Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 69 competitors, 47 men and 22 women, took part in 60 events in 16 sports.
Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's WelterweightIn the fifth time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one woman. She finished in last place.
Women's Individual Competition:
Maria Reyes → Round of 64, 64th place (0-1)Men's 400m Hurdles
Domingo CorderoHeat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)Men's Marathon
Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Omar AdornoFirst Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco (Moldova) on points (8-20)Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
José Miguel CottoFirst Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) on points (6-16)Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Luis SedaFirst Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13)Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
Luis Deines PérezFirst Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18)Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Daniel SantosFirst Round — Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC-1 (02:54)Second Round — Defeated Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) on points (16-4)Quarterfinals — Defeated Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan) on points (28-15)Semifinals — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) on points (11-13)Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
José Luis QuiñonesFirst Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Enrique FloresFirst Round — Defeated Gurcharn Singh (India) on points (15-7)Second Round — Defeated Sybrand Botes (South Africa) on points (16-7)Quarterfinals — Lost to Antonio Tarver (United States) RSC-3 (01:54)Men's Points Race
Juan MerhebFinal — did not finish (→ no ranking)Men's 3m Springboard
Ramon SandinPreliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)Women's 3m Springboard
Vivian AlbertyPreliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.
Women's épéeMitch EscanellasMen's Extra-Lightweight
Melvin MéndezMen's Half-Lightweight
José PérezMen's Lightweight
Francisco RodríguezMen's Half-Middleweight
José Luis FigueroaPreliminary Round RobinLost to United States (0:10)Lost to Canada (0:4)Defeated Australia (2:0)Lost to PR China (0:10)Lost to Chinese Taipei (2:10)Lost to Japan (1:8)Lost to Netherlands (0:2)SemifinalsDid not advance → 8th placeTeam RosterLourdes BaezSheree CornielIvelisse EchevarríaMaria GonzálezElba LebronLisa MartínezAida MirandaLisa MizeJacqueine OrtízJanice ParksPenelope RosarioSandra RosarioMyriam SegarraEve SotoClara VázquezHead Coach: José AgostoMen's 50m Freestyle
Ricardo BusquetsHeat – 22.61Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)Men's 100m Freestyle
Ricardo BusquetsHeat – 49.61Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)Men's 100m Breaststroke
Todd TorresHeat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)Men's 200m Breaststroke
Todd TorresHeat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)Men's 100m Butterfly
Ricardo BusquetsHeat – 53.90B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)Men's 200m Individual Medley
Arsenio LópezHeat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)Men's 400m Individual Medley
Arsenio LópezHeat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo BusquetsHeat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José GonzálezHeat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)Men's Bantamweight
César Rodríguez 
