Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. It was their fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1948. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.
| Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
| IOC code | PUR |
| NOC | Puerto Rico Olympic Committee |
| Website | www |
| in Sydney | |
| Competitors | 29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports |
| Flag bearer | Enrique Figueroa |
| Medals |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Athletics
- Men
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Félix Omar Fernández Osvaldo Nieves Rogelio Pizarro Jorge Richardson | 4 × 100 m relay | 40.12 | 32 | — | Did not advance | ||||
- Women
- Track & road events
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
| Militza Castro Beatriz Cruz Sandra Moya Maritza Salas | 4 × 400 m relay | 03:33.30 | 18 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Boxing
| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Iván Calderón | Light flyweight | Masara (SIN) L 9–10 | Did not advance | ||||
| Carlos Valcárcel | Flyweight | Narváez (ARG) L 6–12 | Did not advance | ||||
| Orlando Cruz | Bantamweight | Blida (ALG) L 10–11 | Did not advance | ||||
| Miguel Cotto | Light Welterweight | Abdullaev (UZB) L 7–117 | Did not advance | ||||
| Rubén Fuchú | Welterweight | Simion (ROU) L RSC | Did not advance | ||||
Diving
- Women
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Semifinal | Final | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Total | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Angelique Rodriguez | 3 m springboard | 235.47 | 27 | Did not advance | 27 | ||||||
| 10 m platform | 273.36 | 17 | 134.94 | 17 | 408.30 | 18 | Did not advance | 18 | |||
Fencing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Jonathan Peña | Individual épée | Pchenikin (BLR) L 11–15 | Did not advance | 36 | ||||
Gymnastics
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
| F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
| Diego Lizardi | Individual | 8.537 | 8.000 | 9.162 | 9.137 | 8.275 | 9.150 | 52.261 | 49 | Did not advance | |||||||
Judo
- Men
| Athlete | Event | First round | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Repechage 3 | Repechage 4 | Final / BM | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank | ||
| Melvin Méndez | –66 kg | Bye | Giovinazzo (ITA) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | Guimaraes (BRA) L 0000–0011 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Carlos Méndez | –73 kg | Bye | Illyés (HUN) L 0000–0200 | Did not advance | ||||||||
| José Luis Figueroa | –81 kg | Bye | Cho (KOR) L 0001–1110 | Did not advance | Wanner (GER) L 0000–1001 | Did not advance | ||||||
| Carlos Santiago | –90 kg | Bye | López (COL) W 1001–0011 | Demontfaucon (FRA) L 0001–0020 | Did not advance | Mashurenko (UKR) L 0000–1000 | Did not advance | |||||
Sailing
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Race | Net Points | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Enrique Figueroa Pedro Colon | Tornado | 11 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 58 | 8 | ||
Shooting
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | Total | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
| Ralph Rodríguez | 50 m rifle prone | 578 | 52 | Did not advance | |||
| Roberto Carlo | Skeet | 118 | =32 | Did not advance | |||
Swimming
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ricardo Busquets | 50 m freestyle | 22.42 | 6 Q | 22.51 | 15 | Did not advance | |
| Andrew Livingston | 100 m butterfly | 55.03 | 32 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m butterfly | 1:59.05 | 15 | 1:58.63 | 13 | Did not advance | ||
| Arsenio López | 100 m breaststroke | 1:04.02 | 34 | Did not advance | |||
| 200 m individual medley | 2:06.49 | 34 | Did not advance | ||||
Weightlifting
Women
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Ruth Rivera | Light-Heavyweight (– 69 kg) | 82.5 | 100.0 | 105.0 | 187.5 | 13 | |||
See also
- Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games
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