Cuba at the 2000 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney
Competitors
Flag bearer Félix Savón
Medals Gold
11		 Silver
11		 Bronze
7		 Total
29
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Cuba competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.

Contents

[edit] Medals

Medal Competitor Event
Gold Anier García Athletics, men's 110 m hurdles
Gold Iván Pedroso Athletics, men's long jump
Gold Guillermo Rigondeaux Boxing, men's bantamweight
Gold Mario Kindelan Boxing, men's lightweight
Gold Jorge Gutierrez Boxing, men's middleweight
Gold Félix Savón Boxing, men's heavyweight
Gold Legna Verdecia Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)
Gold Sibelis Veranes Judo, women's middleweight (70 kg)
Gold Angel Matos Taekwondo, men's 80 kg
Gold Taimarys Aguero, Zoila Barros, Regla Bell, Marlenis Costa, Ana Fernandez, Mirka Francia, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Mireya Luis, Yumilka Ruiz, Marta Sanchez and Regla Torres Volleyball, women's team
Gold Feliberto Ascuy Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman lightweight (69 kg)
Silver Javier Sotomayor Athletics, men's high jump
Silver Yoel García Athletics, men's triple jump
Silver Omar Ajete, Yovany Aragon, Miguel Caldes, Danel Castro, José Ariel Contreras, Yobal Duenas, Yasser Gomez, Jose Ibar, Orestes Kindelán, Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares, Oscar Macias, Juan Manrique, Javier Mendez, Rolando Merino, Germán Mesa, Antonio Pacheco, Ariel Pestano, Gabriel Pierre, Maels Rodriguez, Antonio Scull, Luis Ulacia, Lazaro Valle, and Norge Luis Vera Baseball, men's team
Silver Ledys Frank Balceiro Canoeing, men's C-1 1000 m singles
Silver Leobaldo Pereira, Ibrahim Rojas Canoeing, men's C-2 1000 m pairs
Silver Driulis González Judo, women's lightweight (57 kg)
Silver Daima Beltran Judo, women's heavyweight (+78 kg)
Silver Urbia Melendez Taekwondo, women's 49 kg
Silver Lazaro Rivas Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman flyweight (54 kg)
Silver Juan Marén Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (63 kg)
Silver Yoel Romero Wrestling, men's freestyle middleweight (85 kg)
Bronze José Angel Cesar, Iván García, Freddy Mayola, and Luis Alberto Pérez-Rionda Athletics, men's 4x100 m relay
Bronze Osleidys Menendez Athletics, women's javelin throw
Bronze Maikro Romero Boxing, men's light flyweight
Bronze Diógenes Luna Boxing, men's light welterweight
Bronze Nelson Loyola, Candido Alberto Maya, Carlos Pedroso and Iván Trevejo Fencing, men's team epee
Bronze Manolo Poulot Judo, men's extra lightweight (60 kg)
Bronze Alexis Rodriguez Wrestling, men's freestyle super heavyweight (130 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Archery

Cuba's first appearance in the Olympic archery competition resulted in a surprise pair of victories for Ismely Arias, who placed 14th. Yaremis Perez also won her first match.

Men's individual
Arias Ismely Juan Carlos Stevens
1/32 Eliminations Defeated Igor Parkhomenko
Ukraine		 164-160 Lost to Simon Fairweather
Australia		 170-161
1/16 Eliminations Defeated Simon Needham
Great Britain		 164-164 - - -
1/8 Eliminations Lost to Simon Fairweather
Australia		 167-163 - - -
Women's individual
Yaremis Perez Ruiz Edisbel Martinez
1/32 eliminations Defeated Hui Yu
China		 159-155 Lost to Petra Ericsson
Sweden		 154-146
1/16 eliminations Lost to Karen Scavotto
United States		 158-155 - - -

[edit] Athletics

[edit] Men's competition

Men's 100 m

  • Freddy Mayola
    1. Round 1 – 10.33
    2. Round 2 – 10.35 (→ did not advance)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Anier García
    1. Round 1 – 13.60
    2. Round 2 – 13.53
    3. Semifinal – 13.16
    4. Final – 13.00 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's 110 m Hurdles

  • Yoel Hernandez
    1. Round 1 – 13.53
    2. Round 2 – 13.40
    3. Semifinal – 13.41 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Relay

Men's Shot Put

  • Alexis Paumier
    1. Qualifying – 18.31 (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus

Men's Javelin Throw

Men's Long Jump

  • Ivan Pedroso
    1. Qualifying – 8.32
    2. Final – 8.55 (→ Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal)

Men's Long Jump

  • Luis Meliz
    1. Qualifying – 8.21
    2. Final – 8.08 (→ 7th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Yoel Garcia
    1. Qualifying – 17.08
    2. Final – 17.47 (→ Image:Med 2.png Silver Medal)

Men's High Jump

Men's Decathlon

  • Raul Duany
    1. 100 m – 11.09
    2. Long Jump – 7.33
    3. Shot Put – 13.34
    4. High Jump – 2.06
    5. 400 m – 49.73
    6. 100 m Hurdles – 14.44
    7. Discus Throw – 41.17
    8. Pole Vault – 4.60
    9. Javelin Throw – 64.31
    10. 1,500 m – 04:29.68
    • Points – 8054.00 (→ 15th place)
  • Eugenio Balanque
    1. 100 m – 10.87
    2. Long Jump – 6.19
    3. Shot Put – 14.90
    4. High Jump – 1.94
    5. 400 m – 48.23
    6. 100 m Hurdles – 14.36
    7. Discus Throw – 46.56
    8. Pole Vault – NM
    9. Javelin Throw – DNS

[edit] Women's competition

Women's 800 m

  • Zulia Calatayud
    1. Round 1 – 02:00.18
    2. Semifinal – 01:59.30
    3. Final – 01:58.66 (6th place)

Women's 100 m Hurdles

  • Aliuska Lopez
    1. Round 1 – 12.97
    2. Round 2 – 12.92
    3. Semifinal – 12.90
    4. Final – 12.83 (5th place)

Women's 400 m Hurdles

  • Daimi Pernia
    1. Round 1 – 55.53
    2. Semifinal – 54.92
    3. Final – 53.68 (4th place)

Women's 4x400 m

Women's Shot Put

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Sonia Bisset
    1. Qualifying – 60.09
    2. Final – 63.26 (5th place)

Women's Hammer Throw

  • Yipsi Moreno
    1. Qualifying – 65.74
    2. Final – 68.33 (4th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Lissette Cuza
    1. Qualifying – 6.25 (did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

Women's High Jump

Women's Heptathlon

  • Magalys Garcia
    1. 100 m Hurdles – 13.46
    2. High Jump – 1.66
    3. Shot Put – 13.29
    4. 200 m – 24.58
    5. Long Jump – 5.97
    6. Javelin Throw – 45.43
    7. 800 m – 02:19.64
    8. Points – 6054 (11th place)

[edit] Baseball

Cuba entered the 2000 baseball competition with an 18-0 record and two gold medals to defend. In the preliminary round, the Cubans extended their winning streak to 21 before being defeated by the Netherlands. Despite the loss, they finished first in the round by winning the final three games. In the semifinals, the Cuban team defeated Japan 3-0 to advance to the gold medal game against the United States. For the first time in Olympic history, Cuba was shut out in a 4-0 loss to receive only the silver medal.

