Cuba at the Olympics
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| 1896 • 1900 • 1904 • 1908 • 1912 • 1920 • 1924 • 1928 • 1932 • 1936 • 1948 • 1952 • 1956 • 1960 • 1964 • 1968 • 1972 • 1976 • 1980 • 1984 • 1988 • 1992 • 1996 • 2000 • 2004 • 2008 • 2012 | ||||||||||
Cuba first participated at the Olympic Games in 1900, and has sent athletes to compete in 18 of 26 Summer Olympic Games overall. Cuban athletes have never participated in the Winter Olympic Games. Cuba is the most successful Olympic team among those nations who never won medals at Winter Olympics.
Cuban athletes have won a total of 194 medals at the Summer Olympics. Cuba has won the most medals overall of any country which has never won a medal at the Winter Olympics. Cuba has also won the third highest total number of medals (after Hungary and Romania) of nations that have never hosted the Games
The National Olympic Committee for Cuba is the Comité Olímpico Cubano, and was created in 1926 and recognized in 1954.
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[edit] Medalists
This lists Cuban medalists from the 2004 and 2008 Summer Olympics. For a full list, see List of Olympic medalists for Cuba
Gold
Silver
Bronze[edit] Medal tables
[edit] Medals by Games
| Games | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| 1900 Paris | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 1904 St. Louis | 4 | 2 | 3 | 9 |
| 1908 London | did not participate | |||
| 1912 Stockholm | did not participate | |||
| 1920 Antwerp | did not participate | |||
| 1924 Paris | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1928 Amsterdam | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1932 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||
| 1936 Berlin | did not participate | |||
| 1948 London | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1952 Helsinki | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1956 Melbourne | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1960 Rome | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1964 Tokyo | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 1968 Mexico City | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 1972 Munich | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 1976 Montreal | 6 | 4 | 3 | 13 |
| 1980 Moscow | 8 | 7 | 5 | 20 |
| 1984 Los Angeles | did not participate | |||
| 1988 Seoul | did not participate | |||
| 1992 Barcelona | 14 | 6 | 11 | 31 |
| 1996 Atlanta | 9 | 8 | 8 | 25 |
| 2000 Sydney | 11 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 2004 Athens | 9 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 2008 Beijing | 2 | 11 | 11 | 24 |
| Total | 67 | 64 | 63 | 194 |
[edit] Medals by sport
| Sport | Gold | Silver | Bronze | Total |
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| Boxing | 32 | 19 | 12 | 63 |
| Athletics | 10 | 13 | 14 | 37 |
| Wrestling | 6 | 5 | 6 | 17 |
| Judo | 5 | 11 | 16 | 32 |
| Fencing | 5 | 5 | 6 | 16 |
| Baseball | 3 | 2 | 0 | 5 |
| Volleyball | 3 | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| Weightlifting | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Taekwondo | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| Canoeing | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Swimming | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Cycling | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Sailing | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| Shooting | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| Basketball | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total | 67 | 64 | 63 | 194 |
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/athletes/results/search_r_uk.asp. Retrieved 2007-12-07.
- "Comité Olímpico Cubano". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/cuba. Retrieved 2011-07-01.
