Puerto Rico at the 2012 Summer Olympics
IOC code	PUR
NOC	Puerto Rico Olympic Committee
Website	www.copur.pr (in Spanish)
inLondon
Competitors	25 in 8 sports
Flag bearer	Javier Culson
Medals Ranked 63rd	Gold 0 Silver 1 Bronze 1 Total 2
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Puerto Rico competed at the2012 Summer Olympics inLondon,United Kingdom from July 27 to August 12, 2012. This was the nation's seventeenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.

Comité Olímpico de Puerto Rico sent a total of 25 athletes to the Games, 19 men and 6 women, to compete in 8 sports. The nation's team size was roughly larger by three athletes fromBeijing. This was also the youngest delegation in Puerto Rico's Olympic history, with half the team under the age of 25, and many of them were expected to reach their peak in time for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Four Puerto Rican athletes had competed in Beijing, including track star and pre-Olympic favoriteJavier Culson, who held the record as the "world's fastest man" in the hurdles, and later became the nation's flag bearer at the opening ceremony.Canterbury Christ Church University had been selected as the team's preparation base for these Olympic games.

These Games tied as Puerto Rico's most successful Olympics, winning a total of two medals, and tying the record for the most medals withLos Angeles at a single games. Javier Culson won the nation's first ever medal in the men's hurdles and their first bronze in 16 years. Meanwhile,Dominican bornJaime Espinal became the first Puerto Rican athlete to claim an Olympic silver medal in men's freestylewrestling, and set a historic Olympic record as the nation's second silver medalist, 28 years afterLuis Ortiz had become the first.

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
Silver	Jaime Espinal	Wrestling	Men's freestyle 84 kg	August 11
Bronze	Javier Culson	Athletics	Men's 400 m hurdles	August 6

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events (up to a maximum of 3 athletes in each event at the 'A' Standard, and 1 at the 'B' Standard):^[1][2]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heat		Quarterfinal		Semifinal		Final
		Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Result	Rank
Eric Alejandro	400 m hurdles	49.39	4q	—		49.15	7	Did not advance
Héctor Cotto	110 m hurdles	14.08	8	—		Did not advance
Javier Culson	400 m hurdles	48.33	1Q	—		47.93	1Q	48.10
Enrique Llanos	110 m hurdles	DNF		—		Did not advance
Miguel López	100 m	Bye		10.31	5	Did not advance
Jamele Mason Vegas	400 m hurdles	49.89	5	—		Did not advance
Samuel Vázquez	1500 m	3:49.19	14	—		Did not advance
Wesley Vázquez	800 m	1:46.45	4	—		Did not advance

Women

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Jantony Ortiz	Light flyweight	Sulemanu (GHA) W 20–6	Ayrapetyan (RUS) L 13–15	Did not advance
Jeyvier Cintrón	Flyweight	Oteng (BOT) W 14–12	Henriques (BRA) W 18–13	Aloyan (RUS) L 13–23	Did not advance
Félix Verdejo	Lightweight	Huertas (PAN) W 11–5	Mejri (TUN) W 16–7	Lomachenko (UKR) L 9–14	Did not advance
Francisco Vargas Ramirez	Light welterweight	Yigit (SWE) L 9–13	Did not advance
Enrique Collazo	Middleweight	Hartel (GER) L 10–18	Did not advance

Men

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Melissa Mojica	Women's +78 kg	Shahrkhani (KSA) W 0100–0000	Ivashchenko (RUS) L 0000–0101	Did not advance

Men

Puerto Rican swimmers have so far achieved qualifying standards in the 200 m freestyle and 50 m freestyle events (up to a maximum of 2 swimmers in each event at the Olympic Qualifying Time (OQT), and potentially 1 at the Olympic Selection Time (OST))^[3][4]Vanessa García andRaúl Martínez, were invited directly byFINA, to participate in the 50 m freestyle and 200 m freestyle respectively.^[5]

Men

Women

Lely Burgos, did not obtain the qualification for the 2012 Summer Olympics directly in the Americas Olympic Qualifying, but for her effort, she was invited directly by theInternational Weightlifting Federation.^[6]

Puerto Rico has qualified three quota places.

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	Round of 16	Quarterfinal	Semifinal	Repechage 1	Repechage 2	Final /BM
		Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Franklin Gómez	−60 kg	Kudukhov (RUS) L 1–3PP	Did not advance			Dutt (IND) L 0–3PO	Did not advance		15
Francisco Soler	−74 kg	Bye	Burroughs (USA) L 0–3PO	Did not advance		Bye	Gentry (CAN) L 0–3PO	Did not advance	19
Jaime Espinal	−84 kg	Bye	Dick (NGR) W 3–1PP	Marsagishvili (GEO) W 3–1PP	Gattsiev (BLR) W 3–1PP	Bye		Sharifov (AZE) L 0–3PP

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