Archery

Archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Four events were contested in archery at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul. These events included team competitions for the first time in modern Olympic archery. Men's and women's individual competitions continued to be part of the schedule as well....

• Gloria Rosa — Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)

• Miguel Pedraza — Preliminary Round (→ 67th place)

Athletics

Athletics at the 1988 Summer Olympics

At the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul a total number of 42 events in athletics were contested: 24 by men and 18 by women. There were a total number of 1617 participating athletes from 149 countries.-Men's events:...

• Edgardo Guilbe
  Edgardo Guilbe
  Edgardo Guilbe is a retired Puerto Rican sprinter who specialized in the 200 metres. His personal best time was 20.53 seconds, achieved in July 1989 in San Juan....
  
  

• Domingo Cordero
  Domingo Cordero
  Domingo Cordero Clase is a retired Puerto Rican athlete who specialized in the 400 metres hurdles....
  
  

• Raul Tejada
• Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

• Ernesto Torres

• Madeline de Jesús
  Madeline de Jesús
  Madeline de Jesús is a retired female track and field athlete from Puerto Rico, who competed in the women's long jump and triple jump during her career. Her personal best in the long jump was set on July 24, 1988 in Mexico City...
  
  

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
• Lost to Australia (77-81)
• Defeated South Korea (79-74)
• Lost to Soviet Union (81-93)
• Defeated Central African Republic (71-67)
• Defeated Yugoslavia (74-72)
• Quarterfinals
• Lost to United States (57-94)
• Classification Matches
• 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (86-104)
• 7th/8th place: Defeated Spain (93-92) → 7th place
• Team Roster
• Ángel Cruz Rosario
  Angel "Munch" Cruz
  Angelo "Monch" Cruz is a Puerto Rican former basketball player. He was born in New York, New York. Coming out of the Patterson Projects in the Bronx, "Monchito" was a New York City Playground legend by the time he finished High School at DeWitt Clinton High School...
  
  
• Raymond Gause
  Raymond Gause
  Raymond Gause is a Puerto Rican former basketball player. He was born in Memphis, Tennessee and played his college basketball with the UAB Blazers under Gene Bartow. At Alabama-Birmingham he played with Jerome Mincy and Orlando "Pipo" Marrero. In 1984 he moved to Puerto Rico and established...
  
  
• Vicente Ithier Morales
• Edgar León Cruz
• Francisco León Cruz
• Fico López Camacho
  Federico Lopez
  Federico López Camacho was a Puerto Rican basketball player. He was a member of the Guaynabo Mets....
  
  
• Jerome Mincy
  Jerome Mincy
  Jerome Alfred Mincy Clark is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player of American parents. Mincy has played in the NCAA with the UAB Blazers and the National Superior Basketball League of Puerto Rico with Bayamón Cowboys...
  
  
• Quijote Morales
  Mario Morales
  Mario Morales , aka "Quijote" Morales, for his ability to conquer both scoring and team championships in the Puerto Rican BSN league, is one of Puerto Rico's most famous basketball players.-Professional career:...
  
  
• Piculín ortiz
• Ramón Ramos
  Ramon Ramos
  Ramon Ramos Manso is a retired Puerto Rican basketball player, both on the National Superior Basketball and National Basketball Association level...
  
  
• Roberto Ríos
  Roberto Ríos
  Roberto Ríos Patus is a retired Spanish professional footballer who played as a central defender.-Club career:...
  
  
• Juan Ramón Rivas
  Ramon Rivas
  Juan Ramón Rivas Contreras is a Puerto Rican professional basketball player. He is now the Spanish radio broadcaster for Orlando Magic. Rivas was the second player from Puerto Rico to play in the NBA, and half of the first duo of Puerto Ricans to be active in the NBA simultaneously...
  
  
• Head Coach: Armandito Torres

Boxing

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Boxing at the 1988 Summer Olympics took place in the Chamshil Students' Gymnasium in Seoul. The boxing schedule began on September 17 and ended on October 2. Twelve boxing events were contested, with the participation of 441 athletes and 159 officials from 106 countries...

• Luis Román Rolón
  Luis Román Rolón
  Luis Román Rolón is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico, who competed in the bantamweight division. As an amateur he won the silver medal at the 1986 World Amateur Boxing Championships in Reno...
  
  
• First Round — Bye
• Second Round — Lost to Chatchai Sasakul
  Chatchai Sasakul
  Chatchai Sasakul is a former boxing champion in the flyweight division. Aside of being a professional boxer, Sasakul is also a practitioner in snooker.- Amateur career :Sasakul was an amateur boxing star in Thailand...
  
   (THA), 2:3

• Andy Agosto

• Felipe Nieves

• Esteban Flores

• Héctor Arroyo

• Víctor Pérez

• Lionel Ortíz

• Rey Rivera

• Nelson Adams

• Harold Arroyo
  Harold Arroyo
  Harold Arroyo is a retired boxer from Puerto Rico. He won the silver medal in the Men's Super Heavyweight division at the 1991 Pan American Games. Arroyo also represented his native country at the 1988 Summer Olympics, where he was defeated in the second round by Poland's Janusz...
  
  

Judo

Judo at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The Judo competition at the 1988 Summer Olympics continued the seven weight classes first used at the 1980 Games. The open division was eliminated from the competition. Women's judo made its first appearance at the Olympic Games, as a demonstration sport...

• Luis Martínez

• Víctor Rivera

• Angelo Ruiz

• Jorge Bonnet
  Jorge Bonnet
  Jorge L. Bonnet is a Puerto Rican judoka and bobsledder who competed at five Olympic Games. He competed in judo at the 1984 and 1988 Summer Olympics, and in bobsleigh at the 1992, 1994, and 1998 Winter Olympics.-External links:*...
  
  

Swimming

Swimming at the 1988 Summer Olympics

The 1988 Summer Olympics took place in Seoul, South Korea. The swimming competition, held from September 18 to September 25, was notable for the seven medals, including five golds, won by Matt Biondi, the six golds won by Kristin Otto, and the three individual golds won by Janet Evans...

• Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán Flores is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...
  
  
• Heat — 23.61 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán Flores is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...
  
  
• Heat — 51.25 (→ did not advance, 24th place)

• Salvador Vassallo
• Heat — 1:53.82 (→ did not advance, 36th place)

• Salvador Vassallo
• Heat — 3:55.30
• B-Final — 3:55.39 (→ 15th place)

• Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán
  Manuel Guzmán Flores is a former international backstroke and freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico, who participated in two consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1988. His best result was a 12th place in the Men's 4x100m Freestyle Relay at the 1992 Summer Olympics in...
  
  
• Heat — 57.62 (→ did not advance, 24th place)
• B-Final — 57.95 (→ 15th place)

• Salvador Vassallo
• Heat — 4:30.37 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

• Ritajean Garay
• Heat — 2:07.44 (→ did not advance, 33rd place)

• Ritajean Garay
• Heat — 4:24.84 (→ did not advance, 28th place)

• Ritajean Garay
• Heat — 9:04.62 (→ did not advance, 27th place)

• Ritajean Garay
• Heat — 1:08.58 (→ did not advance, 31st place)

• Ritajean Garay
• Heat — 2:23.73 (→ did not advance, 24th place)