Cuba at the 2024 Summer Olympics explained

Noc:CUB
Nocname:Cuban Olympic Committee
Games:Summer Olympics
Year:2024
Location:Paris, France
Competitors:61 (34 men & 27 women)
Sports:16
Flagbearer Open:Julio César La Cruz & Idalys Ortiz
Flagbearer Close:Yarisleidis Cirilo & Mijaín López
Rank:32
Gold:2
Silver:1
Bronze:6
Appearances:auto

Cuba competed at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris from 26 July to 11 August 2024. It was the nation's twenty-second appearance at the Summer Olympics. The 2024 Cuban delegation was smaller than their 2020 delegation, which was previously their smallest delegation since 1964. It was also the second time since 1964 that the Cuban delegation had fewer than one hundred athletes.

Medalists

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MedalName SportEvent Date
Erislandy ÁlvarezBoxingMen's 63.5 kg
Arlen LópezBoxingMen's 80 kg
Yarisleidis CiriloCanoeingWomen's C-1 200 m
Rafael AlbaTaekwondoMen's +80 kg
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Medals by sport
SportTotal
Wrestling1135
Boxing1012
Canoeing0011
Taekwondo0011
Total2169
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Medals by gender
GenderTotal
Male2046
Female0123
Mixed0000
Totalstyle=background:gold2style=background:silver1style=background:#c9669
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Medals by date
DateTotal
4 August0011
6 August1001
7 August1113
8 August0011
10 August0022
11 August0011
Total2169

Competitors

The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.

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Archery1 0 1
Athletics7 11 18
Boxing5 0 5
Canoeing1 2 3
Cycling0 1 1
Diving0 2 2
Judo2 2 4
Modern pentathlon1 0 1
Rowing1 1 2
Shooting2 2 4
Swimming1 1 2
Table tennis2 1 3
Taekwondo1 1 2
Volleyball2 0 2
Weightlifting0 1 1
Wrestling8 2 10
Total 34 27 61

Archery

See main article: article, Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Archery at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Cuba qualified one archer for the 2024 Summer Olympics men's individual recurve competition through the 2024 Olympic Individual Qualification Tournament, held in Antalya, Turkey.

Athletics

See main article: article, Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Athletics at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuban track and field athletes achieved their entry standards for Paris 2024, either by passing the direct qualifying mark (or time for track and road races) or by world ranking, in the following events (a maximum of 3 athletes each):[1] [2] [3]

Track & road events
AthleteEventHeatRepechageSemifinalFinal
ResultRankResultRankResultRankResultRank
Reynaldo EspinosaMen's 100 m10.113 Q10.219Did not advance
Yunisleidy GarcíaWomen's 100 m11.375Did not advance
Roxana GómezWomen's 400 m50.38 2 Q50.485Did not advance
Rose Mary AlmanzaWomen's 800 m2:00.3662:01.541 Q1:58.735Did not advance
Daily Cooper Gaspar1:58.881 Q1:58.393Did not advance
Rose Mary Almanza
Daily Cooper Gaspar
Sahily Diago
Roxana Gómez
Melissa Padrón
Lisneidy Veitía
Women's 4 × 400 m relay3:33.998Did not advance
Field events
AthleteEventQualificationFinal
ResultRankResultRank
Luis ZayasMen's high jump2.2414Did not advance
Alejandro ParadaMen's long jump7.6225Did not advance
Cristian NápolesMen's triple jump16.6718Did not advance
Lázaro Martínez16.7911 q17.34 8
Andy Hechavarría16.7017Did not advance
Mario DíazMen's discus throw60.9226Did not advance
Leyanis Pérezalign=left rowspan=2Women's triple jump14.681 Q14.625
Liadagmis Povea14.394 Q14.644
Melany del Pilar Matheusalign=left rowspan=2Women's discus throw61.0719Did not advance
Silinda Moráles59.4625Did not advance

Boxing

See main article: article, Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Boxing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba entered five boxers into the Olympic tournament. Saidel Horta (men’s featherweight), Arlen López (men’s middleweight), Julio César La Cruz (men's heavyweight) secured their selection to the Cuban squad in their respective weight divisions finishing in the top two, at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile. Alejandro Claro (men's flyweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round, at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 1 in Busto Arsizio, Italy,[4] and Erislandy Álvarez (men's lightweight) qualified for the games by winning the quota bouts round at the 2024 World Olympic Qualification Tournament 2 in Bangkok, Thailand.

AthleteEventRound of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alejandro ClaroMen's flyweight
W 5–0

L 2–3
Did not advance5
Saidel HortaMen's featherweight
L 2–3
Did not advance16
Erislandy ÁlvarezMen's lightweight
W

W 5–0

W 5–0

W 5–0

W 3–2
Arlen LópezMen's middleweight
W 5–0

W 3–2

L 2–3
Did not advance
Julio César La CruzMen's heavyweight
L 2–3
Did not advance16

Canoeing

See main article: Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Canoeing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Sprint

Cuban canoeists qualified 3 boats in the following distances for the Games through the 2023 ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships in Duisburg, Germany;[5] [6] and 2024 Pan American Canoe Sprint Olympic Qualifiers in Sarasota, United States.

AthleteEventHeatsQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
José Ramón PelierMen's C-1 1000 m3:52.1733:49.4123:46.376 FB3:48.5810
Yinnoly Lópezalign=left rowspan=2Women's C-1 200 m49.27448.765Did not advance
Yarisleidis Cirilo45.941 45.311 FA44.36
Yarisleidis Cirilo
Yinnoly López
Women's C-2 500 m2:03.5471:56.3831:57.03 3 FA2:01.778
Qualification Legend: FA = Qualify to final (medal); FB = Qualify to final B (non-medal)

Cycling

See main article: Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Cycling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification.

Road

Cuba entered one female rider to compete in the road race events at the Olympics through the establishment of UCI Nation Ranking.[7]

Diving

See main article: article, Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Diving at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba entered two divers, Prisis Ruiz and Anisley García, into the Olympic competition.[8]

AthleteEventPreliminarySemifinalFinal
PointsRankPointsRankPointsRank
Prisis RuizWomen's 3 m springboard239.8525Did not advance
Anisley García272.4018 Q264.9015Did not advance
Women's 10 m platform283.0014 Q270.6516Did not advance

Judo

See main article: Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Judo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba qualified four judokas for the following weight classes at the Games. Ivan Silva Morales (men's middleweight, 90 kg), Andy Granda (men's super-heavyweight, +100 kg), Maylin Del Toro Carvajal (women's half-middleweight, 63 kg) and Idalys Ortiz (women's super-heavyweight, +78 kg) qualified via quota based on IJF World Ranking List and continental quota based on Olympic point rankings.

AthleteEventRound of 64Round of 32Round of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Ivan Silva MoralesMen's –90 kg
L 00-10
Did not advance
Andy GrandaMen's +100 kg
W 10-00

L 0-1

W 10-0

L 0-1
5
Maylin Del Toro CarvajalWomen's –63 kg
L 00-10
Did not advance
Idalys OrtizWomen's +78 kg
W 10-0

L 0-10
Did not advance

Modern pentathlon

See main article: Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Modern pentathlon at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. A Cuban modern pentathlete was confirmed as a single quota place for Paris 2024. Marcos Rojas Jiménez secured one of two available South American berths in the women's event at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile.[9]

AthleteEventFencing
(épée one touch)
Swimming
(200 m freestyle)
Riding
(show jumping)
Combined: shooting/running
(10 m air pistol)/(3200 m)
Total pointsFinal rank
RankMP pointsTimeRankMP pointsTimePenaltiesRankMP pointsTimeRankMP points
Marcos Rojas JiménezMen'salign=center Semifinal10-250301752:01.96730767.56211727910:41.6516659142015
FinalDid not advance

Rowing

See main article: Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Rowing at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuban rowers qualified two boats in each in the men's and women's single sculls for the Games through the 2024 Americas Qualification Regatta in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

AthleteEventHeatsRepechageQuarterfinalsSemifinalsFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Reidy Cardona BlancoMen's single sculls7:06.453 QF7:10.406 SC/D7:15.636 FD7:03.2324
Yariulvis CobasWomen's single sculls8:11.135 R8:10.643 SE/FN/A8:36.161 FE7:57.9927
Qualification Legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); FE=Final E (non-medal); FF=Final F (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinals A/B; SC/D=Semifinals C/D; SE/F=Semifinals E/F; QF=Quarterfinals; R=Repechage

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Shooting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuban shooters achieved quota places for the following events based on their results at the 2022 and 2024 Championships of the Americas.[10]

AthleteEventQualificationFinal
PointsRankPointsRank
Leuris Pupoalign=left rowspan=2Men's 25 m rapid fire pistol581 16 Did not advance
Jorge Álvarez578 21Did not advance
Laina PérezWomen's 25 m pistol57724Did not advance
Women's 10 m air pistol56039Did not advance
Lisbet HernándezWomen's 10 m rifle624.736Did not advance

Swimming

See main article: Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Swimming at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba sent two swimmers to compete at the 2024 Paris Olympics.[11]

AthleteEventHeatSemifinalFinal
TimeRankTimeRankTimeRank
Rodolfo Falcón JrMen's 1500 m freestyle16:00.3124Did not advance
Andrea BecaliWomen's 200 m freestyle2:03.3821Did not advance

Qualifiers for the latter rounds (Q) of all events were decided on a time-only basis; therefore, positions shown are overall results versus competitors in all heats.

Table tennis

See main article: Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Table tennis at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba qualified for the mixed doubles team and the men's single in the Games by winning the silver medal at the 2023 Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, and by securing one of five available spots, through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Lima, Peru.

Men
Mixed

Taekwondo

See main article: Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Taekwondo at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba qualified two athletes to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games. Rafael Alba (men's +80 kg) and Arlettys Acosta (women's +67 kg) secured their spots through the 2024 Pan American Qualification Tournament in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic.

AthleteEventQualificationRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Rafael AlbaMen's +80 kg
W 2-0

L 2-1

W 2-1

W 2-0
Arlettys AcostaWomen's +67 kg
L 2-0
Did not advance

Volleyball

See main article: article and Volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Beach

See main article: Beach volleyball at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Men's qualification. Cuban men's pair qualified for Paris based on the FIVB Beach Volleyball Olympic Ranking.[12]

Weightlifting

See main article: Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Weightlifting at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba qualified one weightlifter into the Olympic competition. Ayamey Medina (women's 81 kg) secured one of the top ten slots, each in their respective weight divisions based on the IWF Olympic Qualification Rankings.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics and Wrestling at the 2024 Summer Olympics – Qualification. Cuba qualified ten wrestlers for each of the following classes into the Olympic competition. Four of them qualified for the games by virtue of top five results through the 2023 World Championships in Belgrade, Serbia;[13] and the other six wrestler qualified through the 2024 Pan American Olympic Qualification Tournament in Acapulco, Mexico.[14] [15] [16]

Freestyle
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalSemifinalRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Alejandro ValdésMen's −65 kg
L 0–5
Did not advance11
Geandry GarzónMen's −74 kg
L 0–10

L VFO
Did not advance
Arturo SilotMen's −97 kg
W 5–0

L 0–5
Did not advance9
Yusneylys GuzmánWomen's −50 kg
W 7–6 PP

W 10–0 ST

W 0–5 DQ

L 0–3 PO
Milaimys MarínWomen's −76 kg
W 7–1 PP

L 3–4 PP

W 5–0 VB

W 6–0 PO
Greco-Roman
AthleteEventRound of 16QuarterfinalsSemifinalsRepechageFinal /
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Opposition
Result
Rank
Kevin de ArmasMen's −60 kg
L 1–4 SP
Did not advance
L 1–10
Did not advance 11
Luis OrtaMen's −67 kg
W PO 8–0

L 0–9
Did not advance
W 9–0

W 7–0
Yosvanys PeñaMen's −77 kg
L 1–1
Did not advance9
Gabriel RosilloMen's −97 kg
W 7–5

W 5–2

L 3–5

W 2–0R
Mijaín LópezMen's −130 kg
W 7–0 PO

W 3–1 PP

W 3–1 PP

W 6–0

Notes and References

  1. News: How to qualify for Athletics at Paris 2024. The Olympics Qualification System explained. International Olympic Committee. 20 December 2022. 10 May 2024.
  2. Web site: Road to Paris 24. World Athletics. 10 May 2024.
  3. Web site: Athletes. World Athletics. 21 July 2024.
  4. Web site: Boxing 1st World Qualification Tournament - Busto Arsizio: Which boxers have obtained quotas for Paris 2024?. Olympics. 11 March 2024. 12 March 2024.
  5. News: First 25 Olympic quotas earned in Duisburg. 25 August 2023. International Canoe Federation. 9 September 2023.
  6. News: ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2023: All final results, Paris 2024 qualification berths, and medals table - complete list. 28 August 2023. International Olympic Committee. 9 September 2023.
  7. News: Road cycling at París 2024: Quota distribution for next Olympic Games decided following publication of UCI World Ranking by Nations. 18 October 2023. International Olympic Committee. 20 October 2023.
  8. Web site: Diving at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games: Confirmed Athletes. 9 July 2024 . World Aquatics. 9 July 2024.
  9. News: 19TH PAN AMERICAN GAMES: OLIVER (MEX) AND HERNANDEZ (MEX) CELEBRATE GOLD AS 10 ATHLETES SECURE OLYMPIC QUOTAS. 23 October 2023. Union Internationale de Pentathlon Moderne. 24 October 2023.
  10. Web site: Quota Places by Nation and Number. 1 January 2018. issf-sports.org/. ISSF. 18 September 2022.
  11. Web site: Olympic Games Paris 2024 Athletes. World Aquatics. 20 July 2024.
  12. News: Provisional Olympic Ranking – Ranking Men. Fédération Internationale de Volleyball. 9 June 2024. 10 June 2024.
  13. Web site: 1st Phase - 2023 Senior World Championships - Belgrade (SRB). United World Wrestling. 11 October 2023. 12 October 2023. https://web.archive.org/web/20231012070347/https://uww-prod-d8-filesystem.s3.eu-central-1.amazonaws.com/s3fs-public/2023-09/1st_phase_belgrade_qualified_nocs.pdf?VersionId=4Yt.hJhw2TsJsVKN8j7Z1U7JeReTbmZf. dead.
  14. News: Seven nations earn Paris 2024 Greco spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers; Julfalakyan falls short. United World Wrestling. 29 February 2024. 2 March 2024.
  15. News: Pan-Am OG Qualifiers: Canada, U.S. earn three WW quotas each. United World Wrestling. 1 March 2024. 2 March 2024.
  16. News: Gomez, Cruz deny USA Paris 2024 spots at Pan-Am Qualifiers. United World Wrestling. 2 March 2024. 3 March 2024.