# Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Bronze | Daniel Santos (boxer) | Boxing | Men's welterweight | ?? |

## Archery

In 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)

## Athletics

Men's 400m Hurdles
* Domingo Cordero
   * Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
* Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)

## Basketball
### Men's tournament
#### Preliminary round

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | FR Yugoslavia | 5 | 5 | 0 | 478 | 364 | +114 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 492 | 438 | +54 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Greece | 5 | 3 | 2 | 402 | 416 | −14 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Brazil | 5 | 2 | 3 | 498 | 494 | +4 | 7 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 1 | 4 | 447 | 465 | −18 | 6 | 9th place playoff |
| 6 | South Korea | 5 | 0 | 5 | 422 | 562 | −140 | 5 | 11th place playoff |
* 20 July 1996 (1996-07-20)
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 98–101 | Brazil |
| Scoring by half: 54–58, 44–43 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 35 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Mincy 7 | | Pts: Schmidt 45 Rebs: Vianna 8 Asts: Ratto 10 |
* Atlanta Referees: Pascal Noel Dorizon (FRA), Romualdas Brazauskas (LTU)
* 22 July 1996 (1996-07-22)
* Report
| South Korea | 86–98 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 52–51, 34–47 |||
| Pts: K. E. Moon 20 Rebs: J. Y. Hyun 11 Asts: Hur Jae 12 | | Pts: Ortiz 37 Rebs: Ortiz 14 Asts: Alicea 10 |
* Atlanta Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)
* 24 July 1996 (1996-07-24)
* Report
| Greece | 80–69 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51–33, 29–36 |||
| Pts: Oikonomou 19 Rebs: Oikonomou 8 Asts: Oikonomou, Christodoulou 3 | | Pts: Mincy 20 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4 |
* Atlanta Referees: Gennaro Colucci ITA, Raul Chaves Sagel (ARG)
* 26 July 1996 (1996-07-26)
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 96–101 | Australia |
| Scoring by half: 53–51, 43–50 |||
| Pts: Ortíz 30 Rebs: Ortíz 11 Asts: Rivera 7 | | Pts: Gaze 29 Rebs: Fisher, Bradtke 6 Asts: Heal 7 |
* Atlanta Referees: Miguel Betancor Leon (ESP), Jose Lapaix Guance (DOM)
* 28 July 1996 (1996-07-28)
* Report
| FR Yugoslavia | 97–86 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 45–34, 52–52 |||
| Pts: Danilović 22 Rebs: Divac 10 Asts: Đorđević 7 | | Pts: Ortiz 20 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Rivera 9 |
* Atlanta Referees: Donald Cline (CAN), Serguei Boulanov (RUS)

#### 9–12th Place classification match

* 30 July 1996 (1996-07-30) 17:00
* Report
| Puerto Rico | 76–67 | Angola |
| Scoring by half: 38–36, 38–31 |||
| Pts: Ortiz 19 Rebs: Rivas 7 Asts: Alicea 5 | | Pts: Moreira 15 Rebs: Dias 11 Asts: Moreira 6 |
* Atlanta Referees: Roman Ryzhyk (UKR), Jose Reyes Ronfini (MEX)

#### 9th Place match

* 2 August 1996 (1996-08-02) 12:00
* Report
| Argentina | 87–77 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 43–38, 44–39 |||
| Pts: Espil, Osella 17 Rebs: Milanesio, Oberto 7 Asts: Milanesio, Espil 7 | | Pts: Ortiz 21 Rebs: Ortiz 11 Asts: Travieso 5 |
* Atlanta Referees: Davorin Nakic (CRO), Antonio Soares De Campos (ANG)

## Boxing

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
* Omar Adorno
   * First Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco (Moldova) on points (8-20)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
* José Miguel Cotto
   * First Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) on points (6-16)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
* Luis Seda
   * First Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)
* Luis Deines Pérez
   * First Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
* Daniel Santos
   * First 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 Quiñones
   * First Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
* Enrique Flores
   * First 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)

## Cycling
### Track Competition

Men's Points Race
* Juan Merheb
   * Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

## Diving

Men's 3m Springboard
* Ramon Sandin
   * Preliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
* Vivian Alberty
   * Preliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

## Fencing

One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.

### Women's épée

* Mitch Escanellas

## Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight
* Melvin Méndez
Men's Half-Lightweight
* José Pérez
Men's Lightweight
* Francisco Rodríguez
Men's Half-Middleweight
* José Luis Figueroa

## Softball
### Women's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round Robin
   * Lost 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)
* Semifinals
   * Did not advance → 8th place
* Team roster
   * Lourdes Baez
   * Sheree Corniel
   * Ivelisse Echevarría
   * Maria González
   * Elba Lebrón
   * Lisa Martínez
   * Aída Miranda
   * Lisa Mize
   * Jacqueine Ortíz
   * Janice Parks
   * Penelope Rosario
   * Sandra Rosario
   * Myriam Segarra
   * Eve Soto
   * Clara Vázquez
* Head coach: José Agosto

## Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Ricardo Busquets
   * Heat – 22.61
   * Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Ricardo Busquets
   * Heat – 49.61
   * Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
* Todd Torres
   * Heat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
* Todd Torres
   * Heat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
* Ricardo Busquets
   * Heat – 53.90
   * B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
* Arsenio López
   * Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Arsenio López
   * Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
* Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo Busquets
   * Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
* Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González
   * Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

## Weightlifting

Men's Bantamweight
* César Rodríguez