Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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| At the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona | ||||||||||
| Competitors | 176 (126 men and 50 women) in 16 sports | |||||||||
| Flag bearer | Héctor Milián | |||||||||
| Medals Rank: 5 |
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. 176 competitors, 126 men and 50 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.[1]
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[edit] Medalists
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Gold
- Javier Sotomayor — Athletics, Men's High Jump
- Maritza Martén — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw
- Omar Ajete, Rolando Arrojo, José Raúl Delgado, Giorge Diaz, José Estrada, Osvaldo Fernández, Lourdes Gourriel, Alberto Hernández, Orlando Hernández, Orestes Kindelán, Omar Linares, Germán Mesa, Víctor Mesa, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Padilla, Juan Pérez, Luis Ulacia, Ermidelio Urrutia, Jorge Valdés, and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, Men's Team Competition
- Rogelio Marcelo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
- Joel Casamayor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight
- Héctor Vinent — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
- Juan Carlos Lemus — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
- Ariel Hernández — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
- Félix Savón — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
- Roberto Balado — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight
- Odalis Revé — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)
- Regla Bell, Mercedes Calderón, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Norka Latamblet, Mireya Luis, Tania Ortiz, and Regla Torres — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition
- Hector Milián — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight
- Alejandro Puerto — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)
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Silver
- Roberto Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Lázaro Martínez, and Norberto Téllez — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay
- Raúl González — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
- Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Welterweight
- Guillermo Betancourt, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García, Oscar García, and Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Team
- Estela Rodríguez — Judo, Women's Heavyweight
- Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)
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Bronze
- Jorge Aguilera, Joel Isasi, Joel Lamela, and Andrés Simón — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay
- Roberto Moya — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw
- Ana Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, Women's 800 metres
- Ioamnet Quintero — Athletics, Women's High Jump
- Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual
- Israel Hernández — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)
- Amarilis Savón — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)
- Driulis González — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)
- Wilber Sánchez — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight
- Juan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight
- Lázaro Reinoso — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)
[edit] Athletics
Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's 4x400m Relay
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- Heat — 2:59.13
- Final — 2:59.51 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Marathon
- Alberto Cuba — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump
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- Qualification — 8.07 m
- Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)
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- Qualification — 8.09 m
- Final — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Triple Jump
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- Qualification — 17.21 m
- Final — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)
Men's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 62.06 m
- Final — 64.12 m (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Qualification — 60.34 m
- Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)
Women's 800 metres
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- Heat — 1:59.06
- Semifinal — 2:00.86
- Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw
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- Qualification — 65.02m
- Final — 70.06m (→ Gold Medal)
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- Qualification — 62.82m
- Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place)
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- Qualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.97 m (→ Bronze Medal)
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- Qualification — 1.92 m
- Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)
[edit] Baseball
Main article: Baseball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
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)
Team Roster
- Omar Ajete
- Rolando Arrojo
- José Raúl Delgado
- Giorge Diaz
- José Estrada
- Osvaldo Fernández
- Lourdes Gourriel
- Alberto Hernández
- Orlando Hernández
- Orestes Kindelán
- Omar Linares
- Germán Mesa
- Víctor Mesa
- Antonio Pacheco
- Juan Padilla
- Juan Pérez
- Luis Ulacia
- Ermidelio Urrutia
- Jorge Valdés
- Lázaro Vargas
[edit] Basketball
Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group A)
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- Defeated Unified Team (91-89)
- Defeated Brazil (95-88)
- Defeated Italy (60-53)
- Semifinals
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- Lost to PR China (70-109)
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Lost to United States (74-88) → 4th place
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Manuel Pérez
[edit] Boxing
Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
- Rogelio Marcelo → Gold Medal
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- 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)
- Raúl González → Silver Medal
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- 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)
- Joel Casamayor → Gold Medal
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- 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)
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- 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)
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- First Round – Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (BUL), 12:14
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
- Héctor Vinent → Gold Medal
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- 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)
- Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver Medal
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- 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)
- Juan Carlos Lemus → Gold Medal
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- 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 Delibaş (NED), 6:1
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg)
- Ariel Hernández → Gold Medal
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- 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)
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- 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)
- Félix Savón → Gold Medal
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- 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)
- Roberto Balado → Gold Medal
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- 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] Canoeing
Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Cycling
Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Team Pursuit (4,000 metres)
Men's Points Race
[edit] Fencing
Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.
[edit] Judo
Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Half-Lightweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Women's Half-Lightweight
Women's Lightweight
Women's Half-Middleweight
Women's Middleweight
Women's Half-Heavyweight
Women's Heavyweight
[edit] Rowing
Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Shooting
Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Swimming
Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's 100m Backstroke
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- Heat – 55.99
- Final – 55.76 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke
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- Heat – 2:00.52
- B-Final – 2:00.22 (→ 9th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke
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- Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke
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- Heat – 2:16.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
[edit] Table tennis
Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Volleyball
Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated Netherlands (3-1)
- Defeated Algeria (3-0)
- Defeated Unified Team (3-1)
- Lost to Brazil (1-3)
- Defeated South Korea (3-0)
- Quarterfinals
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- Defeated Spain (3-0)
- Semifinals
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- Lost to Netherlands (0-3)
- Bronze Medal Match
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- Lost to United States (1-3) → Fourth place
- Team Roster
[edit] Women's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- Defeated PR China (3-1)
- Defeated Brazil (3-1)
- Defeated Netherlands (3-0)
- Semifinals
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- Defeated United States (3-2)
- Final
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- Defeated Unified Team (3-1) → Gold Medal
- Defeated Unified Team (3-1) →
- Team Roster
- Head Coach: Eugenio Lafita
[edit] Water polo
Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] Men's Team Competition
- Preliminary Round (Group B)
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- 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
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- Lost to Australia (5-7)
- Lost to Germany (6-10) → 8th place
- Team Roster
[edit] Weightlifting
Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics
Men's Middleweight
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Middle-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight II
Men's Super-Heavyweight
[edit] Wrestling
Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ "Cuba at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1992/. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
