Cuba at the 1976 Summer Olympics explained

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.^[2]

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

See main article: Athletics at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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

See 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

See 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 Yarawi (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), walkover
  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

See main article: Cycling at the 1976 Summer Olympics. 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

See 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

See main article: Football at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Gymnastics

See main article: Gymnastics at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Judo

See 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

See main article: Rowing at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Shooting

See main article: Shooting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Volleyball

See 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

See 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

See main article: Weightlifting at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

Wrestling

See main article: Wrestling at the 1976 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Official Olympic Reports
• International Olympic Committee results database

Notes and References

1. Web site: Flagbearers for Cuba . olympedia.org . . 24 December 2023.
2. Web site: Cuba at the 1976 Montreal Summer Games . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417045950/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/countries/CUB/summer/1976/ . dead . 17 April 2020 . 18 April 2015 . sports-reference.com.