Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation
Puerto Rico at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors53 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Arnaldo Bristol[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.[2]

Archery

In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)
  • Guillermo González
  • First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

Boxing

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

Men's 10m Platform:

Fencing

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

Judo

Sailing

Shooting

Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Skeet
  • Rafael Batista

Weightlifting

References

  1. ^ "Arnaldo Bristol". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2015.

External links

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