Cuba at the 1980 Summer Olympics

Cuba
Cuba at the Olympic Games
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IOC code	CUB
NOC	Cuban Olympic Committee
At the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow
Competitors	207 (175 men and 32 women) in 19 sports
Flag bearer	Teófilo Stevenson
	Olympic history (summary)
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Cuba competed at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, USSR. 207 competitors, 175 men and 32 women, took part in 92 events in 19 sports.^[1]

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 — 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

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 Girat
- 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:

Women's Team Competition

Team Roster:

Boxing

Men's Light Flyweight (48 kg)

Hipólito Ramos → Silver Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Farid Salman Mahdi (Iraq) on points (5-0)
3. Quarter Finals — Defeated György Gedó (Hungary) on points (5-0)
4. Semi Finals — Defeated Ismail Mustafov (Bulgaria) on points (4-1)
5. Final — Lost to Shamil Sabirov (Soviet Union) on points (2-3)

Men's Flyweight (51 kg)

Jorge Hernández
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Lost to Viktor Miroshnichenko (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Bantamweight (54 kg)

Juan Hernández → Gold Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Sándor Farkas (Hungary) on points (4-1)
3. Third Round — Defeated Ayele Mohammed (Ethiopia) after referee stopped contest in second round
4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Geraldi Issaick (Tanzania) after referee stopped contest in first round
5. Semi Finals — Defeated Michael Anthony (Guyana) on points (5-0)
6. Final — Defeated Bernardo Piñango (Venezuela) on points (5-0)

Men's Featherweight (57 kg)

Adolfo Horta → Silver Medal
1. First Round — Bye
2. Second Round — Defeated Odd Bengtsson (Sweden) on points (5-0)
3. Third Round — Defeated Titi Cercel (Romania) on points (5-0)
4. Quarter Finals — Defeated Luis Pizarro (Puerto Rico) on points (5-0)
5. Semi Finals — Defeated Krzysztof Kosedowski (Poland) retired
6. Final — Lost to Rudi Fink (East Germany) on points (1-4)

Men's Lightweight (60 kg)

Ángel Herrera → Gold Medal
1. First Round — Defeated Carlo Russolillo (Italy) on points (5-0)
2. Second Round — Defeated Geza Tumbas (Yugoslavia) on points (5-0)
3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Galsandorj Batbileg (Mongolia) on points (5-0)
4. Semi Finals — Defeated Kazimierz Adach (Poland) on points (5-0)
5. Final — Defeated Viktor Demyanenko (Soviet Union) after referee stopped contest in third round

Men's Light-Welterweight (63,5 kg)

José Aguilar → Bronze Medal
1. First Round — Defeated Martin Brerton (Ireland) after referee stopped contest in first round
2. Second Round — Defeated Ryu Bun-Hwa (North Korea) on points (4-1)
3. Quarter Finals — Defeated Farouk Jawad (Iraq) after referee stopped contest in third round
4. Semi Finals — Lost to Serik Konakbaev (Soviet Union) on points (1-4)

Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
1. First Round — Defeated Solomon Ataga (Nigeria) after knock-out in first round
2. Quarter Finals — Defeated Grzegorz Skrzecz (Poland) after knock-out in third round
3. Semi Finals — Defeated István Lévai (Hungary) on points (5-0)
4. Final — Defeated Piotr Zaev (Soviet Union) on points (4-1)

Canoeing

Cycling

Three cyclists represented Cuba in 1980.

Individual road race

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

Men's team foil

Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández

Men's épée

Men's team épée

Efigenio Favier, Guillermo Betancourt, Heriberto González, Pedro Hernández

Men's sabre

Men's team sabre

Manuel Ortíz, Jesús Ortíz, José Laverdecia, Guzman Salazar

Women's foil

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

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

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:

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

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

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

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

Weightlifting

Wrestling

References

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v t e Nations at the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Soviet Union
Africa	Algeria Angola Benin Botswana Cameroon Congo Ethiopia Guinea Lesotho Liberia Libya Madagascar Mali Mozambique Nigeria Sierra Leone Senegal Seychelles Tanzania Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe
America	Brazil Colombia Costa Rica Cuba Dominican Republic Ecuador Guatemala Guyana Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Peru Puerto Rico Trinidad-Tobago Venezuela
Asia	Afghanistan Burma India Iraq Jordan North Korea Kuwait Laos Lebanon Mongolia Nepal Sri Lanka Syria Vietnam
Europe	Andorra Austria Belgium Bulgaria Cyprus Czechoslovakia Denmark Finland France East Germany Great Britain Greece Hungary Iceland Ireland Italy Luxembourg Malta Netherlands Poland Portugal Romania San Marino Soviet Union Spain Sweden Switzerland Yugoslavia
Oceania	Australia New Zealand