Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Puerto Rico at the
1972 Summer Olympics

IOC code| PUR
NOC| Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website| www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors| 53 in 10 sports
Flag bearer | Arnaldo Bristol[1]
Medals|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

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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

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Main article: Archery at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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:

* Ferdinand Vega - 1954 points (55th place)

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 100 metres

* Jorge Vizcarrondo

* First Heat -- 10.79s (→ did not advance)

* Guillermo González

* First Heat -- 10.73s (→ did not advance)

* Luis Alers

* First Heat -- 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

* Anthony Colón

* Heat -- 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

* Luis Alers, Guillermo González, Pedro Ferrer, and Jorge Vizcarrondo

* Heat -- 41.34s (→ did not advance)

## Basketball

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Main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Middleweight (- 71 kg)

* José Antonio Colon

* First Round -- Bye
* Second Round -- Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

## Diving

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Main article: Diving at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Men's 10m Platform:

* Hector Bas - 254.79 points (→ 31st place)

## Fencing

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Main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

* Roberto Levis
* Roberto Maldonado

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Gustavo Brito 73 kg Roberto Pachero 63 kg Juan Marin half heavyweight

## Sailing

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Main article: Sailing at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol

* Simon González
* Fernando Miranda

50 m pistol

* Fernando Miranda
* Santiago Machuca

50 m rifle, prone

* Jaime Santiago
* Manuel Hawayek

50 m running target

* Pedro Ramírez
* Frank Tossas

Skeet

* Rafael Batista

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics

## References

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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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