Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the Olympic Games
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At the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing
Competitors	22 (17 men, 5 women) in 8 sports
Flag bearer	McWilliams Arroyo
Medals	Gold 0	Silver 0	Bronze 0	Total 0
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Puerto Rico competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics which was held in Beijing, People's Republic of China from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The territory with a population of 4 million people qualified 22 athletes in 8 different sports.

Athletics (Track and Field)

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m	Félix Martinez	46.46	44			Did not advance
1,500 m	David Freeman	3:39.70	25			Did not advance
110 m hurdles	Héctor Cotto	13.72	28 q	13.73	27	Did not advance
400 m hurdles	Javier Culson	49.60	15 q			49.85	14	Did not advance

Women's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m	Carol Rodríguez	24.07	=40	Did not advance
400 m	Carol Rodríguez	53.08	36			Did not advance

Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Puerto Rico qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The Arroyo twins both qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Negron became the third Puerto Rican boxer to qualify, at the first American qualifying tournament. Pedraza and Gonzalez qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
McWilliams Arroyo	Flyweight (48-51 kg)			Kalucza (HUN)	W PTS 14:6	Laffita (CUB)	L PTS 2:11	Did not advance
McJoe Arroyo	Bantamweight (51-54 kg)	Vodopyanov (RUS)	L PTS 5:10	Did not advance
Jose Pedraza	Lightweight (57-60 kg)	Şipal (TUR)	W PTS 10:3	Sow (FRA)	L PTS 9:13	Did not advance
Jonathan Gonzalez	Light welterweight (60-64 kg)	Gheorghe (ROU)	L PTS 4:21	Did not advance
Carlos Negrón	Light heavyweight (75-81 kg)	Ghorbani (IRI)	W PTS 13:4	Shynaliyev (KAZ)	L PTS 3:9	Did not advance

Legend: PTS = Points
Official Olympic Boxing Schedule

Gymnastics

Main articles: Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Apparatus (finals)						Final
		Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Luis Rivera	All-around	15.125	14.750	15.250	16.225	14.575	14.675	90.600	13 Q	15.250	15.025	15.225	16.025	14.375	14.275	90.175	14

Q = Qualified for final
Official Olympic Artistic Gymnastics Schedule

Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Rank
Abderramán Brenes la Roche	-81 kg			Maddaloni (ITA)	00201 / 00012 MGA 5:00	Did not advance
Alexis Chiclana Melendez	-90 kg			Alarza (ESP)	1101 / 01001 UMA 2:12	Did not advance
Pablo Figueroa Carrillo	+100 kg			Jonsson (ISL)	10001 / 0001 KSK 3:26	Did not advance

Legend Result - nnnnP/kkkkP VVV MM:SS kkkk - IPP, WAZ, YUK and KOK for loser VVV - Winning Technique MGA - Two-hands reap KSK - Small outer hook	nnnn - IPP, WAZ, YUK and KOK for winner P - Penalties (1, 2, 3, 4 or H/X for direct Hansoku Make) MM:SS - Winning Time UMA - Inner-thigh reaping throw

Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz	Double Trap	123	19th	Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
100 m breaststroke	Daniel Velez	1:01.80	33rd	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Douglas Lennox-Silva	53.34	38th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Douglas Lennox-Silva	2:01.69	38th	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
50 m freestyle	Vanessa García	25.81	35th	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	Kristina Lennox-Silva	4:20.17	36th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Kristina Lennox-Silva	2:17.27	34th	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Men's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Repechage Quarterfinals		Repechage Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
Ángel Román	−80 kg	Michaud (CAN)	L PTF 1:2	Did not advance

Women's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Repechage Quarterfinals		Repechage Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
Asunción Ocasio	-67 kg	Mystakidou (GRE)	W PTF 1:0	Fromm (GER)	W PTF 2:0	Sergerie (CAN)	L PTF 0:2			Šarić (CRO)	L PTF 1:5	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Qualification

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Geralee Vega	-58 kg	90	8	112	9	202	9

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2007 Pan American Games
• Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
• Puerto Rico at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games