Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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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

Men's long jump

  • Jaime Jefferson
    • Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)

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


Women's 4x400 metres relay

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

  • Ioamnet Quintero
    • Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)

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[]

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)

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)

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 (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 (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

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
Men's team foil
Men's épée
Women's épée
Women's team épée

Judo[]

Main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's extra-lightweight

Men's half-lightweight

Men's middleweight

Men's half-heavyweight

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 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

Men's 200m breaststroke

Volleyball[]

Main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's indoor tournament[]

Women's indoor tournament[]

Weightlifting[]

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's bantamweight

  • William Vargas

Men's lightweight

Men's middleweight

  • Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight

Wrestling[]

Main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

Men's flyweight, freestyle

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

Men's lightweight, freestyle

Men's welterweight, freestyle

Men's middleweight, freestyle

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

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. {{cite book}}: |author= has generic name (help)
  • "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. ^ Rohter, Larry (November 1996). "Cuba Makes a Strict Move in Order to Deter Defections". The New York Times.
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