| Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics | |
|---|---|
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| IPC code | PUR |
| NPC | Comite Paralimpico de Puerto Rico |
| in Beijing | |
| Medals Ranked 69th |
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| Summer Paralympics appearances | |
Puerto Rico competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The delegation consisted of three competitors, one track and field athlete, one sailor, and one sport shooter.
The country won one medal, a bronze. [1]
| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
|---|---|---|---|
 Bronze | Nilda Gomez Lopez | Shooting | Women's 10 m air rifle standing SH1 |
| Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Points | Rank | ||
| Alexis Pizarro-Jimenez | Men's shot put F57/58 | N/A | 12.99 | 868 | 12 | |||
One Puerto Rican athlete, Julio Reguero, competed in the single-person 2.4mR keelboat event. Reguero finished in ninth place out of sixteen sailors. [2]
| Athlete | Event | Race | Total points | Net points Total-(#) | Rank | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | |||||
| Julio Reguero | 2.4 mR - 1 person keelboat | 7 | (17) OCS | 13 | 5 | 5 | 8 | (15) | 7 | 7 | 13 | CAN | 97 | 65 | 9 |
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Nilda Gomez Lopez | Women's air rifle standing SH1 | 387 | 5 | 489.2 | |
| Women's sport rifle 3x20 SH1 | 536 | 17 | Did not advance | ||
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