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Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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PUR

Competitors
  
53 in 10 sports

Website
  
www.copur.pr (Spanish)

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Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico Olympic Committee

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

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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)

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • José Colón
  • 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

    • 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

    • References

    Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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