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As of the 2008 Games, Puerto Ricans have won 6 medals in the Summer Olympics, all in boxing: Silver 1) 1984 - Luis Ortiz, lightweight Bronze 1) 1948 - Juan Venegas, bantamweight

2) 1976 - Orlando Maldonado, light flyweight

3) 1984 - Aristides Gonzales, middleweight

4) 1992 - Anibal Acevedo, welterweight

5) 1996 - Daniel Santos, welterweight

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