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 1976 Summer Olympics

1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event celebrated in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976. Montreal was awarded the rights to the 1976 Games on May 12, 1970, at the 69th IOC Session in Amsterdam, over the bids of Moscow and...

in Montreal

Montreal

Montreal is a city in Canada. It is the largest city in the province of Quebec, the second-largest city in Canada and the seventh largest in North America...

, Canada. 80 competitors, 73 men and 7 women, took part in 74 events in 12 sports.

Bronze

• Orlando Montalvo — Boxing
  Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics
  There were eleven boxing events at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-Light Flyweight :-First Round:* Armando Guevara def. Eduardo Baltar , 5:0* Li Byong-Uk def. Sidney McKnight , KO-1...
  
  , Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Archery

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:

• Maria Medina – 1993 points (→ 27th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

• Edgardo Berdeguer – 2200 points (→ 31st place)

Athletics

Men's 800 metres

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

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Pedro Ferrer, Iván Mangual, Julio Ferrer, and Jorge Ortiz
• Heat — 3:06.08 (→ did not advance)

Men's 400m Hurdles

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

Men's Marathon

• José de Jesus
  Jose De Jesus
  Jose De Jesus is a retired professional boxer in the light flyweight division.-Pro career:...
  
   — 2:19:34 (→ 23rd place)

• Víctor Serrano — 2:34:59 (→ 53rd place)

Basketball

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B):
• 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.
• Classification Matches:
• 9th/11th place: Defeated Japan (111-91)
• 9th/10th place: Defeated Mexico (89-84) → Ninth place

• Team Roster
• Alfred Lee
• Michael Vicens
• Neftali Rivera
• Luis Brignoni
• Ruben Rodríquez
• Roberto Alvarez
• Héctor Blondet
  Hector Blondet
  Hector Blondet-Texidor was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player, who in the 1970s played with the "Cardenales de Rio Piedras" and the "Capitanes de Arecibo" teams in the National Basketball League in Puerto Rico.During that time, he was also the shooting guard of the Puerto Rican national...
  
  
• Jimmy Thordsen
• Mariano Ortíz
• Teófilo Cruz
  Teófilo Cruz
  Teófilo Cruz Downs was a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. Cruz has played in the NCAA, and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Santurce Crabbers, Guaynabo Mets, Canovanas Indians, Río Piedras Cardinals, and Mayagüez Tainos. Cruz has played internationally in...
  
  
• Raymond Dalmau
  Raymond Dalmau
  Raymond Dalmau Pérez is a retired Puerto Rican professional basketball player. During most of his career, Dalmau played in the National Superior Basketball league. His sons Richie, Christian and Ricardo also played basketball on the highest level of Puerto Rican basketball.-Career:Dalmau...
  
  
• Earl Brown
• Head Coach: Tom Nissalke
  Tom Nissalke
  Thomas Edward "Tom" Nissalke is a retired former American professional basketball coach in the NBA and American Basketball Association...
  
  

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Orlando Montalvo → Bronze Medal
• First Round – Defeated Lucky Mutale
  Lucky Mutale
  Lucky Mutale is a retired Zambian boxer. The 5'3.5" 106 lbs Mutale competed in the Men's Bantamweight category for Zambia at the 1980 Summer Olympics. He won a gold medal at the All-Africa Games in 1978 in the Men's Flyweight division.-References:*...
  
   (ZAM), walk-over
• Second Round – Defeated Brendan Dunne (IRL), KO-1
• Quarterfinals – Defeated Héctor Patri (ARG), 5:0
• Semifinals – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 0:5

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Julio Guzman

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

• Alejandro Silva

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

• Carlos Calderon
  Carlos Calderón (boxer)
  Carlos Calderon is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the featherweight category....
  
  

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

• Roberto Andino
  Roberto Andino
  Roberto Andino is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the men's lightweight division . He represented his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada. Andino captured the silver medal at the 1979 Pan American Games.-References:*...
  
