Puerto Rico at the
1976 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Montreal
Competitors80 in 12 sports
Flag bearer Téofilo Colón[1]
Medals
Ranked 37th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
1
Total
1
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 80 competitors, 73 men and 7 women, took part in 74 events in 12 sports.[2]

Medalists

Bronze

Archery

Main article: Archery at the 1976 Summer Olympics

In the second time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman. Maria Medina came in last place in the women's competition even as Edgardo Berdeguer beat considerably the 55th-place finish Puerto Rico's only archer in 1972 earned.

Women's Individual Competition:

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:51.38 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:06.08 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Heats — 52.45s
  • Semi Final — 51.04s (→ did not advance)

Men's Marathon

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Men's team competition
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (63-84)
  • Lost to United States (94-95)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (83-89)
  • Lost to Italy (81-95)
  • Defeated Egypt (20-0) bb.
  • 9th/11th place: Defeated Japan (111-91)
  • 9th/10th place: Defeated Mexico (89-84) → Ninth place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Equestrianism

Main article: Equestrian at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Four fencers, three men and one woman, represented Puerto Rico in 1976.

Men's foil
Men's épée
Women's foil

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

Men's 200 metres Freestyle

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

Men's 200 metres Backstroke

Men's 100 metres Breaststroke

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

Men's 100 metres Butterfly

Men's 200 metres Butterfly

Men's 400 metres Individual Medley

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay


Women's 100 metres Freestyle

Women's 200 metres Freestyle

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

Women's 800 metres Freestyle

Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

Women's 100 metres Butterfly

Women's 200 metres Butterfly

Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay

Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

  1. ^ "Téofilo Colón". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-04-10.

External links

Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada
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