Men's:

  • Preliminaries (6-1)
    1. Defeated South Africa 16-0
    2. Defeated Italy 13-5
    3. Defeated Korea 6-5
    4. Lost to Netherlands 2-4
    5. Defeated Australia 1-0
    6. Defeated United States 6-1
    7. Defeated Japan 6-2
  • Semifinals
    1. Defeated Japan 3-0
  • Gold medal match
    1. Lost to United States 0-4 – Silver medal

[edit] Basketball

Women's Basketball

  • Preliminaries (1-4)
    1. Lost to Russia (62-72)
    2. Lost to United States (61-90)
    3. Defeated New Zealand (74-55)
    4. Lost to Poland (65-72)
    5. Lost to Korea (56-69)
  • Classification 9-10
    1. Defeated Canada (67-58) – 9th place

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Maikro Romero → Bronze Medal
    • Round 1 – Defeated Luis Bustamante José Varela of Venezueala
    • Round 2 – Defeated Velicu Marian of Romania
    • Quarterfinal – Defeated Valeri Sidorenko of Ukraine
    • Semifinal – Lost to Brahim Asloum of France

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Manual Mantilla
    • Round 1 – Defeated Tai-Kyu Kim of South Korea
    • Round 2 – Defeated Bogdan Dobrescu of Romania
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Wijan Ponlid of Thailand (did not advance)

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Yosvany Aguilera
    • Round 1 – Defeated Hidehiko Tsukamoto of Japan
    • Round 2 – Defeated Juri Mladenov of Bulgaria
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Kamil Djamaloudinov of Russia (did not advance)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63,5 kg)

  • Diógenes Luna → Bronze Medal
    • Round 1 – Bye
    • Round 2 – Defeated Willy Blain of France
    • Quarterfinal – Defeated Saleh Abdelbary Abdel Maksoud of Egypt
    • Semifinal – Lost to Ricardo Williams of United States

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Roberto Guerra Rivera
    • Round 1 – Defeated Ellis Chibuye of Zambia
    • Round 2 – Lost to Dorel Simon of Romania (did not advance)

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Juan Hernández Sierra
    • Round 1 – Defeated Stephane Nzue Mba of Gabon
    • Round 2 – Defeated Mohamed Salah Marmouri of Tunisia
    • Quarterfinal – Lost to Yermakhan Ibraimov of Kazakhstan (did not advance)

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Isael Alvarez
    • Round 1 – Defeated Giacobbe Fragomeni of Italy
    • Round 2 – Lost to Olzhas Orazaliyev of Kazakhstan (did not advance)

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

[edit] Canoe / Kayak

[edit] Flatwater

[edit] Men's competition

Men's Canoe Singles 500 m

  • Ledys Frank Balceiro
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:51.918
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:32.299 (6th place)

Men's Canoe Singles 1,000 m

  • Ledys Frank Balceiro
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:55.120
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 03:56.071 (Silver medal)

Men's Canoe Doubles 500 m

  • Leobaldo Pereira, Ibrahin Rojas
    1. Qualifying Heat – 01:42.180
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 02:17.126 (9th place)

Men's Canoe Doubles 1,000 m

  • Leobaldo Pereira, Ibrahin Rojas
    1. Qualifying Heat – 03:38.978
    2. Semifinal – Bye
    3. Final – 03:38.753 (Silver medal)

[edit] Cycling

[edit] Road Cycling

Men's Road Race

Women's Road Race

  • Dania Perez
    1. Final – 3:28:28 (46th place)
  • Yoanka Gonzalez
    1. Final – DNF

[edit] Track Cycling

Men's Sprint

  • Julio Cesar Herrera
    • Qualifying – 10.893
    • Repechage – 3rd place – Heat 2
    • First Round – Lost to Laurent Gane of France

Men's 1 km Time Trial

  • Julio Cesar Herrera
    • Final – 01:05.537 (10th place)

[edit] Diving

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Erick Fournaris
    1. Preliminary – 313.86 (37th place, did not advance)

Men's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Yoendris Salazar
    1. Preliminary – 377.58
    2. Semi-final – 197.52 – 575.1 (18th place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Jesus-Iory Aballi
    1. Preliminary – 368.34 (22nd place, did not advance)

Men's 10 Metre Platform

  • Jose-Antonio Guerra
    1. Preliminary – 403.14
    2. Semi-final – 181.65 – 584.79 (14th place, did not advance)

Women's 3 Metre Springboard

  • Iohana Cruz
    1. Preliminary – 239.97 (24th place, did not advance)

Women's 10 Metre Platform

  • Yolanda Ortiz
    1. Preliminary – 231.63 (31st place, did not advance)

[edit] Sailing

Two men competed in two events at the 2000 Olympics.