  

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

• Ismael Martínez

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

• Carlos Santos

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)

• Wilfredo Guzman

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

• Carlos Betancourt

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

• José Rosa

Fencing

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

Men's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's foil

The men's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 20 to 21 1976. 56 fencers from 23 nations competed.-Results:...

• José Samalot
  José Samalot
  José Samalot is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Men's épée

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Men's épée

The men's épée was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the seventeenth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 22 to 23 1976. 64 fencers from 26 nations competed.-Results:...

• Gilberto Peña
  Gilberto Peña
  Gilberto Peña is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual épée events at the 1976 and 1984 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  
• Rubén Hernández
  Rubén Hernández (fencer)
  Rubén Hernández is a Puerto Rican fencer. He competed in the individual épée event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Women's foil

Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics – Women's foil

The women's foil was one of eight fencing events on the fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics programme. It was the twelfth appearance of the event. The competition was held from July 23 to 24, 1976. 48 fencers from 20 nations competed.-Results:...

• Dinorah Enríquez
  Dinorah Enríquez
  Dinorah Enríquez is a Puerto Rican fencer. She competed in the women's individual foil event at the 1976 Summer Olympics.-References:...
  
  

Swimming

Men's 100 metres Freestyle

• Fernando Cañales
  Fernando Canales
  Fernando Canales may refer to:*Fernando J. Canales, swimming coach, originally from Puerto Rico*Fernando Canales Clariond, former governor of Nuevo León, Mexico and former Mexican Secretary of Energy...
  
  

Men's 200 metres Freestyle

• Francisco Cañales

Men's 400 metres Freestyle

• Francisco Cañales

Men's 100 metres Backstroke

• Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada....
  
  

Men's 200 metres Backstroke

• Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada....
  
  

Men's 100 metres Breaststroke

• Carlos Nazario

Men's 200 metres Breaststroke

• Orlando Gatinchi
  Orlando Gatinchi
  Orlando Gatinchi is a retired male breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, aged nineteen....
  
  
• Carlos Nazario

Men's 100 metres Butterfly

• Arnaldo Pérez
  Arnaldo Pérez
  Arnaldo Pérez is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, aged seventeen....
  
  
• John Daly

Men's 200 metres Butterfly

• John Daly

Men's 400 metres Individual Medley

• José-Ricardo de Jesús

Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay

• Fernando Cañales
  Fernando Canales
  Fernando Canales may refer to:*Fernando J. Canales, swimming coach, originally from Puerto Rico*Fernando Canales Clariond, former governor of Nuevo León, Mexico and former Mexican Secretary of Energy...
  
  
• José-Ricardo de Jesús
• Arnaldo Pérez
  Arnaldo Pérez
  Arnaldo Pérez is a former butterfly and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada, aged seventeen....
  
  
• Francisco Cañales

Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

• Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal
  Carlos Berrocal is a former backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. He competed for his native country at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montréal, Canada....
  
  
• Carlos Nazario
• John Daly
• Fernando Cañales
  Fernando Canales
  Fernando Canales may refer to:*Fernando J. Canales, swimming coach, originally from Puerto Rico*Fernando Canales Clariond, former governor of Nuevo León, Mexico and former Mexican Secretary of Energy...
  
  

Women's 100 metres Freestyle

• Jane Fayer

Women's 200 metres Freestyle

• Jane Fayer

Women's 400 metres Freestyle

• Diana Hatler

Women's 800 metres Freestyle

• Diana Hatler

Women's 100 metres Breaststroke

• Angela López

Women's 200 metres Breaststroke

• Angela López

Women's 100 metres Butterfly

• María Mock

Women's 200 metres Butterfly

• María Mock

Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay

• Diana Hatler
• Angela López
• María Mock
• Jane Fayer

Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay

• Diana Hatler
• Angela López
• María Mock
• Jane Fayer

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database