Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico

Puerto Rico , officially the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico , is an unincorporated territory of the United States, located in the northeastern Caribbean, east of the Dominican Republic and west of both the United States Virgin Islands and the British Virgin Islands.Puerto Rico comprises an...

competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics

2008 Summer Olympics

The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...

which was held in Beijing

Beijing

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, People's Republic of China

People's Republic of China

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 from August 8 to August 24, 2008. The territory with a population of 4 million people qualified 22 athletes in 8 different sports.

Athletics (Track and Field)

Men's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
400 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metres -Round 1:The first round was held on 18 August. The first three runners of each heat plus the next three overall fastest runners qualified for the semifinals.-Heat 1:-Heat 2:-Heat 3:-Heat 4:-Heat 5:-Heat 6:-Heat 7:-Semifinal 1:...	Félix Martinez Felix Martínez Félix Martínez Mata is a former Major League Baseball shortstop for the Kansas City Royals and Tampa Bay Devil Rays.-External links:...	46.46	44			Did not advance
1,500 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 1500 metres -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:17 August 2008 - 21:55-Semifinal 2:17 August 2008 - 22:04-Final:19 August 2008 - 22:50-Splits:-References:...	David Freeman	3:39.70	25			Did not advance
110 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 110 metre hurdles -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat and the next 8 fastest advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat and the next 4 fastest advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:20 August 2008 - 21:30Wind: -0.4 m/s...	Héctor Cotto	13.72	28 q	13.73	27	Did not advance
400 m hurdles Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Men's 400 metre hurdles -Round 1:-Semifinal 1:-Semifinal 2:-Final:...	Javier Culson Javier Culson Javier Culson Pérez is a Puerto Rican athlete who specialises in the 400 metre hurdles.-Athletic career:Born in Ponce, Culson Pérez won his first international gold medal in his home town at the 2006 Ibero-American Championships. He won a bronze medal at the 2007 Summer Universiade with a time of...	49.60	15 q			49.85	14	Did not advance

Women's team

Track events

Event	Athletes	Heat Round 1		Heat Round 2		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
200 m Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 200 metres -Round 1:Qualification: First 4 in each heat ' and the next 8 fastest ' advance to the Round 2.-Round 2:Qualification: First 3 in each heat ' and the next 4 fastest ' advance to the Semifinals.-Semifinal 1:...	Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican sprinter.She competed in both 200 and 400 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	24.07	=40	Did not advance
400 m	Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez Carol Rodríguez is a Puerto Rican sprinter.She competed in both 200 and 400 metres at the 2008 Olympic Games, but without reaching the final round....	53.08	36			Did not advance

Boxing

Puerto Rico qualified five boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The Arroyo twins both qualified at the 2007 World Championships. Negron became the third Puerto Rican boxer to qualify, at the first American qualifying tournament. Pedraza and Gonzalez qualified at the second American continental qualifying tournament.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
McWilliams Arroyo McWilliams Arroyo McWilliams Arroyo is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. He was introduced to boxing in his childhood, becoming involved at the age of 12. As an amateur, Arroyo represented Puerto Rico in numerous international events....	Flyweight (48-51 kg)				W PTS 14:6		L PTS 2:11	Did not advance
McJoe Arroyo McJoe Arroyo McJoe Arroyo is a Puerto Rican amateur boxer best known for winning a bronze medal at the2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships‎ as a bantamweight....	Bantamweight (51-54 kg)		L PTS 5:10	Did not advance
Jose Pedraza Jose Pedraza (boxer) José Pedraza González is a Puerto Rican professional boxer. As an amateur he represented Puerto Rico, winning medals in multiple international competitions...	Lightweight (57-60 kg)		W PTS 10:3		L PTS 9:13	Did not advance
Jonathan Gonzalez	Light welterweight (60-64 kg)		L PTS 4:21	Did not advance
Carlos Negrón Carlos Negron Carlos Negrón Colón is a professional boxer who competes in the cruiserweight division. As an amateur, he represented Puerto Rico at numerous international events...	Light heavyweight (75-81 kg)		W PTS 13:4		L PTS 3:9	Did not advance

