Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the Olympic Games
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At the 1976 Summer Olympics in Montreal
Competitors	156 (132 men and 24 women) in 14 sports
Medals Rank: 8	Gold 6	Silver 4	Bronze 3	Total 13
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Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, the largest city in the French-Canadian province of Quebec. 156 competitors (132 men and 24 women) took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.^[1]

Medalists

Gold

• Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 400 metres
• Alberto Juantorena — Athletics, Men's 800 metres
• Jorge Hernández — Boxing, Men's Light Flyweight
• Ángel Herrera — Boxing, Men's Featherweight
• Teófilo Stevenson — Boxing, Men's Heavyweight
• Héctor Rodríguez — Judo, Men's Lightweight

Silver

• Alejandro Casañas — Athletics, Men's 110m Hurdles
• Ramón Duvalón — Boxing, Men's Flyweight
• Andrés Aldama — Boxing, Men's Light Welterweight
• Sixto Soria — Boxing, Men's Light Heavyweight

Bronze

• Rolando Garbey — Boxing, Men's Light Middleweight
• Luis Martínez — Boxing, Men's Middleweight
• Alfredo Figueredo, Victor García, Diego Lapera, Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr., Ernesto Martínez, Lorenzo Martínez, Jorge Pérez, Antonio Rodríguez, Carlos Salas, Victoriano Sarmientos, Jesús Savigne, and Raúl Virches — Volleyball, Men's Team Competition

Athletics

Main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's 800 metres

• Alberto Juantorena

• Heat — 1:47.15
• Semi Final — 1:45.88
• Final — 1:43.50 (→ Gold Medal)

• Leandro Civil

• Heat — 1:45.88
• Semi Final — 1:47.31 (→ did not advance)

• Luis Medina

• Heat — 1:50.15 (→ did not advance)

Men's 1500 metres

• Luis Medina

• Heat — 3:42.71 (→ did not advance)

Men's 4x100 metres Relay

• Francisco Gómez, Alejandro Casañas, Hermes Ramirez, and Silvio Leonard

• Heat — 39.54s
• Semi Final — 39.25s
• Final — 39.01s (→ 5th place)

Men's 4x400 metres Relay

• Eddy Gutierrez, Damaso Alfonso, Carlos Alvarez, and Alberto Juantorena

• Heat — 3:03.24
• Final — 3:03.81 (→ 7th place)

Men's 400m Hurdles

• Damaso Alfonso

• Heats — 50.76s
• Semi Final — 49.84s
• Final — 50.19s (→ 7th place)

Men's Marathon

• Rigoberto Mendoza — 2:22:43 (→ 33rd place)

Men's Long Jump

• Milan Matos

• Qualification — 7.57m (→ did not advance)

Men's Triple Jump

• Pedro Pérez

• Qualification — 16.51m
• Qualification — 16.81m (→ 4th place)

• Armando Herrera

• Qualification — 15.98m (→ did not advance, 19th place)

Men's High Jump

• Richard Spencer

• Qualification — 2.05m (→ did not advance)

Men's Discus Throw

• Julian Morrison

• Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance)

Women's Shot Put

• María Elena Sarría

• Final — 16.31 m (→ 11th place)

Basketball

Main article: Basketball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A):

• Defeated Australia (111-89)
• Lost to Canada (79-84)
• Defeated Japan (97-56)
• Defeated Mexico (89-75)
• Lost to Soviet Union (72-98)

• Classification Matches:

• 5th/8th place: Lost to Czechoslovakia (79-91)
• 7th/8th place: Defeated Australia (92-81) → 7th place

• Team Roster

• Juan Domecq
• Ruperto Herrera
• Juan Roca
• Pedro Chappe
• Alejandro Ortíz
• Rafael Cañizares
• Daniel Scott
• Angel Padron
• Tomás Herrera
• Oscar Varona
• Alejandro Urgelles
• Felix Morales

• Head Coach: Carmilo Hortega

Boxing

Main article: Boxing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)

• Jorge Hernández
  1. First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
  2. Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Zarawi (PNG), KO-3
  3. Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
  4. Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
  5. Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal

Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)

• Ramón Duvalón
  1. First Round — Bye
  2. Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walk-over
  3. Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
  4. Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
  5. Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
  6. Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal

Cycling

Main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Individual Road Race

• Carlos Cardet — 4:49:01 (→ 14th place)
• Roberto Menéndez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — did not finish (→ no ranking)
• Jorge Pérez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

Men's 4.000m Individual Pursuit

• Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — 17th place

Fencing

Main article: Fencing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

13 fencers, 9 men and 4 women, represented Cuba in 1976.

Men's foil

• Enrique Salvat
• Jorge Garbey
• Eduardo Jhons

Men's team foil

• Eduardo Jhons, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey, Pedro Hernández

Men's sabre

• Francisco de la Torre
• Manuel Ortíz
• Guzman Salazar

Men's team sabre

• Manuel Ortíz, Francisco de la Torre, Guzman Salazar, Ramón Hernández, Lazaro Mora

Women's foil

• Margarita Rodríguez
• Milady Tack-Fang
• Nancy Uranga

Women's team foil

• Milady Tack-Fang, Marlene Font, Nancy Uranga, Margarita Rodríguez

Football

Main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Gymnastics

Main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Judo

Main article: Judo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Lightweight

• Héctor Rodríguez

Men's Half-Heavyweight

• José Ibañez

Men's Open Class

• José Ibañez

Rowing

Main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Shooting

Main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Volleyball

Main article: Volleyball at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group A)

• Defeated Czechoslovakia (3-1)
• Lost to Poland (2-3)
• Defeated South Korea (3-0)
• Defeated Canada (3-0)

• Semi Finals

• Lost to Soviet Union (0-3)

• Bronze Medal Match

• Defeated Japan (3-0) → Bronze Medal

• Team Roster

• Leonel Marshall Steward, Sr.
• Victoriano Sarmientos
• Ernesto Martínez
• Victor García
• Carlos Salas
• Raúl Vilches
• Jesús Savigne
• Lorenzo Martínez
• Diego Lapera
• Antonio Rodríguez
• Alfredo Figueredo
• Jorge Pérez

• Head Coach: Herrera Idolo

Women's Team Competition

• Preliminary Round (Group B)

• Defeated East Germany (3-1)
• Lost to Soviet Union (1-3)
• Lost to South Korea (2-3)

• Classification Matches

• 5th/8th place: Defeated Canada (3-2)
• 5th/6th place: Defeated East Germany (3-0) → Fifth place

• Team Roster

• Mercedes Perez
• Imilses Telles
• Ana Díaz
• Mercedes Pomares
• Lucila Urgelles
• Mercedes Roca
• Miriam Herrera
• Claudina Villaurrutia
• Melanea Tartabull
• Nelly Barnet
• Ana María García
• Evelina Borroto

• Head Coach: Eugenio George

Water polo

Main article: Water polo at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Men's Team Competition

• Team Roster

• David Rodríguez
• Eugenio Almenteros
• Gerardo Rodríguez
• Jesús Pérez
• Jorge Rizo
• Lazaro Costa
• Nelson Domínguez
• Oriel Domínguez
• Oscar Periche
• Osvaldo García
• Ramon Peña

Weightlifting

Main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Wrestling

Main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics

References

1. ^ "Cuba at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games". sports-reference.com. http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1976/. Retrieved 2011-04-03. 

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database