Puerto Rico participated at the 2003 Pan American Games, held in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, from August 1 to August 17, 2003.
Medals
Gold
Jumping individual: Mark Watring on Sapphire
Men's horizontal bar: Tommy Ramos
Mixed Hobie Cat 16: Enrique Figueroa and Carla Malatrasi
Silver
Men's decathlon: Luiggy Llanos
Men's lightweight (60 kg): Alex de Jesús
Men's pommel horse: Luis Vargas
Women's doubles: Kristina Brandi and Vilmarie Castellvi
Bronze
Men's tournament: National team Rick Apodaca, Carlos Arroyo, Larry Ayuso, Sharif Fajardo, Bobby Joe Hatton, Antonio Latimer, Jorge Rivera, Daniel Santiago, Orlando Santiago, Alejandro Carmona, Peter John Ramos and Richie Dalmau
Men's tournament: Ramón Hernández and Raúl Papaleo
Men's super heavyweight (+91 kg): Victor Bisbal
Men's épée individual: Víctor Bernier Men's épée team: Víctor Bernier, David Bernier, Jonathan Peña and Marcos Peña
Men's double trap: Lucas Bennazar
Men's 58 kg: Kristian Meléndez
Women's singles: Kristina Brandi
Women's freestyle (63 kg): Mabel Fonseca
Results by event
Athletics
Track AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankYvonne HarrisonWomen's 400 m hurdles 55.79 4 55.27 5Alexander GreauxMen's 3000 m steeplechase — — DSQ —
Road AthleteEventTimeRankMaribel BurgosWomen's marathon 2:53:03 6Lourdes CruzWomen's marathon 3:04:12 11
Decathlon AthleteDecathlonTotal12345678910PointsRankLuiggy Llanos 11.02 7.47 14.62 1.86 50.27 14.29 43.93 4.50 59.78 5:11.24 7704
Basketball
Men's tournament Rick Apodaca Carlos Arroyo Larry Ayuso Sharif Fajardo Bobby Joe Hatton Antonio Latimer Jorge Rivera Daniel Santiago Orlando Santiago Alejandro Carmona Peter John Ramos Richie Dalmau Head coach: Unknown
Boxing
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultJoseph SerranoLight flyweightW 18–9L 9–16did not advanceCarlos ValcárcelFlyweightL 13–26did not advanceJuan Manuel LópezBantamweightW 27–10L 21–24did not advanceCarlos VelasquezFeatherweightW 12–5L 10–+10did not advanceAlex de JesúsLightweightW 10–5W 13–4W 26–6L 2–22 → Miguel AlmonteMiddleweightW 18–10L RSC–4did not advanceGerardo BisbalHeavyweightByeL RSCH–2did not advanceVictor BisbalSuper heavyweightByeW 19–12L 13–17 → did not advance
Swimming
Men's competitions AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankRicardo Busquets50 m freestyle22.49122.524Maran Cruz24.75 27did not advanceRicardo Busquets100 m freestyle50.82 650.376Maran Cruz53.8828did not advance
Women's competitions AthleteEventHeatFinalTimeRankTimeRankSolimar Mojica200 m freestyle2:08.54 122:08.54 12Vanessa Martínez2:08.57 132:09.5315Sonia Álvarez400 m freestyle4:24.2584:22.7910Solimar Mojica4:37.42144:34.6014Sonia Álvarez800 m freestyle—9:03.48 8
See also Puerto Rico at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics
References puertorico-herald vol 31 puertorico-herald vol 33