Legend: PTS = Points

Official Olympic Boxing Schedule

Gymnastics

Artistic

Athlete	Event	Apparatus						Qualification		Apparatus (finals)						Final
		Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank	Floor	Pommel Horse	Rings	Vault	Parallel bars	Horizontal bar	Total	Rank
Luis Rivera	All-around	15.125	14.750	15.250	16.225	14.575	14.675	90.600	13 Q	15.250	15.025	15.225	16.025	14.375	14.275	90.175	14

Q = Qualified for final

Official Olympic Artistic Gymnastics Schedule

Judo

Athlete	Event	Round of 64		Round of 32		Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Rank
Abderramán Brenes la Roche	-81 kg				00201 / 00012 MGA 5:00	Did not advance
Alexis Chiclana Melendez	-90 kg				1101 / 01001 UMA 2:12	Did not advance
Pablo Figueroa Carrillo	+100 kg				10001 / 0001 KSK 3:26	Did not advance

Legend

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kkkk - IPP, WAZ, YUK and KOK for loser

VVV - Winning Technique

MGA - Two-hands reap

KSK - Small outer hook


nnnn - IPP, WAZ, YUK and KOK for winner

P - Penalties (1, 2, 3, 4 or H/X for direct Hansoku Make)

MM:SS - Winning Time

UMA - Inner-thigh reaping throw
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Shooting

Shotgun

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final
		Score	Rank	Score	Rank
Lucas Rafael Bennazar Ortiz	Double Trap	123	19th	Did not advance

Swimming

Men

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
100 m breaststroke	Daniel Velez	1:01.80	33rd	Did not advance
100 m butterfly	Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva is a male butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the younger brother of Kristina Lennox-Silva, who also competed as a swimmer at the 2008 Summer...	53.34	38th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva Douglas Lennox-Silva is a male butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. He represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China. He is the younger brother of Kristina Lennox-Silva, who also competed as a swimmer at the 2008 Summer...	2:01.69	38th	Did not advance

Women

Event	Athletes	Heat		Semifinal		Final
		Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
50 m freestyle	Vanessa García Vanessa García Vanessa García Vega is an Olympic and National Record holding freestyle swimmer from Puerto Rico. She swam for her native country at the 2004 and 2008 Olympics....	25.81	35th	Did not advance
400 m freestyle	Kristina Lennox-Silva Kristina Lennox-Silva Kristina Lennox-Silva is a female freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. She represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy...	4:20.17	36th	Did not advance
200 m butterfly	Kristina Lennox-Silva Kristina Lennox-Silva Kristina Lennox-Silva is a female freestyle and butterfly swimmer from Puerto Rico, who was born in the United States. She represented Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, PR China and 2009 World Aquatics Championships in Rome, Italy...	2:17.27	34th	Did not advance

Taekwondo

Men's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Repechage Quarterfinals		Repechage Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
Ángel Román	−80 kg		L PTF 1:2	Did not advance

Women's team

Athlete	Event	Round of 16		Quarterfinals		Semifinals		Repechage Quarterfinals		Repechage Semifinals		Final
		Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result	Opposition	Result
Asunción Ocasio	-67 kg		W PTF 1:0		W PTF 2:0		L PTF 0:2				L PTF 1:5	Did not advance

Weightlifting

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & Jerk		Total	Rank
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Geralee Vega	-58 kg Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics - Women's 58 kg The women's 58 kg weightlifting event was the third women's event at the weightlifting competition, with competitors limited to a maximum of 58 kilograms of body mass. The whole competition took place on August 11, but was divided in two parts due to the number of competitors. Group B...	90	8	112	9	202	9

See also

• Puerto Rico at the 2007 Pan American Games
  Puerto Rico at the 2007 Pan American Games
  The 15th Pan American Games were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil from 13 July to 29 July 2007.- Gold:*Men's Flyweight : McWilliams Arroyo...
  
  
• Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  Puerto Rico at the 2008 Summer Paralympics
  Puerto Rico competed at the 2008 Summer Paralympics in Beijing. The delegation consisted of three competitors, one track and field athlete, one sailor, and one sport shooter.- Medalists :The country won one medal, a bronze....
  
  
• Puerto Rico at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
  Puerto Rico at the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games
  The XXIst Central American and Caribbean Games were held in Mayagüez, Puerto Rico from July 17, 2010 to August 1, 2010.-References:...