Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

Flag of Cuba
IOC code  CUB
NOC Cuban Olympic Committee
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors 176 (126 men and 50 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Héctor Milián
Medals
Rank: 5		 Gold
14		 Silver
6		 Bronze
11		 Total
31
Olympic history (summary)
Summer Games

Cuba competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1984 Games and the 1988 Games. 176 competitors, 126 men and 50 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.[1]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 4x400m Relay

Men's Marathon

Men's Long Jump

  • Iván Pedroso
    • Qualification — 8.07 m
    • Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Yoelvis Quesada
    • Qualification — 17.21 m
    • Final — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Roberto Moya
    • Qualification — 62.06 m
    • Final — 64.12 m (→ Bronze Medal)
  • Juan Martínez
    • Qualification — 60.34 m
    • Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Ana Fidelia Quirot
    • Heat — 1:59.06
    • Semifinal — 2:00.86
    • Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Maritza Marten
    • Qualification — 65.02m
    • Final — 70.06m (→ Gold Medal)
  • Hilda Ramos
    • Qualification — 62.82m
    • Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place)

Women's High Jump

  • Silvia Costa
    • Qualification — 1.92 m
    • Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

The first Olympic baseball tournament resulted in sevens wins and no losses in the preliminary round for Cuba. A comfortable 6-1 victory over the United States and a dominant 11-1 win against Chinese Taipei earned Cuba the first Olympic gold medal for the sport.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Cuba - Gold Medal (9-0)

Team Roster

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Defeated Unified Team (91-89)
    • Defeated Brazil (95-88)
    • Defeated Italy (60-53)
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to PR China (70-109)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to United States (74-88) → 4th place

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Rogelio Marcelo → Gold Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (SWZ), RSC-3
    • Second Round – Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (MGL), 14:2
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Rafael Lozano (ESP), 11:3
    • Semifinals – Defeated Roel Velasco (PHI), RSCH-1
    • Final – Defeated Daniel Petrov (BUL), 20:10

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Raúl González → Silver Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Leszek Olszewski (POL), 15:7
    • Second Round – Defeated Moses Malagu (NGR), RSC-2
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated David Serradas (VEN), 14:7
    • Semifinals – Defeated Timothy Austin (USA) RSC-1
    • Final – Lost to Choi Chol-Su (PRK), 2:12

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Joel Casamayor → Gold Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Devarajan Venkatesan (IND), 13:7
    • Second Round – Defeated Riadh Klai (TUN), 16:11
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI), KO-1
    • Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Achik (MAR), AB-1
    • Final – Defeated Wayne McCullough (IRL), 16:8

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Eddy Suarez
    • First Round – Defeated Lee Chil-Gun (PRK), 20:5
    • Second Round – Defeated Mohamed Soltani (TUN), RSC-2 (02:53)
    • Quarterfinals – Lost to Faustino Reyes (ESP), 7:17

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Julio González Valladares

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Héctor Vinent → Gold Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Edwin Cassiani (COL), 27:4
    • Second Round – Defeated Andreas Zülow (GER), 14:2
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Oleg Nikolaev (URS), 26:3
    • Semifinals – Defeated Jyri Kjall (FIN), 13:3
    • Final – Defeated Mark Leduc (CAN), 11:1

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Said Bennajem (FRA), 6:0
    • Second Round – Defeated Jun Jin-Chul (KOR), RSC-2
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Søren Antman (SWE), RSC-2
    • Semifinals – Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR), 11:2
    • Final – Lost to Michael Carruth (IRL), 10:13

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Juan Carlos Lemus → Gold Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (EUN), 11:0
    • Second Round – Defeated Markus Beyer (GER), RSC-1
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Igors Saplavskis (LAT), 12:2
    • Semifinals – Defeated György Mizsei (HUN), 10:2
    • Final – Defeated Orhan Delibaş (NED), 6:1

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Ariel Hernández → Gold Medal
    • First Round – Defeated Joseph Lareya (GHA), 6:0
    • Second Round – Defeated Gilberto Brown (ISV), 13:2
    • Quarterfinals – Defeated Sven Ottke (GER), 14:6
    • Semifinals – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (KOR), 14:1
    • Final – Defeated Chris Byrd (USA), 12:7

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Angel Espinosa
    • First Round – Defeated Mehmet Gürgen (TUR), RSC-3
    • Second Round – Defeated Roberto Castelli (ITA), RSC-1
    • Quarterfinals – Lost to Wojciech Bartnik (POL), 3:9

Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Pursuit (4,000 metres)

Men's Points Race

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

  • Ignacio Sayu

Men's Middleweight

  • Andrés Franco

Men's Half-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight


Women's Extra-Lightweight

  • Amarilys Savón

Women's Half-Lightweight

Women's Lightweight

  • Driulys González

Women's Half-Middleweight

Women's Middleweight

Women's Half-Heavyweight

  • Niurka Moreno

Women's Heavyweight

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
    • Defeated Algeria (3-0)
    • Defeated Unified Team (3-1)
    • Lost to Brazil (1-3)
    • Defeated South Korea (3-0)
  • Quarterfinals
    • Defeated Spain (3-0)
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to United States (1-3) → Fourth place

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated PR China (3-1)
    • Defeated Brazil (3-1)
    • Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
  • Semifinals
    • Defeated United States (3-2)
  • Final
    • Defeated Unified Team (3-1) → Gold Medal

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated Greece (10-9)
    • Lost to Hungary (11-12)
    • Lost to Italy (8-11)
    • Lost to the Netherlands (9-11)
    • Lost to Spain (10-12)
  • Classification Matches
    • Lost to Australia (5-7)
    • Lost to Germany (6-10) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
    • Bárbaro Diaz
    • Juan Barreras
    • Norge Blay
    • Pablo Cuesta
    • Jorge Del Valle
    • Marcelo Derauville
    • Lazaro Fernández
    • Ernesto García
    • Juan Hernández Olivera
    • Juan Hernández Silveira
    • Guillermo Martínez
    • Iván Pérez
    • José Ramos

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Middleweight

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Lino Elias
  • José Ernesto Heredia

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight II

  • Flavio Villavicencio
  • Maurys Charón

Men's Super-Heavyweight

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Cuba at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2011-12-23. 
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