Women's Mistral

  • Anayansi Perez
    1. Race 1 – 26
    2. Race 2 – (28)
    3. Race 3 – 19
    4. Race 4 – 23
    5. Race 5 – 27
    6. Race 6 – 24
    7. Race 7 – 27
    8. Race 8 – 27
    9. Race 9 – (28)
    10. Race 10 – 27
    11. Race 11 – 26
    12. Final – 226 (27th place)

Men's Laser

  • Jose Urbay
    1. Race 1 – 32
    2. Race 2 – 14
    3. Race 3 – (37)
    4. Race 4 – 27
    5. Race 5 – 37
    6. Race 6 – 31
    7. Race 7 – 35
    8. Race 8 – 22
    9. Race 9 – (44) OCS
    10. Race 10 – 35
    11. Race 11 – 26
    12. Final – 259 (35th place)

[edit] Softball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Diamela Puente
  • Estela Milañes
  • Haydee Hernández
  • Laritza Espinosa
  • Luisa Medina
  • Maria Arceo
  • Maria Santana
  • Maria Zamora
  • Niolis Ramos
  • Olga Ruyol
  • Vilma Alvarez
  • Yamila Degrase
  • Yamila Flor
  • Yarisleidis Peña
  • Yuneisy Castillo

[edit] Swimming

Men's 50 m Freestyle

  • Marcos Hernandez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 23.2 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Freestyle

  • Marcos Hernandez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 50.95 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Butterfly

  • Yohan Garcia
    1. Preliminary Heat – 55.74 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Butterfly

  • Gunter Rodriguez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:01.06 (→ did not advance)

Men's 100 m Backstroke

  • Rodolfo Falcon
    1. Preliminary Heat – 55.61
    2. Semi-final – 55.59 (→ did not advance)

Men's 200 m Backstroke

  • Neisser Bent
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:02.05 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 m Medley

  • Rodolfo Falcon, Gunter Rodriguez, Yohan Garcia, and Marcos Hernandez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 03:46.88 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Breaststroke

  • Imaday Nunez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:13.91 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Breaststroke

  • Imaday Nunez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:41.97 (→ did not advance)

Women's 100 m Backstroke

  • Ana Maria Gonzalez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 01:04.95 (→ did not advance)

Women's 200 m Backstroke

  • Ana Maria Gonzalez
    1. Preliminary Heat – 02:19.35 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Synchronized swimming

Women's Duet

  • Kenia Perez and Yamisleidys Romay
    1. Technical Routine – 29.913 (→ did not compete in Free Routine)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to the Netherlands (0-3)
  • Defeated Spain (3-1)
  • Defeated Egypt (3-0)
  • Defeated Australia (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Russia (2-3)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to Brazil (2-3)
  • 7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (3-0) → Seventh place
  • Team Roster
  • Alexei Argilagos
  • Angel Denis
  • Raúl Diago
  • Yosenki García
  • Ramon Gato
  • Yhosvany Hernández
  • Osvaldo Hernández
  • Leonel Marshall
  • Pavel Pimienta
  • Alain Roca
  • Iván Ruíz
  • Nicolas Vives
  • Head Coach: Juan Díaz Marino

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Defeated Germany (3-0)
  • Lost to Russia (2-3)
  • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Defeated Italy (3-0)
  • Defeated Peru (3-1)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Defeated Croatia (3-0)
  • Semifinals
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Final
  • Defeated Russia (3-2) → Image:Med 1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Luis Felipe Calderón

[edit] References