Puerto Rico at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 69 competitors, 47 men and 22 women, took part in 60 events in 16 sports. Medalists Bronze Daniel Santos — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Archery In the fifth time the nation competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one woman. She finished in last place. Women's Individual Competition: Maria Reyes → Round of 64, 64th place (0-1) Athletics Men's 400m Hurdles Domingo Cordero Heat — 51.20 (→ did not advance) Men's Marathon Maximo Oliveras – 2:47.15 (→ 106th place) Basketball Men's tournament Preliminary round 9–12th Place classification match 9th Place match Boxing Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Omar Adorno First Round — Lost to Igor Samoilenco (Moldova) on points (8-20) Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) José Miguel Cotto First Round — Lost to Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia) on points (6-16) Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Luis Seda First Round — Lost to Kamsing Somluck (Thailand) on points (2-13) Men's Light-Welterweight (– 63,5 kg) Luis Deines Pérez First Round — Lost to Jacek Bielski (Poland) on points (2-18) Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Daniel Santos First Round — Defeated Ernest Atangana Mboa (Cameroon) RSC-1 (02:54) Second Round — Defeated