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Puerto Rico at the 2024 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the territory's twentieth consecutive appearance at the Summer Olympics. It was also the fourth consecutive games in which Puerto Rico earned at least one medal, it being the first time this happened in Puerto Rico's Olympic Games history.

Puerto Rico at the
2024 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitecopur.pr (in Spanish)
in Paris, France
26 July 2024 (2024-07-26) – 11 August 2024 (2024-08-11)
Competitors51 (27 men & 24 women) in 13 sports
Flag bearer (opening)Sebastian Rivera & Jasmine Camacho-Quinn
Flag bearer (closing)Luis Castro Rivera
Medals
Ranked 80th
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
2
Total
2
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico concluded the Olympics with two bronze medals, both won by flag bearers Jasmine Camacho-Quinn and Sebastian Rivera. Jasmine was edged out in a close race in a split-second finish in the Women's 100 metres hurdles, ultimately finishing 3rd. Meanwhile, Sebastian won bronze in the Men's freestyle 65 kg alongside fellow bronze medalist Islam Dudaev of Albania despite losing out to gold medalist Kotaro Kiyooka of Japan, first beating Maxim Saculțan of Moldova, and then Tömör-Ochiryn Tulga of Mongolia after a successful challenge by a single point.

Medalists

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The following Puerto Rican competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.

Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Bronze Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Athletics Women's 100 m hurdles August 10
  Bronze Sebastian Rivera Wrestling Men's freestyle 65 kg August 11
Medals by sport
Sport 1st place, gold medalist(s)  2nd place, silver medalist(s)  3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Total
Athletics 0 0 1 1
Wrestling 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 2 2
Medals by gender
Gender 1st place, gold medalist(s)  2nd place, silver medalist(s)  3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Total
Female 0 0 1 1
Male 0 0 1 1
Mixed 0 0 0 0
Total 0 0 2 2
Medals by date
Date 1st place, gold medalist(s)  2nd place, silver medalist(s)  3rd place, bronze medalist(s)  Total
10 August 0 0 1 1
11 August 0 0 1 1
Total 0 0 2 2

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

Sport Men Women Total
Archery 0 1 1
Athletics 3 5 8
Basketball 12 12 24
Boxing 1 1 2
Diving 0 1 1
Golf 1 0 1
Judo 1 1 2
Sailing 1 0 1
Shooting 0 1 1
Skateboarding 1 0 1
Swimming 1 1 2
Table tennis 2 1 3
Wrestling 4 0 4
Total 27 24 51

Archery

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One Puerto Rican archer qualified for the 2024 Summer Olympics women's individual recurve competitions by virtue of her result at the 2024 Pan American Continental Qualification Tournament in Medellín, Colombia.[1]

Athlete Event Ranking round Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Score Seed Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Alondra Rivera Women's individual 547 64   Lim S-h (KOR)
L 0–6
Did not advance

Athletics

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Puerto Rican track and field athletes achieved the entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[2][3][4]

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
  • SB = Seasonal best
  • PB = Personal best
  • N/A = Round not applicable for the event
  • Bye = Athlete not required to compete in round
Track & road events
Athlete Event Heat Repechage Semifinal Final
Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank Result Rank
Gladymar Torres Women's 100 m 11.12 NR 5 q 11.33 6 Did not advance
Gabby Scott Women's 400 m 50.74 NR 4 R 50.52 NR 1 Q 51.22 7 Did not advance
Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Women's 100 m hurdles 12.42 1 Q Bye 12.35 SB 1 Q 12.36 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 
Grace Claxton Women's 400 m hurdles 56.29 6 55.94 4 Did not advance
Rachelle de Orbeta Women's 20 km walk 1:33:33 29
Field events
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Result Rank Result Rank
Luis Castro Men's high jump 2.20 15 Did not advance
Jerome Vega Men's hammer throw 71.61 26 Did not advance
Combined events – Men's decathlon
Athlete Event 100 m LJ SP HJ 400 m 110H DT PV JT 1500 m Final Rank
Ayden Owens-Delerme Result 10.35s 7.66m SB 15.17m 2.02m SB 46.17s 14.09s 43.36m 4.80m 51.17m 4:40.39s SB 8437 9
Points 101.1 975 800 822 1000 963 733 849 606 678

