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Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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IOC code
  
PUR

Competitors
  
80 in 12 sports

Website
  
www.copur.pr (Spanish)

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Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics

NOC
  
Puerto Rico Olympic Committee

Medals Ranked 37th
  
Gold Silver Bronze Total 0 0 1 1

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

Contents

Bronze

  • Orlando Montalvo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

    • 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:

  • Edgardo Berdeguer – 2200 points (→ 31st place)

    • Athletics

    Men's 800 metres

  • Jorge Ortiz
  • Heat — 1:51.38 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Pedro Ferrer, Iván Mangual, Julio Ferrer, and Jorge Ortiz
  • Heat — 3:06.08 (→ did not advance)

    • Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Julio Ferrer
  • 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
  • Ruben Rodríquez
  • Roberto Alvarez
  • Héctor Blondet
  • Jimmy Thordsen
  • Mariano Ortíz
  • Teófilo Cruz
  • Raymond Dalmau
  • Earl Brown
  • Head Coach: Tom Nissalke

    • Boxing

    Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Orlando Montalvo → Bronze Medal
  • 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)

  • Julio Guzman

    • Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Alejandro Silva

    • Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Carlos Calderon

    • Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Roberto Andino

    • Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Ismael Martínez

    • Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Carlos Santos

    • Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Wilfredo Guzman

    • Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Carlos Betancourt

    • Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • José Rosa

    • Fencing

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

    Men's foil
  • José Samalot
    • Men's épée
  • Gilberto Peña
  • Rubén Hernández
    • Women's foil
  • Dinorah Enríquez

    • Swimming

    Men's 100 metres Freestyle

  • Fernando Cañales

    • Men's 200 metres Freestyle

  • Francisco Cañales

    • Men's 400 metres Freestyle

  • Francisco Cañales

    • Men's 100 metres Backstroke

  • Carlos Berrocal

    • Men's 200 metres Backstroke

  • Carlos Berrocal

    • Men's 100 metres Breaststroke

  • Carlos Nazario

    • Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

  • Orlando Catinchi
  • Carlos Nazario

    • Men's 100 metres Butterfly

  • Arnaldo Pérez
  • John Daly

    • Men's 200 metres Butterfly

  • John Daly

    • Men's 400 metres Individual Medley

  • José-Ricardo de Jesús

    • Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

  • Fernando Cañales
  • José-Ricardo de Jesús
  • Arnaldo Pérez
  • Francisco Cañales

    • Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

  • Carlos Berrocal
  • Carlos Nazario
  • John Daly
  • Fernando Cañales


    • Women's 100 metres Freestyle

  • Jane Fayer

    • Women's 200 metres Freestyle

  • Jane Fayer

    • Women's 400 metres Freestyle

  • Diana Hatler

    • Women's 800 metres Freestyle

  • Diana Hatler

    • Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

  • Angela López

    • Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

  • Angela López

    • Women's 100 metres Butterfly

  • María Mock

    • Women's 200 metres Butterfly

  • María Mock

    • Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay

  • Diana Hatler
  • Angela López
  • María Mock
  • Jane Fayer

    • Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

  • Diana Hatler
  • Angela López
  • María Mock
  • Jane Fayer

    • References

    Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics Wikipedia
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