Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Figueroa
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020;

Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Men's 4 × 100 m

Félix Omar Fernández, Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio Pizarro, Jorge Richardson

Round 1 — 40.12 (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 m

Militza Castro, Beatriz Cruz, Sandra Moya, Maritza Salas

Round 1 — 03:33.30 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Iván Calderón
- Round 1 — Lost to La Paene Masara of Indonesia (→ did not advance)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Carlos Valcárcel
- Round 1 — Lost to Omar Narvaez of Argentina (→ did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Orlando Cruz
- Round 1 — Lost to Hichem Blida of Algeria (→ did not advance)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Miguel Cotto
- Round 1 — Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

Rubén Fuchú
- Round 1 — Lost to Dorel Simion of Romania (→ did not advance)

Diving

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

Angelique Rodriguez

Preliminary — 235.47 (→ 27th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

Angelique Rodriguez

Preliminary — 273.36
Semi-final — 408.30 (→ 18th place, did not advance)

Fencing

One male fencer represented Puerto Rico in 2000.

Men's épée

Jonathan Peña

Gymnastics

Judo

Men's Half-Lightweight

Melvin Méndez

Men's Lightweight

Carlos Méndez

Men's Half-Middleweight

José Luis Figueroa

Men's Middleweight

Carlos Santiago

Sailing

Open Tornado

Enrique Figueroa and Pedro Colon
1. Race 1 - (11)
2. Race 2 - 11
3. Race 3 - 1
4. Race 4 - 7
5. Race 5 - 9
6. Race 6 - 2
7. Race 7 - 4
8. Race 8 - 8
9. Race 9 - (13)
10. Race 10 - 11
11. Race 11 - 5
12. Final - 58 (→ 8th place)

Shooting

Swimming

Men's 50m Freestyle

Ricardo Busquets

Preliminary Heat — 22.42
Semi-final — 22.51 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Butterfly

Andrew Livingston

Preliminary Heat — 55.03 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Butterfly

Andrew Livingston

Preliminary Heat — 01:59.05
Semi-final — 01:58.63 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Arsenio López

Preliminary Heat — 01:04.02 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200m Individual Medley

Arsenio López

Preliminary Heat — 02:06.49 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Ruth Rivera	Light-Heavyweight (– 69 kg)	~~82.5~~	82.5	~~85.0~~	100.0	105.0	~~107.5~~	187.5	13

Notes

sports-reference
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site

References

^ "Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

[sports-reference-1] "Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 10 March 2012.

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