Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CUB
Nocname:	Cuban Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1972
Location:	Munich
Competitors:	137 (109 men and 28 women)
Sports:	14
Flagbearer:	Teófilo Stevenson^[1]
Rank:	14
Gold:	3
Silver:	1
Bronze:	4
Appearances:	auto

Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.^[2]

Medalists

Medal	Name	Sport	Event
			Men's bantamweight
			Men's welterweight
			Men's heavyweight
			Men's light-heavyweight
			Women's 100 metres
			Women's 4×100 metre relay
			Men's team
			Men's flyweight

Athletics

See main article: Athletics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's 100 metres

• Hermes Ramírez
  • First Heat - DNS (→ did not advance)
• Pablo Montes
  • First Heat - DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's High Jump

• Irolan Hechavarria
  • Qualification Round - DNS (→ did not advance)

Men's 4 × 100 m Relay

• José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes
  • Heat - 39.65s
  • Semifinals - 39.04s (→ did not advance)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Boxing

See main article: Boxing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Welterweight ( - 67 kg)

• Emilio Correa → Gold Medal
  • First round - Bye
  • Second round - defeated, 5:0
  • Third round - defeated, TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals - defeated, 3:2
  • Semifinals - defeated, 3:2
  • Final - defeated, 5:0

Men's Light Middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Rolando Garbey
  • First round - defeated, 5:0
  • Second round - defeated, 5:0
  • Third round - defeated, TKO-2
  • Quarterfinals - lost to, 1:4

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

• Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
  • First round - defeated, TKO-1
  • Quarterfinals - defeated, TKO-3
  • Semifinals - defeated, TKO-2
  • Final - defeated, walk-over

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.

Individual road race

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia - 75th place
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• José Prieto - did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Pedro Rodríguez - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Team time trial

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Menéndez
• Pedro Rodríguez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Individual pursuit

• Roberto Heredero

Team pursuit

• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
• Roberto Heredero
• Roberto Menéndez
• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1972 Summer Olympics. 15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.

Men's foil

• Eduardo Jhons
• Jesús Gil
• Enrique Salvat

Men's team foil

• Evelio González, Eduardo Jhons, Jesús Gil, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey

Men's sabre

• Manuel Ortíz
• Guzman Salazar
• Francisco de la Torre

Men's team sabre

• Hilario Hipólito, Guzman Salazar, Francisco de la Torre, Manuel Ortíz, Manuel Suárez

Women's foil

• Margarita Rodríguez
• Marlene Infante
• María Esther García

Women's team foil

• Irene Forbes, María Esther García, Marlene Infante, Margarita Rodríguez, Nereida Rodríguez

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Lightweight

• Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Middleweight

• Isaac Azcuy

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• José Ibañez

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Coxed Pairs

• Lázaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello
  • Heat - 8:17.34
  • Repechage - 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

Men's Coxless Fours

• Eralio Cabrera, Troadio Delgado, Ramón Luperón, and Angel Serra

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1972 Summer Olympics. Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.

25 m pistol

• Arturo Costa

50 m pistol

• Santiago Trompeta

300 m rifle, three positions

• Miguel Valdes

50 m rifle, three positions

• Miguel Valdes
• Raúl Llanos

50 m rifle, prone

• Humberto Cabrera
• Adelso Peña

Skeet

• Roberto Castrillo
• Servilio Torres

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)
  • Lost to East Germany (0-3)
  • Lost to Japan (0-3)
  • Defeated West Germany (3-2)
  • Lost to Romania (0-3)
  • Defeated Brazil (3-2)
• Classification Match
  • 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → Tenth place
• Team Roster
  • Alfredo Figueredo
    • • Antonio Rodríguez Carlos Dilaut
      • Diego Lapera Enrique Fortes
        • • • • • • Ernesto Martínez Jorge Pérez Vento Lorenzo Martínez Luis Calderon Luis Jiménez
  • Orlando Samuell
  • Pedro Delgado

Water polo

See main article: Water polo at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1972 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Cuba . olympedia.org . . 24 December 2023.
2. Web site: Cuba at the 1972 Munich Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045957/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1972/ . dead . 2020-04-17 . 2011-02-11 . sports-reference.com.