Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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 codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors164 (111 men and 53 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Rolando Tucker
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
8
Total
25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Due to Cuba's strained relations with the United States and its trade embargo against Fidel Castro regime, Cuban athletes were allowed to travel to Atlanta only following the permission of its local NOC, so that all the athletes are vetted and cannot defect.[2]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

Athletics

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's long jump

Men's decathlon

  • Eugenio Balanque
    • Final result 7873 points (→ 25th place)
  • Raul Duany
    • Final result 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw

Men's hammer throw


Women's 4x400 metres relay

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

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

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 tournament:

  • Cuba - Gold medal (9-0)

Basketball

Women's tournament

Beach volleyball

Boxing

Men's light flyweight ( 48 kg)

Men's flyweight ( 51 kg)

Men's bantamweight ( 54 kg)

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. Quarterfinals 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 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 Eduard 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)

Men's light middleweight ( 71 kg)

  • Alfredo Duvergel 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)

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Cycling

Women's individual road race

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

Fencing

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.

Men's foil
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Judo

Men's extra-lightweight

Men's half-lightweight

Men's middleweight

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

  • Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

Rowing

Sailing

Shooting

Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Juan Miguel Rodriguez Skeet 121 7 Did not advance
Servando Puldon 116 38 Did not advance
Alfredo Torres 119 20 Did not advance

Swimming

Men's 100m backstroke

Men's 200m backstroke

Men's 100m breaststroke

Men's 200m breaststroke

Volleyball

Men's indoor tournament

Women's indoor tournament

Weightlifting

Men's bantamweight

Men's lightweight

Men's middleweight

Men's middle-heavyweight

Wrestling

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

  • Juan Luis Marén

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

  • Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

Men's lightweight, freestyle

Men's welterweight, freestyle

  • Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

See also

Notes

  • (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.CS1 maint: extra text: authors list (link)
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

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