1960 Summer Olympics / Participant (Puerto Rico)

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Puerto Rico took part in the 1960 Summer Olympics in the Italian capital, Rome, with a delegation of 27 athletes, 26 men and one woman, in 13 competitions in six sports.

Since 1948 it was Puerto Rico's fourth participation in the Summer Olympics .

The youngest athlete was swimmer Robert Chenaux at 16 years and 276 days , the oldest athlete was Xavier Zequeira (53 years and 127 days).

Flag bearer

Basketball player Toñín Casillas carried the flag of Puerto Rico during the opening ceremony in the Olympic Stadium .

Participants by sport

basketball

Men's

• Results

  Preliminary round: Group C, three points, 199: 243 points, third place, not qualified for the semifinals

  72:75 (35:33, 37.42) defeat against Brazil

  Top scorer: Rafael Valle (22 points)

  64:68 (26:34, 38:34) defeat against Mexico

  Top scorer: Juan Vicéns (15 points)

  63: 100 defeat against the Soviet Union

  Top scorer: Juan Vicéns (14 points)

  Play for places 9–16: group three, four points, 162: 166 points, third place

  80:82 (42:41, 38:41) defeat against the Philippines

  Top scorer: Rafael Valle (28 points)

  80:84 (37:39, 37:35, 6:10 (extra time)) defeat after extra time against Hungary

  Top scorer: Juan Vicéns (28 points)

  2-0 win against Bulgaria (Bulgaria did not play)

  Games for places 13–16: six points, 186: 138 points, first place

  75:65 (39:27, 36:38) victory against Spain

  Top scorer: Rafael Valle (23 points)

  93:73 (46:32, 47:41) victory against Japan

  Top scorer: Teo Cruz (23 points)

  Rank 13

• Squad

  Juan Ramón Báez

  César Bocachica

  Ángel Cancel

  Toñín Casillas

  José Cestero

  Teo Cruz

  Evelio Droz

  John Morales

  Johnny Rodríguez

  José Santori

  Rafael Valle

  Juan Vicéns

fencing

Ladies

• Gloria Colon
  • foil

  Round one: eliminated in group nine (fifth place), won two duels - lost three, scored ten hits - suffered 17

  0: 4 defeat against Kate Delbarre from France

  1: 4 defeat against Helga Mees from Germany

  1: 4 defeat against Sioe Gouw Pau from Indonesia

  4: 2 win against Alexandra Sabelina from the Soviet Union

  4-3 win against Harriet King from the United States of America

Weightlifting

Men's

• Fernando Báez
  • Bantamweight

  Final: 290.0 kg, 15th place

  Military press: 100.0 kg, second place

  Snatch: 80.0 kg, rank 21

  Push: 110.0 kg, rank 16

• Fernando Torres
  • Lightweight

  Final: 390.0 kg, eleventh place

  Military press: 120.0 kg, twelfth place

  Snatch: 117.5 kg, rank 14

  Push: 152.5 kg, twelfth place

athletics

Men's
4 × 400 meter relay

• Results

  Round one: eliminated in run one (fifth place), 3: 13.9 minutes (hand-stopped), 3: 13.91 minutes (automatically stopped),

• Season

  Ovidio de Jesús

  German Guenard

  Ramón Vega

  José Luis Villalongo

singles

• Pedro Camacho
  • Triple jump

  Qualifying round: Group B, 14.21 meters, 13th place, 37th overall, not qualified for the final

  Attempt one: invalid

  Trial two: 14.21 meters

  Trial three: 13.58 meters

• Rolando Cruz
  • Pole vault

  Qualifying round: 4.40 meters, eighth place, qualified for the final

  3.80 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  4.20 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  4.30 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  4.40 meters: valid, two failed attempts

  Final: 4.55 meters, fourth place

  4.00 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  4.20 meters: valid without a failed attempt

  4.30 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  4.40 meters: valid, without a failed attempt

  4.50 meters: valid, no failed attempt

  4.55 meters: valid, one failed attempt

  4.60 meters: invalid, three failed attempts

• German Guenard
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: qualified for the quarter-finals in run five (rank one), 47.3 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.39 seconds (automatically stopped)

  Quarter-finals: eliminated in run two (fifth place), 47.2 seconds (hand-stopped), 47.39 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Iván Rodríguez
  • 400 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run six (fifth place), 49.6 seconds (hand-stopped), 49.74 seconds (automatically stopped)

• Ramón Vega
  • 200 meter run

  Round one: eliminated in run six (fourth place), 21.8 seconds (hand-stopped), 21.94 seconds (automatically stopped)

shoot

Men's

• Miguel Barasorda
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: Group one, 349 points, 15th place, qualified for the final

  Round one: 88 points, twelfth place

  Round two: 88 points, 15th place

  Round three: 89 points, twelfth place

  Round four: 84 points, 21st place

  Final: 522 points, 39th place

  Round one: 90 points, 19th place

  Round two: 89 points, 21st place

  Round three: 87 points, 43rd place

  Round four: 89 points, 24th place

  Round five: 87 points, 31st place

  Round six: 80 points, rank 51

• Fred Guillermety
  • Free target gun

  Qualification: Group two, 339 points, rank 23, qualified for the final

  Round one: 85 points, 18th place

  Round two: 89 points, tenth place

  Round three: 83 points, rank 27

  Round four: 82 points, rank 28

  Final: 513 points, 48th place

  Round one: 83 points, 48th place

  Round two: 86 points, 37th place

  Round three: 89 points, 29th place

  Round four: 89 points, rank 26

  Round five: 88 points, rank 26

  Round six: 78 points, 53rd place

• Leon Lyon
  • Rapid fire pistol

  Final: 558 points, rank 40

  Round one: 278 points, rank 41

  Round two: 280 points, 39th place

• Xavier Zequeira
  • Clay pigeon shooting

  Qualification: eliminated without evaluation

swim

Men's

• Robert Chenaux
  • 400 meters freestyle

  Round one: eliminated in round four (seventh place), 5: 24.6 minutes

Web links

• 1960 Puerto Rican Olympic Team in Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )