Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.
Medalists
Gold María Caridad Colón — Athletics, Women's Javelin Throw Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Lightweight Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Welterweight Armando Martínez — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight José Gómez Mustelier — Boxing, Men's Middleweight Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight Daniel Núñez — Weightlifting, Men's Bantamweight
Silver Silvio Leonard — Athletics, Men's 100 metres Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110 metres Hurdles Hipólito Ramos — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight Adolfo Horta — Boxing, Men's Featherweight Jose Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Extra Lightweight (60 kg) Juan Ferrer — Judo, Men's Half Middleweight (78 kg) Isaac Azcuy — Judo, Men's Middleweight (86 kg)
Bronze Luis Delis — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw José Aguilar — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight Ricardo Rojas — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight Roberto Castrillo — Shooting, Men's Skeet Shooting Alberto Blanco — Weightlifting, Men's 100 kg
Athletics
Men's 100 metres Silvio Leonard Heat — 10.33 Quarterfinals — 10.16 Semifinals — 10.40 Final — 10.25 (→ Silver Medal) Osvaldo Lara Heat — 10.39 Quarterfinals — 10.21 Semifinals — 10.34 Final — 10.43 (→ 5th place) Tomás González Heat — 10.65 Quarterfinals — 10.44 (→ did not advance)
Men's 200 metres Silvio Leonard Osvaldo Lara Tomás González
Men's 400 metres Alberto Juantorena
Men's Marathon Radamés González Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Men's 110 m Hurdles Alejandro Casañas Heat — 13.46 Semifinals — 13.44 Final — 13.40 (→ Silver Medal)
Men's 4×100 metres Relay Osvaldo Lara, Alejandro Casañas, Silvio Leonard, and Tomás González
Men's High Jump Francisco Centelles Qualification — 2.10 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Long Jump David Giralt Qualification — 7.57 m (→ did not advance)
Men's Triple Jump Armando Herrera Qualification — 16.49 m Final — 15.90 m (→ 11th place) Alejandro Herrera Qualification — no mark (→ no ranking)
Men's Discus Throw Luis Delís Qualification — 62.20 m Final — 66.32 m (→ Bronze Medal) José Santa Cruz Qualification — 60.14 m Final — 61.52 m (→ 10th place)
Men's Hammer Throw Armando Orozco Qualification — 72.28 m Final Round — 68.68 m (→ 11th place)
Women's Shot Put María Elena Sarría Final — 19.37 m (→ 9th place)
Women's Discus Throw Carmen Romero Qualification — 58.60 m Final — 60.86 m (→ 10th place) María Cristina Betancourt Qualification — 57.62 m (→ did not advance)
Women's Javelin Throw María Caridad Colón Qualification — 62.42 m Final — 68.40 m (→ Gold Medal)
Basketball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Defeated Australia (83-76) Defeated Sweden (71-59) Lost to Italy (72-79) Semi Final Round (Group A) Lost to Brazil (93-94) Lost to Yugoslavia (84-112) Lost to Spain (95-96) Lost to Soviet Union (90-109) → 6th place Team Roster: Jorge More Ruperto Herrera Alejandro Ortiz Noangel Luaces Generoso Márquez Raúl Duboy Pedro Abreu Miguel Calderón Tomás Herrera Daniel Scott Alejandro Urgelles Félix Morales
Women's Team Competition Team Roster: Andrea Borrell Barbara Becquer Caridad Despaigne Inocenta Corvea María de los Santos María Moret Matilde Charro Nancy Atiez Santa Margarita Skeet Sonia de la Paz Vicenta Salmon Virginia Pérez
Boxing
Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg) Hipólito Ramos → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0) Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0) Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1) Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)
Men's Flyweight (51 kg) Jorge Hernández First Round — Bye Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Bantamweight (54 kg) Juan Hernández → Gold Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1) Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0) Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)
Men's Featherweight (57 kg) Adolfo Horta → Silver Medal First Round — Bye Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0) Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0) Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0) Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)
Men's Lightweight (60 kg) Ángel Herrera → Gold Medal First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0) Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0) Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0) Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0) Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round
Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg) José Aguilar → Bronze Medal First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1) Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)
Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg) Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0) Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)
Canoeing
Cycling
Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.
Individual road race Gregorio Aldo Arencibia Carlos Cardet Antonio Quintero
Diving
Men's Springboard Rolando Ruiz Preliminary Round — 489.24 points (→ did not advance)
Fencing
12 fencers, 8 men and 4 women, represented Cuba in 1980.
