Puerto Rico at the Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the Olympics
Flag of Puerto Rico
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
Medals Ranked 92nd	Gold 2 Silver 2 Bronze 8 Total 12
Summer appearances
1948 1952 1956 1960 1964 1968 1972 1976 1980 1984 1988 1992 1996 2000 2004 2008 2012 2016 2020 2024
Winter appearances
1984 1988 1992 1994 1998 2002 2006–2014 2018 2022 2026

Puerto Rico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. The nation has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but did not participate in the Games from 2006 to 2014.

Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of twelve medals. Six medals were won in boxing, three in track and field, one in tennis, and two in wrestling.

The Puerto Rican national baseball team won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but that medal is not counted among Puerto Rico's Olympic medals totals as baseball was an exhibition sport during those Games.

The Puerto Rico Olympic Committee was created in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. "La Borinqueña" (not the U.S. national anthem) is played when Puerto Rican competitors win Olympic gold medals.^[5]

Flag Bearers

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1948 London 9 0 0 1 1 34 1952 Helsinki 21 0 0 0 0 – 1956 Melbourne 10 0 0 0 0 – 1960 Rome 27 0 0 0 0 – 1964 Tokyo 32 0 0 0 0 – 1968 Mexico City 58 0 0 0 0 – 1972 Munich 53 0 0 0 0 – 1976 Montreal 80 0 0 1 1 37 1980 Moscow 3 0 0 0 0 – 1984 Los Angeles 51 0 1 1 2 30 1988 Seoul 47 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Barcelona 75 0 0 1 1 54 1996 Atlanta 69 0 0 1 1 71 2000 Sydney 29 0 0 0 0 – 2004 Athens 43 0 0 0 0 – 2008 Beijing 22 0 0 0 0 – 2012 London 25 0 1 1 2 63 2016 Rio de Janeiro 40 1 0 0 1 54 2020 Tokyo 37 1 0 0 1 63 2024 Paris 51 0 0 2 2 80 2028 Los Angeles future event 2032 Brisbane Total 2 2 8 12 92

Medals by Winter Games Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank 1984 Sarajevo 1 0 0 0 0 – 1988 Calgary 9 0 0 0 0 – 1992 Albertville 6 0 0 0 0 – 1994 Lillehammer 5 0 0 0 0 – 1998 Nagano 6 0 0 0 0 – 2002 Salt Lake City 2 0 0 0 0 – 2006 Turin did not participate 2010 Vancouver 2014 Sochi 2018 Pyeongchang 1 0 0 0 0 – 2022 Beijing 2 0 0 0 0 – 2026 Milano Cortina 1 0 0 0 0 – 2030 French Alps future event 2034 Utah Total 0 0 0 0 –

Medals by summer sport

Sports	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total	Rank
Athletics	1	0	2	3	70
Tennis	1	0	0	1	20
Boxing	0	1	5	6	52
Wrestling	0	1	1	2	51
Total	2	2	8	12	92

List of medalists

Medal	Name	Games	Sport	Event
Bronze	Juan Venegas	1948 London	Boxing	Men's bantamweight
Bronze	Orlando Maldonado	1976 Montreal	Boxing	Men's light flyweight
Silver	Luis Ortiz	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's lightweight
Bronze	Arístides González	1984 Los Angeles	Boxing	Men's middleweight
Bronze	Aníbal Acevedo	1992 Barcelona	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Bronze	Daniel Santos	1996 Atlanta	Boxing	Men's welterweight
Silver	Jaime Espinal	2012 London	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg
Bronze	Javier Culson	2012 London	Athletics	Men's 400 metres hurdles
Gold	Monica Puig	2016 Rio de Janeiro	Tennis	Women's singles
Gold	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	2020 Tokyo	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze	Jasmine Camacho-Quinn	2024 Paris	Athletics	Women's 100 metres hurdles
Bronze	Sebastian Rivera	2024 Paris	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 65kg

See also

• List of flag bearers for Puerto Rico at the Olympics
• Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
• Category:Olympic competitors for Puerto Rico
• Tropical nations at the Winter Olympics
• Puerto Rico at the Paralympics

References

External links

• "Puerto Rico". International Olympic Committee.
• "Puerto Rico". Olympedia.com.
• "Olympic Analytics/PUR". olympanalyt.com.
• Olympic Participation a Source of Pride in Puerto Rico. Sean Jensen. SportsEngine Inc. 3 October 2018. Accessed 1 February 2022. Archived.