Bronze

• Daniel Santos
  Daniel Santos (boxer)
  Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...
  
   — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

Archery

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Archery at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of four events. The events were held in neighboring Stone Mountain.All archery was done at a range of 70 metres. 64 archers competed in each the men's individual and women's individual competitions. They began with a 72-arrow ranking round...

• Maria Reyes → Round of 64, 64th place (0-1)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, 44 events in athletics were contested, 24 by men and 20 by women. There were a total number of 2053 participating athletes from 191 countries.-Men:...

• Domingo Cordero
  Domingo Cordero
  Domingo Cordero Clase is a retired Puerto Rican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles....
  
  
• Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance)

• Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place)

Boxing

Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

-Qualification:The following tournaments were used as qualification tournaments for boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.Africa* All-Africa Games in Harare, Zimbabwe from September 13 to September 23, 1995* Qualification Tournament in April/May? 1996...

• Omar Adorno
• First Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco
  Igor Samoilenco
  Igor Samoilenco is a retired male boxer from Moldova. He twice represented his native Eastern European country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2004. Samoilenco claimed a bronze medal at the 2002 European Amateur Boxing Championships in Perm, Russia...
  
   (Moldova) on points (8-20)

• José Miguel Cotto
  José Miguel Cotto
  José Miguel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He is the brother of the four-time World Champion boxer Miguel Angel Cotto...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov
  Raimkul Malakhbekov
  Raimkul Khudoynazarovich Malakhbekov is one of highest titled boxers of Russia, who won two Olympic medals in the Men's Bantamweight category.- Biography :...
  
   (Russia) on points (6-16)

• Luis Seda
• First Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13)

• Luis Deines Pérez
  Luis Deines Pérez
  Luis Deines Pérez is a retired male boxer from Puerto Rico, who won the silver medal in the men's light-welterweight category at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata. In the final he was defeated by Argentina's Walter Crucce...
  
  
• First Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18)

• Daniel Santos
  Daniel Santos (boxer)
  Daniel Santos is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Santos represented Puerto Rico in international events, including the 1990 and 1992 Junior World Championships, Pan American Boxing Tournament, Goodwill Games, 1995 Pan American Games and the 1996 Summer Olympics, where he won a...
  
  
• First Round — Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC-1 (02:54)
• Second Round — Defeated Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) on points (16-4)
• Quarterfinals — Defeated Nariman Atayev
  Nariman Atayev
  Nariman Atayev is a retired male boxer from Uzbekistan. He represented his native country at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, where he was stopped in the quarterfinals of the men's welterweight division by Puerto Rico's eventual bronze medalist Daniel Santos.-References:*...
  
   (Uzbekistan) on points (28-15)
• Semifinals — Lost to Oleg Saitov
  Oleg Saitov
  Oleg Elekpayevich Saitov is a Russian boxer. He studied journalism in Ryazan, a city of approximately one million people south of Moscow.He won the Olympic gold medal at the 1996 and 2000 Summer Olympics in the welterweight division, and bronze medal in the 2004 Olympics. He was the winner of the...
  
   (Russia) on points (11-13)

• José Luis Quiñones
• First Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)

• Enrique Flores
• First Round — Defeated Gurcharn Singh (India) on points (15-7)
• Second Round — Defeated Sybrand Botes (South Africa) on points (16-7)
• Quarterfinals — Lost to Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Tarver
  Antonio Deon Tarver , nicknamed the "Magic Man", is a professional boxer from Orlando, Florida and the former WBC, WBA, IBF, & The Ring light heavyweight champion....
  
   (United States) RSC-3 (01:54)

Track Competition

• Juan Merheb
• Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Diving

Diving at the 1996 Summer Olympics

At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, four diving events were contested during a competition that took place at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center, from 26 July to 2 August, comprising a total of 121 divers from 40 nations.-Men:-Women:-Medal table:...

• Ramon Sandin
• Preliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)

• Vivian Alberty
• Preliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Judo

Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

This page shows the final results of the Judo Competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.Kye Sun-Hui surprised spectators by winning gold in the women's extra-lightweight event. She had obtained a wildcard entry to the Games.-Men's events:...

• Melvin Méndez

• José Pérez

• Francisco Rodríguez

• José Luis Figueroa

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round Robin
• Lost to United States (0:10)
• Lost to Canada (0:4)
• Defeated Australia (2:0)
• Lost to PR China (0:10)
• Lost to Chinese Taipei (2:10)
• Lost to Japan (1:8)
• Lost to Netherlands (0:2)
• Semifinals
• Did not advance → 8th place
• Team Roster
• Lourdes Baez
• Sheree Corniel
• Ivelisse Echevarría
  Ivelisse Echevarria
  Ivelisse Echevarría was inducted into the International Federation Softball Hall of Fame in 2003 and is considered by many to be the greatest softball pitcher born in Puerto Rico.-Early years:...
  
  
• Maria González
  Maria Gonzalez
  -Sports:*Maria Gonzalez, who participated in the judo competition for Cuba at the 2008 Summer Paralympics*Maria Gonzalez, javelin thrower who competed for Venezuela at the 2008 Summer Olympics...
  
  
• Elba Lebron
• Lisa Martínez
• Aida Miranda
• Lisa Mize
• Jacqueine Ortíz
• Janice Parks
• Penelope Rosario
• Sandra Rosario
• Myriam Segarra
• Eve Soto
• Clara Vázquez
• Head Coach: José Agosto

Swimming

Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The swimming competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics was held at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, United States, which was built for the Games...

• Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  
• Heat – 22.61
• Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)

• Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  
• Heat – 49.61
• Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)

• Todd Torres
  Todd Torres
  Todd Torres is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988....
  
  
• Heat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)

• Todd Torres
  Todd Torres
  Todd Torres is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988....
  
  
• Heat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)

• Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  
• Heat – 53.90
• B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)

• Arsenio López
• Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Arsenio López
• Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)

• Eduardo González
  Eduardo Gonzalez
  Eduardo Gonzalez is a Hialeah, Florida Republican politician who serves as the District 102 representative in the Florida House of Representatives. He was first elected in 2006 and reelected in 2008....
  
  , José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  
• Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)

• Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres
  Todd Torres
  Todd Torres is a former international breaststroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988....
  
  , Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  , and José González
• Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Weightlifting

Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

The weightlifting competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta consisted of ten weight classes, for men only. The range of each weight class was adjusted by 1–4 kg for these Games, marking the first redefinition of Olympic weightlifting weight classes since they were introduced in...

• César Rodríguez

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games
  Puerto Rico at the 1995 Pan American Games
  The 12th Pan American Games were held in Mar del Plata, Argentina from March 11 to March 26, 1995.- Gold:*Women's – 47 kg: Betsy Ortíz- Silver:*Men's Bantamweight : José Miguel Cotto...