Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. It was their fourteenth appearance at the Olympics, after debuting in 1948. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.

Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 4 4 8Boxing 5 – 5Diving 0 1 1Fencing 1 0 1Gymnastics 1 0 1Judo 4 0 4Sailing 2 0 2Shooting 2 0 2Swimming 3 0 3Weightlifting 1 1 2 Total 23 6 29

Athletics

Men Track & road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Félix Omar FernándezOsvaldo NievesRogelio PizarroJorge Richardson relay 40.12 32 colspan=2 colspan=4

Women Track & road events Athlete Event Heat Quarterfinal Semifinal Final Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Militza CastroBeatriz CruzSandra MoyaMaritza Salas relay 03:33.30 18 colspan=2 colspan=4

Boxing

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinalOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankIván CalderónLight flyweightL 9–10colspan=5 Carlos ValcárcelFlyweightL 6–12colspan=5 Orlando CruzBantamweightL 10–11colspan=5 Miguel CottoLight WelterweightL 7–117colspan=5 Rubén FuchúWelterweightL RSCcolspan=5

Diving

Women AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinalTotalPointsRankPointsRankTotalRankPointsRankPointsRankAngelique Rodriguez 3 m springboard 235.47 27 colspan=7 27 10 m platform 273.36 17 134.94 17 408.30 18 colspan=3 18

Fencing

Men AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalFinal / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankJonathan PeñaIndividual épéeL 11–15colspan=5 36

Gymnastics

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalApparatusTotalRankApparatusTotalRankDiego LizardiIndividual8.5378.0009.1629.137 8.2759.15052.26149colspan=8

Judo

Men

AthleteEventFirst roundRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechage 1Repechage 2Repechage 3Repechage 4Final / OppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultOppositionResultRankMelvin Méndez–66 kgL 0000–1000colspan=3 L 0000–0011colspan=5 Carlos Méndez–73 kgL 0000–0200colspan=9 José Luis Figueroa–81 kgL 0001–1110colspan=3 L 0000–1001colspan=5 Carlos Santiago–90 kgW 1001–0011L 0001–0020colspan=2 L 0000–1000colspan=5

Sailing

Men AthleteEventRaceNet PointsRank1234567891011Enrique FigueroaPedro ColonTornado111117924813115588

Shooting

Men AthleteEventQualificationFinalTotalPointsRankPointsRankPointsRankRalph Rodríguez50 m rifle prone57852colspan=4 Roberto CarloSkeet118=32colspan=4

Swimming

Men AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinalTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankRicardo Busquets50 m freestyle22.426 Q22.5115colspan=2 Andrew Livingston100 m butterfly55.0332colspan=4 200 m butterfly1:59.05151:58.6313colspan=2 Arsenio López100 m breaststroke1:04.0234colspan=4 200 m individual medley2:06.49 34colspan=4

Weightlifting

Women AthleteEventSnatchClean & JerkTotalRank123123Ruth RiveraLight-Heavyweight (– 69 kg)82.582.585.0100.0105.0107.5187.513

See also Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games

Notes

sports-reference Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. . International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005. Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005. International Olympic Committee Web Site

References