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Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the
1996 Summer Olympics
Flag of Cuba.svg
IOC codeCUB
NOCCuban Olympic Committee
in Atlanta
Competitors164 (111 men and 53 women) in 15 sports
Flag bearer Rolando Tucker
Medals
Ranked 8th
Gold
9
Silver
8
Bronze
8
Total
25
Summer Olympics appearances (overview)

Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.[1]

Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections.[2]

Medalists

Gold

Silver

Bronze

  • Yoelbi Quesada — Athletics, Men's triple jump
  • Oscar García, Elvis Gregory and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, men's foil team competition
  • Israel Hernández — Judo, men's half lightweight (65 kg)
  • Amarilis Savón — Judo, women's extra lightweight (48 kg)
  • Legna Verdecia — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)
  • Diadenis Luna — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg)
  • Neisser Bent — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke
  • Alexis Vila — Wrestling, men's freestyle paperweight (48 kg)

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 4 × 400 m relay

  • Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
    • Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

Men's long jump

Men's decathlon

  • Eugenio Balanque
    • Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)
  • Raul Duany
    • Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)

Men's discus throw

Men's hammer throw

  • Alberto Sánchez
    • Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)


Women's 4x400 metres relay

  • Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
    • Qualification — 3:24.23
    • Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

Women's long jump

  • Regla Cardenas
    • Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)
  • Lisette Cuza
    • Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)
  • Niurka Montalvo
    • Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)

Women's high jump

Women's triple jump

  • Yamile Aldama
    • Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)

Women's javelin throw

  • Isel Lopez
    • Qualification — 61.40m
    • Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)
  • Xiomara Rivero
    • Qualification — 61.32m
    • Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)
  • Odelmys Palma
    • Qualification — 62.30m
    • Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)

Women's discus throw

  • Maritza Marten
    • Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)
  • Barbara Hechevarria
    • Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)

Women's shot put

  • Belsis Laza
    • Qualification — 18.61m
    • Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)
  • Yumileidis Cumba
    • Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)

Women's heptathlon

  • Regla Cardenas
    • Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)
  • Magalys García
    • Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)

Baseball

Main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Defending gold medallist and undefeated team Cuba made its second appearance in the 1996 Olympic baseball tournament. Once again, the Cubans went undefeated, beating all seven of the other teams in the preliminary round. A semifinal victory over Nicaragua and a final win against Japan won Cuba its second gold medal in baseball and improved its Olympic win-loss record to 18-0.

Men's tournament:

  • Cuba - Gold medal.svg Gold medal (9-0)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's tournament

  • Preliminary round (Group B)
    • Lost to United States (84-101)
    • Defeated South Korea (70-55)
    • Lost to Australia (63-75)
    • Lost to Ukraine (75-87)
    • Defeated Zaire (73-59)
  • Quarterfinals
    • Lost to Brazil (69-101)
  • Classification matches
    • 5th/8th place: Defeated Italy (78-70)
    • 5th/6th place: Lost to Russia (74-91) → 6th place
  • Team roster
    • Yudith Águila
    • Milayda Enríquez
    • Gertrudis Gómez
    • Cariola Hechavarría
    • Dalia Henry
    • Grisel Herrera
    • Biosotis Lagnó
    • María León
    • Yamilé Martínez
    • Tania Seino
    • Lisdeivis Víctores
    • Olga Vigil
  • Head Coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez

Beach volleyball

Main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

  • Yosvani Aguilera
    1. First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

  • Maikro Romero → Gold medal.svg Gold medal
    1. First round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
    2. Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
    5. Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

  • Arnaldo Mesa → Silver medal.svg Silver medal
    1. First round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
    2. Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
    5. Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

  • Lorenzo Aragón
    1. First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
    2. Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

  • Julio González Valladares
    1. First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
    2. Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

  • Héctor Vinent → Gold medal.svg Gold medal
    1. First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
    5. Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)

  • Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal.svg Silver medal
    1. First round — Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
    2. Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
    5. Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

  • Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal.svg Silver medal
    1. First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
    2. Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
    5. Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

  • Ariel Hernández → Gold medal.svg Gold medal
    1. First round — Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt), 11-2
    2. Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
    5. Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

  • Freddy Rojas
    1. First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
    2. Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

  • Félix Savón → Gold medal.svg Gold medal
    1. First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
    2. Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
    4. Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
    5. Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

  • Alexis Rubalcaba
    1. First round — Bye
    2. Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
    3. Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Women's individual road race

  • Dania Perez
    • Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.

Men's foil
  • Rolando Tucker
  • Elvis Gregory
  • Oscar García
Men's team foil
  • Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker
Men's épée
  • Iván Trevejo
Women's épée
  • Mirayda García
  • Milagros Palma
  • Tamara Esteri
Women's team épée
  • Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's extra-lightweight

Men's half-lightweight

Men's middleweight

  • Yosvany Despaigne

Men's half-heavyweight

  • Angel Sánchez

Men's heavyweight

  • Frank Moreno


Women's extra-lightweight

  • Amarilys Savón

Women's half-lightweight

Women's lightweight

  • Driulys González

Women's half-middleweight

  • Ileana Beltrán

Women's middleweight

Women's half-heavyweight

  • Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Sailing

Main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Juan Miguel Rodriguez Skeet 121 7 Did not advance
Servando Puldon 116 38 Did not advance
Alfredo Torres 119 20 Did not advance

Swimming

Main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's 100m backstroke

Men's 200m backstroke

Men's 100m breaststroke

  • Mario González
    1. Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

  • Mario González
    1. Heat — 2:16.15
    2. B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's indoor tournament

  • Preliminary round (Group A)
    • Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
    • Defeated Poland (3-0)
    • Defeated United States (3-2)
    • Defeated Argentina (3-0)
    • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
  • Quarterfinals
    • Lost to Russia (0-3)
  • Classification matches
    • 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
    • 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place
  • Team roster
    • Alexis Batle
    • Angel Beltrán
    • Freddy Brooks
    • Joel Despaigne
    • Raúl Diago
    • Jhosvany Hernández
    • Osvaldo Hernández
    • Lazaro Martín
    • Alain Roca
    • Rodolfo Sanchez
    • Ricardo Vantes
    • Nicolas Vives

Women's indoor tournament

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's bantamweight

  • William Vargas

Men's lightweight

  • Idalberto Aranda

Men's middleweight

  • Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight

  • Carlos Alexis Hernández
  • Enrique Sabari

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Lázaro Rivas

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

  • Luis Sarmiento

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

  • Juan Luis Marén

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman

  • Liubal Colás

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman

  • Filiberto Azcuy

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

  • Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

Men's flyweight, freestyle

  • Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

  • Alejandro Puerto

Men's lightweight, freestyle

  • Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle

  • Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

  • Ariel Ramos

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

  • Wilfredo Morales

See also

  • Cuba at the 1995 Pan American Games

Notes

  • (ed.) Watkins, Ginger T. (1997). The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results (PDF). Atlanta: Peachtree Publishers. ISBN 1-56145-150-9. Retrieved 2008-02-13.
  • "Olympic Medal Winners". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 2008-02-13.

References

  1. ^ "Cuba at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  2. ^ https://www.nytimes.com/1996/11/01/sports/cuba-makes-a-strict-move-in-order-to-deter-defections.html
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