Cuba at the 2008 Summer Olympics

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Competitors	149 in 16 sports
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Cuba competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, People's Republic of China. As of 8 August 2008, 165 Cuban athletes had qualified to compete in 16 sports.^[2] The country's flagbearer at the opening ceremony was wrestler Mijaín López.^[3]

[edit] Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
1 Gold	Lopez, MijainMijaín López	Wrestling	Men's Greco-Roman 120 kg
1 Gold	Robles, DayronDayron Robles	Athletics	Men's 110 metre hurdles
2 Silver	Gonzalez, YoankaYoanka Gonzalez	Cycling	Women's points race
2 Silver	Bermoy, YanetYanet Bermoy	Judo	Women's 48 kg
2 Silver	Hernandez, AnaysiAnaysi Hernández	Judo	Women's 70 kg
2 Silver	Castillo, YalennisYalennis Castillo	Judo	Women's 78 kg
2 Silver	Barrios, YarelisYarelis Barrios	Athletics	Women's discus
2 Silver	Moreno, YipsiYipsi Moreno	Athletics	Women's hammer throw
2 Silver	Cuba national baseball team	Baseball	Baseball
2 Silver	Correa Bayeaux, EmilioEmilio Correa Bayeaux	Boxing	Middleweight
2 Silver	Banteux, CarlosCarlos Banteux	Boxing	Welterweight
2 Silver	Laffita, AndryAndry Laffita	Boxing	Flyweight
2 Silver	Leon Alarcon, YankielYankiel Leon Alarcon	Boxing	Bantamweight
3 Bronze	Arencibia, YordanisYordanis Arencibia	Judo	Men's 66 kg
3 Bronze	Cruz, Eglis YaimaEglis Yaima Cruz	Shooting	Women's 50 m rifle three positions
3 Bronze	Braison, OscarOscar Braison	Judo	Men's +100 kg
3 Bronze	Ortiz, IdalysIdalys Ortiz	Judo	Women's +78 kg
3 Bronze	Camejo, IbrahimIbrahim Camejo	Athletics	Men's long jump
3 Bronze	Montejo, DaynellisDaynellis Montejo	Taekwondo	Women's 49 kg
3 Bronze	Hernandez, YampierYampier Hernández	Boxing	Light flyweight
3 Bronze	Ugas, YordenisYordenis Ugas	Boxing	Lightweight
3 Bronze	Iglesias Sotolongo, RonielRoniel Iglesias Sotolongo	Boxing	Light welterweight
3 Bronze	Acosta Duarte, OsmaiOsmai Acosta Duarte	Boxing	Heavyweight
3 Bronze	Suarez, LeonelLeonel Suárez	Athletics	Men's decathlon

[edit] Archery

Main articles: Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cuba sent archers to the Olympics for the third time, seeking the nation's first Olympic medal in the sport. Juan Carlos Stevens earned the country its only qualifying spot, in the men's competition, by placing second in the 2008 Pan American championship.^[4]

Men

Athlete	Event	Ranking round		Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Score	Seed	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Juan Carlos Stevens	Individual	659	28	Hartley (RSA) (37) W 107(+19)-107(+17)	Bodnar (ROU) (60) W 108-101	Wills (GBR) (21) W 108-104	Park (KOR) (4) L 108(+17)-108(+19)	Did not advance

[edit] Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba sent 40 representatives in athletics.^[5]

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats	Rank	Quarterfinal	Rank	Semifinal	Rank	Final	Rank
Henry Vizcaino	100m	10.28	27	10.33	31	Did not advance
William Collazo	400m	45.37	3			45.06	6	Did not advance
Yeimer López	800m	1:45.66	4			1:46.40	8	1:45.88	6
Dayron Robles	110m hurdles	13.39	4	13.19	2	13.12	1	12.93	1 !
Yunier Perez Yunior Díaz William Collazo Omar Cisneros	4x400m relay	3:02.24	10	Did not advance
Ibrahim Camejo	Long jump	8.23	2					8.20	3 !
Wilfredo Martinez	Long jump	8.07	6					8.19	5
Arnie David Giralt	Triple jump	17.30	4					17.52	4
Héctor Dairo Fuentes	Triple jump	17.14	10					16.28	12
Alexis Coppello	Triple jump	17.09	13	Did not advance
Lázaro Borges	Pole vault	NM	X	Did not advance
Carlos Veliz	Shot put	19.58	24	Did not advance
Reinaldo Proenza	Shot put	19.20	31	Did not advance
Alexis Paulmier	Shot put	NM	X	Did not advance
Jorge Fernández	Discus throw	59.60	27	Did not advance
Anier Boue	Javelin throw	71.85	28	Did not advance

