Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics
Cuba competed at the 1976 Summer Olympics, held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. 156 competitors (132 men and 24 women) took part in 76 events covering 14 sports.
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
Men's 400 metres
Carlos Noroña
Heat — 48.46 (→ did not advance)
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
Julián Morrinson
Qualification — 59.92m (→ did not advance)
Women's Shot Put
María Elena Sarría
Final — 16.31 m (→ 11th place)
Basketball
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
Men's Light Flyweight (– 48 kg)
Jorge Hernández
First Round – Defeated Beyhan Fuchedzhiev (BUL), RSC-3
Second Round – Defeated Zoffa Yarawi (PNG), KO-3
Quarterfinals – Defeated Park Chan-Hee (KOR), 3:2
Semifinals – Defeated Orlando Maldonado (PUR), 5:0
Final – Defeated Li Byong-Uk (PRK), 4:1 → Gold Medal
Men's Flyweight (– 51 kg)
Ramón Duvalón
First Round — Bye
Second Round — Defeated Souley Hancaradu (NIG), walkover
Third Round — Defeated Toshinori Koga (JPN), 5:0
Quarterfinal — Defeated Ian Clyde (CAN), 5:0
Semi Final — Defeated David Torosyan (URS), DSQ-2
Final — Lost to Leo Randolph (USA), 2:3 → Silver Medal
Cycling
Six cyclists represented Cuba in 1976.
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)
Team time trial
Carlos Cardet
Gregorio Aldo Arencibia
Jorge Gómez
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez
Individual pursuit
Raúl Marcelo Vázquez — 17th place
Fencing
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
Gymnastics
Judo
Men's Lightweight
Héctor Rodríguez
Men's Half-Heavyweight
José Ibañez
Men's Open Class
José Ibañez
Rowing
Shooting
Volleyball
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
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
Wrestling
References
External links
Official Olympic Reports
International Olympic Committee results database
Nations at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics
Olympics