Men's foil Heriberto González Efigenio Favier Guillermo Betancourt
Men's team foil Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's épée Efigenio Favier Guillermo Betancourt Heriberto González
Men's team épée Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández
Men's sabre José Laverdecia Jesús Ortíz Manuel Ortíz
Men's team sabre Manuel Ortíz, Jesús Ortíz, José Laverdecia, Guzman Salazar
Women's foil Clara Alfonso Marlene Font Margarita Rodríguez
Women's team foil Margarita Rodríguez, Marlene Font, María Esther García, Clara Alfonso
Football
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Defeated Zambia (1-0) Defeated Venezuela (2-1) Lost to Soviet Union (0-8) Quarter Finals Lost to Czechoslovakia (0-3) Team Roster José Reinoso Miguel López Raimundo Frometa Luís Sanchez Luís Dreke Roberto Espinosa Andres Roldan Amado Povea Dagoberto Lara Ramon Núñez Luis Hernández Roberto Pereira Regino Delgado Jorge Masso Fermín Madera Carlos Loredo
Gymnastics
Handball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to Denmark (18-30) Lost to Poland (19-34) Lost to East Germany (20-27) Drew with Spain (24-24) Lost to Hungary (22-26) Classification Match 11th/12th place: Defeated Kuwait (32-24) → 11th place Team Roster Pablo Pedroso Roberto Casuso Jesús Agramonte Miguel Izquierdo José Neninger Juan Llanes Juan Querol Juan Prendes Sabino Medina Roberto Zulueta Moisés Casales Ibrain Crombet Lázaro Jiménez Lázaro Pedroso
Hockey
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round Cuba — Poland 1-7 Cuba — Soviet Union 2-11 Cuba — Tanzania 4-0 Cuba — India 0-13 Cuba — Spain 0-11 Classification Match 5th-6th place: Cuba — Tanzania 4-1 → 5th place Team Roster: Ángel Mora Severo Frometa Bernabé Izquierdo Edgardo Vázquez Héctor Pedroso Tomás Varela Raúl García Jorge Mico Rodolfo Delgado Lazaro Hernández Juan Blanco Juan Caballero Roberto Ramírez Ángel Fontane Ricardo Campos Juan Ríos
Judo
Men's Extra-Lightweight José Rodríguez
Men's Half-Lightweight Héctor Rodríguez
Men's Lightweight Ricardo Tuero
Men's Half-Middleweight Juan Ferrer
Men's Middleweight Isaac Azcuy
Men's Half-Heavyweight Rolando José Tornes
Rowing
Sailing
Three men represented Cuba at sailing:
Finn class Alberto Gallardo (20th)
470 class Ángel Jiménez, Vicente de la Guardia (12th)
Shooting
Volleyball
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Defeated Italy (3-0) Lost to Bulgaria (1-3) Lost to Czechoslovakia (2-3) Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Classification Matches 5th/8th place: Lost to Yugoslavia (2-3) 7th/8th place: Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1) → 7th place Team Roster Diego Lapera Víctor García Luis Oviedo Ernesto Martínez Ricardo Leyva Jorge Garbey Raúl Vilches Carlos Salas Antonio Pérez Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr. Carlos Ruiz José David Suárez
Women's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group A) Lost to East Germany (1-3) Defeated Peru (3-0) Lost to Soviet Union (0-3) Classification Match 5th/6th place: Defeated Peru (3-1) → 5th place Team Roster Mercedes Pérez Imilsis Téllez Ana Díaz Mercedes Pomares Mavis Guilarte Libertad González Erenia Díaz Maura Alfonso Josefina Capote Nelly Barnet Ana María García Lucila Urgelles
Water polo
Men's Team Competition Preliminary Round (Group C) Drew with Yugoslavia (6-6) Defeated Australia (6-4) Defeated Bulgaria (7-1) Final Round (Group A) Drew with Yugoslavia (7-7) Drew with Netherlands (7-7) Lost to Soviet Union (5-8) Lost to Hungary (5-7) Lost to Spain (7-9) → 5th place Team Roster Oscar Periche Orlando Cowley Bárbaro Díaz Lazaro Costa Pedro Rodríguez Nelson Domínguez Jorge Rizo Arturo Ramos Carlos Benítez Gerardo Rodríguez Oriel Domínguez
Weightlifting
Wrestling
References