Basketball

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5×5 basketball

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Summary

Team Event Group stage Quarterfinal Semifinal Final / BM
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Opposition
Score
Rank
Puerto Rico men's Men's tournament   South Sudan
L 79–90
  Serbia
L 66–107
  United States
L 83–104
4 Did not advance
Puerto Rico women's Women's tournament   Serbia
L 55–58
  Spain
L 62–63
  China
L 58–80
4 Did not advance

Men's tournament

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The Puerto Rico men's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by winning the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in San Juan, Puerto Rico, two decades after their last appearance in the 2004 Summer Olympics.[5]

Team roster The roster was announced on 7 July 2024.[6]

Puerto Rico men's national basketball team roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
SF 0 Isaiah Pineiro 29 – (1995-02-02)2 February 1995 2.01 m (6 ft 7 in) Palencia Spain 
F/C 1 George Conditt IV 23 – (2000-08-22)22 August 2000 2.12 m (6 ft 11 in) Gran Canaria Spain 
PG 3 Jordan Howard 28 – (1996-01-06)6 January 1996 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Obradoiro Spain 
SG 9 Davon Reed 29 – (1995-06-11)11 June 1995 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in) Memphis Hustle United States 
PG 10 Jose Alvarado 26 – (1998-04-12)12 April 1998 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) New Orleans Pelicans United States 
G 11 Stevie Thompson 27 – (1997-03-23)23 March 1997 1.94 m (6 ft 4 in) Vaqueros de Bayamón Puerto Rico 
SF 12 Aleem Ford 26 – (1997-12-22)22 December 1997 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Leones de Ponce Puerto Rico 
G 24 Gian Clavell 30 – (1993-11-26)26 November 1993 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Granada Spain 
F/C 28 Ismael Romero 33 – (1991-06-23)23 June 1991 2.03 m (6 ft 8 in) Mets de Guaynabo Puerto Rico 
PF 32 Christopher Ortiz (C) 31 – (1993-04-02)2 April 1993 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) Osos de Manatí Puerto Rico 
F/C 41 Arnaldo Toro 26 – (1997-10-28)28 October 1997 2.02 m (6 ft 8 in) VEF Rīga Latvia 
PG 51 Tremont Waters 26 – (1998-01-10)10 January 1998 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) Gigantes de Carolina Puerto Rico 
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Puerto Rico  Rafael Cruz
  • Spain  David García
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 5 July 2024

Group play

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States 3 3 0 317 253 +64 6 Quarterfinals
2   Serbia 3 2 1 287 261 +26 5
3   South Sudan 3 1 2 261 278 −17 4
4   Puerto Rico 3 0 3 228 301 −73 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
28 July 2024
11:00
South Sudan   90–79   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 20–28, 28–26, 23–15, 19–10
Pts: Jones 19
Rebs: Gabriel 9
Asts: Jones 6
Pts: Alvarado 26
Rebs: Conditt IV, Romero 6
Asts: Alvarado 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,021
Referees: Ademir Zurapović (BIH), Takaki Kato (JPN), Martin Vulić (CRO)

31 July 2024
17:15
Puerto Rico   66–107   Serbia
Scoring by quarter: 12–24, 23–28, 16–27, 15–28
Pts: Ortiz 19
Rebs: Ortiz 6
Asts: Howard, Waters 3
Pts: Petrušev 15
Rebs: Jokić 15
Asts: Jokić 9
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 17,882
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Juan Fernández (ARG), Boris Krejić (SLO)

3 August 2024
17:15
Puerto Rico   83–104   United States
Scoring by quarter: 29–25, 16–39, 14–23, 24–17
Pts: Alvarado 18
Rebs: Romero 10
Asts: Conditt IV 5
Pts: Edwards 26
Rebs: Tatum 10
Asts: James 8
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 27,244
Referees: Julio Anaya (PAN), Gatis Saliņš (LAT), Martin Vulić (CRO)


Women's tournament

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The Puerto Rico women's national basketball team qualified for the Olympics by finishing in the top two eligible nations at the 2024 Olympic Qualifying Tournaments in Xi'an, China.[8]

Team roster A 15-player roster was announced on 8 July 2024.[9] The final 12-player roster was announced on 20 July.[10]

