Puerto Rico at the Olympics

Puerto Rico first participated at the Olympic Games in 1948, and has sent athletes to compete in every Summer Olympic Games since then. Puerto Rico has also participated in the Winter Olympic Games since 1984, but missed the Games of 2006, 2010, and 2014.

Puerto Rico at the
Olympics
IOC codePUR
Websitewww.copur.pr (in Spanish)
Medals
Ranked 90th
Gold
2
Silver
2
Bronze
6
Total
10
Summer appearances
Winter appearances

Puerto Rican athletes have won a total of ten medals. Six medals were won in boxing, two in track and field, one in tennis, and one in wrestling.

The Puerto Rican national baseball team won a bronze medal at the 1988 Summer Olympic Games in Seoul, South Korea, but that medal is not counted among Puerto Rico's Olympic medals totals because baseball was only an exhibition sport during those games.

The National Olympic Committee for Puerto Rico was created in 1948 and recognized by the International Olympic Committee that same year. "La Borinqueña" (not the U.S. national anthem) is played when Puerto Rican competitors win Olympic medals.[1]

Medal tables

Medals by Summer Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1948 London9001134
1952 Helsinki210000-
1956 Melbourne100000–
1960 Rome270000–
1964 Tokyo320000–
1968 Mexico City580000–
1972 Munich530000–
1976 Montreal80001137
1980 Moscow30000–
1984 Los Angeles51011230
1988 Seoul470000–
1992 Barcelona75001154
1996 Atlanta69001171
2000 Sydney290000–
2004 Athens430000–
2008 Beijing220000–
2012 London25011263
2016 Rio de Janeiro40100154
2020 Tokyo37100163
2024 Parisfuture event
2028 Los Angeles
2032 Brisbane
Total2261089

Medals by Winter Games
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
1984 Sarajevo10000-
1988 Calgary90000-
1992 Albertville60000–
1994 Lillehammer50000–
1998 Nagano60000–
2002 Salt Lake City20000–
2006 Turindid not participate
2010 Vancouver
2014 Sochi
2018 Pyeongchang10000–
2022 Beijing20000–
2026 Milan–Cortinafuture event
Total0000-

Medals by Summer Youth Games
See also: All-time Youth Olympic Games medal table
Games Athletes Gold Silver Bronze Total Rank
2010 Singapore15100150
2014 Nanjing230000NR
2018 Buenos Aires22012371
Total112471

Medals by summer sport
SportGoldSilverBronzeTotal
Athletics1012
Tennis1001
Boxing0156
Wrestling0101
Totals (4 sports)22610

List of medalists
Medal Name Games Sport Event
 BronzeJuan Venegas 1948 London BoxingMen's bantamweight
 BronzeOrlando Maldonado 1976 Montreal BoxingMen's light flyweight
 SilverLuis Ortiz 1984 Los Angeles BoxingMen's lightweight
 BronzeArístides González 1984 Los Angeles BoxingMen's middleweight
 BronzeAníbal Acevedo 1992 Barcelona BoxingMen's welterweight
 BronzeDaniel Santos 1996 Atlanta BoxingMen's welterweight
 SilverJaime Espinal 2012 London WrestlingMen's freestyle 84 kg
 BronzeJavier Culson 2012 London AthleticsMen's 400 metres hurdles
 GoldMonica Puig 2016 Rio de Janeiro TennisWomen's singles
 GoldJasmine Camacho-Quinn 2020 Tokyo AthleticsWomen's 100 metres hurdles

See also

References
  1. https://www.billboard.com/music/latin/rio-olympics-2016-puerto-rican-anthem-la-borinquena-monica-puig-7469580/
  • "Puerto Rico". International Olympic Committee.
  • "Puerto Rico". Olympedia.com.
  • "Olympic Analytics/PUR". olympanalyt.com.
  • Olympic Participation a Source of Pride in Puerto Rico. Sean Jensen. SportsEngine Inc. 3 October 2018. Accessed 1 February 2022. Archived.
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