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 Kabil Lahsen (Morocco) on points (16-4) Quarterfinals — Defeated Nariman Atayev (Uzbekistan) on points (28-15) Semifinals — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia) on points (11-13)
Men's Light-Middleweight (– 71 kg) José Luis Quiñones First Round — Lost to Antonio Perugino (Italy) on points (8-10)
Men's Light-Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Enrique Flores First Round — Defeated Gurcharn Singh (India) on points (15-7) Second Round — Defeated Sybrand Botes (South Africa) on points (16-7) Quarterfinals — Lost to Antonio Tarver (United States) RSC-3 (01:54)
Cycling
Track Competition
Men's Points Race
Juan Merheb
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Diving
Men's 3m Springboard
Ramon Sandin
Preliminary Heat — 302.55 (→ did not advance, 29th place)
Women's 3m Springboard
Vivian Alberty
Preliminary Heat — 195.18 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Equestrianism
Fencing
One female fencer represented Puerto Rico in 1996.
Women's épée
Mitch Escanellas
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Extra-Lightweight
Melvin Méndez
Men's Half-Lightweight
José Pérez
Men's Lightweight
Francisco Rodríguez
Men's Half-Middleweight
José Luis Figueroa
Sailing
Shooting
Softball
Women's Team Competition
Preliminary Round Robin
Lost to United States (0:10) Lost to Canada (0:4) Defeated Australia (2:0) Lost to PR China (0:10) Lost to Chinese Taipei (2:10) Lost to Japan (1:8) Lost to Netherlands (0:2) Semifinals Did not advance → 8th place
Team roster
Lourdes Baez
Sheree Corniel
Ivelisse Echevarría
Maria González
Elba Lebrón
Lisa Martínez
Aída Miranda
Lisa Mize
Jacqueine Ortíz
Janice Parks
Penelope Rosario
Sandra Rosario
Myriam Segarra
Eve Soto
Clara Vázquez
Head coach: José Agosto
Swimming
Men's 50m Freestyle
Ricardo Busquets
Heat – 22.61
Final – 22.73 (→ 8th place)
Men's 100m Freestyle
Ricardo Busquets
Heat – 49.61
Final – 49.68 (→ 7th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
Todd Torres
Heat – 1:03.08 (→ did not advance, 21st place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
Todd Torres
Heat – 2:22.66 (→ did not advance, 30th place)
Men's 100m Butterfly
Ricardo Busquets
Heat – 53.90
B-Final – 53.65 (→ 12th place)
Men's 200m Individual Medley
Arsenio López
Heat – 2:07.09 (→ did not advance, 27th place)
Men's 400m Individual Medley
Arsenio López
Heat – 4:18.34 (→ did not advance, 25th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Freestyle Relay
Eduardo González, José González, Arsenio López, and Ricardo Busquets
Heat – 3:28.27 (→ did not advance, 16th place)
Men's 4 × 100 m Medley Relay
Carlos Bodega, Todd Torres, Ricardo Busquets, and José González
Heat – 3:52.04 (→ did not advance, 19th place)
