Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cuba
IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors
Medals Gold
6		 Silver
4		 Bronze
3		 Total
13
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Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal, Canada.

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[edit] Medals

Cuba finished in eighth position in the final medal rankings, with six gold medals and 13 medals overall.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
  • Luis Martínez — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
  • Alfredo Figueredo, Victor García, Diego Lapera, Leonel Marshall, Ernesto Martinez, Lorenzo Martinez, Jorge Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Salas, Victoriano Sarmientos, Jesús Savigne, and Raúl Virches — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:47.15
  • Semi Final — 1:45.88
  • Final — 1:43.50 (→ Gold Gold Medal)
  • Leandro Civil
  • Heat — 1:45.88
  • Semi Final — 1:47.31 (→ did not advance)
  • Luis Medína
  • Heat — 1:50.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

  • Heat — 39.54s
  • Semi Final — 39.25s
  • Final — 39.01s (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Heat — 3:03.24
  • Final — 3:03.81 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

  • Damaso Alfonso
  • Heats — 50.76s
  • Semi Final — 49.84s
  • Final — 50.19s (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

  • Rigoberto Mendoza — 2:22:43 (→ 33rd place)

Men's Long Jump

  • Milan Matos
  • Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Richard Spencer
  • Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Julian Morrison
  • Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A):
  • Defeated Australia (111-89)
  • Lost to Canada (79-84)
  • Defeated Japan (97-56)
  • Defeated Mexico (89-75)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (72-98)
  • Classification Matches:
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (79-91)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (92-81) → 7th place
  • Team Roster
  • Juan Domecq
  • Ruperto Herrera
  • Juan Roca
  • Pedro Chappe
  • Alejandro Ortíz
  • Rafael Cañizares
  • Daniel Scott
  • Angel Padron
  • Tomás Herrera
  • Oscar Varona
  • Alejandro Urgelles
  • Felix Morales
  • Head Coach: Carmilo Hortega

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Jorge Hernández
    1. First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
    2. Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (PNG), KO-3
    3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
    4. Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
    5. Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Ramón Duvalón
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walk-over
    3. Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
    4. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
    5. Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
    6. Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Silver Medal

[edit] Cycling

Men's Individual Road Race

  • Carlos Cardet — 4:49:01 (→ 14th place)
  • Roberto Menéndez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Jorge Pérez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — 17th place

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1)
  • Lost to Poland (2-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Canada (3-0)
  • Semi Finals
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
  • Defeated Japan (3-0) → Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Leonel Marshall
  • Victoriano Sarmientos
  • Ernesto Martínez
  • Victor García
  • Carlos Salas
  • Raúl Vilches
  • Jesús Savigne
  • Lorenzo Martínez
  • Diego Lapera
  • Antonio Rodríguez
  • Alfredo Figueredo
  • Jorge Pérez
  • Head Coach: Herrera Idolo

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated East Germany (3-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
  • Lost to South Korea (2-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-2)
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (3-0) → Fifth place
  • Team Roster
  • Mercedes Perez
  • Imilses Telles
  • Ana Díaz
  • Mercedes Pomares
  • Lucila Urgelles
  • Mercedes Roca
  • Miriam Herrera
  • Claudina Villaurrutia
  • Melanea Tartabull
  • Nelly Barnet
  • Ana María García
  • Evelina Borroto
  • Head Coach: Eugenio George


[edit] Water Polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • David Rodríguez
  • Eugenio Almenteros
  • Gerardo Rodríguez
  • Jesús Pérez
  • Jorge Rizo
  • Lazaro Costa
  • Nelson Domínguez
  • Oriel Domínguez
  • Oscar Periche
  • Osvaldo García
  • Ramon Peña



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