Puerto Rico at the Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the
Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 92nd
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Puerto Rico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Puerto Rico has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but did not participate in the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of ten medals. Six medals were won in boxing, two in track and field, one in tennis, and one in wrestling.

The Puerto Rican national baseball team won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea. However, that medal is not counted among Puerto Rico's Olympic medals totals as baseball was an exhibition sport during those games.

The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. "La Borinqueña" (not the U.S. national anthem) is played when Puerto Rican competitors win Olympic gold medals.[1]

Medal tables[edit]

Medals by Summer Games[edit]

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Kingdom of Greece 1896 Athens did not participate
France 1900 Paris
United States 1904 St. Louis
United Kingdom 1908 London
Sweden 1912 Stockholm
Belgium 1920 Antwerp
France 1924 Paris
Netherlands 1928 Amsterdam
United States 1932 Los Angeles
Nazi Germany 1936 Berlin
United Kingdom 1948 London 9 0 0 1 1 34
Finland 1952 Helsinki 21 0 0 0 0 -
Australia 1956 Melbourne 10 0 0 0 0
Italy 1960 Rome 27 0 0 0 0
Japan 1964 Tokyo 32 0 0 0 0
Mexico 1968 Mexico City 58 0 0 0 0
Germany 1972 Munich 53 0 0 0 0
Canada 1976 Montreal 80 0 0 1 1 37
Soviet Union 1980 Moscow 3 0 0 0 0
United States 1984 Los Angeles 51 0 1 1 2 30
South Korea 1988 Seoul 47 0 0 0 0
Spain 1992 Barcelona 75 0 0 1 1 54
United States 1996 Atlanta 69 0 0 1 1 71
Australia 2000 Sydney 29 0 0 0 0
Greece 2004 Athens 43 0 0 0 0
China 2008 Beijing 22 0 0 0 0
United Kingdom 2012 London 25 0 1 1 2 63
Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro 40 1 0 0 1 54
Japan 2020 Tokyo 37 1 0 0 1 63
France 2024 Paris future event
United States 2028 Los Angeles
Australia 2032 Brisbane
Total 2 2 6 10 90

Medals by Winter Games[edit]

Games Athletes  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
France 1924 Chamonix did not participate
Switzerland 1928 St. Moritz
United States 1932 Lake Placid
Nazi Germany 1936 Garmisch-Partenkirchen
Switzerland 1948 St. Moritz
Norway 1952 Oslo
Italy 1956 Cortina d'Ampezzo
United States 1960 Squaw Valley
Austria 1964 Innsbruck
France 1968 Grenoble
Japan 1972 Sapporo
Austria 1976 Innsbruck
United States 1980 Lake Placid
Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia 1984 Sarajevo 1 0 0 0 0 -
Canada 1988 Calgary 9 0 0 0 0 -
France 1992 Albertville 6 0 0 0 0
Norway 1994 Lillehammer 5 0 0 0 0
Japan 1998 Nagano 6 0 0 0 0
United States 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0
Italy 2006 Turin did not participate
Canada 2010 Vancouver
Russia 2014 Sochi
South Korea 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0
China 2022 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0
Italy 2026 Milan–Cortina future event
Total 0 0 0 0 -

Medals by Summer Sport[edit]

Sports  Gold  Silver  Bronze Total Rank
Athletics 1 0 1 2 70
Tennis 1 0 0 1 20
Boxing 0 1 5 6 52
Wrestling 0 1 0 1 51
Total 2 2 6 10 90

List of medalists[edit]

Medal Name Games Sport Event
 Bronze Juan Venegas United Kingdom 1948 London Boxing Men's bantamweight
 Bronze Orlando Maldonado Canada 1976 Montreal Boxing Men's light flyweight
 Silver Luis Ortiz United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's lightweight
 Bronze Arístides González United States 1984 Los Angeles Boxing Men's middleweight
 Bronze Aníbal Acevedo Spain 1992 Barcelona Boxing Men's welterweight
 Bronze Daniel Santos United States 1996 Atlanta Boxing Men's welterweight
 Silver Jaime Espinal United Kingdom 2012 London Wrestling Men's freestyle 84 kg
 Bronze Javier Culson United Kingdom 2012 London Athletics Men's 400 metres hurdles
 Gold Monica Puig Brazil 2016 Rio de Janeiro Tennis Women's singles
 Gold Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Japan 2020 Tokyo Athletics Women's 100 metres hurdles

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Rio Olympics 2016: Puerto Rican Anthem Played for First Time for Monica Puig's Win". Billboard.

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