Puerto Rico at the 1976 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal | ||||||||||
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| Medals Rank: 37 |
Gold 0 |
Silver 0 |
Bronze 1 |
Total 1 |
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Puerto Rico competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.
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[edit] Medalists
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Bronze
- Orlando Montalvo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
[edit] Results by event
[edit] Archery
In the second time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman. Maria Medina came in last place in the women's competition even as Edgardo Berdeguer beat considerably the 55th place finish Puerto Rico's only archer in 1972 earned.
Women's Individual Competition:
- Maria Medina – 1993 points (→ 27th place)
Men's Individual Competition:
- Edgardo Berdeguer – 2200 points (→ 31st place)
[edit] Athletics
Men's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:51.38 (→ did not advance)
Men's 4x400 metres Relay
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- Heat — 3:06.08 (→ did not advance)
Men's 400m Hurdles
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- Heats — 52.45s
- Semi Final — 51.04s (→ did not advance)
Men's Marathon
- José de Jesus — 2:19:34 (→ 23rd place)
- Víctor Serrano — 2:34:59 (→ 53rd place)
[edit] Basketball
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B):
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- Lost to Yugoslavia (63-84)
- Lost to United States (94-95)
- Lost to Czechoslovakia (83-89)
- Lost to Italy (81-95)
- Defeated Egypt (20-0) bb.
- Classification Matches:
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- 9th/11th place: Defeated Japan (111-91)
- 9th/10th place: Defeated Mexico (89-84) → Ninth place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Tom Nissalke
[edit] Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Orlando Montalvo → Bronze Medal
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- First Round – Defeated Lucky Mutale (ZAM), walk-over
- Second Round – Defeated Brendan Dunne (IRL), KO-1
- Quarterfinals – Defeated Héctor Patri (ARG), 5:0
- Semifinals – Lost to Jorge Hernández (CUB), 0:5
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)
Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg)
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg)
[edit] Swimming
Men's 100 metres Freestyle
Men's 200 metres Freestyle
Men's 400 metres Freestyle
Men's 100 metres Backstroke
Men's 200 metres Backstroke
Men's 100 metres Breaststroke
Men's 200 metres Breaststroke
Men's 100 metres Butterfly
Men's 200 metres Butterfly
Men's 400 metres Individual Medley
Men's 4×200 metres Freestyle Relay
Men's 4×100 metres Medley Relay
Women's 100 metres Freestyle
Women's 200 metres Freestyle
Women's 400 metres Freestyle
Women's 800 metres Freestyle
Women's 100 metres Breaststroke
Women's 200 metres Breaststroke
Women's 100 metres Butterfly
Women's 200 metres Butterfly
Women's 4×100 metres Freestyle Relay
Women's 4×100 metres Medley Relay
