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Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 80 competitors, 73 men and 7 women, took part in 74 events in 12 sports.

Medalists

Bronze

Archery

In the second time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman. Maria Medina came in last place in the women's competition even as Edgardo Berdeguer beat considerably the 55th-place finish Puerto Rico's only archer in 1972 earned.

Women's Individual Competition:

  • Maria Medina – 1993 points (→ 27th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

* Heat — 1:51.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

* Heat — 3:06.08 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

* Heats — 52.45s
* Semi Final — 51.04s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

  • José de Jesus — 2:19:34 (→ 23rd place)
  • Víctor Serrano — 2:34:59 (→ 53rd place)

Basketball

Men's team competition
  • Preliminary round (group B):
* Lost to Yugoslavia (63-84)
* Lost to United States (94-95)
* Lost to Czechoslovakia (83-89)
* Lost to Italy (81-95)
* Defeated Egypt (20-0) bb.
  • Classification Matches:
* 9th/11th place: Defeated Japan (111-91)
* 9th/10th place: Defeated Mexico (89-84) → Ninth place
  • Team roster
*Butch Lee
*Michael Vicens
*Neftali Rivera
*Luis Brignoni
*Rubén Rodríguez
*Roberto Alvarez
*Héctor Blondet
*Jimmy Thordsen
*Mariano Ortíz
*Teófilo Cruz
*Raymond Dalmau
*Earl Brown

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

* First Round – Defeated Lucky Mutale (ZAM), walk-over
* Second Round – Defeated Brendan Dunne (IRL), KO-1
* Quarterfinals – Defeated Héctor Patri (ARG), 5:0
* Semifinals – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Equestrianism

Fencing

Four fencers, three men and one woman, represented Puerto Rico in 1976.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Men's 200 metres Freestyle

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

Men's 200 metres Backstroke

Men's 100 metres Breaststroke

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Men's 200 metres Butterfly

Men's 400 metres Individual Medley

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

<br> Women's 100 metres Freestyle

Women's 200 metres Freestyle

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Women's 800 metres Freestyle

Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

Women's 100 metres Butterfly

Women's 200 metres Butterfly

Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay

Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

External links