Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr  (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Figueroa
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
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Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. It was their fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1948. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports. ^[1]

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games. ^[2]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Athletics	4	4	8
Boxing	5	–	5
Diving	0	1	1
Fencing	1	0	1
Gymnastics	1	0	1
Judo	4	0	4
Sailing	2	0	2
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	3	0	3
Weightlifting	1	1	2
Total	23	6	29

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Félix Omar Fernández Osvaldo Nieves Rogelio Pizarro Jorge Richardson	4 × 100 m relay	40.12	32	—		Did not advance

Women

Track & road events

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Militza Castro Beatriz Cruz Sandra Moya Maritza Salas	4 × 400 m relay	03:33.30	18	—		Did not advance

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iván Calderón	Light flyweight	Masara  (SIN) L 9–10	Did not advance
Carlos Valcárcel	Flyweight	Narváez  (ARG) L 6–12	Did not advance
Orlando Cruz	Bantamweight	Blida  (ALG) L 10–11	Did not advance
Miguel Cotto	Light Welterweight	Abdullaev  (UZB) L 7–117	Did not advance
Rubén Fuchú	Welterweight	Simion  (ROU) L RSC	Did not advance

Diving

Main article: Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Angelique Rodriguez	3 m springboard	235.47	27	Did not advance							27
	10 m platform	273.36	17	134.94	17	408.30	18	Did not advance			18

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Peña	Individual épée	Pchenikin  (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance					36

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB			F	PH	R	V	PB	HB
Diego Lizardi	Individual	8.537	8.000	9.162	9.137	8.275	9.150	52.261	49	Did not advance

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melvin Méndez	–66 kg	Bye	Giovinazzo  (ITA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Guimaraes  (BRA) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Carlos Méndez	–73 kg	Bye	Illyés  (HUN) L 0000–0200	Did not advance
José Luis Figueroa	–81 kg	Bye	Cho  (KOR) L 0001–1110	Did not advance			Wanner  (GER) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Carlos Santiago	–90 kg	Bye	López  (COL) W 1001–0011	Demontfaucon  (FRA) L 0001–0020	Did not advance		Mashurenko  (UKR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Rank
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
Enrique Figueroa Pedro Colon	Tornado	11	11	1	7	9	2	4	8	13	11	5	58	8

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
		Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ralph Rodríguez	50 m rifle prone	578	52	Did not advance
Roberto Carlo	Skeet	118	=32	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Busquets	50 m freestyle	22.42	6 Q	22.51	15	Did not advance
Andrew Livingston	100 m butterfly	55.03	32	Did not advance
	200 m butterfly	1:59.05	15	1:58.63	13	Did not advance
Arsenio López	100 m breaststroke	1:04.02	34	Did not advance
	200 m individual medley	2:06.49	34	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
		1	2	3	1	2	3
Ruth Rivera	Light-Heavyweight (– 69 kg)	82.5	82.5	85.0	100.0	105.0	107.5	187.5	13

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games

• Puerto Rico portal
• Olympics portal

Notes

• sports-reference
• Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN   1-894963-32-6.
• International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results . Retrieved 12 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
• International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

1. "Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.
2. Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics