Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games

Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code  PUR
NOC Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico
external link (Spanish)
At the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors 44 in 14 sports
Flag bearer Carlos Arroyo
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
0
Olympic history (summary)
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Puerto Rico, represented by the Puerto Rico Olympic Committee, competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece.

The Puerto Ricans' best performance was with the Puerto Rican national basketball team that defeated the Dream Team of the United States 92-73 in the opening game.

Basketball player Carlos Arroyo was the flag-bearer of the delegation.

Contents

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 3000 metre steeplechase:

  • Alexander Greaux - Round 1, 8:33.62 (did not advance)

Men's decathlon:

  • Luiggy Llanos - DNF

Women's 400 metres Hurdles

  • Yvonne Harrison - Round 1 55.84s (did not advance)

[edit] Basketball

Men's: 6th place

  • Preliminary round: 3-2
  • Quarterfinal: lost to Italy, 83-70
  • Classification (5/6): lost to Greece, 85-75

Rick Apodaca, Elias Ayuso, Carlos Arroyo, Roberto Hatton, Jose Ortiz, Peter John Ramos, Daniel Santiago, Sharif Fajardo, Rolando Hourruitiner, Christian Dalmau, Eddie Casiano, Jorge Rivera, Julio Toro (coach)

[edit] Boxing

Only one of the five Puerto Rican boxers was able to win a match in Athens. However, this was an improvement over the 2000 Summer Olympics, when no Puerto Rican won a match.

Flyweight (51kg)

Bantamweight (54kg)

Featherweight (57kg)

Lightweight (60kg)

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

[edit] Diving

Women's 3 metre springboard

  • Angelique Rodriguez
  • Preliminary Round — 239.19 pts (→ 25th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 metre platform

  • Angelique Rodriguez
  • Semifinal — 18th place

[edit] Equestrian

[edit] Gymnastics

Men's artistic:

  • Luis Vargas - advanced in one exercise
    • All-around - 15th place

[edit] Judo

Men's 66 kg:

  • Melvin Mendez - defeated in round of 32

Men's 100 kg:

  • Ramón Ayala - defeated in round of 32

Women's 57 kg:

  • Jessica Garcia - defeated in round of 16; repechage round of 32

[edit] Shooting

Men's Trap

  • Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz 112 (27th place - did not advance)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 metre Freestyle

  • Heat 22.45 s (→ 12th place)
  • Semi-finals 22.52 s (→ 15th place, did not advance)

Men's 100 metre Breaststroke

  • Arsenio Lopez
  • Heat 1:03.99 (→ 35th place, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Butterfly

  • Heat 1:59.42 (→ 21st place, did not advance)

Men's 200 metre Individual Medley

  • Jorge Oliver
  • Heat 2:08.84 (→ 45th place, did not advance)

Women's 100 metre Freestyle

  • Vanessa Garcia
  • Heat 57.38 s (→ 35th place, did not advance)

Women's 200 metre Backstroke

  • Gretchen Gotay Cordero
  • Heat 2:23.39 (→ 31st place, did not advance)

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Duet

  • Luna del Mar Aguilu & Leilani Torres-Maldonado - 79.584 pts (23rd place, Technical Routine 39.667 pts,Free Routine 39.917 pts)

[edit] Tennis

Women's Singles

[edit] Taekwondo

  • Ineabelle Diaz

[edit] Volleyball

Men's Beach Volleyball

0 - 2 Dieckmann & Reckermann (Germany) on August 14
1 - 2 Kjemperud & Høidalen (Norway) on August 16
1 - 2 Berg & Dahl (Sweden) on August 18

[edit] Wrestling

Women's Freestyle 55 kg

  • Mabel Fonseca - Disqualified

[edit] Officials

  • President: Hector F. Cardona Sr.
  • Secretary General: José Julián Alvarez