Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona
Competitors
Medals Gold
14		 Silver
6		 Bronze
11		 Total
31
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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.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Hector Milián — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
  • Alejandro Puerto — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Guillermo Betancourt, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García, Oscar García, and Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
  • Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
  • Juan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
  • Lázaro Reinoso — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 2:59.13
  • Final — 2:59.51 (→ Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

  • Ignacio Cuba Carrero — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 8.07 m
  • Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 8.09 m
  • Final — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Triple Jump

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

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 62.06 m
  • Final — 64.12 m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 60.34 m
  • Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Heat — 1:59.06
  • Semifinal — 2:00.86
  • Final — 1:56.80 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 65.02m
  • Final — 70.06m (→ Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal)
  • Qualification — 62.82m
  • Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place)
  • Qualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.97 m (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)
  • Qualification — 1.92 m
  • Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

[edit] Baseball

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)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] 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
  • Team Roster
  • Leonor Borrel
  • Ana Hernandez
  • Olga Vigil
  • Grisel Herrera
  • Biosotis Lagno
  • Judith Aquila
  • Maria Leon
  • Yamilet Martínez Calderón
  • Delia Hernandez Henry
  • Liset Castillo
  • Regla Hernandez
  • Milayda Enriquez Parrado
  • Head Coach: Manuel Perez

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • 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 Delibas (NED), 6:1

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • 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)

  • 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)

  • First Round – Defeated Krysztof Rojek (POL), RSC-2
  • Second Round – Defeated Bert Teuchiert (GER), 11:2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Danell Nicholson (USA), 13:11
  • Semifinals – Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), 23:3
  • Final – Defeated David Izonritei (NGR), 14:1

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • First Round – Bye
  • Second Round – Defeated Tom Glesby (CAN), 16:2
  • Quarterfinals – Defeated Larry Donald (USA), 10:4
  • Semifinals – Defeated Brian Nielsen (DEN), 15:1
  • Final – Defeated Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 13:2

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

Men's 200m Breaststroke

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] 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) → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Eugenio Lafita


[edit] Water Polo

[edit] 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