Puerto Rico women's national basketball team – 2024 Summer Olympics roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Age – Date of birth Height Club Ctr.
F 1 Tayra Meléndez 30 – (1993-10-29)29 October 1993 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in) Gigantes de Carolina Puerto Rico 
F 2 Brianna Jones 27 – (1997-02-09)9 February 1997 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Tianjin Guanlan China 
PG 5 Pamela Rosado (C) 38 – (1986-04-30)30 April 1986 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in) Montañeras de Morovis Puerto Rico 
C 7 Mariah Pérez 23 – (2000-08-09)9 August 2000 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Dayton Flyers United States 
SG 9 Allison Gibson 31 – (1993-03-27)27 March 1993 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Gigantes de Carolina Puerto Rico 
PF 11 Sofía Roma 27 – (1996-11-21)21 November 1996 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in) Montañeras de Morovis Puerto Rico 
PF 21 Mya Hollingshed 24 – (1999-10-29)29 October 1999 1.93 m (6 ft 4 in) Dinamo Sassari Italy 
SG 22 Arella Guirantes 26 – (1997-10-15)15 October 1997 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) PF Schio Italy 
PG 23 Trinity San Antonio 20 – (2003-10-28)28 October 2003 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) Grand Canyon Antelopes United States 
PF 25 Isalys Quiñones 26 – (1997-10-23)23 October 1997 1.91 m (6 ft 3 in) Osos de Manatí Puerto Rico 
C 33 India Pagán 25 – (1999-01-07)7 January 1999 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) SBŠ Ostrava Czech Republic 
G 55 Jacqueline Benítez 27 – (1997-06-06)6 June 1997 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) Explosivas de Moca Puerto Rico 
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
  • Puerto Rico  Samuel Arill
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • Club – describes last
    club before the tournament
  • Age – describes age
    on 28 July 2024

Group play

Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   Spain 3 3 0 223 213 +10 6 Quarterfinals
2   Serbia 3 2 1 201 184 +17 5
3   China 3 1 2 228 229 −1 4
4   Puerto Rico 3 0 3 175 201 −26 3
Source: FIBA
Rules for classification: 1) classification points; 2) head-to-head results; 3) head-to-head game points difference; 4) head-to-head number of game points scored.
28 July 2024
21:00
Serbia   58–55   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 23–15, 20–11, 12–10, 3–19
Pts: Stanković 15
Rebs: Stanković 10
Asts: Anderson 8
Pts: San Antonio 11
Rebs: three players 6
Asts: Rosado 7
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 15,324
Referees: Maj Forsberg (DEN), James Boyer (AUS), Yann Davidson (MAD)

31 July 2024
11:00
Puerto Rico   62–63   Spain
Scoring by quarter: 9–18, 16–21, 19–5, 18–19
Pts: Guirantes 15
Rebs: Hollingshed 12
Asts: Guirantes 4
Pts: Gustafson 18
Rebs: Gustafson 13
Asts: Ortiz
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 23,942
Referees: Andrés Bartel (URU), Maripier Malo (CAN), Yevgeniy Mikheyev (KAZ)

3 August 2024
11:00
China   80–58   Puerto Rico
Scoring by quarter: 17–11, 23–18, 22–16, 18–13
Pts: Li M. 18
Rebs: Han 9
Asts: Li M. 7
Pts: Guirantes 20
Rebs: Hollingshed 8
Asts: Rosado 5
Stade Pierre-Mauroy, Lille
Attendance: 26,595
Referees: Omar Bermúdez (MEX), Rabah Noujaim (LBN), Maripier Malo (CAN)

Boxing

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Puerto Rico entered two boxers into the Olympic tournament. Ashleyann Lozada qualified herself to Paris in featherweight division by advancing to the semifinals round at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Meanwhile, Juanma López (men's flyweight) qualified himself to Paris 2024, by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy.[12]

Athlete Event Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Juan Manuel López Jr. Men's flyweight Bye   Dusmatov (UZB)
L 0–5
Did not advance
Ashleyann Lozada Women's featherweight Bye   Ibragimova (KAZ)
W 5–0
  Szeremeta (POL)
L 0–5
Did not advance

Diving

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Puerto Rico entered one diver, Maycey Vieta into the Olympic competition.[13]

Athlete Event Preliminary Semifinal Final
Points Rank Points Rank Points Rank
Maycey Vieta Women's 10 m platform 253.90 24 Did not advance

