Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

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]

Cuba at the
1996 Summer Olympics
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)

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

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Medal Name Sport Event Date
  Gold Filiberto Azcuy Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 74 kg 23 July
  Gold Driulis González Judo Women's 56 kg 24 July
  Gold Pablo Lara Weightlifting Men's 76 kg 24 July
  Gold Cuba national baseball team
Baseball Men's tournament 2 August
  Gold Ariel Hernández Boxing Middleweight 3 August
  Gold Félix Savón Boxing Heavyweight 3 August
  Gold Cuba women's national volleyball team
Volleyball Women's tournament 3 August
  Gold Maikro Romero Boxing Flyweight 4 August
  Gold Héctor Vinent Boxing Light welterweight 4 August
  Silver Iván Trevejo Fencing Men's épée 20 July
  Silver Estela Rodríguez Judo Women's +72 kg 20 July
  Silver Rodolfo Falcón Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 23 July
  Silver Juan Luis Marén Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 23 July
  Silver Ana Fidelia Quirot Athletics Women's 800 metres 29 July
  Silver Arnaldo Mesa Boxing Bantamweight 3 August
  Silver Juan Hernández Sierra Boxing Welterweight 3 August
  Silver Alfredo Duvergel Boxing Light middleweight 3 August
  Bronze Diadenis Luna Judo Women's 72 kg 21 July
  Bronze Neisser Bent Swimming Men's 100 metre backstroke 23 July
  Bronze Elvis Gregory
Óscar García
Rolando Tucker
Fencing Men's team foil 25 July
  Bronze Legna Verdecia Judo Women's 52 kg 26 July
  Bronze Israel Hernández Judo Men's 65 kg 25 July
  Bronze Amarilis Savón Judo Women's 48 kg 26 July
  Bronze Yoelbi Quesada Athletics Men's triple jump 27 July
  Bronze Alexis Vila Wrestling Men's freestyle 48 kg 31 July

Competitors

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The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[3]

Sport Men Women Total
Athletics 26 20 46
Baseball 20 20
Basketball 0 12 12
Beach volleyball 2 0 2
Boxing 12 12
Cycling 0 1 1
Fencing 4 3 7
Judo 5 7 12
Rowing 2 0 2
Sailing 2 0 2
Shooting 3 0 3
Swimming 3 0 3
Volleyball 12 10 22
Weightlifting 5 5
Wrestling 15 15
Total 111 53 164

Athletics

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Men's 4 × 400 m relay

Men's long jump

Men's decathlon

Men's discus throw

Men's hammer throw


Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

Women's long jump

Women's high jump

Women's triple jump

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

Women's shot put

Women's heptathlon

Baseball

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Men's tournament:

  • Cuba –   Gold medal (9-0)

Basketball

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Women's tournament

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Team roster
Preliminary round
Pos Team Pld W L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1   United States (H) 5 5 0 507 339 +168 10 Quarterfinals
2   Ukraine 5 3 2 354 358 −4 8[a]
3   Australia 5 3 2 369 319 +50 8[a]
4   Cuba 5 2 3 365 377 −12 7[b]
5   South Korea 5 2 3 347 389 −42 7[b]
6   Zaire 5 0 5 287 447 −160 5
Source: FIBA archive
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) head-to-head points; 3) head-to-head goal average; 4) head-to-head number of points scored.
(H) Hosts
Notes:
  1. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Ukraine 1–0 Australia
  2. ^ a b Head-to-head record: Cuba 1–0 South Korea
21 July 1996 (1996-07-21)
United States   101–84   Cuba
Pts: Leslie 24
Rebs: Leslie 7
Asts: Edwards 9
Pts: Martínez 21
Rebs: Víctores 8
Asts: Lagnó 6
23 July 1996 (1996-07-23)
Cuba   70–55   South Korea
Pts: León 20
Rebs: Martínez 14
Asts: León, Henry 4
Pts: Jung S-m 16
Rebs: Chun J-w 9
Asts: Chun E-s 3
25 July 1996 (1996-07-25)
Cuba   63–75   Australia
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez 11
Asts: Seino 4
Pts: Timms 19
Rebs: Sporn 12
Asts: Brogan 4
27 July 1996 (1996-07-27)
Ukraine   87–75   Cuba
Pts: Zhyrko 22
Rebs: Nazarenko 8
Asts: Tkachenko 6
Pts: Martínez 20
Rebs: Martínez 12
Asts: three players 3
29 July 1996 (1996-07-29)
Cuba   73–59   Zaire
Pts: León 20
Rebs: Martínez 12
Asts: Henry 7
Pts: Mabika 27
Rebs: Ngalula 9
Asts: three players 3
Quarterfinals
31 July 1996 (1996-07-31)
22:00
Brazil   101–69   Cuba
Scoring by half: 50–33, 51–36
Pts: Paula, Janeth 19
Rebs: Janeth, Marta Sobral 10
Asts: Janeth 6
Pts: Martínez 25
Rebs: Martínez 9
Asts: four players 2
Classification Round 5th−8th place
1 August 1996 (1996-08-01)
17:00
Cuba   78–70   Italy
Scoring by half: 37–40, 41–30
Pts: Martínez 23
Rebs: Enríquez 17
Asts: Henry 5
Pts: Pollini 15
Rebs: Ballabio, Tufano 8
Asts: three players 3
5th place game
3 August 1996 (1996-08-03)
17:00
Cuba   74–91   Russia
Scoring by half: 41–44, 33–47
Pts: Martínez 19
Rebs: Martínez 11
Asts: Seino 4
Pts: Baranova 20
Rebs: Baranova 8
Asts: Sumnikova 8

Beach volleyball

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Boxing

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Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)

Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)

Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)

Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)

Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)

Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)

Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)

Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)

Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)

Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)

Cycling

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Women's individual road race

Fencing

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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

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Men's extra-lightweight

Men's half-lightweight

Men's middleweight

Men's half-heavyweight

Men's heavyweight


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

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Sailing

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Shooting

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Men
Athlete Event Qualification Final
Score Rank Score Rank
Juan Miguel Rodríguez Skeet 121 7 did not advance
Servando Puldón 116 38 did not advance
Alfredo Torres 119 20 did not advance

Swimming

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Men's 100m backstroke

Men's 200m backstroke

Men's 100m breaststroke

Men's 200m breaststroke

Volleyball

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Men's indoor tournament

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Women's indoor tournament

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Weightlifting

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Men's bantamweight

Men's lightweight

Men's middleweight

Men's middle-heavyweight

Wrestling

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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

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Notes

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  • (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

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  1. ^ "Cuba at the 1996 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2012-02-08.
  2. ^ Rohter, Larry (November 1996). "Cuba Makes a Strict Move in Order to Deter Defections". The New York Times.
  3. ^ Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics