Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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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[]

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[]

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)

Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

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)

  • Félix Savón → Gold medal.svg Gold Medal
    • 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.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
Men's points race

Fencing[]

Main article: Fencing at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.

Men's foil
Men's team foil

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Half-Lightweight

Men's Lightweight

Men's Middleweight

Men's Half-Heavyweight

  • Belarmino Salgado

Men's Heavyweight

  • Frank Moreno


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

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

Men's 200m Breaststroke

Table tennis[]

Main article: Table tennis at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

Women's Team Competition[]

Water polo[]

Main article: Water polo at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition[]

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1992 Summer Olympics

Men's Middleweight

Men's Light-Heavyweight

  • Lino Elias

Men's Middle-Heavyweight

Men's Heavyweight II

Men's Super-Heavyweight

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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