Women

Athlete	Event	Heats	Rank	Quarterfinal	Rank	Semifinal	Rank	Final	Rank
Virgen Benavides	100m	11.45	24	11.40	19	Did not advance
Roxana Díaz	200m	23.09	15	22.98	14	23.12	15	Did not advance
Indira Terrero	400m	51.56	18			51.80	16	Did not advance
Zulia Calatayud	800m	2:00.34	14			1.58.78	10	Did not advance
Anay Tejeda	100m hurdles	12.84	10			DNF	X	Did not advance
Yenima Arencibia	100m hurdles	13.43	32	Did not advance
Roxana Díaz Zulia Calatayud Susana Clement Indira Terrero	4x400m relay	3:25.46	6					3:23:31	6
Yargelis Savigne	Long jump	6.49	17	Did not advance
Yargelis Savigne	Triple jump	14.99	1					15.05	5
Mabel Gay	Triple jump	14.09	15	Did not advance
Yarianna Martinez	Triple jump	13.96	21	Did not advance
Yarisley Silva	Pole vault	4.15	27	Did not advance
Misleydis Gonzalez	Shot put	18.91	7					19.50	4
Mailin Vargas	Shot put	18.47	14					18.28	10
Yumileidi Cumba	Shot put	17.60	20	Did not advance
Yarelis Barrios	Discus throw	62.23	4					63.64	2 !
Yania Ferrales	Discus throw	59.87	15	Did not advance
Osleidys Menendez	Javelin throw	60.51	11					63.35	6
Yanet Cruz	Javelin throw	58.06	19	Did not advance
Yipsi Moreno	Hammer throw	73.92	1					75.20	2 !
Arasay Thondike	Hammer throw	68.74	15	Did not advance

[edit] Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Cuba earned a qualification spot in baseball by placing in the top two at the 2006 Americas Olympic Qualifying Event. The Cuba national baseball team has historically been very successful at the Olympics, winning the gold medal in three of the four tournaments held so far and taking the silver in 2000.

Athlete(s)	Position
Ariel Pestano Yoandry Urgüelles Alfredo Despaigne Luis Rodríguez Alexei Bell Yadier Pedroso Yonder Martínez Adiel Palma Luis Navas Giorbis Duvergel Alexander Malleta Eriel Sánchez Rolando Meriño Héctor Olivera Michel Enriquez Yulieski Gurriel Vicyohandry Odelin Pedro Luis Lazo Eduardo Paret Norberto González Norge Luis Vera Frederich Cepeda Elier Sánchez Miguel La Hera	Catcher Outfield - - Outfield Pitcher Pitcher Pitcher Infield Outfield Infield - Catcher Infield Infield Infield Pitcher Pitcher Infield Pitcher Pitcher Outfield - -

^[6]

Team	G	W	L	RS	RA	WIN%	GB	Tiebreaker
South Korea	7	7	0	41	22	1.000	-	-
Cuba	7	6	1	52	23	.857	1	-
United States	7	5	2	40	22	.714	2	-
Japan	7	4	3	30	14	.571	3	-
Chinese Taipei	7	2	5	29	33	.286	5	1-0
Canada	7	2	5	29	20	.286	5	0-1
Netherlands	7	1	6	9	50	.143	6	1-0
China	7	1	6	14	60	.143	6	0-1

[edit] Boxing

Main articles: Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Cuba qualified ten boxers for the Olympic boxing tournament. The light heavyweight class was the only one in which Cuba did not qualify a boxer. Nine of the ten Cuban qualifiers did so at the first American qualifying tournament.^[7]^[8] For the first time since the 1988 Olympic Games, Cuba did not win a gold medal.

