Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics

Cuba at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Cuba competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, United States. 164 competitors, 111 men and 53 women, took part in 84 events in 15 sports.
Due to the hostilities in the US-Cuban relations, Cuban athletes were only allowed to travel to Atlanta following the permission of its local NOC, to avoid any possibility of defections.
Medalists
Gold
Maikro Romero — Boxing, men's flyweight (51 kg)
Héctor Vinent — Boxing, men's light welterweight (63,5 kg)
Ariel Hernández — Boxing, men's middleweight (75 kg)
Félix Savón — Boxing, men's heavyweight (91 kg)
Omar Ajete, José Ariel Contreras, Miguel Caldes, José Estrada González, Jorge Fumero, Alberto Hernández, Rey Isaac, Orestes Kindelán, Pedro Lazo, Omar Linares, Omar Luis, Juan Manrique, Eliecer Montes, Antonio Pacheco, Juan Padilla, Eduardo Paret, Ormari Romero, Antonio Scull, Luis Ulacia and Lázaro Vargas — Baseball, men's tournament
Driulis González — Judo, women's lightweight (56 kg)
Pablo Lara — Weightlifting, men's middleweight (76 kg)
Feliberto Ascuy — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman welterweight (74 kg)
Taismari Aguero, Regla Bell, Magaly Carvajal, Marlenis Costa, Ana Fernández, Mirka Francia, Idalmis Gato, Lilia Izquierdo, Mireya Luis, Raiza O'Farrill, Yumilka Ruíz and Regla Torres — Volleyball, women's tournament
Silver
Ana Fidelia Quirot — Athletics, women's 800 metres
Arnaldo Mesa — Boxing, Men's bantamweight (54 kg)
Juan Hernández Sierra — Boxing, men's welterweight (67 kg)
Alfredo Duvergel — Boxing, men's light middleweight (71 kg)
Iván Trevejo — Fencing, men's épée individual
Estela Rodríguez — Judo, women's heavyweight
Rodolfo Falcón — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke
Juan Marén — Wrestling, men's Greco-Roman featherweight (62 kg)
Bronze
Yoelbi Quesada — Athletics, Men's triple jump
Oscar García, Elvis Gregory and Rolando Tucker — Fencing, men's foil team competition
Israel Hernández — Judo, men's half lightweight (65 kg)
Amarilis Savón — Judo, women's extra lightweight (48 kg)
Legna Verdecia — Judo, women's half lightweight (52 kg)
Diadenis Luna — Judo, women's half heavyweight (72 kg)
Neisser Bent — Swimming, men's 100m backstroke
Alexis Vila — Wrestling, men's freestyle paperweight (48 kg)
Athletics
Men's 4 × 400 m relay
Omar Meña, Jorge Crusellas, Georkis Vera and Robert Hernández
Heat — 3:05.75 (→ did not advance)
Men's long jump
Jaime Jefferson
Qualification — 7.65m (→ did not advance)
Men's decathlon
Eugenio Balanque
Final result — 7873 points (→ 25th place)
Raul Duany
Final result — 7802 points (→ 26th place)
Men's discus throw
Alexis Elizalde
Qualification — 62.22m
Final — 62.70m (→ 9th place)
Roberto Moya
Qualification — 59.22m (→ did not advance)
Men's hammer throw
Alberto Sánchez
Qualification — 74.82m (→ did not advance)
Women's 4 × 400 metres relay
Idalmis Bonne, Julia Duporty, Surella Morales and Ana Fidelia Quirot
Qualification — 3:24.23
Final — 3:25.85 (→ 6th place)
Women's long jump
Regla Cardenas
Qualification — 6.85m (→ did not advance)
Lisette Cuza
Qualification — 6.56m (→ did not advance)
Niurka Montalvo
Qualification — 6.48m (→ did not advance)
Women's high jump
Ioamnet Quintero
Qualification — 1.90m (→ did not advance)
Women's triple jump
Yamile Aldama
Qualification — did not start (→ no ranking)
Women's javelin throw
Isel Lopez
Qualification — 61.40m
Final — 64.68m (→ 4th place)
Xiomara Rivero
Qualification — 61.32m
Final — 64.48m (→ 5th place)
Odelmys Palma
Qualification — 62.30m
Final — 59.70m (→ 11th place)
Women's discus throw
Maritza Marten
Qualification — 60.08m (→ did not advance)
Barbara Hechevarria
Qualification — 61.98m (→ did not advance)
Women's shot put
Belsis Laza
Qualification — 18.61m
Final — 18.40m (→ 10th place)
Yumileidis Cumba
Qualification — 18.55m (→ did not advance)
Women's heptathlon
Regla Cardenas
Final result — 6246 points (→ 12th place)
Magalys García
Final result — 6109 points (→ 15th place)
Baseball
Men's tournament:
Cuba – Gold medal (9-0)
Basketball
Women's tournament
Team roster
Yudith Águila
Milayda Enríquez
Gertrudis Gómez
Cariola Hechavarría
Dalia Henry
Grisel Herrera
Biosotis Lagnó
María León
Yamilé Martínez
Tania Seino
Lisdeivis Víctores
Olga Vigil
Head coach: Miguel del Rio Lopez
Preliminary round
Quarterfinals
Classification Round 5th−8th place
5th place game
Beach volleyball
Francisco Álvarez and Juan Rossell — 7th place overall
Boxing
Men's light flyweight (– 48 kg)
Yosvani Aguilera
First round — Defeated Stefan Ström (Sweden), referee stopped contest in second round
Second round — Lost to Mansueto Velasco (Philippines), 5-14
Men's flyweight (– 51 kg)
Maikro Romero → Gold medal
First round — Defeated Eric Morel (United States), 24-12
Second round — Defeated Lernik Papyan (Armenia), 22-6
Quarterfinals — Defeated Elias Recaido (Philippines), 18-3
Semifinals — Defeated Albert Pakeyev (Russia), 12-6
Final — Defeated Bulat Jumadilov (Kazakhstan), 12-11
Men's bantamweight (– 54 kg)
Arnaldo Mesa → Silver medal
First round — Defeated John Larbi (Sweden), 19-5
Second round — Defeated Zahir Raheem (United States), referee stopped contest in first round
Quarterfinals — Defeated Rachid Bouaita (France), 15-8
Semifinals — Defeated Raimkul Malakhbekov (Russia), 14-14, referee decision
Final — Lost to István Kovács (Hungary), 7-14
Men's featherweight (– 57 kg)
Lorenzo Aragón
First round — Defeated Noureddine Magjhound (Algeria), 9-6
Second round — Defeated Rogelio de Brito (Brazil), 16-6
Quarterfinals — Lost to Floyd Mayweather Jr. (United States), 11-12
Men's lightweight (– 60 kg)
Julio González Valladares
First round — Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines), 24-13
Second round — Lost to Koba Gogoladze (Georgia), 9-14
Men's light welterweight (– 63.5 kg)
Héctor Vinent → Gold medal
First round — Defeated Hyung-Min Han (South Korea), referee stopped contest in second round
Second round — Defeated Nurhan Suleymanoglu (Turkey), 23-1
Quarterfinals — Defeated Eduard Zakharov (Russia), 15-7
Semifinals — Defeated Bolat Niyazymbetov (Kazakhstan), 23-6
Final — Defeated Oktay Urkal (Germany), 20-13
Men's welterweight (– 67 kg)
Juan Hernández Sierra → Silver medal
First round — Defeated József Nagy (Hungary), referee stopped contest in second round
Second round — Defeated Vadim Mezga (Belarus), 12-2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Nurzhan Smanov (Kazakhstan), 16-8
Semifinals — Defeated Marian Simion (Romania), 20-7
Final — Lost to Oleg Saitov (Russia), 9-14
Men's light middleweight (– 71 kg)
Alfredo Duvergel → Silver medal
First round — Defeated Jozef Gilewski (Poland), 10-2
Second round — Defeated Serguei Gorodnychov (Ukraine), 15-2
Quarterfinals — Defeated Antonio Perugino (Italy), 15-8
Semifinals — Defeated Yermakhan Ibraimov (Kazakhstan), 28-19
Final — Lost to David Reid (United States), knock-out in third round
Men's middleweight (– 75 kg)
Ariel Hernández → Gold medal
First round — Defeated Kabary Salem (Egypt), 11-2
Second round — Defeated Sven Ottke (Germany), 5-0
Quarterfinals — Defeated Alexander Lebziak (Russia), 15-8
Semifinals — Defeated Rhoshii Wells (United States), 17-8
Final — Defeated Malik Beyleroğlu (Turkey), 11-3
Men's light heavyweight (– 81 kg)
Freddy Rojas
First round — Defeated Mahmoud Kalifa (Egypt), 20-9
Second round — Lost to Lee Seung-Bao (South Korea), 9-13
Men's heavyweight (91 kg)
Félix Savón → Gold medal
First round — Defeated Andrei Kumyaavka (Kyrgyzstan), 9-3
Second round — Defeated Kwamena Turkson (Sweden), knock-out in first round
Quarterfinals — Defeated Georgi Kandelaki (Georgia), 20-4
Semifinals — Defeated Luan Krasniqi (Germany), walkover
Final — Defeated David Defiagbon (Canada), 20-2
Men's super heavyweight (> 91 kg)
Alexis Rubalcaba
First round — Bye
Second round — Defeated Paolo Vidoz (Italy), referee stopped contest in first round
Quarterfinals — Lost to Paea Wolfgramm (Tonga), 12-17
Cycling
Women's individual road race
Dania Perez
Final — did not finish (→ no ranking)
Fencing
Seven fencers, four men and three women, represented Cuba in 1996.
Men's foil
Rolando Tucker
Elvis Gregory
Oscar García
Men's team foil
Elvis Gregory, Oscar García, Rolando Tucker
Men's épée
Iván Trevejo
Women's épée
Mirayda García
Milagros Palma
Tamara Esteri
Women's team épée
Milagros Palma, Mirayda García, Tamara Esteri
Judo
Men's extra-lightweight
Manolo Poulot
Men's half-lightweight
Israel Hernández
Men's middleweight
Yosvany Despaigne
Men's half-heavyweight
Angel Sánchez
Men's heavyweight
Frank Moreno
Women's extra-lightweight
Amarilis Savón
Women's half-lightweight
Legna Verdecia
Women's lightweight
Driulys González
Women's half-middleweight
Ileana Beltrán
Women's middleweight
Odalis Revé
Women's half-heavyweight
Diadenys Luña
Women's heavyweight
Estela Rodríguez
Rowing
Sailing
Shooting
Men
Swimming
Men's 100m backstroke
Rodolfo Falcón
Heat — 55.29
Final — 54.98 (→ Silver medal)
Neisser Bent
Heat — 54.83
Final — 55.02 (→ Bronze medal)
Men's 200m backstroke
Rodolfo Falcón
Heat — 2:01.20
Final — 2:08.14 (→ 8th place)
Neisser Bent
Heat — 2:04.23 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 100m breaststroke
Mario González
Heat — 1:03.05 (→ did not advance, 20th place)
Men's 200m breaststroke
Mario González
Heat — 2:16.15
B final — 2:15.11 (→ 10th place)
Volleyball
Men's indoor tournament
Preliminary round (Group A)
Defeated Bulgaria (3-0)
Defeated Poland (3-0)
Defeated United States (3-2)
Defeated Argentina (3-0)
Lost to Brazil (0-3)
Quarterfinals
Lost to Russia (0-3)
Classification matches
5th/8th place: Defeated Bulgaria (3-1)
5th/6th place: Lost to Brazil (0-3) → 6th place
Team roster
Alexis Batle
Angel Beltrán
Freddy Brooks
Joel Despaigne
Raúl Diago
Jhosvany Hernández
Osvaldo Hernández
Lazaro Martín
Alain Roca
Rodolfo Sanchez
Ricardo Vantes
Nicolas Vives
Women's indoor tournament
Team roster
Taismary Agüero
Regla Bell
Magalys Carvajal
Marlenys Costa
Ana Fernández
Mirka Francia
Idalmis Gato
Lilia Izquierdo
Mireya Luis
Raisa O'Farril
Yumilka Ruíz
Regla Torres
Head coach: Eugenio Jorge
Weightlifting
Men's bantamweight
William Vargas
Men's lightweight
Idalberto Aranda
Men's middleweight
Pablo Lara
Men's middle-heavyweight
Carlos Alexis Hernández
Enrique Sabari
Wrestling
Men's light-flyweight, Greco-Roman
Wilber Sánchez Amita
Men's flyweight, Greco-Roman
Lázaro Rivas
Men's bantamweight, Greco-Roman
Luis Sarmiento
Men's featherweight, Greco-Roman
Juan Luis Marén
Men's lightweight, Greco-Roman
Liubal Colás
Men's welterweight, Greco-Roman
Filiberto Azcuy
Men's light-heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Reynaldo Peña
Men's heavyweight, Greco-Roman
Héctor Milián
Men's light-flyweight, freestyle
Alexis Vila
Men's flyweight, freestyle
Carlos Varela González
Men's bantamweight, freestyle
Alejandro Puerto
Men's lightweight, freestyle
Yosvany Sánchez
Men's welterweight, freestyle
Alberto Rodríguez Hernández
Men's middleweight, freestyle
Ariel Ramos
Men's heavyweight, freestyle
Wilfredo Morales
See also
Cuba at the 1995 Pan American Games
Notes
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
1996 in Cuban sport