Cuba at the 1992 Summer Olympics

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.

Medals

Gold

• Javier Sotomayor — Athletics, Men's High Jump

• Maritza Martén — Athletics, Women's Discus Throw

• Omar Ajete, Rolando Arrojo, José Delgado, Giorge Diaz, José Estrada, 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, and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, Men's Team Competition
• Rogelio Marcelo — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight

• Joel Casamayor — Boxing, Men's Bantamweight

• Héctor Vinent — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight

• Juan Carlos Lemus — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight

• Ariel Hernández — Boxing, Men's Middleweight

• Félix Savón — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight

• Roberto Balado — Boxing, Men's Super Heavyweight

• Odalis Revé — Judo, Women's Middleweight (66 kg)

• Regla Bell, Mercedes Calderón, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Norka Latamblet, Mireya Luis, Tania Ortiz, and Regla Torres — Volleyball, Women's Team Competition

• Hector Milián — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Heavyweight

• Alejandro Puerto — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Bantamweight (57 kg)

Silver

• Roberto Hernández, Hector Herrera, Lazaro Martínez, and Norberto Téllez — Athletics, Men's 4x400m Relay

• Raúl González — Boxing, Men's Flyweight

• Juan Hernández — Boxing, Men's Welterweight

• Guillermo Betancourt, Tulio Díaz, Hermenegildo García, Oscar García, and Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Team

• Estela Rodríguez — Judo, Women's Heavyweight

• Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, Men's Middleweight (75 kg)

Bronze

• Jorge Aguilera, Joel Isasi, Joel Lamela, and Andrés Simón — Athletics, Men's 4x100m Relay

• Roberto Moya — Athletics, Men's Discus Throw

• Ana Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, Women's 800 metres

• Ioamnet Quintero — Athletics, Women's High Jump

• Elvis Gregory — Fencing, Men's Foil Individual

• Israel Hernández — Judo, Men's Half Lightweight (65 kg)

• Amarilis Savón — Judo, Women's Extra Lightweight (48 kg)

• Driulis González — Judo, Women's Lightweight (56 kg)

• Wilber Sánchez — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Light Flyweight

• Juan Marén — Wrestling, Men's Greco-Roman Featherweight

• Lázaro Reinoso — Wrestling, Men's Freestyle Featherweight (62 kg)

Results by event

Athletics

Men's 4x400m Relay

• Lazaro Martínez, Héctor Herrera, Norberto Téllez, and Roberto Hernández

• Heat — 2:59.13
• Final — 2:59.51 (→ Silver Medal)

Men's Marathon

• Ignacio Cuba Carrero — 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

The first Olympic baseball tournament resulted in sevens wins and no losses in the preliminary round for Cuba. A comfortable 6-1 victory over the United States and a dominant 11-1 win against Chinese Taipei earned Cuba the first Olympic gold medal for the sport.

Men's Team Competition:

• Cuba - Gold Medal (9-0)

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

• Leonor Borrel
• Ana Hernandez
• Olga Vigil
• Grisel Herrera
• Biosotis Lagno
• Judith Aquila
• Maria Leon
• Yamilet Martínez Calderón
• Delia Hernandez Henry
• Liset Castillo
• Regla Hernandez
• Milayda Enriquez Parrado

• Head Coach: Manuel Perez

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 Søren 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 Delibas (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

Swimming

Men's 100m Backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcon
  1. Heat – 55.99
  2. Final – 55.76 (→ 7th place)

Men's 200m Backstroke

• Rodolfo Falcon
  1. Heat – 2:00.52
  2. B-Final – 2:00.22 (→ 9th place)

Men's 100m Breaststroke

• Mario Gonzalez
  1. Heat – 1:03.53 (→ did not advance, 22nd place)

Men's 200m Breaststroke

• Mario Gonzalez
  1. Heat – 2:16.45 (→ did not advance, 18th place)

Volleyball

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)

• Team Roster

• Regla Bell
• Mercedes Calderón
• Magaly Carvajal
• Marlenis Costa
• Idalmis Gato
• Lilia Izquierdo
• Norka Latamblet
• Mireya Luis
• Tania Ortiz
• Regla Torres