Athlete	Event	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yampier Hernández	Light flyweight	Dostiev (TJK) W 12-1	Chygayev (UKR) W 21-3	Carvalho (BRA) W 21-6	Serdamba (MGL) L 8-+8 3 !
Andry Laffita	Flyweight		Yafai (GBR) W 9-3	Arroyo (PUR) W 11-2	Balakshin (RUS) W 9-8	Jongjohor (THA) L2-8 2 !
Yankiel Leon	Bantamweight		Abutalipov (KAZ) W 10-3	Petchkoom (THA) W 10-2	Julie (MRI) W 7-5	Badar-Uugan (MGL) L 5-16 2 !
Idel Torriente	Featherweight	Dzanie (GHA) W 11-2	Enkhzorig (MGL) W 10-9	Imranov (AZE) L 14-16
Yordenis Ugas	Lightweight	Kramou (ALG) W 21-3	Valentino (ITA) W 10-2	Popescu (ROU) W 11-7	Sow (FRA) -L 8-15 3 !
Rosniel Iglesias	Light welterweight	Smaila (CMR) W 15-1	Moussaid (MAR) W 15-4	Kovalev (RUS) W 5-2	Boonjumnong (THA) L 5-10 3 !
Carlos Banteux	Welterweight		Saunders (GBR) W 13-6	Abdin (EGY) W 10-2	Silamu (CHN) W 17-4	Sarsekbayev (KAZ) L 9-18 2 !
Emilio Correa	Middleweight	Fletcher (AUS) W 17-4	Derevyanchenko (UKR) W 18-4	Rasulov (UZB) W 9-7	Kumar (IND) W 8-5	DeGale (GBR) L 14-16 2 !
Osmay Acosta	Heavyweight		Durodola (NIG) W 11-0	Pavlidis (GRE) W 7-4	Chakhkiev (RUS) L 5-10 3 !
Robert Alfonso	Super heavyweight		Glazkov (UKR) L 5-3	Did not advance

[edit] Canoeing

Main articles: Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

[edit] Flatwater

Men

Athlete	Event	Heats		Semifinals		Final
Athlete	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Aldo Pruna	C-1 500 m	1:51.11	5	1:53.81	5	Did not advance
Aldo Pruna	C-1 1000 m	4:02.35	3	4:01.75	3	3:59.09	8
Karel Aguilar Serguey Torres	C-2 500 m	1:44.15	7	1:43:64	5	Did not advance
Karel Aguilar Serguey Torres	C-2 1000 m	3:41.17	2	Not needed		3:48:88	8
Jorge Garcia	K-1 500 m	1:42:80	7	1:49:08	8	Did not advance
Jorge Garcia	K-1 1000 m	3:38:86	7	3:41:22	5	Did not advance

Three Cuban canoers and one kayaker have qualified for the Olympic games.^[9]

[edit] Cycling

Main articles: Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

[edit] Road

Athlete	Event	Time	Rank
Yumari Gonzalez Valdivieso	Women's road race	3:51.39	60

[edit] Track

Sprints

Athlete	Event	Qualifying		1/16 finals (repechage)	1/8 finals (repechage)	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Finals (5th-12th place)
Athlete	Event	Time Speed	Rank	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Lisandra Guerra	Women's sprint	11.462	9		Kanis (NED) L	Tyslinskaya (BLR) Tsukada (JPN) 2		Grankowskaja (RUS) Hijgenaar (NED) Tsukada (JPN)	10

Points races

Athlete	Event	Points/Laps	Rank
Yoanka González	Women's points race	18/0

[edit] Diving

Main articles: Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Events	Preliminary		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Points	Rank	Points	Rank	Points	Rank
Jorge Betancourt	3 m individual springboard	428.25	19	Did not advance
Jorge Pupo	3 m individual springboard	388.70	27	Did not advance
Jeinkel Aguirre	10 m individual platform	423.75	16	414.20	15	Did not advance
José Guerra	10 m individual platform	443.20	11	438.80	11	507.15	5
Erick Fornaris José Guerra	10 m synchronised platform					409.38	7

[edit] Fencing

Main articles: Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Fencing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 64	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Bronze final	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Misleydis Compañy	Individual foil	Joanna Halls (AUS) 15-13	Giovanna Trillini (ITA) 7-15	Did not advance
Mailyn González	Individual sabre	Nafi Toure (SEN) 15-7	Sada Jacobson (USA) 11-15	Did not advance

[edit] Judo

Main articles: Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yosmani Piker	−60 kg		Davtyan (ARM) L 0010-0100
Yordanis Arencibia	−66 kg		Gonzalez (AND) W 1010-0000	El Hady (EGY) W 0001-0000	Takata (USA) W 0010-0000	Uchishiba (JPN) L 0001-0020				Gadanov (RUS) W 0010-0001 3 !
Ronald Girones	−73 kg		Toma (MDA) L 0001-0010
Oscar Cardenas	−81 kg		Rodriguez (FRA) W 0110-0001	Neto (POR) L 0000-1000
Asley Gonzales	−90 kg		Dafreville (FRA) L 0000-1000				Meloni (ITA) L 0001-1001
Oresidis Despaigne	−100 kg		Celotti (AUS) W 0010-0000	Sung-Ho (KOR) L 0000-0001
Vidal Braison	+100 kg		Hachache (LIB) W 1011-0000	Zegarra (PER) W 1000-0000	Schlitter (BRA) W 1000-0000	Tangriev (UZB) L 0011-1010				Roudaki (IRI) W 0200-0000 3 !

