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Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the
1992 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cuba.svg
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Barcelona
Competitors176 (126 men and 50 women) in 16 sports
Flag bearer Héctor Milián
Medals
Ranked 5th
Gold
14
Silver
6
Bronze
11
Total
31
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

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]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

  • Roberto Hernández, Héctor Herrera, Lázaro Martínez, and Norberto Téllez — Athletics, Men's 4 × 400 m 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)

Bronze

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 400 m Relay

Men's Marathon

  • Alberto Cuba — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's Long Jump

  • Iván Pedroso
    • Qualification — 8.07 m
    • Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place)
  • Jaime Jefferson
    • Qualification — 8.09 m
    • Final — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)

Men's Triple Jump

  • Yoelvis Quesada
    • Qualification — 17.21 m
    • Final — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)

Men's Discus Throw

  • Roberto Moya
    • Qualification — 62.06 m
    • Final — 64.12 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Juan Martínez
    • Qualification — 60.34 m
    • Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)


Women's 800 metres

  • Ana Fidelia Quirot
    • Heat — 1:59.06
    • Semifinal — 2:00.86
    • Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)

Women's Discus Throw

  • Maritza Marten
    • Qualification — 65.02m
    • Final — 70.06m (→ Gold medal.svg Gold Medal)
  • Hilda Ramos
    • Qualification — 62.82m
    • Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place)
  • Bárbara Hechavarría
    • Qualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)

Women's High Jump

  • Ioamnet Quintero
    • Qualification — 1.92 m
    • Final — 1.97 m (→ Bronze medal.svg Bronze Medal)
  • Silvia Costa
    • Qualification — 1.92 m
    • Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)

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.svg Gold Medal (9–0)

Team Roster

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group A)
    • Defeated Unified Team (91–89)
    • Defeated Brazil (95–88)
    • Defeated Italy (60–53)
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to PR China (70–109)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to United States (74–88) → 4th place
  • Team Roster
    • Andrea Borrell
    • Ana Hernández
    • Olga Vigil
    • Grisel Herrera
    • Biosotis Lagnó
    • Yudith Águila
    • María León
    • Yamilé Martínez
    • Dalia Henry
    • Liset Castillo
    • Regla Hernández
    • Milayda Enríquez
  • Head Coach: Manuel Pérez

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Rogelio Marcelo → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
    • 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.svg Silver Medal
    • 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.svg Gold Medal
    • 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)

  • Eddy Suarez
    • 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)

  • Julio González Valladares

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Héctor Vinent → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
    • 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.svg Silver Medal
    • 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.svg Gold Medal
    • 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.svg Gold Medal
    • 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)

  • Angel Espinosa
    • 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)

Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg)

  • Roberto Balado → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
    • 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

Canoeing

Main article: Canoeing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Four male cyclists represented Cuba in 1992.

Men's team pursuit
  • Conrado Cabrera
  • Eugenio Castro
  • Noël de la Cruz
  • Raúl Domínguez
Men's points race
  • Conrado Cabrera

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.

Men's foil
  • Elvis Gregory
  • Guillermo Betancourt
  • Oscar García
  • Alain Julian
Men's team foil
  • Elvis Gregory, Guillermo Betancourt, Oscar García, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

  • Ignacio Sayu

Men's Middleweight

  • Andrés Franco

Men's Half-Heavyweight

  • Belarmino Salgado

Men's Heavyweight

  • Frank Moreno


Women's Extra-Lightweight

Women's Half-Lightweight

Women's Lightweight

  • Driulys González

Women's Half-Middleweight

  • Ileana Beltrán

Women's Middleweight

Women's Half-Heavyweight

  • Niurka Moreno

Women's Heavyweight

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m Backstroke

Men's 200m Backstroke

Men's 100m Breaststroke

  • Mario González
    • Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

  • Mario González
    • Heat – 2:16.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Table tennis

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated Netherlands (3–1)
    • Defeated Algeria (3–0)
    • Defeated Unified Team (3–1)
    • Lost to Brazil (1–3)
    • Defeated South Korea (3–0)
  • Quarterfinals
    • Defeated Spain (3–0)
  • Semifinals
    • Lost to Netherlands (0–3)
  • Bronze Medal Match
    • Lost to United States (1–3) → Fourth place
  • Team Roster
    • Félix Millán
    • Freddy Brooks
    • Idalberto Valdes
    • Ihosvany Hernández
    • Joël Despaigne
    • Lazaro Beltran
    • Lazaro Marin
    • Nicolas Vives
    • Osvaldo Hernández
    • Raúl Diago
    • Rodolfo Sánchez
    • Abel Sarmientos

Women's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • Defeated PR China (3–1)
    • Defeated Brazil (3–1)
    • Defeated Netherlands (3–0)
  • Semifinals
    • Defeated United States (3–2)
  • Final
    • Defeated Unified Team (3–1) → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
  • Team Roster
  • Head Coach: Eugenio Lafita

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

  • Preliminary Round (Group B)
    • 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
    • Lost to Australia (5–7)
    • Lost to Germany (6–10) → 8th place
  • Team Roster
    • Bárbaro Diaz
    • Juan Barreras
    • Norge Blay
    • Pablo Cuesta
    • Jorge Del Valle
    • Marcelo Derauville
    • Lazaro Fernández
    • Ernesto García
    • Juan Hernández Olivera
    • Juan Hernández Silveira
    • Guillermo Martínez
    • Iván Pérez
    • José Ramos

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Middleweight

  • Pablo Lara
  • Raúl Mora

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Lino Elias
  • José Ernesto Heredia

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

  • Emilio Lara

Men's Heavyweight II

  • Flavio Villavicencio
  • Maurys Charón

Men's Super-Heavyweight

  • Ernesto Aguero

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1992 Summer Olympics

See also

  • Cuba at the 1991 Pan American Games

References

  1. ^ "Cuba at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
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