Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics

1972 Summer Olympics

The 1972 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XX Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Munich, West Germany, from August 26 to September 11, 1972....

in Munich

Munich

Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...

, West Germany

West Germany

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. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

• Ferdinand Vega – 1954 points (55th place)

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

• Jorge Vizcarrondo
• First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)

• Guillermo González
• First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)

• Luis Alers
• First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Anthony Colón
• Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

• Luis Alers, Guillermo González, Pedro Ferrer, and Jorge Vizcarrondo
• Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• José Colón
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

• Hector Bas – 254.79 points (→ 31st place)

Fencing

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics programme. It was the sixteenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from September 4 to 6 1972. 71 fencers from 28 nations competed.-Results:...

• Roberto Levis
  Roberto Levis
  Roberto Levis is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Roberto Maldonado
  Roberto Maldonado (fencer)
  Roberto Maldonado is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1972 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

External links

• Official Olympic Reports