Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 14		 Gold
3		 Silver
1		 Bronze
4		 Total
8
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Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany.

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[edit] Medals

Medal Name Sport Event
1Image:gold medal icon.svg Gold Martinez, OrlandoOrlando Martinez Boxing Men's bantamweight
1Image:gold medal icon.svg Gold Correa, EmilioEmilio Correa Boxing Men's welterweight
1Image:gold medal icon.svg Gold Stevenson, TeófiloTeófilo Stevenson Boxing Men's heavyweight
2Image:silver medal icon.svg Silver Carrillo, GilbertoGilberto Carrillo Boxing Men's light-heavyweight
3Image:bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás Athletics Women's 100 metres
3Image:bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Chivás, SilviaSilvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés Athletics Women's 4×100 metre relay
3Image:bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Alvarez, JoséJosé Alvarez, Miguel Calderón, Rafael Cañizares, Pedro Chappé, Juan Carlos Domecq, Ruperto Herrera, Tomás Herrera, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgellés, and Oscar Varona Basketball Men's team
3Image:bronze medal icon.svg Bronze Rodriguez, DouglasDouglas Rodriguez Boxing Men's flyweight

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

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Men's 100 metres

  • First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
  • First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

  • Irolan Hechavarria
  • Qualification Round — NM (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100m Relay

  • Heat — 39.65s
  • Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)

[edit] Boxing

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Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)
  • First round — Bye
  • Second round — defeated Italy Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0
  • Third round — defeated East Germany Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals — defeated West Germany Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2
  • Semifinals — defeated United States Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
  • Final — defeated Hungary János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)
  • First round — defeated Ghana Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
  • Second round — defeated Austria Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
  • Third round — defeated South Korea Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals — lost to Poland Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

[edit] Cycling

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Men's Individual Road Race

  • Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — 75th place
  • Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • José Prieto — did not finish (→ no ranking)
  • Pedro Rodríguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Rowing

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Men's coxed pairs
  • Lazaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello
  • Heat — 8:17.34
  • Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

[edit] Volleyball

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[edit] Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to East Germany (0-3)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated West Germany (3-2)
  • Lost to Romania (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
  • Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → Tenth place
  • Team Roster

[edit] References