Puerto Rico at the 2004 Summer Olympics


Puerto Rico competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, from 13 to 29 August 2004. This was the nation's fifteenth consecutive appearance at the Olympics.
Puerto Rico Olympic Committee sent the nation's largest delegation to the Games since 1992 due to the presence of the men's basketball team. A total of 43 athletes, 32 men and 11 women, had competed in 15 sports, roughly larger by two thirds of the nation's team size from the previous Games. Five Puerto Rican athletes had previously competed in Sydney, including four-time Olympian and Tornado sailor Enrique Figueroa and freestyle swimmer and two-time Olympic finalist Ricardo Busquets. Men's basketball was the only team-based sport in which Puerto Rico had its representation at these Games. Because of the nation's emerging presence to the team sport, team captain and NBA's Utah Jazz player Carlos Arroyo was appointed by the committee to carry the Puerto Rican flag in the opening ceremony. Puerto Rico also marked its Olympic debut in synchronized swimming and taekwondo.
Puerto Rico left Athens without receiving a single Olympic medal for the second consecutive time. Figueroa and his new partner Jorge Hernández achieved the nation's highest placement at these Games after finishing seventh in the Tornado class. Meanwhile, Mabel Fonseca originally claimed the fifth position in women's wrestling, but she committed an anti-doping violation, as she was tested positive for the steroid stanozolol.

Athletics

Puerto Rican athletes have so far achieved qualifying standards in the following athletics events.
;Men
;Track & road events
;Combined events – Decathlon
;Women
;Track & road events

Basketball

Men's tournament

;Roster
;Group play
;Quarterfinals
;Classification match

Boxing

Puerto Rico sent five boxers to Athens.

Diving

;Women

Equestrian

Show jumping

Gymnastics

Artistic

;Men

Judo

Three Puerto Rican judoka qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

Puerto Rican sailors have qualified one boat for each of the following events.
;Women
;Open
M = Medal race; OCS = On course side of the starting line; DSQ = Disqualified; DNF = Did not finish; DNS= Did not start; RDG = Redress given

Shooting

;Men

Swimming

Puerto Rican swimmers earned qualifying standards in the following events :
;Men
;Women

Synchronized swimming

Two Puerto Rican synchronized swimmers qualified a spot in the women's duet.

Taekwondo

Puerto Rico has qualified a single taekwondo jin.

Tennis

Puerto Rico nominated a female tennis player to compete in the tournament.

Volleyball

Beach

Wrestling

;Women's freestyle