Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the
2012 Summer Olympics
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg
IOC code PUR
NOC Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website www.copur.pr  (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors25 in 8 sports
Flag bearer Javier Culson
Medals
Ranked 63rd
Gold
0
Silver
1
Bronze
1
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

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Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico sent a total of 25 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 6 women, to compete in 8 sports. The nation's team size was roughly larger by three athletes from Beijing. This was also the youngest delegation in Puerto Rico's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four Puerto Rican athletes had competed in Beijing, including track star and pre-Olympic favorite Javier Culson, who held the record as the "world's fastest man" in the hurdles, and later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Canterbury Christ Church University had been selected as the team's preparation base for these Olympic games.

These Games tied as Puerto Rico's most successful Olympics, winning a total of two medals, and tying the record for the most medals with Los Angeles at a single games. Javier Culson won the nation's first ever medal in the men's hurdles and their first bronze in 16 years. Meanwhile, Dominican born Jaime Espinal became the first Puerto Rican athlete to claim an Olympic silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling, and set a historic Olympic record as the nation's second silver medalist, 28 years after Luis Ortiz had become the first.

Medalists

MedalNameSportEventDate
Silver medal icon.svg Silver Jaime Espinal Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg August 11
Bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Javier Culson Athletics Men's 400 m hurdles August 6

Athletics

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard): [1] [2]

Key
Men
AthleteEventHeatQuarterfinalSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Eric Alejandro 400 m hurdles 49.394 q49.157Did not advance
Héctor Cotto 110 m hurdles 14.088Did not advance
Javier Culson 400 m hurdles 48.331 Q47.931 Q48.10Bronze medal icon.svg
Enrique Llanos 110 m hurdles DNFDid not advance
Miguel López 100 m Bye10.315Did not advance
Jamele Mason Vegas 400 m hurdles 49.895Did not advance
Samuel Vázquez 1500 m 3:49.1914Did not advance
Wesley Vázquez 800 m 1:46.454Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRank
Beverly Ramos 3000 m steeplechase 9:55.2612Did not advance
Carol Rodríguez 400 m 52.192 Q52.086Did not advance

Boxing

Men
AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Jantony Ortiz Light flyweight Flag of Ghana.svg  Sulemanu  (GHA)
W 20–6
Flag of Russia.svg  Ayrapetyan  (RUS)
L 13–15
Did not advance
Jeyvier Cintrón Flyweight Flag of Botswana.svg  Oteng  (BOT)
W 14–12
Flag of Brazil.svg  Henriques  (BRA)
W 18–13
Flag of Russia.svg  Aloyan  (RUS)
L 13–23
Did not advance
Félix Verdejo Lightweight Flag of Panama.svg  Huertas  (PAN)
W 11–5
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Mejri  (TUN)
W 16–7
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Lomachenko  (UKR)
L 9–14
Did not advance
Francisco Vargas Ramirez Light welterweight Flag of Sweden.svg  Yigit  (SWE)
L 9–13
Did not advance
Enrique Collazo Middleweight Flag of Germany.svg  Hartel  (GER)
L 10–18
Did not advance

Gymnastics

Artistic

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F PH R V PB HB F PH R V PB HB
Tommy Ramos Rings 15.50015.5006 Q15.60015.6006
Women
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRank
F V UB BB F V UB BB
Lorena Quiñones All-around 11.36613.80010.76613.13349.06554Did not advance

Judo

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Melissa Mojica Women's +78 kg Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg  Shahrkhani  (KSA)
W 0100–0000
Flag of Russia.svg  Ivashchenko  (RUS)
L 0000–0101
Did not advance

Shooting

Men
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
José Torres Laboy Double trap 12721Did not advance

Swimming

Puerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the 200 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)) [3] [4] Vanessa García and Raúl Martínez, were invited directly by FINA, to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle respectively. [5]

Men
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Raúl Martínez Colomer 200 m freestyle 1:54.2338Did not advance
Women
AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Vanessa García 50 m freestyle 25.5829Did not advance

Weightlifting

Lely Burgos, did not obtain the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics directly in the Americas Olympic Qualifying, but for her effort, she was invited directly by the International Weightlifting Federation. [6]

AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank
ResultRankResultRank
Lely Burgos Women's −48 kg 6511921015711

Wrestling

Puerto Rico has qualified three quota places.

Key:

Men's freestyle
AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Franklin Gómez −60 kg Flag of Russia.svg  Kudukhov  (RUS)
L 1–3 PP
Did not advanceFlag of India.svg  Dutt  (IND)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance15
Francisco Soler −74 kg ByeFlag of the United States.svg  Burroughs  (USA)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advanceByeFlag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Gentry  (CAN)
L 0–3 PO
Did not advance19
Jaime Espinal −84 kg ByeFlag of Nigeria.svg  Dick  (NGR)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Georgia.svg  Marsagishvili  (GEO)
W 3–1 PP
Flag of Belarus (1995-2012).svg  Gattsiev  (BLR)
W 3–1 PP
ByeFlag of Azerbaijan (1991-2013).svg  Sharifov  (AZE)
L 0–3 PP
Silver medal icon.svg

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