Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics
| Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics | ||
|---|---|---|
Flag bearer Héctor Milián | | |
| Medals Ranked 5th |
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| Summer Olympics appearances ( overview) | ||
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.[1]
Medalists
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.[2]
| Sport | Men | Women | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Athletics | 17 | 17 | 34 |
| Baseball | 20 | – | 20 |
| Basketball | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| Boxing | 12 | – | 12 |
| Canoeing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Cycling | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| Fencing | 5 | 0 | 5 |
| Judo | 5 | 7 | 12 |
| Rowing | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Shooting | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Swimming | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Table tennis | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Volleyball | 12 | 10 | 22 |
| Water polo | 13 | – | 13 |
| Weightlifting | 8 | – | 8 |
| Wrestling | 15 | – | 15 |
| Total | 126 | 50 | 176 |
Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m Relay
- 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
- 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
- First round – Defeated
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
- First round – Defeated
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
- First round – Defeated
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 Søren Antman(SWE), RSC-2
- Semifinals – Defeated Aníbal Acevedo (PUR), 11:2
- Final – Lost to Michael Carruth (IRL), 10:13
- First round – Defeated
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
- First round – Defeated
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
- First round – Defeated
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.
Fencing
Five male fencers represented Cuba in 1992.
Judo
Men's Half-Lightweight
Men's Lightweight
Men's Middleweight
Men's Half-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight
Women's Extra-Lightweight
Women's Half-Lightweight
Women's Lightweight
- Driulys González
Women's Half-Middleweight
Women's Middleweight
Women's Half-Heavyweight
Women's Heavyweight
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
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
- Defeated Unified Team (3–1) →
- Team Roster
- Regla Bell
- Mercedes Calderón
- Magalys Carvajal
- Marlenys Costa
- Ana Ibis Fernandez
- Idalmis Gato
- Lilia Izquierdo
- Norka Latamblet
- Mireya Luis
- 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
Men's Light-Heavyweight
Men's Middle-Heavyweight
Men's Heavyweight II
Men's Super-Heavyweight
Wrestling
See also
References
- ^ "Cuba at the 1992 Summer Games". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-17. Retrieved 2011-12-23.
- ^ Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics
