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Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Montreal
Competitors80 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Téofilo Colón[1]
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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.[2]

Medalists

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Bronze

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Archery

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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:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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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

Basketball

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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

Boxing

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Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

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

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Fencing

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

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil

Judo

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Swimming

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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


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

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Wrestling

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References

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  1. ^ "Téofilo Colón". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-10.
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