Cuba at the 1968 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CUB
Nocname:	Cuban Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1968
Location:	Mexico City
Competitors:	115 (101 men and 14 women)
Sports:	13
Flagbearer:	Héctor Ramírez
Rank:	31
Gold:	0
Silver:	4
Bronze:	0
Appearances:	auto

Cuba competed at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City, Mexico. 115 competitors, 101 men and 14 women, took part in 78 events in 13 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Silver

• Enrique Regüeiferos - Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Rolando Garbey - Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Enrique Figuerola, Pablo Montes, Juan Morales, and Hermes Ramirez - Athletics, Men's 4×100 metre relay
• Miguelina Cobián, Marlene Elejarde, Violetta Quesada, and Fulgencia Romay - Athletics, Women's 4×100 metre relay

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1968.

Individual road race

• Sergio Martínez
• Roberto Menéndez
• Ulises Váldez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Sprint

• Juan Reyes
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

1000m time trial

• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Tandem

• Juan Reyes
• Ulises Váldez

Individual pursuit

• Inocente Lizano

Team pursuit

• Sergio Martínez
• Roberto Menéndez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
• Inocente Lizano

Diving

See main article: Diving at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1968 Summer Olympics. 13 fencers, 11 men and 2 women, represented Cuba in 1968.

Men's foil

• Dagoberto Borges
• Jesús Gil
• Orlando Ruíz

Men's team foil

• Eduardo Jhons, Orlando Ruíz, Jesús Gil, Dagoberto Borges

Men's épée

• Gustavo Oliveros
• José Antonio Díaz
• Manuel González

Men's team épée

• Orlando Ruíz, Gustavo Oliveros, Manuel González, José Antonio Díaz

Men's sabre

• Félix Delgado
• Manuel Ortíz
• José Narciso Díaz

Men's team sabre

• Manuel Ortíz, José Narciso Díaz, Joaquin Tack-Fang, Félix Delgado

Women's foil

• Milady Tack-Fang
• Margarita Rodríguez

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1968 Summer Olympics. Eight shooters, all men, represented Cuba in 1968.

50 m pistol

• Nelson Oñate
• Arturo Costa

50 m rifle, three positions

• Raúl Llanos
• Sergio Álvarez

50 m rifle, prone

• Silvio Delgado
• Enrique Guedes

Skeet

• Ignacio Huguet
• Delfin Gómez

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)
  • Lost to Soviet Union (4:11)
  • Defeated Brazil (9:2)
  • Tied with United States (6:6)
  • Defeated West Germany (7:6)
  • Defeated Spain (4:3)
  • Lost to Hungary (1:7)
• Classification Matches
  • 5th/8th place: Lost to East Germany (2:8)
  • 7th/8th place: Lost to Netherlands (5:8) → 8th place
• Team Roster
  • Guillermo Canete
  • Guillermo Martínez
  • Ibrahim Rodríguez
  • Jesús Pérez
  • Miguel García
    • • Oscar Periche Osvaldo García
  • Roberto Rodríguez
  • Rolando Valdes
    • • Ruben Junco Waldimiro Arcos

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1968 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba at the 1968 Mexico City Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045630/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1968/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 14 September 2014 . sports-reference.com.