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Puerto Rico at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Puerto Rico at the
1972 Summer Olympics
IOC codePUR
NOCPuerto Rico Olympic Committee
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Munich
Competitors53 in 10 sports
Flag bearer Arnaldo Bristol[1]
Medals
Gold
0
Silver
0
Bronze
0
Total
0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Puerto Rico competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 53 competitors, all men, took part in 37 events in 10 sports.[2]

Archery

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In the first modern archery competition at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man. He came in last place in the men's archery competition.

Men's Individual Competition:

Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — 10.79s (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — 10.73s (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — 11.09s (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

  • Heat — 3:44.6 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

  • Heat — 41.34s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

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Boxing

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Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • First Round — Bye
  • Second Round — Lost to Loucif Hanmani (ALG), 0:5

Diving

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Men's 10m Platform:

Fencing

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Two fencers represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

Men's épée

Judo

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Gustavo Brito 73 kg Roberto Pachero 63 kg Juan Marin half heavyweight

Sailing

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Shooting

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Eight male shooters represented Puerto Rico in 1972.

25 m pistol
50 m pistol
50 m rifle, prone
50 m running target
Skeet

Weightlifting

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References

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  1. ^ "Arnaldo Bristol". olympedia.org. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  2. ^ "Puerto Rico at the 1972 Munich Summer Games". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 25 January 2015.
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