| Puerto Rico at the 2003 Pan American Games | |
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| IOC code | PUR |
| NOC | Puerto Rico Olympic Committee |
| in Santo Domingo 1–17 August 2003 | |
| Flag bearer | Diego Lizardi |
| Medals Ranked 11th |
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| Pan American Games appearances (overview) | |
Puerto Rico participated at the 2003 Pan American Games , held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
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Tennis 
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Beach volleyball Boxing 
Fencing 
Shooting 
Taekwondo Tennis 
Wrestling | Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Yvonne Harrison | Women's 400 m hurdles | 55.79 | 4 | 55.27 | 5 |
| Alexander Greaux | Men's 3000 m steeplechase | — | — | DSQ | — |
| Athlete | Event | Time | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maribel Burgos | Women's marathon | 2:53:03 | 6 |
| Lourdes Cruz | Women's marathon | 3:04:12 | 11 |
| Athlete | Decathlon | Total | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | Points | Rank | |
| Luiggy Llanos | 11.02 | 7.47 | 14.62 | 1.86 | 50.27 | 14.29 | 43.93 | 4.50 | 59.78 | 5:11.24 | 7704 |  |
Head coach:
| Athlete | Event | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | Opposition Result | ||
| Joseph Serrano | Light flyweight |  Longpre (CAN)W 18–9 |  Tamara (COL)L 9–16 | did not advance | |
| Carlos Valcárcel | Flyweight |  Gamboa (CUB)L 13–26 | did not advance | ||
| Juan Manuel López | Bantamweight |  González (GUA)W 27–10 |  Mares (MEX)L 21–24 | did not advance | |
| Carlos Velasquez | Featherweight |  Cermeño (VEN)W 12–5 |  Garcia (USA)L 10–+10 | did not advance | |
| Alex de Jesús | Lightweight |  Maicelo (PER)W 10–5 | Décarie (CAN) W 13–4 | Vargas (MEX) W 26–6 | Kindelán (CUB) L 2–22 → |
| Miguel Almonte | Middleweight |  O'Neil (GRN)W 18–10 | Brand (COL) L RSC–4 | did not advance | |
| Gerardo Bisbal | Heavyweight | Bye | Solis (CUB) L RSCH–2 | did not advance | |
| Victor Bisbal | Super heavyweight | Bye | Cadieux (CAN) W 19–12 | López Núñez (CUB) L 13–17 →  | did not advance |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Ricardo Busquets | 50 m freestyle | 22.49 | 1 | 22.52 | 4 |
| Maran Cruz | 24.75 | 27 | did not advance | ||
| Ricardo Busquets | 100 m freestyle | 50.82 | 6 | 50.37 | 6 |
| Maran Cruz | 53.88 | 28 | did not advance | ||
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
| Solimar Mojica | 200 m freestyle | 2:08.54 | 12 | 2:08.54 | 12 |
| Vanessa Martínez | 2:08.57 | 13 | 2:09.53 | 15 | |
| Sonia Álvarez | 400 m freestyle | 4:24.25 | 8 | 4:22.79 | 10 |
| Solimar Mojica | 4:37.42 | 14 | 4:34.60 | 14 | |
| Sonia Álvarez | 800 m freestyle | — | 9:03.48 | 8 | |
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