Golf

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Puerto Rico entered one male golfer into the Olympic tournament. Rafael Campos qualified directly for the games in the men's individual competitions, based on his world ranking performance, on the IGF World Rankings.[14]

Men
Athlete Event Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round 4 Total
Score Score Score Score Score Par Rank
Rafael Campos Individual 73 70 70 67 280 −4 T30

Judo

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Puerto Rico qualified two judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Adrián Gandía (men's half-middleweight, 81 kg) and María Pérez (women's middleweight, 70 kg) got qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

Athlete Event Round of 64 Round of 32 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Adrián Gandía Men's −81 kg Bye   Tatalashvili (UAE)
W 11–00
  François Gauthier-Drapeau (CAN)
L 00–10
Did not advance
María Pérez Women's −70 kg   Willems (BEL)
L 00–10
Did not advance

Sailing

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Puerto Rican sailors qualified one boat in each of the following classes through the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.

Medal race events
Athlete Event Race Net points Final rank
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 M*
Pedro Fernández Men's ILCA 7 33 27 17 35 33 36 11 31 Canceled EL 187 34

M = Medal race; EL = Eliminated – did not advance into the medal race

Shooting

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Puerto Rico entered one female shooter to compete in the following event at the Games by virtue of the ISSF World Olympic Rankings.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Yarimar Mercado Women's 10 m 622.0 39 Did not advance
Women's 50 m rifle 3 positions 578-29x 26 Did not advance

Skateboarding

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Puerto Rico entered one male skateboarder to compete in the following event at the Games by virtue of the Olympic World Skateboarding Rankings.

Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Steven Piñeiro Men's park 81.54 14 Did not advance

Swimming

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Puerto Rico sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[15]

Athlete Event Heat Semifinal Final
Time Rank Time Rank Time Rank
Yeziel Morales Men's 100 m backstroke 55.76 39 Did not advance
Men's 200 m backstroke 2:00.60 26 Did not advance
Kristen Romano Women's 200 m individual medley 2:13.32 21 Did not advance

Table tennis

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Puerto Rico entered three table tennis players into Paris 2024. Adriana Díaz qualified for the games by virtue of the highest ranked eligible players from Pan American in the Olympics ranking; meanwhile Brian Afanador and Daniel González qualified through the Olympics world ranking.

Athlete Event Preliminary Round 1 Round 2 Round 3 Round of 16 Quarterfinals Semifinals Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Brian Afanador Men's singles Bye   Lin (TPE)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Daniel González Bye   Jang (KOR)
L 1–4
Did not advance
Adriana Díaz Women's singles Bye   Lupulesku (SRB)
W 4–0
  Wang (USA)
W 4–2
  Pyon (PRK)
L 3–4
Did not advance

Wrestling

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Puerto Rico qualified four wrestler for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Sebastian Rivera qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia.[16][17] Meanwhile, the other wrestler qualified for the games, by advancing to the final match in their own division, through the 2024 Pan American Wrestling Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.[18]

Key:

  • VT/F (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by fall.
  • VB (ranking points: 5–0 or 0–5) – Victory by injury (VF for forfeit, VA for withdrawal or disqualification)
  • PP (ranking points: 3–1 or 1–3) – Decision by points – the loser with technical points.
  • PO (ranking points: 3–0 or 0–3) – Decision by points – the loser without technical points.
  • ST (ranking points: 4–0 or 0–4) – Great superiority – the loser without technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • SP (ranking points: 4–1 or 1–4) – Technical superiority – the loser with technical points and a margin of victory of at least 8 (Greco-Roman) or 10 (freestyle) points.
  • WO – Victory by walkover
Freestyle
Athlete Event Round of 16 Quarterfinal Semifinal Repechage Final / BM
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Darian Cruz Men's −57 kg   Mohamed (EGY) W 4F-1   Higuchi (JPN) L 2–12SP Did not advance   Sarlak (IRI) WO   Sehrawat (IND) L 5–13 5
Sebastian Rivera Men's −65 kg   Okorokov (AUS) W 12SP-2   Kiyooka (JPN) L 6–8 Did not advance   Saculțan (MDA) W 15SP–4   Tulga (MGL) W 10–9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 
Ethan Ramos Men's −86 kg   Kurugliev (GRE) L 0–11ST Did not advance
Jonovan Smith Men's −125 kg   Akgül (TUR) L 0–10ST Did not advance

See also

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References

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