# Puerto Rico at the 2020 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Originally scheduled to take place from 24 July to 9 August 2020, the Games were postponed to 23 July to 8 August 2021, because of the COVID-19 pandemic. It was the territory's nineteenth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. Like on the 2016 Summer Olympics, Puerto Rico left the Olympics with a single gold medal, this time won by Jasmine Camacho-Quinn. Other athletes fell short of their Olympic medal, with Steven Piñeiro finishing sixth in the men's skateboarding street park final, and table tennis player Adriana Díaz losing a match in the third round.

## Medalists

The following Puerto Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
| Gold | Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Athletics | Women's 100 m hurdles | August 2 |

## Competitors

| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Athletics | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Boxing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Diving | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Equestrian | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Golf | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Judo | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Rowing | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Sailing | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Shooting | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Skateboarding | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Taekwondo | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Wrestling | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Total | 13 | 24 | 37 |

## Athletics

Puerto Rican athletes further achieved the entry standards, either by qualifying time or by world ranking, in the following track and field events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):

### 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

### Track & road events

| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank |
| Andrés Arroyo | Men's 800 m | 1:53.09 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Ryan Sánchez | Men's 800 m | 1:47.07 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Wesley Vázquez | Men's 800 m | 1:49.06 | 7 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jasmine Camacho-Quinn | Women's 100 m hurdles | 12.41 | 1 Q | 12.26 OR | 1 Q | 12.37 | |

## Basketball
### Summary

| Team | Event | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Group stage | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Team | Event | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Opposition Score | Rank |
| Puerto Rico women's | Women's tournament | China L 55–97 | Belgium L 52–87 | Australia L 96–69 | 4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

### Women's tournament

Puerto Rico women's basketball team qualified for the first time at the Olympics as one of three highest-ranked eligible squads at the Bourges meet of the 2020 FIBA Women's Olympic Qualifying Tournament.

#### Team roster

The roster was announced on 8 July 2021.

#### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | China | 3 | 3 | 0 | 247 | 191 | +56 | 6 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Belgium | 3 | 2 | 1 | 234 | 196 | +38 | 5 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 3 | 1 | 2 | 240 | 230 | +10 | 4 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 3 | 0 | 3 | 176 | 280 | −104 | 3 | |
* 27 July 2021 (2021-07-27) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 55–97 | China |
| Scoring by quarter: 17–32, 9–21, 13–18, 16–26 |||
| Pts: Rosado 14 Rebs: Quiñones 5 Asts: Gwathmey 4 | | Pts: Li Yue. 21 Rebs: Han 14 Asts: Huang 7 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Takaki Kato (JPN), Maj Forsberg (DEN), Samir Abaakil (MAR)
* 30 July 2021 (2021-07-30) 10:00 v
* Boxscore
| Belgium | 87–52 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 23–16, 20–8, 17–13, 27–15 |||
| Pts: Meesseman 26 Rebs: Meesseman 15 Asts: Allemand 7 | | Pts: Gwathmey 20 Rebs: Gwathmey, Meléndez 5 Asts: Rosado 5 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Maripier Malo (CAN), Yu Jung (TPE), Kingsley Ojeaburu (NGA)
* 2 August 2021 (2021-08-02) 21:00 v
* Boxscore
| Australia | 96–69 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by quarter: 22–24, 23–20, 23–8, 28–17 |||
| Pts: Tolo 26 Rebs: Tolo 17 Asts: Mitchell 6 | | Pts: Gwathmey 26 Rebs: Gibson, Gwathmey 6 Asts: Meléndez, Rosado 3 |
* Saitama Super Arena, Saitama Referees: Alexander Glišić (SRB), Samir Abaakil (MAR), Gizella Györgyi (NOR)

## Boxing

Puerto Rico entered one boxer into the Olympic tournament. With the cancellation of the 2021 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Yankiel Rivera finished among the top five of the men's flyweight category to book his place in the Puerto Rican squad based on the IOC's Boxing Task Force Rankings for the Americas.
| 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 |
| Yankiel Rivera | Men's flyweight | Bibossinov (KAZ) L 1–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Diving

Puerto Rico received an invitation from FINA to send a diver competing in the men's platform to the Olympics based on his results at the 2021 FINA World Cup series.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Preliminary | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Rafael Quintero | Men's 10 m platform | 396.90 | 12 Q | 397.55 | 14 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Equestrian

Puerto Rico entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition, by finishing in the top two, outside the group selection, of the individual FEI Olympic Rankings for Group E (Central and South America).

