Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.[1]
| Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics | |
|---|---|
 | |
| IOC code | CUB |
| NOC | Cuban Olympic Committee |
| in Atlanta | |
| Competitors | 164 (111 men and 53 women) in 15 sports |
| Flag bearer | Rolando Tucker |
| Medals Ranked 8th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances (overview) | |
Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections.[2]
Medalists edit
Competitors edit
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 26 | 20 | 46 |
| Baseball | 20 | – | 20 |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Beach volleyball | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Boxing | 12 | – | 12 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Fencing | 4 | 3 | 7 |
| Judo | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Rowing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Sailing | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Shooting | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Swimming | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Weightlifting | 5 | – | 5 |
| Wrestling | 15 | – | 15 |
| Total | 111 | 53 | 164 |
Athletics edit
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
- Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
- Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
- Jaime Jefferson
- Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)
Men's decathlon
- Eugenio Balanque
- Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)
- Raul Duany
- Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)
Men's discus throw
- Alexis Elizalde
- Qualification — 62.22m
- Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)
- Roberto Moya
- Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)
Men's hammer throw
- Alberto Sánchez
- Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
- Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
- Qualification — 3:24.23
- Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)
Women's long jump
- Regla Cardenas
- Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)
- Lisette Cuza
- Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)
- Niurka Montalvo
- Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)
Women's high jump
- Ioamnet Quintero
- Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
Women's triple jump
- Yamile Aldama
- Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's javelin throw
- Isel Lopez
- Qualification — 61.40m
- Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)
- Xiomara Rivero
- Qualification — 61.32m
- Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)
- Odelmys Palma
- Qualification — 62.30m
- Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)
Women's discus throw
- Maritza Marten
- Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)
- Barbara Hechevarria
- Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)
Women's shot put
- Belsis Laza
- Qualification — 18.61m
- Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)
- Yumileidis Cumba
- Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)
Women's heptathlon
- Regla Cardenas
- Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)
- Magalys García
- Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)
Baseball edit
Men's tournament:
- Cuba –
Gold medal (9-0)
Basketball edit
Women's tournament edit
- Team roster
- Yudith Águila
- Milayda Enríquez
- Gertrudis Gómez
- Cariola Hechavarría
- Dalia Henry
- Grisel Herrera
- Biosotis Lagnó
- María León
- Yamilé Martínez
- Tania Seino
- Lisdeivis Víctores
- Olga Vigil
- Head coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez
- Preliminary round
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | PF | PA | PD | Pts | Qualification |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  United States (H)
|
5 | 5 | 0 | 507 | 339 | +168 | 10 | Quarterfinals |
| 2 |  Ukraine
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 354 | 358 | −4 | 8[a] | |
| 3 |  Australia
|
5 | 3 | 2 | 369 | 319 | +50 | 8[a] | |
| 4 |  Cuba
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 365 | 377 | −12 | 7[b] | |
| 5 |  South Korea
|
5 | 2 | 3 | 347 | 389 | −42 | 7[b] | |
| 6 |  Zaire
|
5 | 0 | 5 | 287 | 447 | −160 | 5 |
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
21 July 1996
|
| United States |
101–84 | Cuba |
| Pts: Leslie 24 Rebs: Leslie 7 Asts: Edwards 9 |
Pts: Martínez 21 Rebs: Víctores 8 Asts: Lagnó 6 |
23 July 1996
|
| Cuba |
70–55 |  South Korea |
| Pts: León 20 Rebs: Martínez 14 Asts: León, Henry 4 |
Pts: Jung S-m 16 Rebs: Chun J-w 9 Asts: Chun E-s 3 |
25 July 1996
|
| Cuba |
63–75 | Australia |
| Pts: Martínez 19 Rebs: Martínez 11 Asts: Seino 4 |
Pts: Timms 19 Rebs: Sporn 12 Asts: Brogan 4 |
27 July 1996
|
| Ukraine |
87–75 | Cuba |
| Pts: Zhyrko 22 Rebs: Nazarenko 8 Asts: Tkachenko 6 |
Pts: Martínez 20 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: three players 3 |
29 July 1996
|
| Cuba |
73–59 | Zaire |
| Pts: León 20 Rebs: Martínez 12 Asts: Henry 7 |
Pts: Mabika 27 Rebs: Ngalula 9 Asts: three players 3 |
- Quarterfinals
31 July 1996
22:00 |
Brazil  |
101–69 | Cuba |
| Scoring by half: 50–33, 51–36 | ||
| Pts: Paula, Janeth 19 Rebs: Janeth, Marta Sobral 10 Asts: Janeth 6 |
Pts: Martínez 25 Rebs: Martínez 9 Asts: four players 2 | |
- Classification Round 5th−8th place
1 August 1996
17:00 |
| Cuba |
78–70 |  Italy |
| Scoring by half: 37–40, 41–30 | ||
| Pts: Martínez 23 Rebs: Enríquez 17 Asts: Henry 5 |
Pts: Pollini 15 Rebs: Ballabio, Tufano 8 Asts: three players 3 | |
- 5th place game
Beach volleyball edit
- Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell — 7th place overall
