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Puerto Rico at the
2000 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico at the; 2000 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Sydney
Competitors	29 (23 men and 6 women) in 10 sports
Flag bearer	Enrique Figueroa
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Puerto Rico competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. 29 competitors, 23 men and 6 women, took part in 31 events in 10 sports.^[1]

Athletics

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Félix Omar Fernández Osvaldo Nieves Rogelio Pizarro Jorge Richardson	4 × 100 m relay	40.12	32	—		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Militza Castro Beatriz Cruz Sandra Moya Maritza Salas	4 × 400 m relay	03:33.30	18	—		Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Iván Calderón	Light flyweight	Masara (SIN) L 9–10	Did not advance
Carlos Valcárcel	Flyweight	Narváez (ARG) L 6–12	Did not advance
Orlando Cruz	Bantamweight	Blida (ALG) L 10–11	Did not advance
Miguel Cotto	Light Welterweight	Abdullaev (UZB) L 7–117	Did not advance
Rubén Fuchú	Welterweight	Simion (ROU) L RSC	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Preliminary		Semifinal				Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Total	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Angelique Rodriguez	3 m springboard	235.47	27	Did not advance							27
Angelique Rodriguez	10 m platform	273.36	17	134.94	17	408.30	18	Did not advance			18

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jonathan Peña	Individual épée	Pchenikin (BLR) L 11–15	Did not advance					36

Athlete	Event	Qualification								Final
		Apparatus						Total	Rank	Apparatus						Total	Rank
		F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank	F	PH	R	V	PB	HB	Total	Rank
Diego Lizardi	Individual	8.537	8.000	9.162	9.137	8.275	9.150	52.261	49	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	First round	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Repechage 3	Repechage 4	Final / BM
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melvin Méndez	–66 kg	Bye	Giovinazzo (ITA) L 0000–1000	Did not advance			Guimaraes (BRA) L 0000–0011	Did not advance
Carlos Méndez	–73 kg	Bye	Illyés (HUN) L 0000–0200	Did not advance
José Luis Figueroa	–81 kg	Bye	Cho (KOR) L 0001–1110	Did not advance			Wanner (GER) L 0000–1001	Did not advance
Carlos Santiago	–90 kg	Bye	López (COL) W 1001–0011	Demontfaucon (FRA) L 0001–0020	Did not advance		Mashurenko (UKR) L 0000–1000	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Race											Net Points	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	Net Points	Rank
Enrique Figueroa Pedro Colon	Tornado	11	11	1	7	9	2	4	8	13	11	5	58	8

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Total
Athlete	Event	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Ralph Rodríguez	50 m rifle prone	578	52	Did not advance
Roberto Carlo	Skeet	118	=32	Did not advance

Athlete	Event	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Ricardo Busquets	50 m freestyle	22.42	6 Q	22.51	15	Did not advance
Andrew Livingston	100 m butterfly	55.03	32	Did not advance
Andrew Livingston	200 m butterfly	1:59.05	15	1:58.63	13	Did not advance
Arsenio López	100 m breaststroke	1:04.02	34	Did not advance
Arsenio López	200 m individual medley	2:06.49	34	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Snatch			Clean & Jerk			Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	1	2	3	1	2	3	Total	Rank
Ruth Rivera	Light-Heavyweight (– 69 kg)	~~82.5~~	82.5	~~85.0~~	100.0	105.0	~~107.5~~	187.5	13

sports-reference
Wallechinsky, David (2004). The Complete Book of the Summer Olympics (Athens 2004 Edition). Toronto, Canada. ISBN 1-894963-32-6.
International Olympic Committee (2001). The Results. Retrieved 12 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 1: Preparing for the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). Official Report of the XXVII Olympiad Volume 2: Celebrating the Games. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
Sydney Organising Committee for the Olympic Games (2001). The Results. Retrieved 20 November 2005.
International Olympic Committee Web Site