# Puerto Rico at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

## Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
| Archery | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Athletics | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Basketball | 12 | 0 | 12 |
| Boxing | 10 | – | 10 |
| Equestrian | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Judo | 4 | – | 4 |
| Rowing | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Swimming | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | – | 2 |
| Wrestling | 2 | – | 2 |
| Total | 44 | 3 | 47 |

## Results by event
### Archery

In the fourth time this U.S. territory competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman.
Women's Individual Competition:
* Gloria Rosa — Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
* Miguel Pedraza — Preliminary Round (→ 67th place)

### Athletics

Men's 200 metres
* Edgardo Guilbe
Men's 400 metres Hurdles
* Domingo Cordero
Men's Long Jump
* Raul Tejada
   * Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump
* Ernesto Torres
Women's Long Jump
* Madeline de Jesús

### Basketball
#### Men's tournament
##### Team roster

The following is the Puerto Rico roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.

##### Group play

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
| 1 | Yugoslavia | 5 | 4 | 1 | 468 | 384 | +84 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 | Soviet Union | 5 | 4 | 1 | 460 | 393 | +67 | 9 | Quarterfinals |
| 3 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 429 | 408 | +21 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 4 | Puerto Rico | 5 | 3 | 2 | 382 | 387 | −5 | 8 | Quarterfinals |
| 5 | Central African Republic | 5 | 1 | 4 | 346 | 436 | −90 | 6 | 9th–12th classification round |
| 6 | South Korea (H) | 5 | 0 | 5 | 384 | 461 | −77 | 5 | 9th–12th classification round |
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
* 1 2 Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico
* 18 September 1988
| Australia | 81–77 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 50–36, 31–41 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 20 September 1988
| South Korea | 74–79 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 30–38, 44–41 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 21 September 1988
| Puerto Rico | 81–93 (OT) | Soviet Union |
| Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 23 September 1988
| Central African Republic | 67–71 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 41–27, 26–34 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul
* 24 September 1988
| Puerto Rico | 74–72 | Yugoslavia |
| Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35 |||
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

##### Quarterfinals

* 26 September 1988 11:45
* Boxscore
| United States | 94–57 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 48–28, 46–29 |||
| Pts: Manning 18 Rebs: Manning 7 Asts: C.D. Smith 3 | | Pts: Cruz 12 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Cruz 4 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

##### Classification round 5–8

* 28 September 1988 9:45
* Boxscore
| Brazil | 104–86 | Puerto Rico |
| Scoring by half: 51–39, 53–47 |||
| Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Schmidt 9 Asts: Guerrinha 7 | | Pts: E. de León 19 Rebs: E. de León 10 Asts: Cruz 2 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

##### Classification round 7/8

* 29 September 1988 19:30
* Boxscore
| Puerto Rico | 93–92 | Spain |
| Scoring by half: 47–45, 46–47 |||
| Pts: Morales 25 Rebs: Ortíz, Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4 | | Pts: Jiménez 31 Rebs: Jiménez 8 Asts: Solozábal 6 |
* Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

### Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
* Luis Román Rolón
   * First Round — Bye
   * Second Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul (THA), 2:3
Men's Flyweight
* Andy Agosto
Men's Bantamweight
* Felipe Nieves
Men's Featherweight
* Esteban Flores
Men's Lightweight
* Héctor Arroyo
Men's Light-Welterweight
* Víctor Pérez
Men's Welterweight
* Lionel Ortíz
Men's Light-Middleweight
* Rey Rivera
Men's Light-Heavyweight
* Nelson Adams
Men's Super-Heavyweight
* Harold Arroyo

### Judo

Men's Extra-Lightweight
* Luis Martínez
Men's Half-Lightweight
* Víctor Rivera
Men's Lightweight
* Angelo Ruiz
Men's Middleweight
* Jorge Bonnet

### Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle
* Manuel Guzmán
   * Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
* Manuel Guzmán
   * Heat — 51.25 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
Men's 200m Freestyle
* Salvador Vassallo
   * Heat — 1:53.82 (→ did not advance, 36th place)
Men's 400m Freestyle
* Salvador Vassallo
   * Heat — 3:55.30
   * B-Final — 3:55.39 (→ 15th place)
Men's 100m Backstroke
* Manuel Guzmán
   * Heat — 57.62 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
   * B-Final — 57.95 (→ 15th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
* Salvador Vassallo
   * Heat — 4:30.37 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Women's 200m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
   * Heat — 2:07.44 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)
Women's 400m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
   * Heat — 4:24.84 (→ did not advance, 28th place)
Women's 800m Freestyle
* Ritajean Garay
   * Heat — 9:04.62 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Women's 100m Backstroke
* Ritajean Garay
   * Heat — 1:08.58 (→ did not advance, 31st place)
Women's 200m Backstroke
* Ritajean Garay
   * Heat — 2:23.73 (→ did not advance, 24th place)