Women

Athlete	Event	Preliminary	Round of 32	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	First repechage round	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yanet Bermoy	−48 kg
Yagnelis Mestres	−52 kg
Yueisleidy Lupetey	−57 kg
Driulis González	−63 kg
Anaysi Hernández	−70 kg
Yangelis Castillo	−78 kg
Idalis Ortiz	+78 kg

[edit] Modern pentathlon

Main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Men

Athlete	Shoot	Fence	Swim	Ride	Run	Total points	Rank
Yaniel Velazquez	184 (1144)	18 (832)	2:16.38 (1164)	79.79 (1028)	09:29.55 (1124)	5292	15

[edit] Rowing

Main articles: Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Eyder Batista Yunior Perez	Lightweight double sculls	6:19.36	4-->R	6:40.15	2-->SA/B	6:33.60	3-->FA	6:19.96	6
Yoennis Hernández Ángel Founier Yuleidys Cascaret Janier Concepción	Quadruple sculls	5:44.68	4-->R	6:03.56	2-->SA/B	6:04.99	6-->FB	5:52.66	6

Women

Athlete(s)	Event	Heats		Repechage		Semifinals		Final
Athlete(s)	Event	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Mayra González	Single sculls	8:07.22	2	7:45.75	4-->SC/D	8:02.10	1-->FC	7:42.68	3
Ismaray Marrero Yaima Velázquez	Lightweight double sculls	7:13.35	4-->R	7:32.14	3-->SA/B	7:30.15	FB	7:20.07	6

[edit] Shooting

Main articles: Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Eliecer Perez Exposito	10 m air rifle	585	44th	Did not advance		44th
	50 m rifle prone	582	52nd	Did not advance		52nd
	50 m rifle three positions
Leurir Pupo Requejo	25 m rapid fire pistol	578	7th	Did not advance		7th

Women

Athlete	Event	Qualification		Final		Rank
Athlete	Event	Score	Rank	Score	Total	Rank
Eglis Yaima Cruz Farfan	10 m air rifle	396	11th	Did not advance		11th
Eglis Yaima Cruz Farfan	50 m rifle three positions	588	2nd	99.6	687.6	3 Bronze

[edit] Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 2008 Summer Olympics

Athlete	Events	Heat		Semifinal		Final
Athlete	Events	Time	Rank	Time	Rank	Time	Rank
Pedro Medel	Men's 200 m backstroke	2:01.32	30	Did not advance
Heysi Villarreal	Women's 200 m freestyle	2:03.23 NR	41	Did not advance

[edit] Taekwondo

Main articles: Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Gessler Viera	−68 kg	Tazegul (TUR) L 4-3	Did not advance
Ángel Valodia Matos	+80 kg	Basile (ITA) W 3-1	Xiaobo (CHN) W 2-1	Dong-Min (KOR) L 1-2	BYE	Chilmanov (KAZ) L DSQ

Women

Athlete	Event	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage quarterfinals	Repechage semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Rank
Daynellis Montejo	−49 kg	Puedpong (THA) L 1-0			Thi Ngoc Truc (VIE) W 4-0	Shu-Chun (TPE) W 3-2

[edit] Volleyball

Main articles: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

[edit] Beach

[edit] Women's tournament

Athlete	Event	Pool game 1	Standing	Round of 16	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Score	Standing	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score	Opposition Score
Milagros Crespo Imara Esteves Seed 16	Doubles	Hakedal - Torlen (NOR) Walsh - May-Treanor (USA) Teru Saiki - Kusuhara (JPN)
Dalixia Fernández Larrea Perazza Seed 13	Doubles	Pohl - Rau (GER) Kadijk - Mooren (NED) Branagh - Youngs (USA)

[edit] Indoor

[edit] Women's tournament

Main article: Volleyball at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament

Cuba qualified a team to the women's tournament. The team won all of its five group play games, finishing as group winners. They also won the quarterfinal, bot lost both the semifinal and the bronze medal game, thus obtaining a final ranking of 4th for the tournament.