Boxing edit
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Yosvani Aguilera
- First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
- Maikro Romero → Gold medal
- First round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
- Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
- Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
- Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
- Arnaldo Mesa →
Silver medal
- First round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
- Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
- Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
- Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
- Lorenzo Aragón
- First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
- Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
- Julio González Valladares
- First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
- Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14
Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
- Héctor Vinent → Gold medal
- First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
- Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
- Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13
Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)
- Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal
- First round — Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
- Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
- Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
- Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
- Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal
- First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
- Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
- Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
- Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Ariel Hernández → Gold medal
- First round — Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt), 11-2
- Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
- Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
- Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3
Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
- Freddy Rojas
- First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
- Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13
Men's heavyweight (91 kg)
- Félix Savón → Gold medal
- First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
- Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
- Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
- Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
- Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2
Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)
- Alexis Rubalcaba
- First round — Bye
- Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
- Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17
Cycling edit
Women's individual road race
- Dania Perez
- Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Fencing edit
Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.
Judo edit
Men's extra-lightweight
Men's half-lightweight
Men's middleweight
Men's half-heavyweight
Men's heavyweight
Women's extra-lightweight
Women's half-lightweight
Women's lightweight
Women's half-middleweight
Women's middleweight
Women's half-heavyweight
Women's heavyweight
Rowing edit
Sailing edit
Shooting edit
- Men
| Athlete | Event | Qualification | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Score | Rank | Score | Rank | ||
| Juan Miguel Rodríguez | Skeet | 121 | 7 | did not advance | |
| Servando Puldón | 116 | 38 | did not advance | ||
| Alfredo Torres | 119 | 20 | did not advance | ||
Swimming edit
Men's 100m backstroke
- Rodolfo Falcón
- Heat — 55.29
- Final — 54.98 (→ Silver medal)
- Neisser Bent
- Heat — 54.83
- Final — 55.02 (→
Bronze medal)
Men's 200m backstroke
- Rodolfo Falcón
- Heat — 2:01.20
- Final — 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)
- Neisser Bent
- Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100m breaststroke
- Mario González
- Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200m breaststroke
- Mario González
- Heat — 2:16.15
- B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)
Volleyball edit
Men's indoor tournament edit
- Preliminary round (Group A)
- Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
- Defeated Poland (3-0)
- Defeated United States (3-2)
- Defeated Argentina (3-0)
- Lost to Brazil (0-3)
- Quarterfinals
- Lost to Russia (0-3)
- Classification matches
- 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
- 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place
- Team roster
Women's indoor tournament edit
Weightlifting edit
Men's bantamweight
Men's lightweight
Men's middleweight
Men's middle-heavyweight
Wrestling edit
Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman
Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman
Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman
Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman
Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman
Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Men's light-flyweight, freestyle
Men's flyweight, freestyle
Men's bantamweight, freestyle
Men's lightweight, freestyle
Men's welterweight, freestyle
Men's middleweight, freestyle
Men's heavyweight, freestyle
See also edit
Notes edit
- (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
References edit
- ^ "Cuba at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
- ^ Rohter, Larry (November 1996). "Cuba Makes a Strict Move in Order to Deter Defections". The New York Times.
- ^ Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics