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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 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

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

Competitors

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

Archery

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]

Athletics

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
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Men's decathlon

Basketball

5×5 basketball

Summary

Men's tournament

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 rosterThe roster was announced on 7 July 2024.[6]

Group play

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.


Women's tournament

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

Group play

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.

Boxing

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]

Diving

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

Golf

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

Judo

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.

Sailing

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

Medal race events

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

Shooting

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

Skateboarding

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

Swimming

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

Table tennis

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.

Wrestling

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:

Freestyle

See also

References

  1. ^ "Colombia qualifies first-ever men's team to the Olympics". World Archery. 14 April 2024. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  2. ^ "How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained". International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Road to Paris 24". World Athletics. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  4. ^ Lanuza Saénz, Lissette (6 July 2023). "Afro-Latina Gold Medalist Jasmine Camacho-Quinn Secures 2024 Olympics Spot". Remezcla. Retrieved 7 July 2023.
  5. ^ "Puerto Rico ends 20-year Olympic drought with historic win over Lithuania". fiba.basketball. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
  6. ^ "Carlos Arroyo asegura que no cambiarán jugadores para los Juegos Olímpicos: "Ellos se lo ganaron"". elvocero.com. 7 July 2024. Retrieved 7 July 2024.
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  10. ^ FIBA (20 July 2024). "The Ultimate 12 to rep Puerto Rico at #Paris2024".
  11. ^ "Team roster: Puerto Rico" (PDF). fiba.basketball. p. 9. Retrieved 26 July 2024.
  12. ^ "Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament – Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?". Olympics. 11 March 2024. Retrieved 12 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes". World Aquatics. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 9 July 2024.
  14. ^ "Fields Announced for Olympic Golf Competition". International Golf Federation. 9 July 2024. Retrieved 10 July 2024.
  15. ^ "Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes". World Aquatics. Retrieved 20 July 2024.
  16. ^ "Freestyle Wrestling: 2024 Paris Olympic Games Qualified Nations". United World Wrestling. 19 September 2023. Archived from the original on 25 September 2023. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  17. ^ "1st Phase – 2023 Senior World Championships – Belgrade (SRB)" (PDF). United World Wrestling. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 October 2023. Retrieved 11 October 2023.
  18. ^ "Gomez, Cruz deny USA Paris 2024 spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers". United World Wrestling. 2 March 2024. Retrieved 3 March 2024.