Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the Olympic Games
Cuba at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	CUB
NOC	Comité Olímpico Cubano
At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	156 (132 men and 24 women) in 14 sports
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Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, the largest city in the French-Canadian province of Quebec. 156 competitors (132 men and 24 women) took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.^[1]

[edit] Medalists

[edit] Gold

Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
Jorge Hernández — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
Héctor Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Lightweight

[edit] Silver

Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
Ramón Duvalón — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
Sixto Soria — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

[edit] Bronze

Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
Luis Martínez — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
Alfredo Figueredo, Victor García, Diego Lapera, Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr., Ernesto Martínez, Lorenzo Martínez, Jorge Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Salas, Victoriano Sarmientos, Jesús Savigne, and Raúl Virches — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

Alberto Juantorena

Heat — 1:47.15
Semi Final — 1:45.88
Final — 1:43.50 (→ Gold Medal)

Leandro Civil

Heat — 1:45.88
Semi Final — 1:47.31 (→ did not advance)

Luis Medina

Heat — 1:50.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

Luis Medina

Heat — 3:42.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

Francisco Gómez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramirez, and Silvio Leonard

Heat — 39.54s
Semi Final — 39.25s
Final — 39.01s (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

Eddy Gutierrez, Damaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, and Alberto Juantorena

Heat — 3:03.24
Final — 3:03.81 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

Damaso Alfonso

Heats — 50.76s
Semi Final — 49.84s
Final — 50.19s (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

Rigoberto Mendoza — 2:22:43 (→ 33rd place)

Men's Long Jump

Milan Matos

Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

Pedro Pérez

Qualification — 16.51m
Qualification — 16.81m (→ 4th place)

Armando Herrera

Qualification — 15.98m (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's High Jump

Richard Spencer

Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

Julian Morrison

Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

María Elena Sarría

Final — 16.31 m (→ 11th place)

[edit] Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

Preliminary Round (Group A):

Defeated Australia (111-89)
Lost to Canada (79-84)
Defeated Japan (97-56)
Defeated Mexico (89-75)
Lost to Soviet Union (72-98)

Classification Matches:

5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (79-91)
7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (92-81) → 7th place

Team Roster

Head Coach: Carmilo Hortega

[edit] Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

Jorge Hernández
1. First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
2. Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (PNG), KO-3
3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
4. Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
5. Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

Ramón Duvalón
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walk-over
3. Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
4. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
5. Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
6. Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal