Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Sporting event delegation

Puerto Rico at the
2012 Summer Olympics

IOC code| PUR
NOC| Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website| www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in London
Competitors| 25 in 8 sports
Flag bearer | Javier Culson
Medals
Ranked 63rd|

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Total

Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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Puerto Rico competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico sent a total of 25 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 6 women, to compete in 8 sports. The nation's team size was roughly larger by three athletes from Beijing. This was also the youngest delegation in Puerto Rico's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four Puerto Rican athletes had competed in Beijing, including track star and pre-Olympic favorite Javier Culson, who held the record as the "world's fastest man" in the hurdles, and later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony. Canterbury Christ Church University had been selected as the team's preparation base for these Olympic games.

These Games tied as Puerto Rico's most successful Olympics, winning a total of two medals, and tying the record for the most medals with Los Angeles at a single games. Javier Culson won the nation's first ever medal in the men's hurdles and their first bronze in 16 years. Meanwhile, Dominican born Jaime Espinal became the first Puerto Rican athlete to claim an Olympic silver medal in men's freestyle wrestling, and set a historic Olympic record as the nation's second silver medalist, 28 years after Luis Ortiz had become the first.

## Medalists

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Medal  | Name  | Sport  | Event  | Date

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Silver | Jaime Espinal | Wrestling | Men's freestyle 84 kg | August 11
Bronze | Javier Culson | Athletics | Men's 400 m hurdles | August 6

## Athletics

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Main article: Athletics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):[1][2]

Key

* Note–Ranks given for track events are within the athlete's heat only
* Q = Qualified for the next round
* q = Qualified for the next round as a fastest loser or, in field events, by position without achieving the qualifying target
* NR = National record
* N/A = Round not applicable for the event
* Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Eric Alejandro | 400 m hurdles | 49.39  | 4 q | —  | 49.15  | 7  | Did not advance
Héctor Cotto | 110 m hurdles | 14.08  | 8  | —  | Did not advance
Javier Culson | 400 m hurdles | 48.33  | 1 Q | —  | 47.93  | 1 Q | 48.10  |
Enrique Llanos | 110 m hurdles | DNF | —  | Did not advance
Miguel López | 100 m | Bye  | 10.31  | 5  | Did not advance
Jamele Mason Vegas | 400 m hurdles | 49.89  | 5  | —  | Did not advance
Samuel Vázquez | 1500 m | 3:49.19  | 14  | —  | Did not advance
Wesley Vázquez | 800 m | 1:46.45  | 4  | —  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Beverly Ramos | 3000 m steeplechase | 9:55.26  | 12  | —  | Did not advance
Carol Rodríguez | 400 m | 52.19  | 2 Q | 52.08  | 6  | Did not advance

## Boxing

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Main article: Boxing at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Final

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Jantony Ortiz | Light flyweight |  Sulemanu (GHA)
W 20–6  |  Ayrapetyan (RUS)
L 13–15  | Did not advance
Jeyvier Cintrón | Flyweight |  Oteng (BOT)
W 14–12  |  Henriques (BRA)
W 18–13  |  Aloyan (RUS)
L 13–23  | Did not advance
Félix Verdejo | Lightweight |  Huertas (PAN)
W 11–5  |  Mejri (TUN)
W 16–7  |  Lomachenko (UKR)
L 9–14  | Did not advance
Francisco Vargas Ramirez | Light welterweight |  Yigit (SWE)
L 9–13  | Did not advance
Enrique Collazo | Middleweight |  Hartel (GER)
L 10–18  | Did not advance

## Gymnastics

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Main article: Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics

### Artistic

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Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB  |  F  |  PH  |  R  |  V  |  PB  |  HB
Tommy Ramos | Rings | —  | 15.500  | —  | 15.500  | 6 Q | —  | 15.600  | —  | 15.600  | 6

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Apparatus  | Total  | Rank  | Apparatus  | Total  | Rank
F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB  |  F  |  V  |  UB  |  BB
Lorena Quiñones | All-around | 11.366  | 13.800  | 10.766  | 13.133  | 49.065  | 54  | Did not advance

## Judo

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Main article: Judo at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Athlete  | Event  | Round of 32  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinals  | Semifinals  | Repechage  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Melissa Mojica | Women's +78 kg |  Shahrkhani (KSA)
W 0100–0000  |  Ivashchenko (RUS)
L 0000–0101  | Did not advance

## Shooting

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Main article: Shooting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Final

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Points  | Rank  | Points  | Rank
José Torres Laboy | Double trap | 127  | 21  | Did not advance

## Swimming

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Main article: Swimming at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the 200 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST))[3][4] Vanessa García and Raúl Martínez, were invited directly by FINA, to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle respectively.[5]

Men
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Raúl Martínez Colomer | 200 m freestyle | 1:54.23  | 38  | Did not advance

Women
Athlete  | Event  | Heat  | Semifinal  | Final

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Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank  | Time  | Rank
Vanessa García | 50 m freestyle | 25.58  | 29  | Did not advance

## Weightlifting

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Main article: Weightlifting at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Lely Burgos, did not obtain the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics directly in the Americas Olympic Qualifying, but for her effort, she was invited directly by the International Weightlifting Federation.[6]

Athlete  | Event  | Snatch  | Clean & Jerk  | Total  | Rank

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Result  | Rank  | Result  | Rank
Lely Burgos | Women's −48 kg | 65  | 11  | 92  | 10  | 157  | 11

## Wrestling

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Main article: Wrestling at the 2012 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico has qualified three quota places.

Key:

* VT \- Victory by Fall.
* PP \- Decision by Points - the loser with technical points.
* PO \- Decision by Points - the loser without technical points.

Men's freestyle
Athlete  | Event  | Qualification  | Round of 16  | Quarterfinal  | Semifinal  | Repechage 1  | Repechage 2  | Final / BM

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Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Opposition
Result  | Rank
Franklin Gómez | −60 kg |  Kudukhov (RUS)
L 1–3 PP | Did not advance  |  Dutt (IND)
L 0–3 PO | Did not advance  | 15
Francisco Soler | −74 kg | Bye  |  Burroughs (USA)
L 0–3 PO | Did not advance  | Bye  |  Gentry (CAN)
L 0–3 PO | Did not advance  | 19
Jaime Espinal | −84 kg | Bye  |  Dick (NGR)
W 3–1 PP |  Marsagishvili (GEO)
W 3–1 PP |  Gattsiev (BLR)
W 3–1 PP | Bye  |  Sharifov (AZE)
L 0–3 PP |

## See also

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* Puerto Rico at the 2011 Pan American Games

## References

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1. ^ "iaaf.org – Top Lists". IAAF. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
2. ^ IAAF Games of the XXX Olympiad – London 2012 ENTRY STANDARDS (PDF), IAAF, retrieved June 4, 2011
3. ^ "Swimming World Rankings". FINA. Retrieved June 8, 2011.
4. ^ FÉDÉRATION INTERNATIONALE DE NATATION – Swimming (PDF), FINA, retrieved June 8, 2011
5. ^ Vanessa García y Raúl Martínez reciben invitación para natación de Juegos Londres 2012, retrieved July 29, 2012
6. ^ Con boleto a los Juegos Olímpicos de Londres 2012 la pesista Lely Burgos, AllSportNewsPR, retrieved July 29, 2012

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*[BM]: Bronze medal match
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