Puerto Rico at the 2016 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games

Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code  PUR
NOC Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (Spanish)
At the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Competitors 21 in 10 sports
Medals Gold
0		 Silver
0		 Bronze
0		 Total
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Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games
Winter Games

Puerto Rico is scheduled to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 to 21 August 2016.

Athletics

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event):[1][2]

Boxing

Puerto Rico has entered one boxer to compete in the men's flyweight division into the Olympic boxing tournament. 2012 Olympian Jeyvier Cintrón had claimed his Olympic spot by finishing among the top two boxers in the World Series of Boxing.[3][4]

Men
Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Jeyvier Cintrón Flyweight

Cycling

Road

Puerto Rico has been invited by the International Cycling Union to enter one rider in the men's Olympic road race by virtue of his overall individual ranking in the 2015 UCI America Tour, and by occupying one of the four unused berths from the 2015 UCI World Tour.[5]

Athlete Event Time Rank
Men's road race

Diving

Puerto Rico has entered one diver into the Olympic competition by virtue of a top 18 finish at the 2016 FINA World Cup series.

Men
Athlete Event Preliminaries Semifinals Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Rafael Quintero 10 m platform

Equestrian

Puerto Rico has entered one eventing rider into the Olympic equestrian competition by virtue of a top two finish from a combined group of North, Central, & South America in the individual FEI Olympic rankings.[6][7] This signified the nation's Olympic return to the sport of equestrian for the first time since 2004.

Eventing

Athlete Horse Event Dressage Cross-country Jumping Total
Qualifier Final
Penalties Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Total Rank Penalties Rank
Lauren Billys Individual

Shooting

Puerto Rico has qualified one shooter to compete in the women's rifle events by virtue of her best finish at the 2015 Pan American Games, as long as she obtained a minimum qualifying score (MQS) by March 31, 2016.[8][9]

Women
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Points Rank Points Rank
Yarimar Mercado 10 m air rifle
50 m rifle 3 positions

Qualification Legend: Q = Qualify for the next round; q = Qualify for the bronze medal (shotgun)

Swimming

Puerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST)):[10][11]

Olympic Qualifying Time

Table tennis

Puerto Rico has entered two athletes into the table tennis competition at the Games. Brian Afanador and 15-year-old Adriana Diaz secured their Olympic spots in the men's and women's singles, respectively by virtue of their top six finish at the 2016 Latin American Qualification Tournament in Santiago, Chile.[12]

Athlete Event Preliminary round Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Brian Afanador Men's singles
Adriana Diaz Women's singles

Taekwondo

Puerto Rico entered one athlete into the taekwondo competition at the Olympics for the first time since 2008. Crystal Weekes secured a spot in the women's heavyweight category (+67 kg) by virtue of her top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Aguascalientes, Mexico.[13]

Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Bronze Medal Final
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Crystal Weekes Women's +67 kg

Wrestling

Puerto Rico has qualified two wrestlers for each of the following weight classes into the Olympic competition by virtue of their top two finish at the 2016 Pan American Qualification Tournament.[14][15]

Key:

  • VT - Victory by Fall.
  • PP - Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
  • PO - Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.
Men's freestyle
Athlete Event Qualification Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage 1 Repechage 2 Final / BM
Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Opposition
Result		 Rank
Franklin Gómez −65 kg
Jaime Espinal −86 kg

See also

References

  1. ↑ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  2. ↑ "IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – Rio 2016 Entry Standards" (PDF). IAAF. Retrieved 18 April 2015.
  3. ↑ "Jeyvier Cintrón se convierte en primer boxeador en clasificar a dos Olimpiadas" [Jeyvier Cintrón becomes the first boxer to qualify for his second Olympics] (in Spanish). Puerto Rico Olympic Committee. 28 April 2015. Retrieved 30 April 2015.
  4. ↑ "First 60 boxers from 24 countries confirmed for Rio 2016 as early Olympic quota places taken up". AIBA. 10 December 2015. Retrieved 10 December 2015.
  5. ↑ "UCI announces men's road Olympic quotas". Cyclingnews.com. 18 January 2016. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  6. ↑ Villa, Juan (9 March 2016). "Carmel Valley equestrian heading to Rio Olympics". The Salinas Californian. Retrieved 9 March 2016.
  7. ↑ "Six nations make Olympic and Paralympic débuts at Rio 2016 equestrian events". FEI. 24 March 2016. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
  8. ↑ "Quota places by Nation and Name". ISSF. 23 June 2014. Retrieved 8 September 2014.
  9. ↑ "US shooters lead the way as 20 places at Rio 2016 are won at Pan-American Games". Rio 2016. 22 July 2015. Retrieved 25 July 2015.
  10. ↑ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved 14 March 2015.
  11. ↑ "Rio 2016 – FINA Swimming Qualification System" (PDF). Rio 2016 (FINA). Retrieved 23 January 2015.
  12. ↑ Marshall, Ian (1 April 2016). "Youngest and Oldest Book Places, the Generation Game in Santiago". ITTF. Retrieved 2 April 2016.
  13. ↑ "Eleven countries book Rio 2016 places at taekwondo Pan American Qualification Tournament". World Taekwondo Federation. 11 March 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2016.
  14. ↑ "Wrestling for Rio 2016". United World Wrestling. Retrieved 19 September 2015.
  15. ↑ "Cubans Push 5 into Freestyle Finals at Pan American Olympic Qualifier". United World Wrestling. 5 March 2016. Retrieved 6 March 2016.
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