Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cuba
IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors 223
Medals Gold
8
Silver
7
Bronze
5
Total
20
Olympic history (summary)
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Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR.

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[edit] Medals

Cuba finished in fourth position in the final medal rankings, with eight gold medals and 20 medals overall.

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Silvio Leonard — Athletics, Men’s 100 metres
  • Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men’s 110 metres Hurdles
  • Hipólito Ramos — Boxing, Men’s Light Flyweight
  • Adolfo Horta — Boxing, Men’s Featherweight
  • Rafael Rodriguez — Judo, Men’s Extra Lightweight (60 kg)
  • Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men’s Half Middleweight (78 kg)
  • Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men’s Middleweight (86 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's Triple Jump

  • Armando Herrera
  • Qualification — 16.49 m
  • Final — 15.90 m (→ 11th place)
  • Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)

Men's Marathon

  • Radamez González
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 62.20 m
  • Final — 66.32 m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • José Santa Cruz
  • Qualification — 60.14 m
  • Final — 61.52 m (→ 10th place)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Defeated Australia (83-76)
  • Defeated Sweden (71-59)
  • Lost to Italy (72-79)
  • Semi Final Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Brazil (93-94)
  • Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112)
  • Lost to Spain (95-96)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) → 6th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Jorge More
  • Ruperto Herrera
  • Alejandro Ortiz
  • Noangel Luaces
  • Generoso Marquez
  • Raul Duboy
  • Pedro Abreu
  • Miguel Calderón
  • Tomas Herrera
  • Daniel Scott
  • Alejandro Urgelles
  • Felix Morales

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

  • Hipólito RamosImage:Med_2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
    5. Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)


Men's Flyweight (51 kg)


Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

  • Juan HernándezImage:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
    5. Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
    6. Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)


Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

  • Adolfo HortaImage:Med_2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Bye
    2. Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
    3. Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
    4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
    5. Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
    6. Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)


Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

  • Angel HerreraImage:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
    2. Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
    5. Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round


Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

  • José AguilarImage:Med_3.png Bronze Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Chanchoun Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
    4. Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)


Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

  • Teófilo StevensonImage:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
    2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
    3. Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
    4. Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

[edit] Diving

Men's Springboard

  • Rolando Ruiz
  • Preliminary Round — 489.24 points (→ did not advance)

[edit] Football (soccer)

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Zambia (1-0)
  • Defeated Venezuela (2-1)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-8)
  • Quarter Finals
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3)
  • Team Roster
  • José Reinoso
  • Miguel López
  • Raimundo Frometa
  • Luís Sanchez
  • Luís Dreke
  • Roberto Espinosa
  • Andres Roldan
  • Amado Povea
  • Dagoberto Lara
  • Ramon Núñez
  • Luis Hernández
  • Roberto Pereira
  • Regino Delgado
  • Jorge Masso
  • Fermín Madera
  • Carlos Loredo

[edit] Handball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Denmark (18-30)
  • Lost to Poland (19-34)
  • Lost to East Germany (20-27)
  • Drew with Spain (24-24)
  • Lost to Hungary (22-26)
  • Classification Match
  • 11th/12th place: Defeated Kuwait (32-24) → 11th place
  • Team Roster
  • Pablo Pedroso
  • Roberto Casuso
  • Jesus Agramonte
  • Miguel Izquierdo
  • José Neninger
  • Juan Llanes
  • Juan Querol
  • Juan Prendes
  • Sabino Medina
  • Roberto Zulueta
  • Moises Casales
  • Ibrain Crombet
  • Lazaro Jimenez
  • Lazaro Pedroso

[edit] Hockey

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round
  • Cuba — Poland 1-7
  • Cuba — Soviet Union 2-11
  • Cuba — Tanzania 4-0
  • Cuba — India 0-13
  • Cuba — Spain 0-11
  • Classification Match
  • 5th-6th place: Cuba — Tanzania 4-1 → 5th place
  • Team Roster:
  • Angel Mora
  • Severo Frometa
  • Bernabe Izquierdo
  • Edgardo Vazquez
  • Héctor Pedroso
  • Tomas Varela
  • Raúl García
  • Jorge Mico
  • Rodolfo Delgado
  • Lazaro Hernández
  • Juan Blanco
  • Juan Caballero
  • Roberto Ramírez
  • Angel Fontane
  • Ricardo Campos
  • Juan Rios

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Lost to Bulgaria (1-3)
  • Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1) → 7th place
  • Team Roster
  • Diego Lapera
  • Víctor Garcia
  • Luis Oviedo
  • Ernesto Martinez
  • Ricardo Leyva
  • Jorge Garbey
  • Raúl Vilches
  • Carlos Salas
  • Antonío Perez
  • Leonel Marshall
  • Carlos Ruiz
  • José David

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to East Germany (1-3)
  • Defeated Peru (3-0)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)
  • Classification Match
  • 5th/6th place: Defeated Peru (3-1) → 5th place
  • Team Roster
  • Mercedes Perez
  • Imilsis Tellez
  • Ana Diaz
  • Mercedes Pomares
  • Mavis Guilarte
  • Libertad Gonzalez
  • Erenia Diaz
  • Maura Alfonso
  • Josefina Capote
  • Nelly Barnet
  • Ana María García
  • Lucila Urgelles

[edit] Water polo

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group C)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6)
  • Defeated Australia (6-4)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (7-1)
  • Final Round (Group A)
  • Drew with Yugoslavia (7-7)
  • Drew with Netherlands (7-7)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (5-8)
  • Lost to Hungary (5-7)
  • Lost to Spain (7-9) → 5th place
  • Team Roster
  • Oscar Periche
  • Orlando Cowley
  • Barbaro Díaz
  • Lazaro Costa
  • Pedro Rodríguez
  • Nelson Domínguez
  • Jorge Rizo
  • Arturo Ramos
  • Carlos Benítez
  • Gerardo Rodríguez
  • Oriel Domínguez