Puerto Rico at the 1988 Summer Olympics

Puerto Rico at the
1988 Summer Olympics
Puerto Rico at the; 1988 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
in Seoul
Competitors	47 (44 men and 3 women) in 12 sports
Flag bearer	Jesús Feliciano
Medals	Gold 0 Silver 0 Bronze 0 Total 0
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)
	1948; 1952; 1956; 1960; 1964; 1968; 1972; 1976; 1980; 1984; 1988; 1992; 1996; 2000; 2004; 2008; 2012; 2016; 2020; 2024;

Puerto Rico competed at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea.

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.^[1]

Sport	Men	Women	Total
Archery	1	1	2
Athletics	4	1	5
Basketball	12	0	12
Boxing	10	–	10
Equestrian	1	0	1
Judo	4	–	4
Rowing	1	0	1
Sailing	3	0	3
Shooting	2	0	2
Swimming	2	1	3
Weightlifting	2	–	2
Wrestling	2	–	2
Total	44	3	47

Results by event

Archery

In the fourth time this U.S. territory competed in archery at the Olympics, Puerto Rico entered one man and one woman.

Women's Individual Competition:

Gloria Rosa — Preliminary Round (→ 54th place)

Men's Individual Competition:

Miguel Pedraza — Preliminary Round (→ 67th place)

Athletics

Men's 200 metres

Edgardo Guilbe

Men's 400 metres Hurdles

Domingo Cordero

Men's Long Jump

Raul Tejada

Qualification — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Ernesto Torres

Women's Long Jump

Madeline de Jesús

Basketball

Men's tournament

Team roster

The following is the Puerto Rico roster in the men's basketball tournament of the 1988 Summer Olympics.^[2]

Puerto Rico men's national basketball team – 1988 Summer Olympics roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Age – Date of birth	Height
C	4	José Ortiz	24 – (1963-10-25)25 October 1963	2.11 m (6 ft 11 in)
PG	5	Federico López	26 – (1962-03-26)26 March 1962	1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
SG	6	Raymond Gause	28 – (1960-02-04)4 February 1960	1.93 m (6 ft 4 in)
	7	Vicente Ithier	26 – (1962-04-22)22 April 1962	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
F	8	Jerome Mincy	23 – (1964-10-10)10 October 1964	2.00 m (6 ft 7 in)
	9	Roberto Ríos	31 – (1957-08-14)14 August 1957	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
PG	10	Angelo Cruz	29 – (1958-09-20)20 September 1958	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
F/C	11	Ramón Rivas	22 – (1966-03-16)16 March 1966	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
F	12	Mario Morales	30 – (1957-11-15)15 November 1957	1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
	13	Edgar de León	23 – (1964-11-02)2 November 1964	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)
	14	Francisco de León	27 – (1961-07-25)25 July 1961	2.08 m (6 ft 10 in)
F/C	15	Ramón Ramos	20 – (1967-11-02)2 November 1967	2.03 m (6 ft 8 in)

Head coach

Aramandito Torres

Legend

Club – describes last
club before the tournament
Age – describes age
on 17 September 1988

Group play

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Yugoslavia	5	4	1	468	384	+84	9^[a]	Quarterfinals
2	Soviet Union	5	4	1	460	393	+67	9^[a]
3	Australia	5	3	2	429	408	+21	8^[b]
4	Puerto Rico	5	3	2	382	387	−5	8^[b]
5	Central African Republic	5	1	4	346	436	−90	6	9th–12th classification round
6	South Korea (H)	5	0	5	384	461	−77	5	9th–12th classification round

Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:

^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Yugoslavia 1–0 Soviet Union
^ ^a ^b Head-to-head record: Australia 1–0 Puerto Rico

18 September 1988

Australia	81–77	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 50–36, 31–41

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

20 September 1988

South Korea	74–79	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 30–38, 44–41

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

21 September 1988

Puerto Rico	81–93 (OT)	Soviet Union
Scoring by half: 39–37, 37–39 Overtime: 5–17

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

23 September 1988

Central African Republic	67–71	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 41–27, 26–34

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

24 September 1988

Puerto Rico	74–72	Yugoslavia
Scoring by half: 36–37, 38–35

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Quarterfinals

26 September 1988
11:45

Boxscore

United States	94–57	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 48–28, 46–29
Pts: Manning 18 Rebs: Manning 7 Asts: C.D. Smith 3		Pts: Cruz 12 Rebs: Mincy 8 Asts: Cruz 4

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 5–8

28 September 1988
9:45

Boxscore

Brazil	104–86	Puerto Rico
Scoring by half: 51–39, 53–47
Pts: Schmidt 46 Rebs: Schmidt 9 Asts: Guerrinha 7		Pts: E. de León 19 Rebs: E. de León 10 Asts: Cruz 2

Jamsil Gymnasium, Seoul

Classification round 7/8

29 September 1988
19:30

Boxscore

Puerto Rico	93–92	Spain
Scoring by half: 47–45, 46–47
Pts: Morales 25 Rebs: Ortíz, Mincy 8 Asts: Ortíz 4		Pts: Jiménez 31 Rebs: Jiménez 8 Asts: Solozábal 6