Roster

The following is the Cuban roster in the women's volleyball tournament of the 2008 Summer Olympics.^[10] view · talk

№	Name	Date of birth	Height	Weight	Spike	Block	2008 club
01 !1	Ruiz, YumilkaYumilka Ruíz	01978-05-08 8 May 1978	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Camagüey
02 !2	Santos, YanelisYanelis Santos	01986-03-30 30 March 1986	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	69 kg (150 lb)	324 cm (128 in)	304 cm (120 in)	Ciego de Ávila
03 !3	Carrillo, NancyNancy Carrillo	01986-01-11 11 January 1986	1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)	74 kg (160 lb)	320 cm (130 in)	315 cm (124 in)	Ciudad Habana
06 !6	Ramirez, DaimiDaimí Ramírez	01983-10-08 8 October 1983	1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)	67 kg (150 lb)	305 cm (120 in)	290 cm (110 in)	Camagüey
08 !8	Ortiz, YaimaYaima Ortíz	01981-11-09 9 November 1981	1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	326 cm (128 in)	303 cm (119 in)	Ciudad Habana
09 !9	Sanchez, RachelRachel Sánchez	01989-01-09 9 January 1989	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (170 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Pinar del Río
10	Herrera, YusleynisYusleynis Herrera	01984-03-12 12 March 1984	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)	63 kg (140 lb)	325 cm (128 in)	305 cm (120 in)	Ciudad Habana
11	Mesa, LianaLiana Mesa	01977-12-26 26 December 1977	1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)	73 kg (160 lb)	316 cm (124 in)	300 cm (120 in)	Camagüey
12	Calderon, RosirRosir Calderón	01984-12-28 28 December 1984	1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)	70 kg (150 lb)	330 cm (130 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana
14	Carcaces, KeniaKenia Carcaces	01986-01-23 23 January 1986	1.89 m (6 ft 2 in)	69 kg (150 lb)	310 cm (120 in)	306 cm (120 in)	Holguín
15	Silie, YusideyYusidey Silié	01984-11-11 11 November 1984	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	75 kg (170 lb)	315 cm (124 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana
18	Barros, ZoilaZoila Barros	01976-08-06 6 August 1976	1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)	72 kg (160 lb)	328 cm (129 in)	307 cm (121 in)	Ciudad Habana

Group play

v t e			Matches		Points			Sets
Rank	Team	Pts	W	L	W	L	Ratio	W	L	Ratio
1	Cuba	10	5	0	426	371	1.148	15	3	5.000
2	United States	9	4	1	459	441	1.041	12	9	1.333
3	China	8	3	2	467	395	1.182	13	7	1.857
4	Japan	7	2	3	381	389	0.979	7	11	0.636
5	Poland	6	1	4	441	445	0.991	9	12	0.750
6	Venezuela	5	0	5	262	395	0.663	1	15	0.067

9 August 2008 14:30 v	Poland	1 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 14,000 Referee(s): Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea), Janpen Jirakakul (Thailand) Report(s): result statistics
9 August 2008 14:30 v	25 17 20 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	21 25 25 25

02008-08-11 11 August 2008 12:35 v	United States	0 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,000 Referee(s): Umit Sokullu (Turkey), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia) Report(s): result statistics
02008-08-11 11 August 2008 12:35 v	15 24 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 26 25

13 August 2008 20:00 v	Cuba	3 – 2	China	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Frank Leuthauser (Germany), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
13 August 2008 20:00 v	18 14 25 32 15	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4 Set 5	25 25 23 30 13

15 August 2008 22:45 v	Japan	0 – 3	Cuba	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 5,000 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Massimo Menghini (Italy) Report(s): result statistics
15 August 2008 22:45 v	17 22 22	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 25

17 August 2008 12:00 v	Cuba	3 – 0	Venezuela	Beijing Institute of Technology Gymnasium Attendance: 3,500 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria) Report(s): result statistics
17 August 2008 12:00 v	25 25 25	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	20 20 19

Quarterfinal

19 August 2008 10:00 v	Cuba	3 – 0	Serbia	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Ibrahim al-Naama (Qatar), Kim Kun-Tae (South Korea) Report(s): result statistics
19 August 2008 10:00 v	26 25 26	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	24 19 24

