1952 Summer Olympics / Participant (Puerto Rico)

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Puerto Rico took part in the 1952 Summer Olympics in the Finnish capital Helsinki with 21 male athletes.

After 1948 , it was the second time a Puerto Rican team took part in the Summer Olympics .

Flag bearer

Hammer thrower Jaime Annexy carried the flag of Puerto Rico during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium , and at the closing ceremony it was carried by weightlifter Jorge Soto .

Participants by sport

Boxing

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Flyweight (up to 51 kg)

• Pablo Lugo

  1st round: Eliminated against Alfred Zima from Austria by a 1: 2 judge's decision

Bantam weight (up to 54 kg)

• Angel Figueroa

  1st round: prevailed against Tiến Vình from Vietnam by a 3-0 judge's decision

  2nd round: Eliminated against František Majdloch from Czechoslovakia by a 0-3 judge's decision

Half welter weight (up to 63.5 kg)

• Juan Curet

  1st round: prevailed against Sarkis Moussa from Lebanon by means of a knockout in the second round

  2nd round: eliminated against Bruno Visintin from Italy by a 0-3 judge's decision

Weightlifting

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Bantam weight (up to 56 kg)

• Nicolas Vivas

  Final: 265.0 kg, 15th place

  Military press: 75.0 kg, rank 12

  Snatch: 87.5 kg, rank 6

  Push: 102.5 kg, rank 14

Lightweight (up to 67.5 kg)

• Antonio Hoffmann

  Final: 307.5 kg, 16th place

  Military press: 97.5 kg, rank 9

  Snatch: 92.5 kg, rank 18

  Push: 117.5 kg, 19th place

Medium weight (up to 90 kg)

• Jorge Soto

  Final: 357.5 kg, rank 12

  Military press: 107.5 kg, rank 11

  Snatch: 110.0 kg, rank 11

  Push: 140.0 kg, 15th place

athletics

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400 m

• Francisco Rivera

  Preliminary runs in run 11 (3rd place) with 49.30 s (hand-stopped) or 49.48 s (electronic) do not qualify for the quarter-finals

800 m

• Francisco Rivera

  Preliminary runs : in run 5 (rank 6) with 1: 57.60 min. Not qualified for the semi-finals

110 m hurdles

• Téofilo Colón

  Preliminary runs : in run 4 (rank 4) with 15.2 s (hand-stopped) or 15.48 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

• Juan Lebron

  Preliminary runs: in run 2 (rank 5) with 15.4 s (hand-stopped) or 15.71 s (electronic) not qualified for the semi-finals

400 m hurdles

• Amadeo Francis

  Preliminary runs : in run 8 (4th place) with 54.0 s not qualified for the quarter finals

Pole vault

• José Vicente

  Qualification , group B: no valid attempt

Triple jump

• Francisco Castro

  Qualification , group A: with a width of 13.37 meters (rank 20, overall rank 35) not qualified for the final

Shot put

• Ramon Rosario

  Qualification : with a width of 14.21 meters (rank 16) not qualified for the final

  1st stroke: 14.21 m

  2nd joint: 14.00 m

  3rd stroke: 13.94 m

Hammer throw

• Jaime Annexy

  Qualification , group A: eliminated without a valid throw

Javelin throw

• Reinaldo Oliver

  Qualification , group B: with a width of 52.40 m (rank 13, overall rank 25) not qualified for the final

Decathlon

• Reinaldo Oliver

  Final: 5,228 points, 21st place

  100 m: 623 points, 11.9 s (hand-stopped) or 11.89 s (electronic), rank 24

  Long jump: 550 points, 6.15 m, 25th place

  Shot put: 437 points, 10.22 m, 23rd place

  High jump: 656 points, 1.70 m, 14th place

  400 m: 618 points, 53.4 s (hand-stopped) or 53.62 s (electronic), 18th place

  110 m hurdles: 473 points, 16.70 s, 21st place

  Discus throw: 374 points, 29.95 m, 22nd place

  Pole vault: 516 points, 3.50 m, 9th place

  Javelin throw: 660 points, 56.68 m, 4th place

  1,500 m: 321 points, 4: 51.80 minutes (hand-stopped) or 4: 52.2 minutes (electronic), rank 9

• Héctor Roman

  Final: 5,264 points, 20th place

  100 m: 678 points, 11.7 s (hand-stopped) or 11.70 s (electronic), 18th place

  Long jump: 632 points, 6.47 m, 18th place

  Shot put: 544 points, 11.56 m, 21st place

  High jump: 605 points, 1.65 m, 18th place

  400 m: 660 points, 52.7 s (hand-stopped) or 52.78 s (electronic), 13th place

  110 m hurdles: 523 points, 16.4 s (hand-stopped) or 16.66 s (electronic), 15th place

  Discus throw: 446 points, 32.98 m, 20th place

  Pole vault: 476 points, 3.40 m, 16th place

  Javelin throw: 525 points, 49.80 m, 16th place

  1,500 m: 175 points, 5: 14.40 minutes (hand-stopped) or 5: 14.58 minutes (electronic), rank 20

shoot

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Free target gun

• Alberto Guerrero

  Final: 517 rings, rank 27

  1st round: 85 rings, rank 31

  2nd round: 83 rings, rank 35

  3rd round: 87 rings, rank 25

  4th round: 86 rings, rank 23

  5th round: 88 rings, rank 24

  6th round: 88 rings, rank 21

• Ramiro Ortíz

  Final: 492 rings, rank 44

  1st round: 70 rings, rank 48

  2nd round: 86 rings, rank 28

  3rd round: 84 rings, rank 36

  4th round: 81 rings, rank 41

  5th round: 83 rings, rank 39

  6th round: 88 rings, rank 18

Rapid fire pistol

• Ernesto Rivera

  Final: 60 hits, 546 rings, rank 29

  1st round: 30 hits, 273 rings, rank 30

  2nd round: 30 hits, 273 rings, rank 35

• José Rua

  Final: 60 hits, 553 rings, 22nd place

  1st round: 30 hits, 279 rings, 22nd place

  2nd round: 30 hits, 274 rings, rank 30

Clay pigeon shooting

• José Ángel Galiñanes

  Final: 117 points, 39th place

  1st round: 53 points, rank 40

  2nd round: 64 points, rank 38

Web links

• Helsinki 1952 - Official Site of the Olympic Movement (English) .
• Puerto Rican Olympic team 1952 in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original ).