Athletics

Athletics at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, 46 events in athletics were contested, 24 for men and 22 for women. There were a total number of 2134 participating athletes from 193 countries.-Men's events:...

• Félix Omar Fernández
  Félix Omar Fernández
  Félix Omar Fernández Rodríguez is a retired male track and field athlete. He competed in the sprints events during his career. He competed for Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio...
  
  , Osvaldo Nieves
  Osvaldo Nieves
  Osvaldo Nieves Morales is a retired male track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He competed for his native country Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Jorge...
  
  , Rogelio Pizarro
  Rogelio Pizarro
  Rogelio Manuel Pizarro Domenech is a retired male track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Jorge Richardson,...
  
  , Jorge Richardson
  Jorge Richardson
  Jorge L. Richardson Osorio is a retired male track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during his career. He competed for his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where he was eliminated in the first round of the men's 4x100 metres relay, alongside Osvaldo Nieves, Rogelio...
  
  
• Round 1 — 40.12 (→ did not advance)

• Militza Castro
  Militza Castro
  Militza Castro Morales is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Sandra...
  
  , Beatriz Cruz
  Beatriz Cruz
  Beatriz Cruz Nazario is a female track and field athlete, who competes in the sprints events. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Militza Castro, Sandra Moya and Maritza...
  
  , Sandra Moya
  Sandra Moya
  Sandra Elisa Moya Torres-Cablayan is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside...
  
  , Maritza Salas
  Maritza Salas
  Maritza Salas Kelly is a retired female track and field athlete, who competed in the sprints events during her career. She represented her native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics, where she was eliminated in the first round of the women's 4x400 metres relay competition, alongside Militza...
  
  
• Round 1 — 03:33.30 (→ did not advance)

Boxing

Boxing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

The boxing competition at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney was held over a period of sixteen days at the Sydney Convention and Exhibition Centre in Darling Harbour...

• Iván Calderón
  Ivan Calderón (boxer)
  Iván Calderón Marrero is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur Calderón represented Puerto Rico in international competitions and attended the 2000 Olympic Games in Australia. On May 3, 2003, he won the World Boxing Organization's minimumweight championship when he defeated Eduardo...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to La Paene Masara
    La Paene Masara
    La Paene Masara is a retired male boxer from Indonesia, who twice competed for his native Asian country at the Summer Olympics: 1996 and 2000. At his Olympic debut in Atlanta, Georgia he was defeated in the quarterfinals of the men's light flyweight division by Spain's eventual bronze medalist...
    
     of Indonesia (→ did not advance)

• Carlos Valcárcel
  Carlos Valcarcel
  Carlos Valcárcel Díaz is a boxer from Puerto Rico, who represented his native country at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He won the silver medal in the men's flyweight division at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in El Salvador...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to Omar Narvaez of Argentina (→ did not advance)

• Orlando Cruz
  • Round 1 — Lost to Hichem Blida of Algeria (→ did not advance)

• Miguel Cotto
  Miguel Cotto
  Miguel Ángel Cotto Vázquez is a Puerto Rican professional boxer and the reigning WBA light middleweight champion. He is the younger brother of contender Jose Miguel Cotto and cousin of Abner Cotto...
  
  
  • Round 1 — Lost to Mahamadkadyz Abdullaev of Uzbekistan (→ did not advance)

• Rubén Fuchú
  • Round 1 — Lost to Dorel Simion
    Dorel Simion
    Dorel Simion is a Romanian boxer. Simion won the Welterweight bronze medal at the 2000 Summer Olympics. He is nicknamed "Bombardierul"...
    
     of Romania (→ did not advance)

Diving

Diving at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, eight diving events were contested for the first time due to the inclusion of synchronized variants for each of the traditional events...

• Angelique Rodriguez
• Preliminary — 235.47 (→ 27th place, did not advance)

• Angelique Rodriguez
• Preliminary — 273.36
• Semi-final — 408.30 (→ 18th place, did not advance)

Judo

Judo at the 2000 Summer Olympics

-Men's events:-Women's events:-Medal table:-References:**...

• Melvin Méndez

• Carlos Méndez

• José Luis Figueroa

• Carlos Santiago

Sailing

Sailing at the 2000 Summer Olympics

Sailing/Yachting is a Olympic sport starting from the Games of the 1st Olympiad . With the exception of 1904 and possible 1916 sailing was always a part of the Olympic program....

• Enrique Figueroa
  Enrique Figueroa
  Enrique Figueroa Suárez, also known as "Quique Figueroa" , is a Puerto Rican sailor. Figueroa is the only sailor of Puerto Rico to win four gold medals in the Central American-Caribbean Games...
  
   and Pedro Colon
  Pedro Colón
  Pedro A. Colón is a Milwaukee lawyer who has served as a Democratic Party member of the Wisconsin State Assembly, representing the 8th Assembly District, from 1999 to 2010...
  
  
  1. Race 1 - (11)
  2. Race 2 - 11
  3. Race 3 - 1
  4. Race 4 - 7
  5. Race 5 - 9
  6. Race 6 - 2
  7. Race 7 - 4
  8. Race 8 - 8
  9. Race 9 - (13)
  10. Race 10 - 11
  11. Race 11 - 5
  12. Final - 58 (→ 8th place)

Swimming

Swimming at the 2000 Summer Olympics

At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, 32 swimming events were contested, between September 15–23, 2000. There was a total of 954 participants from 150 countries competing.-Medal table:-Men:...

• Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo Busquets
  Ricardo J. Busquets Healy is a former freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico.A student of the University of Tennessee, Busquets is the only Puerto Rico swimmer to ever medal at the World Championships...
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 22.42
• Semi-final — 22.51 (→ did not advance)

• Andrew Livingston
  Andrew Livingston
  Andrew Joseph Livingston is a butterfly stroke swimmer from the United States, who competed for Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 55.03 (→ did not advance)

• Andrew Livingston
  Andrew Livingston
  Andrew Joseph Livingston is a butterfly stroke swimmer from the United States, who competed for Puerto Rico at the 2000 Summer Olympics and at the 2004 Summer Olympics....
  
  
• Preliminary Heat — 01:59.05
• Semi-final — 01:58.63 (→ did not advance)

• Arsenio López
• Preliminary Heat — 01:04.02 (→ did not advance)

• Arsenio López
• Preliminary Heat — 02:06.49 (→ did not advance)

Weightlifting

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games
  Puerto Rico at the 1999 Pan American Games
  The 13th Pan American Games were held in Winnipeg, Canada from July 23 to August 8, 1999.- Gold:*Mixed Hobie 16: Enrique Figueroa and Carla Malatrassi- Silver:*Men's Epée Individual: Jonathan Peña*Men's Lightweight : Carlos Méndez...