge Vizcarrondo

* Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• José Antonio Colon

* First Round — Bye

* Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

• Hector Bas – 254.79 points (→ 31st place)

Fencing

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

• Roberto Levis
• Roberto Maldonado

Judo

Gustavo Brito 73 kg Roberto Pachero 63 kg Juan Marin half heavyweight

Sailing

Shooting

Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Simon González
• Fernando Miranda

50 m pistol

• Fernando Miranda
• Santiago Machuca

50 m rifle, prone

• Jaime Santiago
• Manuel Hawayek

50 m running target

• Pedro Ramírez
• Frank Tossas

Skeet

• Rafael Batista

Weightlifting

References

External links

• Official Olympic Reports