Puerto Rico at the 1984 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. 51 competitors, 43 men and 8 women, took part in 45 events in 13 sports.

Archery
In the third time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man.

Men's Individual Competition
 * Ismael Rivera &mdash; 2089 points (→ 58th place)

Athletics
Men's 200 metres
 * Luis Morales
 * Nelson Erazo

Men's Marathon
 * Jorge Gonzáles
 * Final &mdash; 2:14:00 (→ 13th place)


 * César Mercado
 * Final &mdash; 2:19:09 (→ 31st place)


 * Claudio Cabán
 * Final &mdash; 2:27:16 (→ 53rd place)

Men's 3,000 m Steeplechase
 * Carmelo Ríos

Men's Pole Vault
 * Edgardo Rivera
 * Qualifying Round &mdash; 5.10m (→ did not advance)

Women's 400 metres
 * Marie Mathieu

Women's 800 metres
 * Angelita Lind

Women's 4×400 metres Relay
 * Margaret de Jesús
 * Evelyn Mathieu
 * Marie Mathieu
 * Angelita Lind

Women's Marathon
 * Naydi Nazario
 * Final &mdash; 2:45:49 (→ 33rd place)

Women's High Jump
 * Laura Agront
 * Qualification &mdash; 1.80m (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Women's Long Jump
 * Madeline de Jesús
 * Qualification &mdash; 5.63 m (→ did not advance, 21st place)

Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
 * Rafael Ramos
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Carlos Salazar (Argentina), walk-over
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Jesús Beltre (Dominican Republic), on points (4:1)
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Lost to Salvatore Todisco (Italy), on points (1:4)

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
 * José Rivera

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
 * Juan Molina
 * First Round &mdash; Bye
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Jarmo Eskelinen (Finland), 5-0
 * Third Round &mdash; Lost to Pedro Nolasco (Dominican Republic), 2-3

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
 * Orlando Fernández

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
 * Luis Ortíz - Won the silver medal

Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
 * Jorge Maysonet

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
 * Carlos Reyes

Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
 * Víctor Claudio

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
 * Arístides González → Bronze Medal
 * First Round &mdash; Defeated Otosico Havili (Tonga), 4:1
 * Second Round &mdash; Defeated Paulo Tuvale (Samoa), 5:0
 * Quarterfinals &mdash; Defeated Pedro van Raamsdonk (Netherlands), 4:1
 * Semifinals &mdash; Lost to Shin Joon-Sup (South Korea), 1:4

Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
 * Arcadio Fuentes

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)
 * Isaac Barrientos
 * First Round &mdash; Lost to Tyrell Biggs (USA), 0:5

Cycling
One cyclist represented Puerto Rico in 1984.


 * Individual road race
 * Ramón Rivera &mdash; did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing
Two male fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1984


 * Men's foil
 * Edgardo Díaz


 * Men's épée
 * Gilberto Peña

Judo
Men's Half-Middleweight
 * Jorge Bonnet

Men's Middleweight
 * José Fuentes

Swimming
Men's 100m Freestyle
 * Fernando Cañales
 * Heat &mdash; 51.75 (→ did not advance, 19th place)


 * Antonio Portela
 * Heat &mdash; 52.47 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

Men's 200m Freestyle
 * Fernando Cañales
 * Heat &mdash; 1:56.60 (→ did not advance, 37th place)

Men's 100m Butterfly
 * Filiberto Colon
 * Heat &mdash; 56.66 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

Men's 200m Butterfly
 * Filiberto Colon
 * Heat &mdash; 2:01.80
 * B-Final &mdash; 2:01.27 (→ 12th place)

Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
 * Fernando Cañales, Miguel Figueroa, Antonio Portela, and Rafael Gandarillas
 * Heat &mdash; 3:30.66 (→ did not advance, 14th place)

Wrestling
Men's Bantamweight Freestyle
 * Orlando Caceres

Men's Featherweight Freestyle
 * Carmelo Flores

Men's Lightweight Freestyle
 * José Betancourt