1956 Summer Olympics / Participant (Puerto Rico)
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Puerto Rico took part in the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, Australia, with a delegation of ten male athletes in nine competitions in two sports.
It was Puerto Rico's third participation in the Summer Olympic Games .
The youngest athlete was the pole vaulter Rolando Cruz (17 years and 69 days), the oldest athlete was the sprinter Francisco Rivera (28 years and 267 days). The standard bearer was Daniel Cintrón.
Participants by sport
athletics
4 × 400 meter relay
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Results
- Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 3: 13.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 13.81 minutes (automatically stopped)
- Season
singles
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Rolando Cruz
- Pole vault
- Qualifying round: 4.00 meters, ranked 16th, not qualified for the final
- 3.70 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 3.85 meters: valid, no failed attempt
- 4.00 meters: valid, two failed attempts
- 4.15 meters: invalid, three failed attempts
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Ovidio de Jesús
- 400 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run one (fourth place), 54.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.08 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Amadeo Francis
- 400 meter hurdles
- Round one: eliminated in run four (third place), 54.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.38 seconds (automatically stopped)
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Reinaldo Oliver
- Javelin
- Qualifying round: 63.68 meters, 19th place
- Try one: 55.85 meters
- Trial two: 52.42 meters
- Trial three: 63.68 meters
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Francisco Rivera
- 800 meter run
- Round one: eliminated in run one (sixth place), 1: 56.4 minutes (hand-stopped), 1: 56.58 minutes (automatically stopped)
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Iván Rodríguez
- 200 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run eleven (second place), 21.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.06 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Quarter-finals: eliminated in run three (fifth place), 21.9 seconds (hand-stopped), 22.16 seconds (automatically stopped)
- 400 meter run
- Round one: qualified for the quarterfinals in run seven (third place), 48.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 48.86 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Quarter-finals: qualified for the semi-finals in run one (third place), 47.5 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.64 seconds (automatically stopped)
- Semi-finals: eliminated in race one (sixth place), 47.7 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.86 seconds (automatically stopped)
shoot
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Miguel Emmanuelli
- Rapid fire pistol
- Final: 563 points, 60 hits, 14th place
- Round one: 280 points, 30 hits, 16th place
- Round two: 283 points, 30 hits, 15th place
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Fernando Jiménez
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Final: 126 points, 31st place
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Federico Valle
- Clay pigeon shooting
- Final: 147 points, rank 26
Web links
- Puerto Rican Olympic Team from 1956 in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original ).