Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:	CUB
Nocname:	Cuban Olympic Committee
Games:	Summer Olympics
Year:	1996
Location:	Atlanta
Competitors:	164 (111 men and 53 women)
Sports:	15
Flagbearer:	Rolando Tucker
Rank:	8
Gold:	9
Silver:	8
Bronze:	8
Appearances:	auto

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

Medal	Name	Sport	Event	Date
				23 July
				24 July
				24 July
	Cuba national baseball team			2 August
				3 August
				3 August
	Cuba women's national volleyball team			3 August
				4 August
				4 August
				20 July
				20 July
				23 July
				23 July
				29 July
				3 August
				3 August
				3 August
				21 July
				23 July
				25 July
				26 July
				25 July
				26 July
				27 July
				31 July

Competitors

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

width=180	Sport	width=55	Men	width=55	Women	width=55	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

See main article: Athletics at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 4 × 400 m relay

• Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
  • Heat - 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)

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

• Alexis Elizalde
  • Qualification - 62.22m
  • Final - 62.70m (→ 9th place)
• Roberto Moya
  • Qualification - 59.22m (→ did not advance)

Men's hammer throw

• Alberto Sánchez
  • Qualification - 74.82m (→ did not advance)

Women's 4 × 400 metres relay

• Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
  • Qualification - 3:24.23
  • Final - 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)

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

See main article: Baseball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's tournament:

• Cuba – Gold medal (9-0)

Basketball

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Women's tournament

See main article: Basketball at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women's tournament.

Team roster

• Yudith Águila
• Milayda Enríquez
• Gertrudis Gómez
• Cariola Hechavarría
• Dalia Henry
• Grisel Herrera
• Biosotis Lagnó
• María León
• Yamilé Martínez
• Tania Seino
• Lisdeivis Víctores
• Olga Vigil
• Head coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez

Preliminary round

Quarterfinals

Classification Round 5th−8th place

5th place game

Beach volleyball

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

• Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell - 7th place overall

Boxing

See 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
  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
  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)

• Julio González Valladares
  1. First round - Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
  2. Second round - Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14

Men's light welterweight ( - 63.5 kg)

• Héctor Vinent → 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)

• Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal
  1. First round - Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
  2. Second round - Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
  3. Quarterfinals - Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
  4. Semifinals - Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
  5. Final - Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14

Men's light middleweight ( - 71 kg)

• Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal
  1. First round - Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
  2. Second round - Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (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
  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 Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13

Men's heavyweight (91 kg)

• Félix Savón → Gold medal
  1. First round - Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
  2. Second round - Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
  3. Quarterfinals - Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
  4. Semifinals - Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
  5. Final - Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2

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

See main article: Cycling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Women's individual road race

• • • Dania Perez Final - did not finish (→ no ranking)

Fencing

See main article: Fencing at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.

Men's foil

• Rolando Tucker
• Elvis Gregory
• Oscar García

Men's team foil

• Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker

Men's épée

• Iván Trevejo

Women's épée

• Mirayda García
• Milagros Palma
• Tamara Esteri

Women's team épée

• Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's extra-lightweight

• Manolo Poulot

Men's half-lightweight

• Israel Hernández

Men's middleweight

• Yosvany Despaigne

Men's half-heavyweight

• Angel Sánchez

Men's heavyweight

Women's extra-lightweight

• Amarilis Savón

Women's half-lightweight

• Legna Verdecia

Women's lightweight

• Driulys González

Women's half-middleweight

• Ileana Beltrán

Women's middleweight

• Odalis Revé

Women's half-heavyweight

• Diadenys Luña

Women's heavyweight

• Estela Rodríguez

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Sailing

See main article: Sailing at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

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

See main article: Swimming at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's 100m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  1. Heat - 55.29
  2. Final - 54.98 (→ Silver medal)
• Neisser Bent
  1. Heat - 54.83
  2. Final - 55.02 (→ Bronze medal)

Men's 200m backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcón
  1. Heat - 2:01.20
  2. Final - 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)
• Neisser Bent
  1. Heat - 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 100m breaststroke

• Mario González
  1. Heat - 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)

Men's 200m breaststroke

• Mario González
  1. Heat - 2:16.15
  2. B final - 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)

Volleyball

See main article: Volleyball at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Men's indoor tournament

• Preliminary round (Group A)
  • Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
  • Defeated Poland (3-0)
  • Defeated United States (3-2)
  • Defeated Argentina (3-0)
  • Lost to Brazil (0-3)
• Quarterfinals
  • Lost to Russia (0-3)
• Classification matches
  • 5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
  • 5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place
• Team roster
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Alexis Batle Angel Beltrán Freddy Brooks Joel Despaigne Raúl Diago Jhosvany Hernández Osvaldo Hernández Lazaro Martín Alain Roca Rodolfo Sanchez Ricardo Vantes
  • Nicolas Vives

Women's indoor tournament

• Team roster
  • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Taismary Agüero Regla Bell Magalys Carvajal Marlenys Costa Ana Fernández Mirka Francia Idalmis Gato Lilia Izquierdo Mireya Luis Raisa O'Farril Yumilka Ruíz Regla Torres Head coach: Eugenio Jorge

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's bantamweight

• William Vargas

Men's lightweight

• Idalberto Aranda

Men's middleweight

• Pablo Lara

Men's middle-heavyweight

• Carlos Alexis Hernández
• Enrique Sabari

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Wilber Sánchez Amita

Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman

• Lázaro Rivas

Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman

• Luis Sarmiento

Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman

• Juan Luis Marén

Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman

• Liubal Colás

Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman

• Filiberto Azcuy

Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Reynaldo Peña

Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman

• Héctor Milián

Men's light-flyweight, freestyle

• Alexis Vila

Men's flyweight, freestyle

• Carlos Varela González

Men's bantamweight, freestyle

• Alejandro Puerto

Men's lightweight, freestyle

• Yosvany Sánchez

Men's welterweight, freestyle

• Alberto Rodríguez Hernández

Men's middleweight, freestyle

• Ariel Ramos

Men's heavyweight, freestyle

• Wilfredo Morales

See also

• Cuba at the 1995 Pan American Games

Notes

• Book: The Official Report of the Centennial Olympic Games, Volume III The Competition Results . (((ed.) Watkins, Ginger T.)) . Peachtree Publishers . Atlanta . 1997 . 1-56145-150-9 . 2008-02-13.
• Web site: Olympic Medal Winners . . 2008-02-13.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba at the 1996 Summer Games . 2012-02-08 . sports-reference.com . 2020-04-17 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417044217/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1996/ . dead .
2. News: Cuba Makes a Strict Move in Order to Deter Defections. The New York Times. November 1996. Rohter. Larry.
3. https://www.olympedia.org/countries/CUB/editions/24 Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics