Puerto Rico competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics | |
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IOC code | PUR |
NOC | Puerto Rico Olympic Committee |
Website | www |
in London | |
Competitors | 25 in 8 sports |
Flag bearer | Javier Culson |
Medals Ranked 63rd |
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Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico sent a total of 25 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 6 women, to compete in 8 sports. The nation's team size was roughly larger by three athletes from Beijing. This was also the youngest delegation in Puerto Rico's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four Puerto Rican athletes had competed in Beijing, including track star and pre-Olympic favorite Javier Culson, who held the record as the "world's fastest man" in the hurdles, and later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Canterbury Christ Church University had been selected as the team's preparation base for these Olympic games.
These Games tied as Puerto Rico's most successful Olympics, winning a total of two medals, and tying the record for the most medals with Los Angeles at a single games. Javier Culson won the nation's first ever medal in the men's hurdles and their first bronze in 16 years. Meanwhile, Dominican born Jaime Espinal became the first Puerto Rican athlete to claim an Olympic silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling, and set a historic Olympic record as the nation's second silver medalist, 28 years after Luis Ortiz had become the first.
Medalists
editMedal | Name | Sport | Event | Date |
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Silver | Jaime Espinal | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg | August 11 |
Bronze | Javier Culson | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles | August 6 |
Athletics
editPuerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[1][2]
- Key
- Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
- Q = Qualified for the next round
- q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
- NR = National record
- N/A = Round not applicable for the event
- Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Quarterfinal | Semifinal | Final | ||||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Eric Alejandro | 400 m hurdles | 49.39 | 4 q | — | 49.15 | 7 | Did not advance | ||
Héctor Cotto | 110 m hurdles | 14.08 | 8 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Javier Culson | 400 m hurdles | 48.33 | 1 Q | — | 47.93 | 1 Q | 48.10 | ||
Enrique Llanos | 110 m hurdles | DNF | — | Did not advance | |||||
Miguel López | 100 m | Bye | 10.31 | 5 | Did not advance | ||||
Jamele Mason Vegas | 400 m hurdles | 49.89 | 5 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Samuel Vázquez | 1500 m | 3:49.19 | 14 | — | Did not advance | ||||
Wesley Vázquez | 800 m | 1:46.45 | 4 | — | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Result | Rank | Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||
Beverly Ramos | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:55.26 | 12 | — | Did not advance | ||
Carol Rodríguez | 400 m | 52.19 | 2 Q | 52.08 | 6 | Did not advance |
Boxing
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Final | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Jantony Ortiz | Light flyweight | Sulemanu (GHA) W 20–6 |
Ayrapetyan (RUS) L 13–15 |
Did not advance | |||
Jeyvier Cintrón | Flyweight | Oteng (BOT) W 14–12 |
Henriques (BRA) W 18–13 |
Aloyan (RUS) L 13–23 |
Did not advance | ||
Félix Verdejo | Lightweight | Huertas (PAN) W 11–5 |
Mejri (TUN) W 16–7 |
Lomachenko (UKR) L 9–14 |
Did not advance | ||
Francisco Vargas Ramirez | Light welterweight | Yigit (SWE) L 9–13 |
Did not advance | ||||
Enrique Collazo | Middleweight | Hartel (GER) L 10–18 |
Did not advance |
Gymnastics
editArtistic
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||||||
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Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||||||
F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | F | PH | R | V | PB | HB | ||||||
Tommy Ramos | Rings | — | 15.500 | — | 15.500 | 6 Q | — | 15.600 | — | 15.600 | 6 |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Apparatus | Total | Rank | Apparatus | Total | Rank | ||||||||
F | V | UB | BB | F | V | UB | BB | ||||||
Lorena Quiñones | All-around | 11.366 | 13.800 | 10.766 | 13.133 | 49.065 | 54 | Did not advance |
Judo
editAthlete | Event | Round of 32 | Round of 16 | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Repechage | Final / BM | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Melissa Mojica | Women's +78 kg | Shahrkhani (KSA) W 0100–0000 |
Ivashchenko (RUS) L 0000–0101 |
Did not advance |
Shooting
edit- Men
Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
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Points | Rank | Points | Rank | ||
José Torres Laboy | Double trap | 127 | 21 | Did not advance |
Swimming
editPuerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the 200 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle 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))[3][4] Vanessa García and Raúl Martínez, were invited directly by FINA, to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle respectively.[5]
- Men
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Raúl Martínez Colomer | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.23 | 38 | Did not advance |
- Women
Athlete | Event | Heat | Semifinal | Final | |||
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Time | Rank | Time | Rank | Time | Rank | ||
Vanessa García | 50 m freestyle | 25.58 | 29 | Did not advance |
Weightlifting
editLely Burgos, did not obtain the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics directly in the Americas Olympic Qualifying, but for her effort, she was invited directly by the International Weightlifting Federation.[6]
Athlete | Event | Snatch | Clean & Jerk | Total | Rank | ||
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Result | Rank | Result | Rank | ||||
Lely Burgos | Women's −48 kg | 65 | 11 | 92 | 10 | 157 | 11 |
Wrestling
editPuerto Rico has qualified three quota places.
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 | |
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Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Opposition Result |
Rank | ||
Franklin Gómez | −60 kg | Kudukhov (RUS) L 1–3 PP |
Did not advance | Dutt (IND) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 15 | |||
Francisco Soler | −74 kg | Bye | Burroughs (USA) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | Bye | Gentry (CAN) L 0–3 PO |
Did not advance | 19 | |
Jaime Espinal | −84 kg | Bye | Dick (NGR) W 3–1 PP |
Marsagishvili (GEO) W 3–1 PP |
Gattsiev (BLR) W 3–1 PP |
Bye | Sharifov (AZE) L 0–3 PP |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
- ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved June 4, 2011
- ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
- ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved June 8, 2011
- ^ Vanessa García y Raúl Martínez reciben invitación para natación de Juegos Londres 2012, retrieved July 29, 2012
- ^ Con boleto a los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 la pesista Lely Burgos, AllSportNewsPR, retrieved July 29, 2012