Cuba competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. The nation returned to the Olympic Games after boycotting both the 1984 Games and the 1988 Games. 176 competitors, 126 men and 50 women, took part in 90 events in 16 sports.
Medalists
MedalNameSportEventDate Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 100 kg 28 July Judo Women's 66 kg 29 July Athletics Men's high jump 2 August Athletics Women's discus throw 3 August Cuba national baseball team Baseball Men's tournament 5 August Wrestling Men's freestyle 57 kg 7 August Cuba women's national volleyball team Volleyball Women's tournament 7 August Boxing Light flyweight 8 August Boxing Bantamweight 8 August Boxing Middleweight 8 August Boxing Heavyweight 8 August Boxing Light welterweight 9 August Boxing Light middleweight 9 August Boxing Super heavyweight 9 August Judo Women's +72 kg 27 July Weightlifting Men's 75 kg 30 July Fencing Men's team foil 5 August Boxing Welterweight 8 August Athletics Men's 4 × 400 metres relay 8 August Boxing Flyweight 9 August Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 48 kg 29 July Wrestling Men's Greco-Roman 62 kg 30 July Fencing Men's foil 31 July Judo Women's 56 kg 31 July Judo Men's 65 kg 1 August Judo Women's 48 kg 2 August Athletics Women's 800 metres 3 August Athletics Men's discus throw 5 August Wrestling Men's freestyle 62 kg 7 August Athletics Men's 4 × 100 metres relay 8 August Athletics Women's high jump 8 August
Competitors The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics SportMenWomenTotalAthletics 17 17 34Baseball 20 – 20Basketball 0 12 12Boxing 12 – 12Canoeing 5 0 5 Cycling 4 0 4Fencing 5 0 5Judo 5 7 12Rowing 3 0 3Shooting 3 2 5Swimming 2 0 2Table tennis 2 2 4Volleyball 12 10 22Water polo 13 – 13Weightlifting 8 – 8Wrestling 15 – 15 Total 126 50 176
Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay Lázaro Martínez, Héctor Herrera, Norberto Téllez, and Roberto Hernández Heat — 2:59.13 Final — 2:59.51 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's Marathon Alberto Cuba — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's Long Jump Iván Pedroso Qualification — 8.07 m Final — 8.11 m (→ 4th place) Jaime Jefferson Qualification — 8.09 m Final — 8.08 m (→ 5th place)
Men's Triple Jump Yoelvis Quesada Qualification — 17.21 m Final — 17.18 m (→ 6th place)
Men's Discus Throw Roberto Moya Qualification — 62.06 m Final — 64.12 m (→ Bronze Medal) Juan Martínez Qualification — 60.34 m Final — 62.64 m (→ 6th place)
Women's 800 metres Ana Fidelia Quirot Heat — 1:59.06 Semifinal — 2:00.86 Final — 1:56.80 (→ Bronze Medal)
Women's Discus Throw Maritza Marten Qualification — 65.02m Final — 70.06m (→ Gold Medal) Hilda Ramos Qualification — 62.82m Final — 63.80m (→ 6th place) Bárbara Hechavarría Qualification — 60.22m (→ did not advance)
Women's High Jump Ioamnet Quintero Qualification — 1.92 m Final — 1.97 m (→ Bronze Medal) Silvia Costa Qualification — 1.92 m Final — 1.94 m (→ 5th place)
Baseball
Men's Team Competition: Cuba – Gold Medal (9–0) Team Roster Omar Ajete Rolando Arrojo José Raúl Delgado Giorge Diaz José Estrada González Osvaldo Fernández Lourdes Gourriel Alberto Hernández Orlando Hernández Orestes Kindelán Omar Linares Germán Mesa Víctor Mesa Antonio Pacheco Juan Padilla Juan Pérez Luis Ulacia Ermidelio Urrutia Jorge Valdés Lázaro Vargas
Basketball
Women's team competition Preliminary round (group A) Defeated Unified Team (91–89) Defeated Brazil (95–88) Defeated Italy (60–53) Semifinals Lost to PR China (70–109) Bronze Medal Match Lost to United States (74–88) → 4th place Team Roster Andrea Borrell Ana Hernández Olga Vigil Grisel Herrera Biosotis Lagnó Yudith Águila María León Yamilé Martínez Dalia Henry Liset Castillo Regla Hernández Milayda Enríquez Head coach: Manuel Pérez
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg) Rogelio Marcelo → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Mfamasibili Mnisi (SWZ), RSC-3 Second round – Defeated Erdenentsogt Tsogtjargal (MGL), 14:2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Rafael Lozano (ESP), 11:3 Semifinals – Defeated Roel Velasco (PHI), RSCH-1 Final – Defeated Daniel Petrov (BUL), 20:10
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg) Raúl González → Silver Medal First round – Defeated Leszek Olszewski (POL), 15:7 Second round – Defeated Moses Malagu (NGR), RSC-2 Quarterfinals – Defeated David Serradas (VEN), 14:7 Semifinals – Defeated Timothy Austin (USA) RSC-1 Final – Lost to Choi Chol-Su (PRK), 2:12
Men's Bantamweight (– 54 kg) Joel Casamayor → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Devarajan Venkatesan (IND), 13:7 Second round – Defeated Riadh Klai (TUN), 16:11 Quarterfinals – Defeated Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI), KO-1 Semifinals – Defeated Mohamed Achik (MAR), AB-1 Final – Defeated Wayne McCullough (IRL), 16:8
Men's Featherweight (– 57 kg) Eddy Suarez First round – Defeated Lee Chil-Gun (PRK), 20:5 Second round – Defeated Mohamed Soltani (TUN), RSC-2 (02:53) Quarterfinals – Lost to Faustino Reyes (ESP), 7:17