Semifinal

02008-08-21 21 August 2008 12:35 v	Cuba	0 – 3	United States	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 13,000 Referee(s): Frans Loderus (Netherlands), Dejan Jovanovic (Serbia) Report(s): result statistics
02008-08-21 21 August 2008 12:35 v	20 16 17	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3	25 25 26

Bronze medal game

23 August 2008 12:30 v	Cuba	1 – 3	China 3 !	Capital Indoor Stadium Attendance: 12,500 Referee(s): Andrei Zenovich (Russia), Konstantin Tufekchiev (Bulgaria) Report(s): result statistics
23 August 2008 12:30 v	16 25 13 20	Set 1 Set 2 Set 3 Set 4	25 21 25 25

[edit] Weightlifting

Main articles: Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Total athletes - 10

Men

Athlete	Event	Snatch		Clean & jerk		Total	Rank
Athlete	Event	Result	Rank	Result	Rank	Total	Rank
Sergio Alvarez Boulet	-56 kg	120	8	152	7	272	6
Lázaro Maikel Ruiz	-62 kg	132	8	162	6	294	6
Yordanis Borrero	-69 kg	148	6	180	6	328	4
Iván Cambar	-77 kg	157	8	196	3	353	6
Jadier Valladares	-85 kg	169	7	203	5	372	5
Yoandry Hernández	-94 kg	178	6	215	5	393	6
Roman Konstantinov	-94 kg

[edit] Wrestling

Main articles: Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Qualification

Men's freestyle

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Maikel Pérez	−55 kg
Yandro Quintana	−60 kg
Geandry Garzón	−66 kg
Iván Fundora	−74 kg
Reineris Sala	−84 kg
Michel Batista	−96 kg
Disney Rodríguez	−120 kg

Greco-Roman

Athlete	Event	Qualification	1/8 final	Quarterfinals	Semifinals	Repechage round 1	Repechage round 2	Final
Athlete	Event	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result	Opposition Result
Yagnier Hernández	−55 kg
Roberto Monzón	−60 kg
Alain Milian	−66 kg
Yunior Estrada	−84 kg
Mijaín López	−120 kg

[edit] See also

[edit] References

^ http://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/eventos/beijing/r-cuba/atletas/index.html
^ "149 Cubans qualify for Olympics", Xinhua, 5 June 2008.
^ "Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.
^ FITA Olympic Qualification - Men
^ "Cuban runner Robles trains in Havana", Xinhua, 31 July 2008.
^ [1]
^ 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Hernandez became the tenth Cuban boxer to qualify when he did so at the second American continental qualifying tournament.
^ 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament
^ "Athlete Quota Places Allocation - Final List 21 July 2008". International Canoe Federation. 21 July 2008. http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/Olympic%20Games/Beijing%202008/NOC%20ATHLETE%20QUOTAS%20Beijing%202008%2019%20July.xls?MenuID=Olympic%5FGames%2F1225%2F0%2CBeijing%5F2008%2F1226%2F1924. Retrieved 2008-07-30. ^{[dead link]}
^ 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

[0] ttp://www.granma.cubaweb.cu/eventos/beijing/r-cuba/atletas/index.html

[1] "149 Cubans qualify for Olympics", Xinhua, 5 June 2008.

[2] "Cuban wrestler Mijain Lopez: only gold is my goal", Xinhua, 30 July 2008.

[ArcheryMen-3] FITA Olympic Qualification - Men

[4] "Cuban runner Robles trains in Havana", Xinhua, 31 July 2008.

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[BoxingQualAmerica1-6] 1st AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament Hernandez became the tenth Cuban boxer to qualify when he did so at the second American continental qualifying tournament.

[BoxingQualAmerica2-7] 2nd AIBA American Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament

[8] "Athlete Quota Places Allocation - Final List 21 July 2008". International Canoe Federation. 21 July 2008. http://www.canoeicf.com/site/canoeint/if/downloads/Olympic%20Games/Beijing%202008/NOC%20ATHLETE%20QUOTAS%20Beijing%202008%2019%20July.xls?MenuID=Olympic%5FGames%2F1225%2F0%2CBeijing%5F2008%2F1226%2F1924. Retrieved 2008-07-30. ^{[dead link]}

[la84book2-9] 2008 Official Results Part Two: Hockey – Wrestling, LA84 Foundation.

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