# Cuba at the 1972 Summer Olympics

Cuba competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, West Germany. 137 competitors, 109 men and 28 women, took part in 69 events in 14 sports.

## Medalists

| Medal | Name | Sport | Event |
| Gold | Orlando Martinez | Boxing | Men's bantamweight |
| Gold | Emilio Correa | Boxing | Men's welterweight |
| Gold | Teófilo Stevenson | Boxing | Men's heavyweight |
| Silver | Gilberto Carrillo | Boxing | Men's light-heavyweight |
| Bronze | Silvia Chivás | Athletics | Women's 100 metres |
| Bronze | Silvia Chivás, Marlene Elejarde, Fulgencia Romay, and Carmen Valdés | Athletics | Women's 4×100 metre relay |
| Bronze | José Alvarez, Miguel Calderón, Rafael Cañizares, Pedro Chappé, Juan Carlos Domecq, Ruperto Herrera, Tomás Herrera, Conrado Pérez, Juan Roca, Franklin Standard, Alejandro Urgellés, and Oscar Varona | Basketball | Men's team |
| Bronze | Douglas Rodríguez | Boxing | Men's flyweight |

## Athletics

Men's 100 metres
* Hermes Ramírez
** First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
* Pablo Montes
** First Heat — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's High Jump
* Irolan Hechavarria
** Qualification Round — DNS (→ did not advance)
Men's 4 × 100 m Relay
* José Triana, Juan Morales, Hermes Ramírez, and Pablo Montes
** Heat — 39.65s
** Semifinals — 39.04s (→ did not advance)

## Boxing
### Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg)

* Emilio Correa → Gold Medal
** First round — Bye
** Second round — defeated Damiano Lassandro (ITA), 5:0
** Third round — defeated Manfred Wolke (GDR), TKO-2
** Quarterfinals — defeated Günther Meier (FRG), 3:2
** Semifinals — defeated Jesse Valdez (USA), 3:2
** Final — defeated János Kajdi (HUN), 5:0

### Men's Light Middleweight (– 71 kg)

* Rolando Garbey
** First round — defeated Ricky Barnor (GHA), 5:0
** Second round — defeated Franz Csandl (AUT), 5:0
** Third round — defeated Jae Keun-Lim (KOR), TKO-2
** Quarterfinals — lost to Wiesław Rudkowski (POL), 1:4

### Men's Heavyweight (+ 81 kg)

* Teófilo Stevenson → Gold Medal
** First round — defeated Ludwik Denderys (POL), TKO-1
** Quarterfinals — defeated Duane Bobick (USA), TKO-3
** Semifinals — defeated Peter Hussing (FRG), TKO-2
** Final — defeated Ion Alexe (ROU), walk-over

## Cycling

Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1972.

### Individual road race

* Gregorio Aldo Arencibia — 75th place
* Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* José Prieto — did not finish (→ no ranking)
* Pedro Rodríguez — did not finish (→ no ranking)

### Team time trial

* Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
* Roberto Menéndez
* Pedro Rodríguez
* Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

### Individual pursuit

* Roberto Heredero

### Team pursuit

* Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
* Roberto Heredero
* Roberto Menéndez
* Raúl Marcelo Vázquez

## Fencing

15 fencers, 10 men and 5 women, represented Cuba in 1972.

### Men's foil

* Eduardo Jhons
* Jesús Gil
* Enrique Salvat

### Men's team foil

* Evelio González, Eduardo Jhons, Jesús Gil, Enrique Salvat, Jorge Garbey

### Men's sabre

* Manuel Ortíz
* Guzman Salazar
* Francisco de la Torre

### Men's team sabre

* Hilario Hipólito, Guzman Salazar, Francisco de la Torre, Manuel Ortíz, Manuel Suárez

### Women's foil

* Margarita Rodríguez
* Marlene Infante
* María Esther García

### Women's team foil

* Irene Forbes, María Esther García, Marlene Infante, Margarita Rodríguez, Nereida Rodríguez

## Judo

Men's Lightweight
* Héctor Rodríguez
Men's Middleweight
* Isaac Azcuy
Men's Half-Heavyweight
* José Ibañez

## Rowing
### Men's Coxed Pairs

* Lázaro Rivero, Teófilo Lores and Jesús Rosello
** Heat — 8:17.34
** Repechage — 8:37.14 (→ did not advance)

### Men's Coxless Fours

* Eralio Cabrera, Troadio Delgado, Ramón Luperón, and Angel Serra

## Shooting

Eight male shooters represented Cuba in 1972.

### 25 m pistol

* Arturo Costa

### 50 m pistol

* Santiago Trompeta

### 300 m rifle, three positions

* Miguel Valdes

### 50 m rifle, three positions

* Miguel Valdes
* Raúl Llanos

### 50 m rifle, prone

* Humberto Cabrera
* Adelso Peña

### Skeet

* Roberto Castrillo
* Servilio Torres

## Volleyball
### Men's Team Competition

* Preliminary Round (Group B)
** Lost to East Germany (0-3)
** Lost to Japan (0-3)
** Defeated West Germany (3-2)
** Lost to Romania (0-3)
** Defeated Brazil (3-2)
* Classification Match
** 9th/10th place: Lost to Poland (0-3) → Tenth place
* Team Roster
** Alfredo Figueredo
** Antonio Rodríguez
** Carlos Dilaut
** Diego Lapera
** Enrique Fortes
** Ernesto Martínez
** Jorge Pérez Vento
** Lorenzo Martínez
** Luis Calderon
** Luis Jiménez
** Orlando Samuell
** Pedro Delgado