Men's Lightweight (– 60 kg) Julio González Valladares First round – Lost to Tontcho Tontchev (BUL), 12:14
Men's Light Welterweight (– 63.5 kg) Héctor Vinent → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Edwin Cassiani (COL), 27:4 Second round – Defeated Andreas Zülow (GER), 14:2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Oleg Nikolaev (URS), 26:3 Semifinals – Defeated Jyri Kjall (FIN), 13:3 Final – Defeated Mark Leduc (CAN), 11:1
Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver Medal First round – Defeated Said Bennajem (FRA), 6:0 Second round – Defeated Jun Jin-Chul (KOR), RSC-2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Sören Antman (SWE), RSC-2 Semifinals – Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR), 11:2 Final – Lost to Michael Carruth (IRL), 10:13
Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg) Juan Carlos Lemus → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Arkadiy Topayev (EUN), 11:0 Second round – Defeated Markus Beyer (GER), RSC-1 Quarterfinals – Defeated Igors Saplavskis (LAT), 12:2 Semifinals – Defeated György Mizsei (HUN), 10:2 Final – Defeated Orhan Delibaş (NED), 6:1
Men's Middleweight (– 75 kg) Ariel Hernández → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Joseph Lareya (GHA), 6:0 Second round – Defeated Gilberto Brown (ISV), 13:2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Sven Ottke (GER), 14:6 Semifinals – Defeated Lee Seung-Bae (KOR), 14:1 Final – Defeated Chris Byrd (USA), 12:7
Men's Light Heavyweight (– 81 kg) Angel Espinosa First round – Defeated Mehmet Gürgen (TUR), RSC-3 Second round – Defeated Roberto Castelli (ITA), RSC-1 Quarterfinals – Lost to Wojciech Bartnik (POL), 3:9
Men's Heavyweight (– 91 kg) Félix Savón → Gold Medal First round – Defeated Krysztof Rojek (POL), RSC-2 Second round – Defeated Bert Teuchiert (GER), 11:2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Danell Nicholson (USA), 13:11 Semifinals – Defeated Arnold Vanderlyde (NED), 23:3 Final – Defeated David Izonritei (NGR), 14:1
Men's Super Heavyweight (+ 91 kg) Roberto Balado → Gold Medal First round – Bye Second round – Defeated Tom Glesby (CAN), 16:2 Quarterfinals – Defeated Larry Donald (USA), 10:4 Semifinals – Defeated Brian Nielsen (DEN), 15:1 Final – Defeated Richard Igbineghu (NGR), 13:2
Canoeing
Cycling
Four male cyclists represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's team pursuit Conrado Cabrera Eugenio Castro Noël de la Cruz Raúl Domínguez
Men's points race Conrado Cabrera
Fencing
Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.
Men's foil Elvis Gregory Guillermo Betancourt Oscar García Alain Julian
Men's team foil Elvis Gregory, Guillermo Betancourt, Oscar García, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight Israel Hernández
Men's Lightweight Ignacio Sayu
Men's Middleweight Andrés Franco
Men's Half-Heavyweight Belarmino Salgado
Men's Heavyweight Frank Moreno
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 Niurka Moreno
Women's Heavyweight Estela Rodríguez
Rowing
Shooting
Swimming
Men's 100m Backstroke Rodolfo Falcón Heat – 55.99 Final – 55.76 (→ 7th place)
Men's 200m Backstroke Rodolfo Falcón Heat – 2:00.52 B-Final – 2:00.22 (→ 9th place)
Men's 100m Breaststroke Mario González Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)
Men's 200m Breaststroke Mario González Heat – 2:16.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)
Table tennis
Volleyball
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Netherlands (3–1) Defeated Algeria (3–0) Defeated Unified Team (3–1) Lost to Brazil (1–3) Defeated South Korea (3–0) Quarterfinals Defeated Spain (3–0) Semifinals Lost to Netherlands (0–3) Bronze Medal Match Lost to United States (1–3) → Fourth place Team Roster Félix Millán Freddy Brooks Idalberto Valdés Ihosvany Hernández Joël Despaigne Lázaro Beltrán Lázaro Marín Nicolas Vives Osvaldo Hernández Raúl Diago Rodolfo Sánchez Abel Sarmientos
Women's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated PR China (3–1) Defeated Brazil (3–1) Defeated Netherlands (3–0) Semifinals Defeated United States (3–2) Final Defeated Unified Team (3–1) → Gold Medal Team Roster Regla Bell Mercedes Calderón Magalys Carvajal Marlenys Costa Ana Ibis Fernandez Idalmis Gato Lilia Izquierdo Norka Latamblet Mireya Luis (c) Raisa O'Farrill Tania Ortiz Regla Torres Head coach: Eugenio Lafita
Water polo
Men's team competition Preliminary round (group B) Defeated Greece (10–9) Lost to Hungary (11–12) Lost to Italy (8–11) Lost to the Netherlands (9–11) Lost to Spain (10–12) Classification Matches Lost to Australia (5–7) Lost to Germany (6–10) → 8th place Team Roster Bárbaro Diaz Juan Barreras Norge Blay Pablo Cuesta Jorge Del Valle Marcelo Derauville Lazaro Fernández Ernesto García Juan Hernández Olivera Juan Hernández Silveira Guillermo Martínez Iván Pérez José Ramos
Weightlifting
Men's Middleweight Pablo Lara Raúl Mora
Men's Light-Heavyweight Lino Elias José Ernesto Heredia
Men's Middle-Heavyweight Emilio Lara
Men's Heavyweight II Flavio Villavicencio Maurys Charón
Men's Super-Heavyweight Ernesto Aguero
Wrestling
See also Cuba at the 1991 Pan American Games
References