### Eventing

| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Jumping | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Dressage | Dressage | Cross-country | Cross-country | Cross-country | Qualifier | Qualifier | Qualifier | Final | Final | Final | | | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Horse | Event | Penalties | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Total | Rank | Penalties | Rank |
| Lauren Billys | Castle Larchfield Purdy | Individual | 39.90 | 54 | Eliminated | Eliminated | Eliminated | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Golf

Puerto Rico entered two golfers (one per gender) into the Olympic tournament. Rafael Campos (world no. 281) and Maria Fernanda Torres (world no. 185) qualified directly among the top 60 eligible players for their respective events based on the IGF World Rankings.
| Athlete | Event | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Total | Total | Total |
| Athlete | Event | Score | Score | Score | Score | Score | Par | Rank |
| Rafael Campos | Men's | 73 | 73 | 70 | 72 | 288 | +4 | =57 |
| Maria Fernanda Torres | Women's | 73 | 77 | 70 | 67 | 287 | +3 | 48 |

## Judo

Puerto Rico qualified three judoka (one man and two women) for each of the following weight classes at the Games. Two-time Olympian Melissa Mojica (women's heavyweight, +78 kg) and Rio 2016 Olympian María Pérez (women's middleweight, 70 kg) were selected among the top 18 judoka of their respective weight classes based on the IJF World Ranking List of June 28, 2021, while rookie Adrián Gandía (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) accepted a continental berth from the Americas as the nation's top-ranked judoka outside of direct qualifying position.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 64 | 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 | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Adrián Gandía | Men's −81 kg | Bye | Casse (BEL) L 01–11 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| María Pérez | Women's −70 kg | — | Howell (GBR) W 10–00 | Arai (JPN) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melissa Mojica | Women's +78 kg | — | Nunes (POR) L 00–10 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Rowing

Puerto Rico qualified one boat in the women's single sculls for the Games by finishing fifth in the A-final and securing the last of five berths available at the 2021 FISA Americas Olympic Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, signifying the country's return to the sport for the first time since 1988.
| Athlete | Event | Heats | Heats | Repechage | Repechage | Quarterfinals | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Semifinals | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Veronica Toro | Women's single sculls | 8:11.57 | 3 QF | Bye | Bye | 8:35.32 | 6 SC/D | 7:53.36 | 5 FD | 7:57.22 | 22 |
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

## Sailing

Puerto Rican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the class-associated World Championships, Pan American Games, and the continental regattas, marking the country's recurrence to the sport for the first time after sixteen years.
| Athlete | Event | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Race | Net points | Final rank |
| Athlete | Event | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | M* | Net points | Final rank |
| Enrique Figueroa Gretchen Ortiz | Mixed Nacra 17 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 19 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 15 | 18 | 18 | EL | 174 | 17 |
M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

## Shooting

Puerto Rico granted an invitation from ISSF to send Rio 2016 Olympian Yarimar Mercado in the women's rifle shooting to the Olympics, as long as the minimum qualifying score (MQS) was fulfilled by June 6, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Yarimar Mercado | Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions | 1157 | 28 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Skateboarding

Puerto Rico entered two skateboarders to compete across all events at the Games. Steven Piñero and Manny Santiago were automatically selected among the top 16 eligible skateboarders in the men's park and men's street, respectively, based on the World Skate Olympic Rankings of June 30, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Qualification | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Points | Rank | Points | Rank |
| Steven Piñeiro | Men's park | 76.20 | 6 Q | 75.17 | 6 |
| Manny Santiago | Men's street | 5.45 | 19 | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Swimming

Puerto Rico received a universality invitation from FINA to send two top-ranked swimmers (one per gender) in their respective individual events to the Olympics, based on the FINA Points System of June 28, 2021.
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Heat | Semifinal | Semifinal | Final | Final |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank |
| Jarod Arroyo | Men's 200 m individual medley | 2:01.92 | 39 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Jarod Arroyo | Men's 400 m individual medley | 4:17.46 | 22 | — | — | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miriam Sheehan | Women's 100 m freestyle | 56.64 | 38 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Miriam Sheehan | Women's 100 m butterfly | 1:02.49 | 31 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Table tennis

Puerto Rico entered three athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Rio 2016 Olympian Adriana Díaz secured an outright berth in the women's singles with a gold-medal victory at the 2019 Pan American Games in Lima, Peru. Adriana's older sister Melanie Díaz, with Brian Afanador joining them to compete on the men's side at his second consecutive Games, scored the initial-stage final match triumphs to book one of the available places each in their respective singles events at the Latin American Qualification Tournament in Rosario, Argentina.
| Athlete | Event | Preliminary | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Brian Afanador | Men's singles | Bye | Lam S H (HKG) L 3–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Adriana Díaz | Women's singles | Bye | Bye | Bye | Liu J (AUT) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |
| Melanie Díaz | Women's singles | Bye | Paranang (THA) L 0–4 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Taekwondo

Puerto Rico entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Games. American-born taekwondo practitioner Victoria Stambaugh secured a spot in the women's flyweight category (49 kg) with a top two finish at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in San José, Costa Rica.
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Victoria Stambaugh | Women's −49 kg | Semberg (ISR) L 2–22 | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance |

## Wrestling

Puerto Rico qualified one wrestler for the men's freestyle 74 kg into the Olympic competition, by progressing to the top two finals at the 2020 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Ottawa, Canada.
Key:
* VT (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
* VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
* PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
* PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
* ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
* SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.

### Freestyle

| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Repechage | Final / BM | Final / BM |
| Athlete | Event | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Rank |
| Franklin Gómez | Men's −74 kg | Abdurakhmonov (UZB) L 0–4 $^{ST}$ | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | Did not advance | 16 |