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

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 3: 13.8 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 13.81 minutes (automatically stopped)

• Season

  Ovidio de Jesús

  Ismael Delgado

  Francisco Rivera

  Iván Rodríguez

singles

• 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

• Ovidio de Jesús
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fourth place), 54.0 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.08 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Amadeo Francis
  • 400 meter hurdles

  Round one: eliminated in run four (third place), 54.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 54.38 seconds (automatically stopped)

• 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

• 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)

• 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

• 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

• Fernando Jiménez
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Final: 126 points, 31st place

• 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 ).