Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games
Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code:   PUR
2004 Summer Olympics in Athens
Competitors	44 in 14 sports
Flag bearer	Carlos Arroyo
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
Summer Olympic Games appearances
1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004
Winter Olympic Games appearances
1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1994 • 1998 • 2002 • 2006

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 1 Results by event 1.1 Athletics 1.2 Basketball 1.3 Boxing 1.4 Diving 1.5 Equestrian 1.6 Gymnastics 1.7 Judo 1.8 Shooting 1.9 Swimming 1.10 Synchronized swimming 1.11 Tennis 1.12 Taekwondo 1.13 Volleyball 1.14 Wrestling 2 Officials

[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)

• Joseph Serrano
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Mirzhan Rakhimzhanov of Kazakhstan, 42-23

Bantamweight (54kg)

• Juan Lopez
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Khavazhi Khatsigov of Belarus, 27-19

Featherweight (57kg)

• Carlos Velazquez
  1. Round of 32 - Lost to Edvaldo Oliveira of Brazil, by decision (43-43)

Lightweight (60kg)

• Alexander De Jesus
  1. Round of 32 - Defeated Myke Carvalho of Brazil, 39-24
  2. Round of 16 - Lost to Sam Rukundo of Uganda, 24-22

Super Heavyweight (over 91kg)

• Victor Bisbal
  1. Round of 16 - Lost to Jaroslav Jaksto of Lithuania, 26-17

[edit] Diving

Women's 3 metre springboard

• Angelique Rodriguez - Preliminary 239.19 pts (25th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 metre platform:

• Angelique Rodriguez - semifinal, 18th place

[edit] Equestrian

• Mark Watring

[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:

• Ramon 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

• Ricardo Busquets - 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

• Andrew Livinston - 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

• Kristina Brandi

Round 1 beat Jelena Kostanic (CRO) 7-5 6-1

Round 2 lost to Anastasia Myskina (RUS) 2-6 6-3 4-6

[edit] Taekwondo

• Ineabelle Diaz

[edit] Volleyball

Men's Beach volleyball

• Ramon Hernandez & Raul Papaleo - Pool D (3 loses, did not advance)

0 - 2 Dieckmann & Reckermann (Germany) in August 14.

1 - 2 Kjemperud & Høidalen (Norway) in August 16.

1 - 2 Berg & Dahl (Sweden) in August 18.

[edit] Wrestling

Women's Freestyle 55 kg

• Mabel Fonseca - Disqualified

[edit] Officials

• President: Hector Crespo
• Secretary General: José Julián Matos

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