# Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico sent a total of 25 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 6 women, to compete in 8 sports. The nation's team size was roughly larger by three athletes from Beijing. This was also the youngest delegation in Puerto Rico's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four Puerto Rican athletes had competed in Beijing, including track star and pre-Olympic favorite Javier Culson, who held the record as the "world's fastest man" in the hurdles, and later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Canterbury Christ Church University had been selected as the team's preparation base for these Olympic games.
These Games tied as Puerto Rico's most successful Olympics, winning a total of two medals, and tying the record for the most medals with Los Angeles at a single games. Javier Culson won the nation's first ever medal in the men's hurdles and their first bronze in 16 years. Meanwhile, Dominican born Jaime Espinal became the first Puerto Rican athlete to claim an Olympic silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling, and set a historic Olympic record as the nation's second silver medalist, 28 years after Luis Ortiz had become the first.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Silver | Jaime Espinal | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg | August 11 |
| Bronze | Javier Culson | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles | August 6 |

## Athletics

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):

### Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Quarterfinal | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Eric Alejandro | 400 m hurdles | 49.39 | 4 q | — | — | 49.15 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Héctor Cotto | 110 m hurdles | 14.08 | 8 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Javier Culson | 400 m hurdles | 48.33 | 1 Q | — | — | 47.93 | 1 Q | 48.10 | |
| Enrique Llanos | 110 m hurdles | DNF | DNF | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miguel López | 100 m | Bye | Bye | 10.31 | 5 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jamele Mason Vegas | 400 m hurdles | 49.89 | 5 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Samuel Vázquez | 1500 m | 3:49.19 | 14 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wesley Vázquez | 800 m | 1:46.45 | 4 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Beverly Ramos | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:55.26 | 12 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Carol Rodríguez | 400 m | 52.19 | 2 Q | 52.08 | 6 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Boxing
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Jantony Ortiz | Light flyweight | Sulemanu (GHA) W 20–6 | Ayrapetyan (RUS) L 13–15 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jeyvier Cintrón | Flyweight | Oteng (BOT) W 14–12 | Henriques (BRA) W 18–13 | Aloyan (RUS) L 13–23 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Félix Verdejo | Lightweight | Huertas (PAN) W 11–5 | Mejri (TUN) W 16–7 | Lomachenko (UKR) L 9–14 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Francisco Vargas Ramirez | Light welterweight | Yigit (SWE) L 9–13 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Enrique Collazo | Middleweight | Hartel (GER) L 10–18 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Gymnastics
### Artistic
#### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | Total | Rank |
| Tommy Ramos | Rings | — | — | 15.500 | — | — | — | 15.500 | 6 Q | — | — | 15.600 | — | — | — | 15.600 | 6 |

#### Women

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Apparatus | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank | F | V | UB | BB | Total | Rank |
| Lorena Quiñones | All-around | 11.366 | 13.800 | 10.766 | 13.133 | 49.065 | 54 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Judo

| Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Melissa Mojica | Women's +78 kg | Shahrkhani (KSA) W 0100–0000 | Ivashchenko (RUS) L 0000–0101 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Shooting
### Men

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| José Torres Laboy | Double trap | 127 | 21 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Puerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the 200 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)) Vanessa García and Raúl Martínez, were invited directly by FINA, to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle respectively.

### Men

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Raúl Martínez Colomer | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.23 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Vanessa García | 50 m freestyle | 25.58 | 29 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Weightlifting

Lely Burgos, did not obtain the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics directly in the Americas Olympic Qualifying, but for her effort, she was invited directly by the International Weightlifting Federation.
| Athlete | Event | Snatch | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Total | Rank |
| Lely Burgos | Women's −48 kg | 65 | 11 | 92 | 10 | 157 | 11 |

## Wrestling

Puerto Rico has qualified three quota places.
Key:
* VT - Victory by Fall.
* PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

### Men's freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage 1 | Repechage 2 | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Franklin Gómez | −60 kg | Kudukhov (RUS) L 1–3 $^{PP}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Dutt (IND) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | 15 |
| Francisco Soler | −74 kg | Bye | Burroughs (USA) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Bye | Gentry (CAN) L 0–3 $^{PO}$ | Did not advance | 19 |
| Jaime Espinal | −84 kg | Bye | Dick (NGR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Marsagishvili (GEO) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Gattsiev (BLR) W 3–1 $^{PP}$ | Bye | Bye | Sharifov (AZE) L 0–3 $^{PP}$ | |