Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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Cuba at the Olympic Games

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IOC code  CUB
NOC Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta
Competitors
Medals
Rank: 8		 Gold
9		 Silver
8		 Bronze
8		 Total
25
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Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States.

Contents

[edit] Medals

[edit] Image:Med_1.png Gold

  • Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (76 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_2.png Silver

  • Iván Trevejo — Fencing, Men's Épée Individual
  • Juan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight (62 kg)

[edit] Image:Med_3.png Bronze

  • Oscar García, Elvis Gregory, and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, Men's Foil Team Competition
  • Alexis Vila — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Paperweight (48 kg)

[edit] Results by event

[edit] Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

  • Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)

Men's Decathlon

  • Final Result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)
  • Final Result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 62.22m
  • Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)
  • Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's Hammer Throw

  • Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4x400 metres Relay

  • Qualification — 3:24.23
  • Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's Long Jump

  • Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)
  • Lisette Cuza
  • Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

Women's Triple Jump

  • Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's Javelin Throw

  • Qualification — 61.40m
  • Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)
  • Qualification — 61.32m
  • Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)
  • Qualification — 62.30m
  • Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)
  • Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

  • Qualification — 18.61m
  • Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)
  • Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's Heptathlon

  • Final Result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)
  • Final Result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

[edit] Baseball

Defending gold medallist and undefeated team Cuba made its second appearance in the 1996 Olympic baseball tournament. Once again, the Cubans went undefeated, beating all seven of the other teams in the preliminary round. A semifinal victory over Nicaragua and a final win against Japan won Cuba its second gold medal in baseball and improved its Olympic win-loss record to 18-0.

Men's Team Competition:

  • Cuba - gold medal (9-0)

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to United States (84-101)
  • Defeated South Korea (70-55)
  • Lost to Australia (63-75)
  • Lost to Ukraine (75-87)
  • Defeated Zaire (73-59)
  • Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Brazil (69-101)
  • Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (78-70)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (74-91) → Sixth place
  • Team Roster
  • Tania Seino
  • María Leon
  • Yamilet Martínez
  • Delía Hernandez Henry
  • Milayda Enriquez
  • Lisdeivis Victores
  • Olga Vigil
  • Grisel Herrera
  • Biosotis Lagno
  • Judith Aquila
  • Cariola Hechevarria
  • Gertrudis Gomez
  • Head Coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez

[edit] Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Yosvani Aguilera
    1. First Round — Defeated Stefan Strøm (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Maikro Romero → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
    2. Second Round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
    5. Final — Defeated Bolat Djumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Arnaldo Mesa → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
    2. Second Round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
    4. Semi Finals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
    5. Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14

Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Lorenzo Aragón
    1. First Round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
    2. Second Round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
    3. Quarter Finals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Julio González Valladares
    1. First Round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
    2. Second Round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Héctor Vinent → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Edward Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
    5. Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13

Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Juan Hernández Sierra → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Jazcef Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second Round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
    5. Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Alfredo Duvergel → Image:Med_2.png Silver Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
    2. Second Round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
    5. Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Freddy Rojas
    1. First Round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
    2. Second Round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's Heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Félix Savón → Image:Med_1.png Gold Medal
    1. First Round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
    2. Second Round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
    5. Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

Men's Super Heavyweight (> 91 kg)

[edit] Cycling

Women's Individual Road Race

  • Dania Perez
  • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

[edit] Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

  • Neisser Bent
    1. Heat — 54.83
    2. Final — 55.02 (→ Image:Med_3.png Bronze Medal)

Men's 200m Backstroke

  • Neisser Bent
    1. Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Mario González
    1. Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Mario González
    1. Heat — 2:16.15
    2. B-Final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

[edit] Volleyball

[edit] Men's Indoor Team Competition

  • 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
  • Alexis Batle
  • Angel Beltrán
  • Fredy Brooks
  • Joel Despaigne
  • Raúl Diago
  • Jhosvany Hernández
  • Osvaldo Hernández
  • Lazaro Martín
  • Alain Roca
  • Rodolfo Sanchez
  • Ricardo Vantes
  • Nicolas Vives

[edit] Men's Beach Competition

[edit] Women's Indoor Team Competition

  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Eugenio Jorge

[edit] References